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Zappa( 2020)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Frank Zappa

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mike Keneally

      Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

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      Pamela Des Barres

      Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs

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      Lonnie Lardner

      Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)

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      Patrice Zappa

      Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)

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      Rose Zappa

      Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)

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      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)

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      The Mothers of Invention

      Themselves (archive footage)

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      Johnny Guitar Watson

      Self (archive footage)

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      Pamela Zarubica

      Self - Zappa's Roommate

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      Carlo Zappavigna

      Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)

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      Bunk Gardner

      Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969

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      Ian Underwood

      Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975

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      Ruth Underwood

      Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976

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      Gail Zappa

      Self - Frank Zappa's Wife

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      Tom Wilson

      Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

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      Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

      Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)

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      Roy Estrada

      Self - Bass (archive footage)

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      Ray Collins

      Self - Vocal (archive footage)

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      Don Preston

      Self - Keyboards (archive footage)

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      Jimmy Carl Black

      Self - Drums (archive footage)

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      Arthur Dyer Tripp III

      Self - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp)

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      Cal Schenkel

      Self (archive footage)

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      Jimi Hendrix

      Self (archive footage)

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      Moon Unit Zappa

      Self (archive footage)

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      Ronald Reagan

      Self (archive footage)

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      Nancy Reagan

      Self (archive footage)

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      David Bowie

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mick Jagger

      Self (archive footage)

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      Joni Mitchell

      Self (archive footage)

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      Dweezil Zappa

      Self (archive footage)

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      Alice Cooper

      Self (archive footage)

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      Howard Kaylan

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mark Volman

      Self (archive footage)

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      Aynsley Dunbar

      Self - Drums (archive footage)

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      Jeff Simmons

      Self - Bass (archive footage)

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      George Duke

      Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)

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      Jean-Luc Ponty

      Self (archive footage)

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      Yoko Ono

      Self (archive footage)

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      John Lennon

      Self (archive footage)

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      Jerry D. Good

      Self - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good)

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      Ringo Starr

      Self (archive footage)

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      Steve Vai

      Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982

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      Ike Willis

      Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)

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      Bruce Bickford

      Self - Animator

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      Tom Fowler

      Self (archive footage)

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      Napoleon Murphy Brock

      Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)

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      Ralph Humphrey

      Self (archive footage)

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      Chester Thompson

      Self (archive footage)

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      Bruce Fowler

      Self (archive footage)

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      Patrick O'Hearn

      Self (archive footage)

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      Peter Wolf

      Self (archive footage)

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      Terry Bozzio

      Self (archive footage)

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      Tommy Mars

      Self (archive footage)

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      Adrian Belew

      Self (archive footage)

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      Scott Thunes

      Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988

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      Joe Travers

      Self

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      John Belushi

      Self (archive footage)

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      Ray White

      Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984

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      Arthur Barrow

      Self (archive footage)

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      Vinnie Colaiuta

      Self (archive footage)

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      Diva Zappa

      Self (archive footage)

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      Sandi Freeman

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mike Douglas

      Self (archive footage)

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      Norman Seeff

      Self (archive footage)

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      Kronos String Quartet

      Themselves

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      David Harrington

      Self

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      Robin Denselow

      Self (archive footage)

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      Kent Nagano

      Self (archive footage)

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      David Letterman

      Self (archive footage)

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      Ahmet Zappa

      Self (archive footage)

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      Pierre Boulez

      Self (archive footage)

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      David Raksin

      Self (archive footage)

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      Ted Koppel

      Self (archive footage)

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      Susan Baker

      Self - PMRC Member (archive footage)

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      Arsenio Hall

      Self (archive footage)

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      Gary Iskowitz

      Self (voice)

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      David Dondorf

      Self - Music Engineer (voice)

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      Kathleen Sullivan

      Self (archive footage)

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      Václav Havel

      Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)

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      Jamie Gangel

      Self (archive footage)

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      Ensemble Modern

      Themselves (archive footage)

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      Arthur Brown

      Self (archive footage)

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      Adam Curry

      Self

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      Hank Dutt

      Self

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      Buzz Gardner

      Self (archive footage)

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      Al Gore

      Self (archive footage)

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      Tipper Gore

      Self (archive footage)

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      David Harrington

      Self (archive footage)

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      Brian Jones

      Self (archive footage)

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      John Lofton

      Self (archive footage)

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      Miss Mercy

      Self (archive footage)

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      John Sherba

      Self

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      Bill Wyman

      Self (archive footage)

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      Sunny Yang

      Self

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      Charles Manson

      Self (archive footage)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1126036.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • composer
    • biography
    • avant-garde
    • progressive rock
    • bandleader
    • the mother of invention
    • frank zappa
    • american musician
    • grammy lifetime achievement award.