Zappa
movie

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.
Released November 27, 2020
Genres:
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.
Cast

Frank Zappa
as
Self (archive footage)

Mike Keneally
as
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
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Pamela Des Barres
as
Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
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Lonnie Lardner
as
Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
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Patrice Zappa
as
Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
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Rose Zappa
as
Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
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Francis Zappa
as
Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)

Edgard Varèse
as
Self (archive footage)

Don Van Vliet
as
Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
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The Mothers of Invention
as
Themselves (archive footage)
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Johnny Guitar Watson
as
Self (archive footage)
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Pamela Zarubica
as
Self - Zappa's Roommate
Crew

Alex Winter
as
Director
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Anghel Decca
as
Director of Photography
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Robert Halmi Jr.
as
Executive Producer
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Alex Nomick
as
Sound Effects Editor

Frank Zappa
as
Music
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Greg Lanesey
as
Digital Intermediate Producer

Alex Winter
as
Producer

Glen Zipper
as
Producer

Ahmet Zappa
as
Producer
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John Frizzell
as
Producer
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Devorah DeVries
as
Producer
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Jade Allen
as
Producer