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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Name: Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Director: Les Blank
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1980-10-12
Cast: Alice Waters, Werner Herzog, Harrod Blank, Michael Goodwin, Christopher Pray

A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative pow… + more

Release Date

1980-10-12

Year

1980

Duration

51m

Status

Released

Score

7.50

Genres

Documentary

Production

Flower Films

#garlic

Cast

Alice Waters

Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Werner Herzog

Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Harrod Blank

Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery

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Michael Goodwin

Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

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Christopher Pray

Narrator (voice)