The Fearless Freaks
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bradley Beesley
Michael Ivins
Steven Drozd
Juliette Lewis
Liz Phair
Wayne Coyne
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Oklahoma City's Flaming Lips have been producing thoughtful art-rock records for two decades, continually challenging themselves and their critics. Led by charismatic, workaholic frontman Wayne Coyne, The Flaming Lips continually push the boundaries of modern music. In 1991, Bradley Beesley was bandleader Wayne Coyne's art school neighbor in Norman, Oklahoma. The Lips, in need of a willing and competent cinematographer, and Beesley, constantly on the hunt for action-packed stories and oddball characters, developed a relationship built of geographic convenience and a mutual desire to create themselves. Now, fifteen years later, thanks to a film camera and his tenacity, Beesley has made his filmmaking career by working with the Flaming Lips. With never-before-seen footage, new interviews and performances, Beesley reveals the band's deep-set Oklahoma roots; early punk/noise phase; the experimental parking lot/boom box "Zaireeka" era; endless touring days; their live shows full of bizarre projections/animal suits/hand puppets/confetti and simulated head wounds, as well as the critical acclaim they received for the albums "The Soft Bulletin" and the Grammy-winning, "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots."
Director
Bradley Beesley
Cast
Michael Ivins
Steven Drozd
Juliette Lewis
Liz Phair
Wayne Coyne
Jack White
Crew
Bradley Beesley
Bradley Beesley
Scott Booker
Damon Cook
Wayne Coyne
Ryan Dolan
Steven Drozd
Rick Fuller
Jolynn Garnes
Michael Ivins
Dan Jagunich
Juliette Lewis
Mark Miks
Mark Miks
Liz Phair
Jack White
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 2005
Released in United States on Video May 17, 2005
Released in United States Summer May 25, 2005
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 11-19, 2005.
Released in United States March 2005 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 11-19, 2005.)
Released in United States on Video May 17, 2005
Released in United States Summer May 25, 2005
