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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.
Frank Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Keneally
as Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
Pamela Des Barres
as Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
Edgard Varèse
as Self (archive footage)
Don Van Vliet
as Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
Bunk Gardner
as Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
Ian Underwood
as Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
Ruth Underwood
as Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
Gail Zappa
as Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
Moon Unit Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
David Bowie
as Self (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
as Self (archive footage)
Dweezil Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Alice Cooper
as Self (archive footage)
George Duke
as Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Ponty
as Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
as Self (archive footage)
Steve Vai
as Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
Ike Willis
as Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)
Bruce Bickford
as Self - Animator
Tom Fowler
as Self (archive footage)
Napoleon Murphy Brock
as Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)
Ralph Humphrey
as Self (archive footage)
Chester Thompson
as Self (archive footage)
Bruce Fowler
as Self (archive footage)
Terry Bozzio
as Self (archive footage)
Tommy Mars
as Self (archive footage)
Adrian Belew
as Self (archive footage)
Joe Travers
as Self
John Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
Ray White
as Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984
Arthur Barrow
as Self (archive footage)
Vinnie Colaiuta
as Self (archive footage)
Diva Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Kent Nagano
as Self (archive footage)
David Letterman
as Self (archive footage)
Ahmet Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Boulez
as Self (archive footage)
Ted Koppel
as Self (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
as Self (archive footage)
Václav Havel
as Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
Adam Curry
as Self
Al Gore
as Self (archive footage)
Tipper Gore
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Jones
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Wyman
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Keneally
as Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
Pamela Des Barres
as Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
Edgard Varèse
as Self (archive footage)
Don Van Vliet
as Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
Bunk Gardner
as Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
Ian Underwood
as Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
Ruth Underwood
as Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
Gail Zappa
as Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
Moon Unit Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
David Bowie
as Self (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
as Self (archive footage)
Dweezil Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Alice Cooper
as Self (archive footage)
George Duke
as Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Ponty
as Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
as Self (archive footage)
Steve Vai
as Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
Ike Willis
as Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)
Bruce Bickford
as Self - Animator
Tom Fowler
as Self (archive footage)
Napoleon Murphy Brock
as Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)
Ralph Humphrey
as Self (archive footage)
Chester Thompson
as Self (archive footage)
Bruce Fowler
as Self (archive footage)
Terry Bozzio
as Self (archive footage)
Tommy Mars
as Self (archive footage)
Adrian Belew
as Self (archive footage)
Joe Travers
as Self
John Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
Ray White
as Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984
Arthur Barrow
as Self (archive footage)
Vinnie Colaiuta
as Self (archive footage)
Diva Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Kent Nagano
as Self (archive footage)
David Letterman
as Self (archive footage)
Ahmet Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Boulez
as Self (archive footage)
Ted Koppel
as Self (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
as Self (archive footage)
Václav Havel
as Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
Adam Curry
as Self
Al Gore
as Self (archive footage)
Tipper Gore
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Jones
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Wyman
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson
as Self (archive footage)
