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Never Turn Your Back On Sparks

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2014 | 55 min | Documentary, Music, Comedy

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who wants a laugh and the curious. If you loved Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, start here.
The mood
Light and funny, eye-opening.
The pace
Breezy, at 55 min.
What might put you off
Nothing much for most grown-ups.

As he turns 50, filmmaker Pini Schatz sets out to explore his life-long obsession with the band Sparks (the brothers Ron and Russell Mael). Pini charts the impact of Sparks on his life while meeting with fellow Sparks fans, among them famous musicians, in Tel Aviv, London, Berlin, Rotterdam and NYC. Structured as a personal quest of the filmmaker to prove that Sparks are the coolest underrated band in the history of popular music, this docu-comedy explores the universal themes of growing old and being an outsider, the importance of art in daily life and the power of non-conformism.

How it earned its rating

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  • AwardsNot counted

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  • Reach & staying powerNot counted

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

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Cast & crew

Directed by Pini Schatz

  • Izhar AshdotSelf
  • Jello BiafraSelf
  • Joe ElliottSelf
  • Kristian HoffmanSelf
  • Yael LevitaOpera Singer
  • Yair NitzaniSelf
  • Gemma RaySelf
  • Tony ViscontiSelf
  • Jonathan Bar-GioraSelf