The Sparks Brothers is a 2021 documentary film directed by Edgar Wright. The film is about Ron and Russell Mael, members of the pop and rock duo Sparks.
The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021, and was theatrically released in North America on June 18, 2021, by Focus Features.
The documentary features lengthy interviews with Ron Mael and Russell Mael, along with short interviews with musicians such as Beck, Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert of Joy Division and New Order, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell of Erasure, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. The documentary includes a snippet of an audio interview with Björk but she does not appear in the movie.
Wright interviewed record producers who collaborated with the band such as Giorgio Moroder and Tony Visconti. The film includes interviews with previous members of the group who worked with the Maels in the various Sparks line-ups from the early 1970s until the early 2020s; TV producer Jonathan Ross; rock journalist Paul Morley; and actors such as Jason Schwartzman and Mike Myers.
The documentary includes several short animation sequences to reproduce apocryphal anecdotes between musicians with the participation of the comedians Simon Pegg (as the voice of John Lennon) and Nick Frost (as the voice of Ringo Starr).