Zappa
“Save the Vault. Tell the Story.”
2020•NR•2h 9m•7.2•Released
MusicDocumentary
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.
Director
Alex Winter
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Trouper Productions
Cast
Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Mike Keneally
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
Pamela Des Barres
Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
Lonnie Lardner
Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
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)
Don Van Vliet
Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
The Mothers of Invention
Themselves (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar Watson
Self (archive footage)
Pamela Zarubica
Self - Zappa's Roommate
Carlo Zappavigna
Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
Bunk Gardner
Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
Ian Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
Production
Company
Trouper Productions
Company
Zipper Bros Films
Company
Altitude Film Entertainment
Company
BFI
Company
Magnolia Pictures
Producer
Jade Allen
Producer
John Frizzell
Producer
Devorah DeVries
Producer
Ahmet Zappa
Recommended
6.8
The Velvet Underground
2021
8.1
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder
2020
7.5
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
2018
7.9
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
8.4
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022
7.5
Beastie Boys Story
2020
6.8
Halftime
2022
7
I Called Him Morgan
2016
6.6
Bad Reputation
2018
6.7
The Beach Boys
2024
6.7
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
7.5
Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now
2023
7
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
6.6
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
8.2
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions)
2023
7.9
ariana grande: excuse me, i love you
2020
6.6
Hated: GG Allin and The Murder Junkies
1993
6.8
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly
2019
6.6
Elton John: Never Too Late
2024
7.6
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
2019
Similar Movies
6.2
E. M. Cioran. Sa vie. Son oeuvre
1999
7
Those Days in Terezín
1997
7.5
Ray
2004
Scar Tissue
0
8
Sisis Erben - Die Kinder der Kaiserin Elisabeth
2022
5
Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann
2012
8.5
Maria Casarès and Albert Camus, you, my life
2022
6.4
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
2017
6.1
The Unbreakable Tatiana Suarez
2024
Vana: The Biggest Race Is the Life Itself
2012
7
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006
4
Cliff: A Portrait of an Artist
2021
Tri Me: The Siri Lindley Story
2025
7
Oxígeno para vivir
2011
6.5
Tears of Cem Karaca
2024
Krok do prázdna Jana Masaryka aneb Dokonalý zločin
2011
Milada
2023
10
Ester Blenda
2016
8
Amadeus
1984
8
Wainwright: The Man Who Loved The Lakes
2007