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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'

Director

Les Blank

Year

Genre

documentary, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Flower Films

Awards

1 win

Self - Flamenco Singer and Sausage Chef

Anzonini Del Puerto

Self - Garlic Queen

Kathleen Bendel

Self - Youth Saved from Dysentary

Self - Cook Who Uses Garlic Salt

Self - La Veielle Maison, Truckee, CA

Self - Hunan Restaurant, San Francisco

Self - Cook and Garlic Lover

Rose 'Pistolla's' Evangelisti

Self - Garlic Grower and Squid Chef

Self - Flint's Barbeque, Oakland

George Flintroy

Self - Publisher: _Garlic Times_

Lloyd John Harris

Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

Michael Goodwin

Self - Irish Garlic Eater

Self - Gardener, Marin County

Lawrence Hershman

Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Self - Author: _Living with the Flowers_

Self - Anti-Vampire Writer

Self - Food Writer: _New West Magazine_

Self - Belly Dancer

Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Self - Organic Farmer with Ph.D. in Shakespeare

Self - Singer: 'Garlic Is the Spice of Life'

Self - Narrator

Christopher Pray

Self

The Balfa Brothers

Self

Self

The Louisiana Playboys

Self

Self

Kenneth 'El Lebrijano' Parker

Self

Self

Chris Strachwitz

Self

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[ Speaking Spanish ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Woman ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

[ Woman ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

—♪♪ [ Guitars: Flamenco ]
—[ Men Shouting ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

—♪♪ [ Guitars: Flamenco ] —[ Men Shouting ]

♪♪ [ Continues In Spanish ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪ [ Continues In Spanish ]

[ Sows Snorting ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

[ Sows Snorting ]

♪♪[ Continues] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[ Continues]

♪♪[Singing In Spanish] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Singing In Spanish]

—¿ Más? ¿ Más?
—Más. Más. - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

—¿ Más? ¿ Más? —Más. Más.

♪♪ [ Continues In Spanish ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪ [ Continues In Spanish ]

—Anzonini.
—¿ Sí? - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

—Anzonini. —¿ Sí?

Then... - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

—See? [ Chuckles ]
—[ Man ] Great. - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

—See? [ Chuckles ] —[ Man ] Great.

♪♪ [ Continues ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪ [ Continues ]

♪♪ [ Continues ] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪ [ Continues ]

[Harris] When Satan walked
from the Garden of Eden... - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

[Harris] When Satan walked from the Garden of Eden...

♪♪[Man Shouts In Spanish] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Man Shouts In Spanish]

♪♪[Mariachi Continues] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Mariachi Continues]

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

♪♪[Fiddles, Guitars: Upbeat Folk] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Fiddles, Guitars: Upbeat Folk]

♪♪[Fades] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Fiddles, Guitars: Cajun] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Fiddles, Guitars: Cajun]

♪ Yeah ♪ - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Man Singing In Cajun French] - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

♪♪[Man Singing In Cajun French]

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A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Les Blank

Writer: N/A

Production: Flower Films

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 1980

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Oct 1980

Awards: 1 win

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