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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

(1980)

Documentary

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0hrs 51m

Overview

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.

Score

75

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Alice Waters as Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Alice Waters

** Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Werner Herzog as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Werner Herzog

** Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Harrod Blank as Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery

Harrod Blank

** Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery

Michael Goodwin as Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

Michael Goodwin

** Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

Christopher Pray as Narrator (voice)

Christopher Pray

** Narrator (voice)

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