IMDb RATING
7.8/10
6.2K
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A musical odyssey through five decades with Ron Mael and Russell Mael celebrating the legacy of the band Sparks.A musical odyssey through five decades with Ron Mael and Russell Mael celebrating the legacy of the band Sparks.A musical odyssey through five decades with Ron Mael and Russell Mael celebrating the legacy of the band Sparks.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 26 nominations
Sparks
- Themselves
- (archive footage)
Meyer Mael
- Self
- (archive footage)
The Beatles
- Themselves
- (archive footage)
The Who
- Themselves
- (archive footage)
The Kinks
- Themselves
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNone of Ron's snow globes were harmed during the making of this documentary.
- Quotes
Jack Antonoff: All pop music is rearranged Vince Clarke or rearranged Sparks. That's the truth.
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At 2h 21m this is a long documentary but while some reviews I've seen say it's too long I thought it flew by and really enjoyed the whole film. I've never heard any of Sparks music but loved hearing their songs and learning about their 50 year history, it's amazing seeing who they've influenced and how they've grown and evolved. When it comes to criticisms I will say that after a while the documentary does begin to feel somewhat one note, always just talking heads telling us of how much they love the band and how they've been influenced followed by a bit of music, while this is disrupted sometimes by short animations it does feel very similar, there's also never really much criticism of the band, while I do love the music from what I've heard I'd still appreciate seeing differing views on the subject. To conclude The Sparks Brothers is an entertaining and interesting documentary with a few flaws that ends up as a high 7/10.
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- Also known as
- 火花兄弟
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $648,665
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $273,530
- Jun 20, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $1,249,115
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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