Saturday, October 1 at 8:00 PM
Q&A with Director NEIL NORMAN In Person
Using vintage footage, rare photos, memorabilia
and audio, and fresh interviews with band members and associates as well
as notable fans and observers, Pushin’ Too Hard relates the bizarre
rage-to-riches-to-rags tale of the rock quartet who took Los Angeles by
storm in the mid-60s.
The band‘s story is examined in detail in
The Seeds: Pushin’ Too Hard. All four original Seeds are represented,
alongside auxiliary members, band associates, and contemporaries such as
Kim Fowley, Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys and Johnny Echols of Love.
Major fans like Iggy Pop and The Bangles weigh in on what The Seeds
meant to them. Narration is by noted author Miss Pamela Des Barres.
The Seeds: Pushin’ Too Hard is directed by Neil Norman, produced by
Alec Palao and edited by Dan Schaarschmidt. Award-winning director
Norman and four-time Grammy nominee Palao have spent the past six years
developing the project. The movie is accompanied by a major overhaul of
the Seeds’ catalog and the gripping original soundtrack on GNP Crescendo
and Ace/Big Beat Records in the UK.
Cast: Sky Saxon, Daryl Hooper, Jan Savage, Rick Andridge, Iggy Pop, Johnny Echols, Kim Fowley, Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Victoria Peterson, Bruce Johnston, Rodney Bingenheimer
Narrator: Pamela Des Barres
Director: Neil Norman
Producers: Neil Norman, Alec Palao
Directors of photography: Scott Goldrich, Nick McKinney, Matt Pakucko, Bob Kames Jr.
Editor: Dan Schaarschmidt
Music: The Seeds
No rating, 112 minutes