Frank and Cindy is a new documentary about Frank Garcia and his wife Cindy. Cindy’s son, filmmaker G.J. Echternkamp found their lives strange and amusing enough to make the movie.

The film synopsis:

When Cindy married a rock star, Frank, in 1983 she imagined a life of glamour and GRAMMYS. But the song that propelled Frank to fame, Whirly Girl, would be the only chart-topper from his short-lived group, OXO. Years later, out of shape and nearly bankrupt after spending his money on "gas, food, dry cleaning and drugs." Frank is not the vision Cindy married.

Desperate to resuscitate her dream, Cindy furnishes a new studio for Frank in hopes he'll record another hit. Instead, he'd rather drink. Upset by his lack of ambition, Cindy berates him incessantly ("I hate every fat bone in your body!"). And now, twenty-three years after appearing on American Bandstand, Frank lives sequestered to the basement where he uses coffee cans as his improvised bathroom.

Echternkamp explained his motivations for the New York Underground Film Festival.

I try to be a catalyst and make these people change their lives for the better... but can I? Maybe I'm just exploiting my stepfather for cheap laughs and a little revenge for ruining my life....

If you’d like to be friends with these folks, Frank has two MySpace pages, one personal and one for his music. Cindy’s MySpace page has some amusing stories. OXO has a MySpace page, too, although its fairly new and doesn’t have much information.