MovieMusicDocumentary
Zappa
Save the Vault. Tell the Story.
7.2(70)20202h 9m
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.
- Director
- Alex Winter
- Created by
- Robert Halmi Jr.,Jim Reeve
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Cast
Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Mike Keneally
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
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
Self (archive footage)
Don Van Vliet
Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
The Mothers of Invention
Themselves (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar Watson
Self (archive footage)
Pamela Zarubica
Self - Zappa's Roommate
Carlo Zappavigna
Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
Bunk Gardner
Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
Ian Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
Ruth Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
Gail Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
Tom Wilson
Self - Music Producer (archive footage)
Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood
Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)
Roy Estrada
Self - Bass (archive footage)
Ray Collins
Self - Vocal (archive footage)
Don Preston
Self - Keyboards (archive footage)
Jimmy Carl Black
Self - Drums (archive footage)
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
Self - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp)
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Crew
Directing
- Alex WinterDirector
Production
- Robert Halmi Jr.Executive Producer
- Ahmet ZappaProducer
- John FrizzellProducer
- Jim ReeveExecutive Producer
- Alex WinterProducer
- Devorah DeVriesProducer
- Glen ZipperProducer
- Jade AllenProducer
Camera
- Anghel DeccaDirector of Photography
Editing
- Greg LaneseyDigital Intermediate Producer
Sound
- Alex NomickSound Effects Editor
- Frank ZappaMusic