Zappa (2020)
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 by: Alex Winter
Top Billed Cast: Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, Pamela Des Barres
Runtime: 129 minutes
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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)
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)
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Moon Unit Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
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Joni Mitchell
Self (archive footage)
Dweezil Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Alice Cooper
Self (archive footage)
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Howard Kaylan
Self (archive footage)
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Mark Volman
Self (archive footage)
