Run Home, Slow
| Run Home, Slow | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ted Brenner |
| Written by | Don Cerveris |
| Produced by | Eugene Frenke |
| Starring | Mercedes McCambridge Linda Gaye Scott Allen Richards Gary Kent Jim Logan Brian Casey Leah Cooper |
| Cinematography | Lew Guinn |
| Edited by | John Winfield |
| Music by | Frank Zappa |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Run Home, Slow is a 1965 American Western film starring Mercedes McCambridge, Linda Gaye Scott, and Gary Kent, directed by Ted Brenner and written by Don Cerveris.
Plot
[edit]After her father is murdered by hanging, Nell Hagen (McCambridge) sets out with her brothers Ritt (Kent) and Kirby (Richards) and cousin Julie Ann (Scott) to seek revenge.
Music
[edit]Cerveris had previously taught English at Antelope Valley High School in California, where Frank Zappa had been one of his pupils. After leaving the job to move to a career in screenwriting, he and Zappa had remained in touch, and in 1959 he convinced Tim Sullivan, the producer of Run Home, Slow, to commission Zappa to compose and conduct the score for the film.[1][2]
One of the themes Zappa composed became the basis for the track Duke of Prunes on the Mothers of Invention's 1967 album Absolutely Free.[1] Studio performances of the film's main theme later featured in Zappa's posthumous compilation albums The Lost Episodes, as a stereo mix, and Mystery Disc, as a mono mix with an additional Zappa guitar solo.[3] A live performance of the theme is included in You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Slavan, Neal (2003). Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa. London: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780857120434.
- ^ Miles, Barry (2004). Frank Zappa. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781843540922.
- ^ "The Lost Episodes". the zappa patio. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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