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Zappa

Zappa

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.

20207.32h 9m

Overview

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.

Directed by Alex Winter
Produced by Ahmet Zappa, John Frizzell, Alex Winter
Box OfficeBudget: $1.1M0

Top Cast

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Mike Keneally

Mike Keneally

Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

Pamela Des Barres

Pamela Des Barres

Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs

L

Lonnie Lardner

Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)

P

Patrice Zappa

Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)

R

Rose Zappa

Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)

F

Francis Zappa

Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)

Edgard Varèse

Edgard Varèse

Self (archive footage)

D

Don Van Vliet

Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)

T

The Mothers of Invention

Themselves (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

composerbiographyavant-gardeprogressive rockrock singerbandleaderlife and careerthe mother of inventionfamous songrevolutionary singeramerican musicianbiographical documentary

About Zappa

Zappa is a music, documentary film released in 2020 exploring themes of composer, biography, avant-garde, progressive rock, rock singer, bandleader. Directed by Alex Winter, it stars Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, Pamela Des Barres. 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.

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