Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Trailer: Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Year: 1980
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Flower Films
Director: Les Blank
Cast: Alice Waters, Werner Herzog, Harrod Blank, Michael Goodwin, Christopher Pray
Crew: Les Blank (Director), Mark Berger (Sound Mixer), Maureen Gosling (Editor), Wim Wenders (Additional Camera), Salvador Dalí (Thanks), Les Blank (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 51 minutes
Release: Oct 12, 1980
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 21 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America
Language: English, Español
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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