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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers is a 1980 documentary film about garlic directed by Les Blank. In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States’ National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The Academy Film Archive preserved Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers in 1999.
Original Release
10/12/1980
US Release
10/12/1980
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Anzonini Del Puerto | Self - Flamenco Singer and Sausage Chef |
| Kathleen Bendel | Self - Garlic Queen |
| Harrod Blank | Self - Youth Saved from Dysentary / Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery |
| Mary T. Brown | Self - Cook Who Uses Garlic Salt |
| Robert Charles | Self - La Veielle Maison, Truckee, CA |
| Henry Chung | Self - Hunan Restaurant, San Francisco |
| Rose 'Pistolla's' Evangelisti | Self - Cook and Garlic Lover |
| Val Filice | Self - Garlic Grower and Squid Chef |
| George Flintroy | Self - Flint's Barbeque, Oakland |
| Lloyd John Harris | Self - Publisher: _Garlic Times_ |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Anzonini Del Puerto | Self - Flamenco Singer and Sausage Chef |
| Kathleen Bendel | Self - Garlic Queen |
| Harrod Blank | Self - Youth Saved from Dysentary / Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery |
| Mary T. Brown | Self - Cook Who Uses Garlic Salt |
| Robert Charles | Self - La Veielle Maison, Truckee, CA |
| Henry Chung | Self - Hunan Restaurant, San Francisco |
| Rose 'Pistolla's' Evangelisti | Self - Cook and Garlic Lover |
| Val Filice | Self - Garlic Grower and Squid Chef |
| George Flintroy | Self - Flint's Barbeque, Oakland |
| Lloyd John Harris | Self - Publisher: _Garlic Times_ |
| Michael Goodwin | Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler |
| Maura Hagerty | Self - Irish Garlic Eater |
| Lawrence Hershman | Self - Gardener, Marin County |
| Werner Herzog | Self - Film Director: Nosferatu |
| Denni McCarthy | Self - Author: _Living with the Flowers_ |
| Charles Perry | Self - Anti-Vampire Writer |
| Ruth Reichl | Self - Food Writer: _New West Magazine_ |
| Una Stevens | Self - Belly Dancer |
| Alice Waters | Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley |
| Warren Weber | Self - Organic Farmer with Ph.D. in Shakespeare |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Les Blank | Producer |
