Zappa

Zappa (2020)

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.

With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.

Date of release
2020-11-27
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (70)
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
Music, Documentary
Director
Alex Winter

Casting

  • Frank Zappa — Self (archive footage)
  • Mike Keneally — Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
  • Pamela Des Barres — Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
  • Lonnie Lardner — Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
  • Patrice Zappa — Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
  • Rose Zappa — Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
  • Francis Zappa — Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)
  • Edgard Varèse — Self (archive footage)
  • Don Van Vliet — Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
  • The Mothers of Invention — Themselves (archive footage)
  • Johnny Guitar Watson — Self (archive footage)
  • Pamela Zarubica — Self - Zappa's Roommate

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