CinemaOSMovie · 2020 · 2h 9m · NR

Zappa

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.

72%(70)IMDbMusicDocumentary

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 byAlex Winter

Status: Released
Runtime: 2h 9m
Language: EN
Released: November 27, 2020
Budget: $1,126,036

Studios

Zipper Bros Films

Altitude Film Entertainment

BFI

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Trailers & teasers

1 video

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Mike Keneally

Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

Pamela Des Barres

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

Edgard Varèse

Self (archive footage)

Don Van Vliet

Don Van Vliet

Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)

The Mothers of Invention

Themselves (archive footage)

Creative team

Directed by: Alex Winter
Produced by: Jade Allen
John Frizzell

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