Zappa (2020)

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.

Cast (97)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

M

Mike Keneally

Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

Pamela Des Barres

Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs

L

Lonnie Lardner

Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)

P

Patrice Zappa

Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)

R

Rose Zappa

Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)

F

Francis Zappa

Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)

Edgard Varèse

Self (archive footage)

D

Don Van Vliet

Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)

T

The Mothers of Invention

Themselves (archive footage)

J

Johnny Guitar Watson

Self (archive footage)

P

Pamela Zarubica

Self - Zappa's Roommate

C

Carlo Zappavigna

Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)

B

Bunk Gardner

Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969

I

Ian Underwood

Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975

R

Ruth Underwood

Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976

G

Gail Zappa

Self - Frank Zappa's Wife

T

Tom Wilson

Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

E

Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)

R

Roy Estrada

Self - Bass (archive footage)

R

Ray Collins

Self - Vocal (archive footage)

D

Don Preston

Self - Keyboards (archive footage)

J

Jimmy Carl Black

Self - Drums (archive footage)

A

Arthur Dyer Tripp III

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

C

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)

J

Joni Mitchell

Self (archive footage)

Dweezil Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Alice Cooper

Self (archive footage)

H

Howard Kaylan

Self (archive footage)

M

Mark Volman

Self (archive footage)

A

Aynsley Dunbar

Self - Drums (archive footage)

J

Jeff Simmons

Self - Bass (archive footage)

George Duke

Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)

Jean-Luc Ponty

Self (archive footage)

Yoko Ono

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

J

Jerry D. Good

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

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

Steve Vai

Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982

Ike Willis

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

Bruce Bickford

Self - Animator

T

Tom Fowler

Self (archive footage)

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)

Ralph Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Chester Thompson

Self (archive footage)

B

Bruce Fowler

Self (archive footage)

Terry Bozzio

Self (archive footage)

Tommy Mars

Self (archive footage)

Adrian Belew

Self (archive footage)

S

Scott Thunes

Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988

J

Joe Travers

Self

John Belushi

Self (archive footage)

R

Ray White

Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984

Arthur Barrow

Self (archive footage)

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