Zappa
“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.
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Cast
96 people
Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Head
Mike Keneally
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
Known for
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
Pamela Des Barres
Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
Also in
Groupies
Paradise Alley
Lonnie Lardner
Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
Also in
Volcano
Bones
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)
Also in
A Dark Lantern
Don Van Vliet
Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
Also in
Captain Beefheart: Under Review
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
The Mothers of Invention
Themselves (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar Watson
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Johnny Guitar Watson: Music Hall in Concert
Johnny "Guitar" Watson: In Concert - Ohne Filter
Pamela Zarubica
Self - Zappa's Roommate
Alex Winter Director · Anghel Decca Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $212K · Budget $1.1M · United States release November 27, 2020
Box office
Budget
$1,126,036
Worldwide gross
$212,129
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Trouper Productions
Production
Zipper Bros Films
Production
Altitude Film Entertainment
Production
BFI
Production
Magnolia Pictures
Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Who the F*@% Is Frank Zappa?
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 10, 2020
Premiere · Camden International Film Festival
United States · November 27, 2020
Limited theatrical
United States · November 27, 2020
Digital
Canada
November 27, 2020 · Digital
Germany
July 1, 2021 · Theatrical
Russia
July 28, 2021 · Theatrical
Spain
July 1, 2021 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 16, 2021 · Digital
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