50 years. 25 albums. 345 songs. Unlimited genius.
7.33
140 min
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Ron Mael | Self | Unowned |
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Russell Mael | Self | Unowned |
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Beck | Self | Unowned |
| Gary Stewart | Self | Unowned | |
| Mike Berns | Self | Unowned | |
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Jane Wiedlin | Self | Unowned |
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Sal Maida | Self | Unowned |
| Christi Haydon | Self | Unowned | |
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Dean Menta | Self | Unowned |
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Harley Feinstein | Self | Unowned |
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Tony Visconti | Self | Unowned |
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Mike Myers | Self | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Fred Armisen | Self | Unowned |
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Tammy Glover | Self | Unowned |
| John Hewlett | Self | Unowned | |
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Giorgio Moroder | Self | Unowned |
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'Weird Al' Yankovic | Self | Unowned |
| Muff Winwood | Self | Unowned | |
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Nick Rhodes | Self | Unowned |
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John Taylor | Self | Unowned |
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Todd Rundgren | Self | Unowned |
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Flea | Self | Calvin and Nobbs |
| Hilly Michaels | Self | Unowned | |
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Jason Schwartzman | Self | The Free Refills |
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Jonathan Ross | Self | Unowned |
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Amy Sherman-Palladino | Self | Unowned |
| Mark Crowther | Self | Unowned | |
| Vera Hegarty | Self | Unowned | |
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Neil Gaiman | Self | Unowned |
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Stephen Morris | Self | Unowned |
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Gillian Gilbert | Self | Unowned |
| Katie Puckrik | Self | Unowned | |
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Patton Oswalt | Self | Unowned |
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Steve Jones | Self | Unowned |
| James Lowe | Self | Unowned | |
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Bernard Butler | Self | Unowned |
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Scott Aukerman | Self | Unowned |
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David Kendrick | Self | Unowned |
| Stevie Nistor | Self | Unowned | |
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Chris Difford | Self | Unowned |
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Martyn Ware | Self | Unowned |
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Alex Kapranos | Self | Unowned |
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Paul Morley | Self | Unowned |
| Julia Marcus | Self | Unowned | |
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Pamela Des Barres | Self | Unowned |
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Roddy Bottum | Self | Unowned |
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Leslie Bohem | Self | Unowned |
| April Richardson | Self | Unowned | |
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Lance Robertson | Self | Unowned |
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Jack Antonoff | Self | Unowned |
| John Congleton | Self | Unowned | |
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Earle Mankey | Self | Unowned |
| Larry DuPont | Self | Unowned | |
| Patricia Lowe | Self | Unowned | |
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Vince Clarke | Self | Unowned |
| Andy Bell | Self | Unowned | |
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Björk | Self (voice) | Unowned |
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Mark Gatiss | Self | Unowned |
| Richard Coble | Self | Unowned | |
| Nick Heyward | Self | Unowned | |
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Ian Hampton | Self | Unowned |
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Thurston Moore | Self | Unowned |
| Peter Knego | Self | Unowned | |
| Michael Silverblatt | Self | Unowned | |
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Adam Buxton | Self | Unowned |
| Tosh Berman | Self | Unowned | |
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Edgar Wright | Self | Unowned |
| Rusty Egan | Self | Unowned | |
| Jake Fogelnest | Self | Unowned | |
| Dave Weigel | Self | Unowned | |
| Madeline Bocchiaro | Self | Unowned | |
| Sue Harris | Self | Unowned | |
| Ben House | Self | Unowned | |
| Evan Weiss | Self | Unowned | |
| Alex Casnoff | Self | Unowned | |
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Patrick Kelly | Self | Unowned |
| Eli Pearl | Self | Unowned | |
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Daniel Palladino | Self | Unowned |
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Simon Pegg | John Lennon (voice) | Unowned |
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Nick Frost | Ringo Starr (voice) | Unowned |
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Leos Carax | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Adam Driver | Self (uncredited) | Calvin and Nobbs |
| Steve McDonald | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |