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Zappa
Directed by
Alex Winter
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.
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.
Cast
Frank ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Mike KeneallySelf - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
Pamela Des BarresSelf - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
Lonnie LardnerSelf - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
Patrice ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
Rose ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
Francis ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)
Edgard VarèseSelf (archive footage)
Don Van VlietSelf (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
The Mothers of InventionThemselves (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar WatsonSelf (archive footage)
Pamela ZarubicaSelf - Zappa's Roommate
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Carlo ZappavignaSelf - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
Bunk GardnerSelf - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
Ian UnderwoodSelf - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
Ruth UnderwoodSelf - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
Gail ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Wife
Tom WilsonSelf - Music Producer (archive footage)
Euclid James 'Motorhead' SherwoodSelf - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)
Roy EstradaSelf - Bass (archive footage)
Ray CollinsSelf - Vocal (archive footage)
Don PrestonSelf - Keyboards (archive footage)
Jimmy Carl BlackSelf - Drums (archive footage)
Arthur Dyer Tripp IIISelf - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp)
Cal SchenkelSelf (archive footage)
Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage)
Moon Unit ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Nancy ReaganSelf (archive footage)
David BowieSelf (archive footage)
Mick JaggerSelf (archive footage)
Joni MitchellSelf (archive footage)
Dweezil ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Alice CooperSelf (archive footage)
Howard KaylanSelf (archive footage)
Mark VolmanSelf (archive footage)
Aynsley DunbarSelf - Drums (archive footage)
Jeff SimmonsSelf - Bass (archive footage)
George DukeSelf - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)
Jean-Luc PontySelf (archive footage)
Yoko OnoSelf (archive footage)
John LennonSelf (archive footage)
Jerry D. GoodSelf - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good)
Ringo StarrSelf (archive footage)
Steve VaiSelf - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
Ike WillisSelf - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)
Bruce BickfordSelf - Animator
Tom FowlerSelf (archive footage)
Napoleon Murphy BrockSelf (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)
Ralph HumphreySelf (archive footage)
Chester ThompsonSelf (archive footage)
Bruce FowlerSelf (archive footage)
Terry BozzioSelf (archive footage)
Tommy MarsSelf (archive footage)
Adrian BelewSelf (archive footage)
Scott ThunesSelf - Played with Zappa 1981-1988
Joe TraversSelf
John BelushiSelf (archive footage)
Ray WhiteSelf - Played with Zappa 1976-1984
Arthur BarrowSelf (archive footage)
Vinnie ColaiutaSelf (archive footage)
Diva ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Sandi FreemanSelf (archive footage)
Mike DouglasSelf (archive footage)
Norman SeeffSelf (archive footage)
David HarringtonSelf
Robin DenselowSelf (archive footage)
Kent NaganoSelf (archive footage)
David LettermanSelf (archive footage)
Ahmet ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Pierre BoulezSelf (archive footage)
David RaksinSelf (archive footage)
Ted KoppelSelf (archive footage)
Susan BakerSelf - PMRC Member (archive footage)
Arsenio HallSelf (archive footage)
Gary IskowitzSelf (voice)
David DondorfSelf - Music Engineer (voice)
Kathleen SullivanSelf (archive footage)
Václav HavelSelf - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
Jamie GangelSelf (archive footage)
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