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Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily(2014)
Status: Released
Date: 2014-10-05
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Time: 1h 21m
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.
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
Italy,
United States of America
Movie: Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
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