Sheila and the Brainstem (1989) - Producer's Cut

Name: Sheila and the Brainstem (1989) - Producer's Cut
Released: 2026-08-26
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Cast: Lisa Jane Todd, Darren Harris

<div>In 1989, UCLA film students Russell Bates and Matt McDowell borrowed a 16mm camera, maxed out their credit cards and made a punk rock road movie about love, death, jerky, kidnapped newlyweds, 24-hour minimarts and a magical brainstem that promises immortality, featuring appearances by L.A. music scene icons that include Redd Kross, Milo Aukerman of Descendents and Peter Case of The Plimsouls with soundtrack vocals by Bob Forrest of Thelonious Monster. But when the finished film was unable to find theatrical distribution, it instead became an underground bootleg legend. Now after nearly four decades, this “offbeat saga of America wrapped in a Big Mac carton” (Daily Bruin) has been scanned in 2K from the original negative. Film rights supplied by Severin Films.</div>PT1H20MUnrated2026-08-26en

Lisa Jane Todd

Darren Harris

Matt McDowell

Russell Bates

Sheila and the Brainstem (1989) - Producer's Cut"Sheila and the Brainstem (1989) - Producer's Cut"

Sheila and the Brainstem (1989) - Producer's Cut

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