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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

Jul 2, 2000
0h 52m
★ 0.0

Overview

Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die is a 2000 documentary about Frank Zappa.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

VPRO

Cast

Gail Zappa

Self

Gail Zappa

Tom Fowler

Self

Tom Fowler

George Duke

Self

George Duke

Dweezil Zappa

Self

Dweezil Zappa

Joe Travers

Self

Joe Travers

Bruce Fowler

Self

Bruce Fowler

Pierre Boulez

Self

Pierre Boulez

Todd Yvega

Self

Todd Yvega

Ali N. Aşkın

Self

Ali N. Aşkın

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Frank Zappa

Edgard Varèse

Self (archive footage)

Edgard Varèse

Ian Underwood

Self

Ian Underwood

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