Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

IMDb 7.8 2014 • 81 min • MusicDocumentary

Director

Salvo Cuccia

Country

IT

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Massimo Bassoli
Massimo Bassoli Himself
Mathilda Doucette Zappa
Mathilda Doucette Zappa Herself
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa Himself
Joe Travers
Joe Travers Himself
Gail Zappa
Gail Zappa Herself