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2020·NR

Zappa

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.

MusicDocumentary2h 9m

🍅96%

🍅

96%

Tomatometer

🍿

82%

Popcornmeter

7.2

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Trailers

3 videos

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Official Trailer

Alex Winter on Zappa | Interview | Altitude Films

Alex Winter on Zappa | Interview | Altitude Films

PFF29 Q&A | ZAPPA

PFF29 Q&A | ZAPPA

Details

DirectorAlex Winter

ReleasedNov 27, 2020

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$1.1M

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studios

Trouper Productions

Zipper Bros Films

Altitude Film Entertainment

BFI

Magnolia Pictures

Cast

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Mike Keneally

Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

Pamela Des Barres

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

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

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Dox Amazon Channel

Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

Google Play Movies

YouTube

Fandango At Home

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“As rich and complex as its subject's best work, Zappa honors the life and career of a musical legend without falling into hagiography.”

96% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Mark Kermode

RTKermode & Mayo's Film ReviewFeb 25, 2021

It makes a very good case that you should be interested in Zappa's work.

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Paul Byrnes

RTSydney Morning HeraldFeb 24, 2021

If there is one American musician who was overdue for a comprehensive documentary, that's Zappa -- and this one doesn't disappoint. It's as messy as his music in parts, but that fits.

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Wendy Ide

RTObserver (UK)Feb 21, 2021

Key to the success of the film is the editing, a pinballing assault of free association, claymation and gleeful profanity, which goes some way towards recreating what it must have been like to spend time inside Zappa's head.

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Matt Neal

RTMovies Ate My LifeFeb 3, 2023

Surprisingly concise but still well rounded, Zappa is the best doco of this under-appreciated talent that we’re likely to get.

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Information

Title

Zappa

Released

Nov 27, 2020

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

United States of America, United Kingdom

Original Audio

English

Runtime

2h 9m

Status

Released

Studios

Trouper Productions, Zipper Bros Films

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