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Casting

Director

Alex Winter

Producer

Ahmet Zappa, John Frizzell, Alex Winter, Devorah DeVries, Glen Zipper, Jade Allen

Executive Producer

Robert Halmi Jr., Jim Reeve

Director of Photography

Anghel Decca

Frank Zappa
Frank ZappaSelf (archive footage)
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Mike KeneallySelf - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
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Pamela Des BarresSelf - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
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Lonnie LardnerSelf - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
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Patrice ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
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Rose ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
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Francis ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)
Edgard Varèse
Edgard VarèseSelf (archive footage)
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Don Van VlietSelf (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
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The Mothers of InventionThemselves (archive footage)
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Johnny Guitar WatsonSelf (archive footage)
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Pamela ZarubicaSelf - Zappa's Roommate
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Carlo ZappavignaSelf - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
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Bunk GardnerSelf - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
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Ian UnderwoodSelf - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
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Ruth UnderwoodSelf - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
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Gail ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Wife
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Tom WilsonSelf - Music Producer (archive footage)
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Euclid James 'Motorhead' SherwoodSelf - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)
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Roy EstradaSelf - Bass (archive footage)
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Ray CollinsSelf - Vocal (archive footage)
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Don PrestonSelf - Keyboards (archive footage)
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Jimmy Carl BlackSelf - Drums (archive footage)
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Arthur Dyer Tripp IIISelf - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp)
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Cal SchenkelSelf (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage)
Moon Unit Zappa
Moon Unit ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Nancy ReaganSelf (archive footage)
David Bowie
David BowieSelf (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Mick JaggerSelf (archive footage)
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Joni MitchellSelf (archive footage)
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Alice Cooper
Alice CooperSelf (archive footage)
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Howard KaylanSelf (archive footage)
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Mark VolmanSelf (archive footage)
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Aynsley DunbarSelf - Drums (archive footage)
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Jeff SimmonsSelf - Bass (archive footage)
George Duke
George DukeSelf - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc PontySelf (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
Yoko OnoSelf (archive footage)
John Lennon
John LennonSelf (archive footage)
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Jerry D. GoodSelf - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good)
Ringo Starr
Ringo StarrSelf (archive footage)
Steve Vai
Steve VaiSelf - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
Ike Willis
Ike WillisSelf - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)
Bruce Bickford
Bruce BickfordSelf - Animator
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Tom FowlerSelf (archive footage)
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy BrockSelf (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)
Ralph Humphrey
Ralph HumphreySelf (archive footage)
Chester Thompson
Chester ThompsonSelf (archive footage)
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Bruce FowlerSelf (archive footage)
Terry Bozzio
Terry BozzioSelf (archive footage)
Tommy Mars
Tommy MarsSelf (archive footage)
Adrian Belew
Adrian BelewSelf (archive footage)
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Scott ThunesSelf - Played with Zappa 1981-1988
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Joe TraversSelf
John Belushi
John BelushiSelf (archive footage)
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Ray WhiteSelf - Played with Zappa 1976-1984
Arthur Barrow
Arthur BarrowSelf (archive footage)
Vinnie Colaiuta
Vinnie ColaiutaSelf (archive footage)
Diva Zappa
Diva ZappaSelf (archive footage)
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Sandi FreemanSelf (archive footage)
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Mike DouglasSelf (archive footage)
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Norman SeeffSelf (archive footage)
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David HarringtonSelf
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Robin DenselowSelf (archive footage)
Kent Nagano
Kent NaganoSelf (archive footage)
David Letterman
David LettermanSelf (archive footage)
Ahmet Zappa
Ahmet ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Pierre Boulez
Pierre BoulezSelf (archive footage)
David Raksin
David RaksinSelf (archive footage)
Ted Koppel
Ted KoppelSelf (archive footage)
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Susan BakerSelf - PMRC Member (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
Arsenio HallSelf (archive footage)
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Gary IskowitzSelf (voice)
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David DondorfSelf - Music Engineer (voice)
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Kathleen SullivanSelf (archive footage)
Václav Havel
Václav HavelSelf - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
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Jamie GangelSelf (archive footage)
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Ensemble ModernThemselves (archive footage)
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Arthur BrownSelf (archive footage)
Adam Curry
Adam CurrySelf
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Hank DuttSelf
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Buzz GardnerSelf (archive footage)
Al Gore
Al GoreSelf (archive footage)
Tipper Gore
Tipper GoreSelf (archive footage)
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David HarringtonSelf (archive footage)
Brian Jones
Brian JonesSelf (archive footage)
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John LoftonSelf (archive footage)
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Miss MercySelf (archive footage)
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John SherbaSelf
Bill Wyman
Bill WymanSelf (archive footage)
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Sunny YangSelf
Charles Manson
Charles MansonSelf (archive footage)
Patrick O'Hearn
Patrick O'HearnSelf (archive footage)
Peter Wolf
Peter WolfSelf (archive footage)