Elephant Parts

• Director: William Dear
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Parody/Spoof, Satire
• Release Year: 1981
• Country: US
• Run Time: 63 minutes

Plot

Former Monkee Mike Nesmith, a pioneer in the music video industry, created the one-hour music and comedy pastiche Elephant Parts--the title derives from the old fable of the six blind men and the elephant. There is no real throughline, merely a series of satirical vignettes, some running several minutes, others a few seconds. The bits include Nesmith's rendition of "Cruisin'", the opening "Rodan" gag, an extended "Name That Tune" parody involving the proper identification of controlled substances, and Nesmith's out-of-left-field diatribe about the oil industry. Nesmith tried to transfer the insouciance of Elephant Parts to television, but the ensuing Television Parts failed. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jonathan Nesmith; Michael Nesmith; Bill Martin

Credit

William Dear - Director, Michael Nesmith - Executive Producer, Kathryn Nesmith - Producer, William Dear - Screenwriter, Michael Nesmith - Screenwriter, Bill Martin - Screenwriter, Tom Saviano - Musical Performer

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