Zappa (2020)

ALL 11/27/2020 (en) Music, Documentary 129 Min
  • Release
    11/27/2020
  • Production
    Trouper Productions, Zipper Bros Films, Altitude Film Entertainment, BFI, Magnolia Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    Zappa
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.

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.

  1. Alex Winter

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



Currently available to stream, watch for free, rent, and buy in the United States. You can makes it easy to find out where you can legally watch your favorite movies & TV shows online.

Watch Channel

Casts

  1. Frank Zappa

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Mike Keneally

    Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

  3. Pamela Des Barres

    Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs

  4. Lonnie Lardner

    Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)

  5. Patrice Zappa

    Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)

  6. Rose Zappa

    Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)

  7. Francis Zappa

    Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)

  8. Edgard Varèse

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Don Van Vliet

    Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)

  10. The Mothers of Invention

    Themselves (archive footage)

  11. Johnny Guitar Watson

    Self (archive footage)

  12. Pamela Zarubica

    Self - Zappa's Roommate

  13. Carlo Zappavigna

    Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)

  14. Bunk Gardner

    Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969

  15. Ian Underwood

    Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975

  16. Ruth Underwood

    Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976

  17. Gail Zappa

    Self - Frank Zappa's Wife

  18. Tom Wilson

    Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

  19. Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

    Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)

  20. Roy Estrada

    Self - Bass (archive footage)

  21. Ray Collins

    Self - Vocal (archive footage)

  22. Don Preston

    Self - Keyboards (archive footage)

  23. Jimmy Carl Black

    Self - Drums (archive footage)

  24. Arthur Dyer Tripp III

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

  25. Cal Schenkel

    Self (archive footage)

  26. Jimi Hendrix

    Self (archive footage)

  27. Moon Unit Zappa

    Self (archive footage)

  28. Ronald Reagan

    Self (archive footage)

  29. Nancy Reagan

    Self (archive footage)

  30. David Bowie

    Self (archive footage)

  31. Mick Jagger

    Self (archive footage)

  32. Joni Mitchell

    Self (archive footage)

  33. Dweezil Zappa

    Self (archive footage)

  34. Alice Cooper

    Self (archive footage)

  35. Howard Kaylan

    Self (archive footage)

  36. Mark Volman

    Self (archive footage)

  37. Aynsley Dunbar

    Self - Drums (archive footage)

  38. Jeff Simmons

    Self - Bass (archive footage)

  39. George Duke

    Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)

  40. Jean-Luc Ponty

    Self (archive footage)

  41. Yoko Ono

    Self (archive footage)

  42. John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

  43. Jerry D. Good

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

  44. Ringo Starr

    Self (archive footage)

  45. Steve Vai

    Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982

  46. Ike Willis

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

  47. Bruce Bickford

    Self - Animator

  48. Tom Fowler

    Self (archive footage)

  49. Napoleon Murphy Brock

    Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)

  50. Ralph Humphrey

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 98 , Crews : 13

Keyword

Zappa (2020) 129 Min

ALL 11/27/2020 (en)
Music, Documentary
  • Release 11/27/2020
  • Production
    Trouper Productions, Zipper Bros Films, Altitude Film Entertainment, BFI, Magnolia Pictures
  • Original title Zappa
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.

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.

  1. Alex Winter

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Ahmet Zappa, John Frizzell, Alex Winter, Devorah DeVries, Glen Zipper, Jade Allen

    Producer