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    The Sparks Brothers

    Jul 20, 2021 1 minute
    Stephen Dalton

    Dir: Edgar Wright MRC

    Film celebrates the extraordinary legacy of art-rock oddballs Ron and Russell Mael.

    According to pop folklore, John Lennon was so startled when he first saw Sparks on that he immediately called Ringo Starr, claiming: “Marc and , includes in this deluxe, career-spanning love letter to America’s most enduring art-pop oddballs. Did Lennon really make that call? Frankly, who cares? It is a great story. And so is this witty, mischievous, big-hearted film.

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