Zappa

Synopsis

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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Cast

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  Frank Zappa
  Self (archive footage)

• M

  Mike Keneally
  Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

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  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)

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  Edgard Varèse
  Self (archive footage)

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  Don Van Vliet
  Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)

• T

  The Mothers of Invention
  Themselves (archive footage)

• J

  Johnny Guitar Watson
  Self (archive footage)

• P

  Pamela Zarubica
  Self - Zappa's Roommate

• C

  Carlo Zappavigna
  Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)

• B

  Bunk Gardner
  Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969

• I

  Ian Underwood
  Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975

• R

  Ruth Underwood
  Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976

• G

  Gail Zappa
  Self - Frank Zappa's Wife

• T

  Tom Wilson
  Self - Music Producer (archive footage)