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Feb 15, 2022 · We spoke with director Penelope Spheeris about the challenging production. It's been 30 years since Wayne's World brought the SNL sketch to the big screen. We spoke with director Penelope Spheeris ...
Jul 11, 2021 · Thanks to Penelope's unyielding commitment to her husband for decades, her name is the embodiment of loyalty, making it a perfect choice for your loving, resilient little girl. Origin: Penelope is a Greek name meaning "weaver." Gender: The name Penelope is most commonly used as a girl name. Pronunciation: pen-NELL-o-pee.
Spheeris is often referred to as a 'rock 'n roll anthropologist'. In 1974 she formed the first Los Angeles music video production company, ROCK 'N REEL. She concluded her music video work with the Grammy-nominated, "Bohemian Rhapsody" video for "Wayne's World". Spheeris' feature film debut was the 1979 documentary on the Los Angeles punk scene ...
Jan 30, 2019 · For many film buffs, filmmaker Penelope Spheeris will always either be The Punk Lady or the “Wayne’s World” Woman. Honestly: she’s both, and so much more. Spheeris—who wore several hats while working on short films written by and starring Albert Brooks and Richard Pryor—has more than earned her reputation as a big-hearted, but un-sentimental “rock ‘n roll anthropologist.”
Jun 19, 2015 · Penelope Spheeris: Right, my dad owned a carnival. Can you set the scene from that time in your life and describe your role at the carnival? My daughter [Anna Fox] is working on a movie on the ...
Jun 26, 2015 · When director Penelope Spheeris finished interviewing Chris Holmes during the tail end of the 1980s for ... She imagined it would be fun to do a follow-up on the first Decline featuring kids ...
Photo courtesy of Penelope Spheeris. On a Saturday morning in Los Angeles I found myself on the corner of Lookout and Wonderland. As cars zoomed by giving me the “what are you doing here” side-eye and adult men walking tiny dogs surrounded me with their faux-friendly, suspicious waves, I felt superficially like one of the gutter punks—out of place, but unapologetically present—in the ...
