Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
| Thorsten Schütte | ||
Cast
| Steve Allen | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Angel | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Chuck Ash | ... | Self - Pennsylvania State Police (archive footage) (as Trooper Chuck Ash) | |
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Arthur Barrow | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Adrian Belew | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Theodore Bikel | ... | Rance Muhammitz (archive footage) | |
| Jimmy Carl Black | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Pierre Boulez | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Thomas Braden | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Tom Braden) |
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Napoleon Murphy Brock | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Tom Brokaw | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Wally Bruner | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Paul Carman | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Del Casher | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Connie Chung | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Vinnie Colaiuta | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Katie Couric | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Robin Denselow | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Mike Douglas | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| George Duke | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Aynsley Dunbar | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Ensemble Modern | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
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Roy Estrada | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Bruce Fowler | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Tom Fowler | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Walt Fowler | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Arlene Francis | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jamie Gangel | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Bunk Gardner | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Tipper Gore | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Judy Gridley | ... | Chorus Leader (archive footage) |
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Robert Hager | ... | Self (voice) (archive footage) |
| Václav Havel | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Paula Fickes Hawkins | ... | Self - US Senator (Florida) (archive footage) |
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Ralph Humphrey | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Johnny Jacobs | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Howard Kaylan | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Mike Keneally | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Martin Lickert | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| June Lockhart | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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John Lofton | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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London Symphony Orchestra | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
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Ed Mann | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Tommy Mars | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Bobby Martin | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Kurt McGettrick | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Keith Moon | ... | The Hot Nun (archive footage) | |
| Kent Nagano | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Janet Neville-Ferguson | ... | Groupie #1 (archive footage) | |
| Robert D. Novak | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Robert Novak) | |
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Lucy Offerall | ... | Groupie #2 (archive footage) |
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Jean-Luc Ponty | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Don Preston | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Gene Rayburn | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
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Peter Rundel | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Soupy Sales | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Stanley Siegel | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Jeff Simmons | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Harry Smith | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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John Smothers | ... | Self - Zappa's Bodyguard (archive footage) |
| Ringo Starr | ... | Larry the Dwarf (archive footage) | |
| Chester Thompson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Scott Thunes | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Arthur Dyer Tripp III | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Ian Underwood | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Ruth Underwood | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Mark Volman | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Chad Wackerman | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Denny Walley | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Ray White | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Ike Willis | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Albert Wing | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Péter Wolf | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Frank Zappa | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Gail Zappa | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Allan Zavod | ... | Self (archive footage) |
Produced by
| Claire Babany | ... | line producer |
| Markus Brunnemann | ... | associate producer |
| Estelle Fialon | ... | producer |
| Yaël Fogiel | ... | associate producer |
| Laetitia Gonzalez | ... | associate producer |
| Nico Hofmann | ... | associate producer |
| Michael Jungfleisch | ... | line producer |
| Elizabeth Klinck | ... | archive producer |
| Joachim Kosack | ... | associate producer |
| Jochen Laube | ... | co-producer |
| Emelie Persson | ... | commissioning editor: SVT |
| Simone Reuter | ... | commissioning editor: SWR |
| Thorsten Schütte | ... | executive producer |
| Ahmet Zappa | ... | executive producer |
| Gail Zappa | ... | executive producer |
| Martina Zöllner | ... | commissioning editor: SWR |
Editing by
| Willibald Wonneberger | ||
Art Department
| Pauline Branke | ... | title designer |
Sound Department
| Marc Fragstein | ... | sound mixer |
| Marvin Keil | ... | sound re-recording mixer: Mastering |
| Armelle Mahé | ... | sound mixer |
Editorial Department
| Claire Babany | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Stephan Gehrke-Losinski | ... | post-production coordinator (as Stephan Gehrke) |
| Eric Salleron | ... | color grader |
| Joe Travers | ... | video transfers |
Additional Crew
| Ina Blus | ... | production assistant |
| Eléonore Boissinot | ... | visual clearances |
| Christèle Boucher | ... | accountant |
| Dan Braun | ... | distribution advisor |
| Josh Braun | ... | distribution advisor |
| Johan Broutin | ... | staff: Les Films du Poisson |
| Raphaëlle Cittanova | ... | production assistant |
| Inès Daïen Dasi | ... | staff: Les Films du Poisson |
| Emelie de Jong | ... | arts department director: Arte France |
| Ali Delici | ... | head of documentaries: Arte France |
| Thomas Derr | ... | head of finance |
| Liz Etherington | ... | additional visual research (as Elizabeth Etherington) |
| Sascha Gottschalk | ... | legal |
| Vanessa Labarthe | ... | production assistant |
| Patricia Langenhan | ... | production assistant |
| Michael LaPointe | ... | operations supervisor |
| Hadrien Leduc-Spaak | ... | head of finance |
| Stefan Lieberum | ... | legal |
| Thomas Morvan | ... | production assistant |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Mouthuy | ... | legal |
| Sarah Neumann | ... | production assistant |
| Marine Paquin | ... | production assistant |
| Jules Reinartz | ... | production assistant |
| Eve Robin | ... | staff: Les Films du Poisson |
| Oumar Sakho | ... | accountant |
| Joe Travers | ... | archivist |
| Nathalie Vallet | ... | staff: Les Films du Poisson |
| Evelyn Welz | ... | accountant |
| Marius Wilke | ... | production assistant |
Thanks
| Pierre-Olivier Bardet | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Fabrice Blancho | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Holland Greco | ... | special thanks |
| Kurt Morgan | ... | special thanks |
| Melanie Starks | ... | special thanks |
| Joe Travers | ... | special thanks |
| Ahmet Zappa | ... | special thanks (as Ahmet) |
| Diva Zappa | ... | special thanks (as Diva) |
| Dweezil Zappa | ... | special thanks (as Dweezil) |
| Gail Zappa | ... | dedicatee (as Gail) / special thanks (as Gail) |
| Moon Unit Zappa | ... | special thanks (as Moon) |