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

78% | Oct 05, 2014
Music Documentary

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.

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Salvo Cuccia
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Gail Zappa
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Salvo Cuccia
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Eleonora Coradaro
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Frank Zappa
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Dweezil Zappa
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Benni Atria
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Clarissa Cappellani
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