Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily (2014)
Music · Documentary
Overview
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
- Massimo Bassoli as Himself
- Mathilda Doucette Zappa as Herself
- Dweezil Zappa as Himself
- Joe Travers as Himself
- Gail Zappa as Herself
- Moon Unit Zappa as Herself
- Diva Zappa as Herself
- Steve Vai as Himself
- Tanino Liberatore as Himself
- Frank Zappa as Himself (archive Footage)
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