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Al's Brain (or Al's Brain: A 3-D Journey Through the Human Brain) is a 10-minute 3D short film that was shown at the Orange County Fair, California in 2009.[1][2][3]
| Al's Brain | |
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| Directed by | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| Written by | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| Starring | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| Cinematography | Peter Anderson |
| Music by | Jim West |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
Plot
editThe film involves "Weird Al" Yankovic teaching about the brain and how it functions.
Cast
edit- "Weird Al" Yankovic as a fictionalized version of himself and Phineaus Cage, an allusion to Phineas Gage
- Paul McCartney as man on the street
- Patton Oswalt as co-worker
- Thomas Lennon as co-worker
- Fabio as second man on the street
- Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim as brain stretchers
- Bob Bancroft as Norm Koslovsky
- Michael William Arnold as Timmy
Music video
editThe short film includes a brand new song entitled "The Brain Song", in which the last few minutes of the short are of the music video.[4]
Release
editThe short film was released to the public at the Orange County Fair 2009 airing from July 16 to August 15.
Home media
editThe original song "The Brain Song" was released on the Medium Rarities album, exclusive to the 2017 box set Squeeze Box.
References
edit- ^ Staff writer; Sforza, Teri (2009-08-03). "What did you think of the $2.5 million 'Al's Brain'?". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "'Al's Brain' attraction causes new headache". 26 August 2010.
- ^ "'Weird Al' performs his way at fairgrounds". Los Angeles Times. July 2011.
- ^ Jesus Paez (2009-10-16), Your Brain, retrieved 2017-05-11
External links
edit- Al's Brain at IMDb
- "Al's Brain (found 3D educational short film; 2009)". The Lost Media Wiki. Retrieved March 4, 2024.