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Zappa
“Save the Vault. Tell the Story.”
73%
Movie
2h 9m
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Zappa (2020) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Zappa (2020) — a movie tagged as Music and Documentary with balanced tone moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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, wri… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~129 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Zappa 73% (65 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2020-11-27
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- TMDB rating
- 7.3
- TMDB ID
- 353047
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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 ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Zappa?
The official runtime for Zappa is approximately 129 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)

Mike Keneally
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988

Pamela Des Barres
Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
- L
Lonnie Lardner
Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
- P
Patrice Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
- R
Rose Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
- F
Francis Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)

Edgard Varèse
Self (archive footage)
- D
Don Van Vliet
Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
- T
The Mothers of Invention
Themselves (archive footage)
- J
Johnny Guitar Watson
Self (archive footage)
- P
Pamela Zarubica
Self - Zappa's Roommate
- C
Carlo Zappavigna
Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
- B
Bunk Gardner
Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
- I
Ian Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
- R
Ruth Underwood
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
- G
Gail Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
- T
Tom Wilson
Self - Music Producer (archive footage)
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