27 June, 2023Print
Greenwich Entertainment Presents The Elephant 6 Recording Co. Set For Theatrical Release On August 25th
An Intimate Look at the Influential Indie Music Collective that Gave Rise to Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples In Stereo, Elf Power, Of Montreal + Many More
Directed & Produced By C.B. Stockfleth // Produced by Lance Bangs // Executive Produced By Rob Hatch-Miller
Watch The Official Trailer HERE
Today, Greenwich Entertainment announces the August 25 theatrical release of The Elephant 6 Recording Co., a documentary that explores the unique inside story and creative evolution of the influential indie music collective that birthed formative groups including Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo, Elf Power, Of Montreal, and so many others.
Watch a new theatrical trailer for the film HERE.
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. is directed by C.B. Stockfleth and produced by Lance Bangs whose credits include videos for Nirvana, Odd Future, Neutral Milk Hotel and many others, plus films and documentaries for Jackass, Pavement and more. It is executive produced by Rob Hatch-Miller, who directed the documentary Other Music. It also features never-before-seen footage of the bands shot by Bangs, as well as interviews with Elephant 6 members - Robert Schneider, Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart and many more - and notable fans including Elijah Wood, David Cross, Danger Mouse, and James Mercer.
Around 1985, a group of Ruston, LA area high schoolers began experimenting with whatever random instruments and gear they could lay their hands on. Fanning out across the country to locations like Denver, CO and Athens, GA, their musical coming of age coincided with the new consumer availability of old-school 4 and 8 track recording technology and cassette tapes. Sharing like-minded sensibilities, influenced by past sounds and psychedelia, and with little to distract them, their efforts to create whole new musical worlds became the bands the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Apples In Stereo and many more. While the collective grew to a natural breaking point, its founding members overcame obstacles and remained closely bonded, reuniting for tours and still collaborating today.
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. provides insight into this revolutionary era of popular independent music in America, the defiant DIY spirit in music making, and champions the integrity of an authentic quest for artistic expressiveness over the more mainstream image of being a “successful” musician in our fame-obsessed times.
“The film is designed to capture an era and a movement and to honor the spirit of this circle of small-town artist friends,” says director C.B. Stockfleth. “Their art was made better because they did things collectively, and gave each and every member a chance to share the spotlight.”
PRAISE FOR The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
“Definitive…captures the collective’s whimsical essence” — Stereogum
“Joyous, heartfelt” - Aquarium Drunkard
“Bursting with personalities and candy-colored imagery” - Slate
“Impressive and important…the definitive document of a scene that is exceedingly difficult to define” - Film Threat
THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO. - CREDIT LIST
Directed & Produced by
C.B. Stockfleth
Produced by
Lance Bangs
Starring:
Robert Schneider
Bill Doss
Will Cullen Hart
Jeff Mangum
Produced & Edited by
Greg King
Executive Producer & Music Supervisor
Rob Hatch-Miller
Executive Producers
Sean O’Neal
C.B. Stockfleth
Brian McPherson
Dan Efram
Executive Producer
Emmett James
Co-Executive Producer
Blue Resnick
Co-Producer
David Armillei
Associate Producers
Kelly Hart
Kara Taylor
Reiko Kondo
Bob Barress
Cinematography
C.B. Stockfleth
Lance Bangs
About Greenwich Entertainment
Founded in 2017, Greenwich Entertainment is an independent film distribution company specializing in compelling documentaries and distinctive narrative features. Releases include the Academy Award-winning Free Solo, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice from Oscar winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin, and Isabel Coixtet’s The Bookshop starring Emily Mortimer and Academy Award nominees Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy.
For more information please contact:
Matt Hanks - mhanks@shorefire.com
James Rainis - jrainis@shorefire.com
Rachel Jacobs - rjacobs@shorefire.com