Zappa
“Save the Vault. Tell the Story.”
2020•NR•2h 9m•7.2•Released
MusicDocumentary
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.
Director
Alex Winter
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Trouper Productions
Cast
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
Carlo Zappavigna
Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
Bunk Gardner
Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
Ian Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
Production
Company
Trouper Productions
Company
Zipper Bros Films
Company
Altitude Film Entertainment
Company
BFI
Company
Magnolia Pictures
Producer
Jade Allen
Producer
John Frizzell
Producer
Devorah DeVries
Producer
Ahmet Zappa
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