Zappa's '82 Italian tour comes to life with never-before-seen concert / backstage footage

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.

The film looks at the rise and heyday of Frank Zappa's career as an innovative composer and libertarian provocateur, and includes tales of the relationship of a busy father with his children.

While in Sicily for the concert, Zappa visited Partinico, the birthplace of his father and grandfather; and in the film's warm and loving coda, three of Zappa's children, Dweezil, Moon Diva and his wife Gail, return to meet their relatives there for the first time.

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Cast & Crew

•       Frank Zappa
•       Dweezil Zappa
•       Moon Zappa
•       Diva Zappa
•       Gail Zappa
•       Mathilda Doucette
•       Megan Zappa
•       Massimo Bassoli
•       Steve Vai
•       Thomas Nordeg
•       Tanino Liberatore

Director: Salvo Cuccia

Producer: Eleonora Cordaro for Abra&Cadabra

Producer: Zappa Family Trust

Producer: in collaboration with Rai Cinema

Producer: in collaboration with Regione Siciliana - Sicilia Film Commission

Producers: Eleonora Cordaro for Abra&Cadabra

Producers: Zappa Family Trust

Producers: in collaboration with Rai Cinema

Producers: in collaboration with Regione Siciliana - Sicilia Film Commission

Additional Details

Label: Mvd Visual

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 80 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/15/17

UPC: 760137025696