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Music • Documentary
2020
NR
2 hours and 9 minutes
Save the Vault. Tell 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.
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Release:
November 27, 2020
Original language:
English
Production country:
United States
Producer company:
Budget:
1.126.036 $
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Crew
Cast
Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Mike Keneally
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
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Pamela Des Barres
Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
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Lonnie Lardner
Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
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Patrice Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
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Rose Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
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Francis Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)
Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)
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Edgard Varèse
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Don Van Vliet
Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
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The Mothers of Invention
Themselves (archive footage)
Themselves (archive footage)
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Johnny Guitar Watson
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Pamela Zarubica
Self - Zappa's Roommate
Self - Zappa's Roommate
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Carlo Zappavigna
Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
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Bunk Gardner
Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
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Ian Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
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Ruth Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
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Gail Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
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Tom Wilson
Self - Music Producer (archive footage)
Self - Music Producer (archive footage)
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Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood
Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)
Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)
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Roy Estrada
Self - Bass (archive footage)
Self - Bass (archive footage)
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Ray Collins
Self - Vocal (archive footage)
Self - Vocal (archive footage)
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Don Preston
Self - Keyboards (archive footage)
Self - Keyboards (archive footage)
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Jimmy Carl Black
Self - Drums (archive footage)
Self - Drums (archive footage)
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Arthur Dyer Tripp III
Self - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp)
Self - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp)
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Cal Schenkel
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Moon Unit Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Joni Mitchell
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Dweezil Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Alice Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Howard Kaylan
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Mark Volman
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Aynsley Dunbar
Self - Drums (archive footage)
Self - Drums (archive footage)
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Jeff Simmons
Self - Bass (archive footage)
Self - Bass (archive footage)
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George Duke
Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)
Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)
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Jean-Luc Ponty
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Yoko Ono
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Jerry D. Good
Self - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good)
Self - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good)
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Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Steve Vai
Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
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Ike Willis
Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)
Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)
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Bruce Bickford
Self - Animator
Self - Animator
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Tom Fowler
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)
Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)
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Ralph Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Chester Thompson
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Bruce Fowler
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Patrick O'Hearn
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Peter Wolf
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Terry Bozzio
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Tommy Mars
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Adrian Belew
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Scott Thunes
Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988
Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988
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Joe Travers
Self
Self
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John Belushi
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Ray White
Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984
Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984
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Arthur Barrow
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Vinnie Colaiuta
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Diva Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Sandi Freeman
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Mike Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Norman Seeff
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Kronos String Quartet
Themselves
Themselves
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David Harrington
Self
Self
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Robin Denselow
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Kent Nagano
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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David Letterman
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Ahmet Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Pierre Boulez
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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David Raksin
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Ted Koppel
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Susan Baker
Self - PMRC Member (archive footage)
Self - PMRC Member (archive footage)
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Arsenio Hall
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Gary Iskowitz
Self (voice)
Self (voice)
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David Dondorf
Self - Music Engineer (voice)
Self - Music Engineer (voice)
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Kathleen Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Václav Havel
Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
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Jamie Gangel
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Ensemble Modern
Themselves (archive footage)
Themselves (archive footage)
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Arthur Brown
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Adam Curry
Self
Self
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Hank Dutt
Self
Self
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Buzz Gardner
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Al Gore
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Tipper Gore
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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David Harrington
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Brian Jones
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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John Lofton
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Miss Mercy
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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John Sherba
Self
Self
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Bill Wyman
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Sunny Yang
Self
Self
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Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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