The Sparks Brothers (2021)
Coming Out at June 18, 2021 in theaters
Documentary, Music
The Sparks Brothers is documentary music film directed by Edgar Wright. The film primiered at January 30, 2021 on Sundance Film Festival.
How can one rock band be successful, underrated, hugely influential, and criminally overlooked all at the same time? Edgar Wright’s debut documentary The Sparks Brothers, which features commentary from celebrity fans Flea, Jane Wiedlin, Beck, Jack Antonoff, Jason Schwartzman, Neil Gaiman, and more, takes audiences on a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers/bandmates Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
Director: Edgar Wright
Stars: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Flea, Jane Wiedlin, Beck, Jack Antonoff, Jason Schwartzman, Neil Gaiman
►Cast
| Sparks | Sue Harris |
| Ron Mael | Jonathan Ross |
| Russell Mael | Amy Sherman-Palladino |
| Beck | Daniel Palladino |
| Jane Wiedlin | Mark Crowther |
| Christi Haydon | Vera Hegarty |
| Dean Menta | Neil Gaiman |
| Harley Feinstein | Stephen Morris |
| Tony Visconti | Gillian Gilbert |
| Mike Myers | Katie Puckrik |
| Fred Armisen | Patton Oswalt |
| Giorgio Moroder | James Lowe |
| ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic | Bernard Butler |
| Muff Winwood | Scott Aukerman |
| Nick Rhodes | David Kendrick |
| Steve Jones | Stevie Nistor |
| John Taylor | Chris Difford |
| Todd Rundgren | Martyn Ware |
| Flea | Alex Kapranos |
| Hilly Michaels | Paul Morley |
| Jason Schwartzman | Julia Marcus |
| Pamela Des Barres | Ian Hampton |
| Roddy Bottum | Thurston Moore |
| Les Bohem | Peter Knego |
| April Richardson | Michael Silverblatt |
| Lance Rock | Adam Buxton |
| Jack Antonoff | Tosh Berman |
| John Congleton | Edgar Wright |
| Earle Mankey | Rusty Egan |
| Larry DuPont | David Weigel |
| Patricia Lowe | Madeline Bocchiaro |
| Vince Clarke | Ben House |
| Andy Bell | Evan Weiss |
| Björk | Alex Casnoff |
| Mark Gatiss | Patrick Kelly |
| Richard Coble | Eli Pearl |
| Nick Heyward | Jake Fogelnest |
| Simon Pegg | ►John Lennon (voice) |
| Nick Frost | ►Ringo Starr (voice) |