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Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

10/05/2014

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1hr 21min

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Music

,Documentary

STORY

In the feature documentary, Summer 82 - When Zappa Came to Sicily, filmmaker and Zappa fan Salvo Cuccia tells the behind-the-scenes story of Frank Zappa's star-crossed concert in Palermo, Sicily, the wrap-up to a European tour that ended in public disturbances and police intervention. Cuccia had a ticket to the concert but never made it. Thirty years later, collaborating with Zappa's family, he re-creates the events through a combination of rare concert and backstage footage; photographs; anecdotes from family, band members, and concertgoers; and insights from Zappa biographer and friend Massimo Bassoli. The story is also a personal one, as Cuccia interweaves the story of Zappa's trip to Sicily with his own memories from that summer.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Massimo Bassoli
  • Mathilda Doucette Zappa
  • Dweezil Zappa
  • Joe Travers
  • Gail Zappa

    Director

  • Salvo Cuccia

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Italy
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Italian

Cast

Massimo Bassoli

Himself

Mathilda Doucette Zappa

Herself

Dweezil Zappa

Himself

Joe Travers

Himself

Moon Unit Zappa

Herself

Diva Zappa

Herself

Steve Vai

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Tanino Liberatore

Himself

Frank Zappa

Himself (archive Footage)

Thomas Nordegg

Himself

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