Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily (2013)
81 min
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.
- Release date
- October 5, 2014
- Country of origin
- Italy, United States
- Music
- Dweezil Zappa, Frank Zappa
Cast
- Dweezil Zappa as Self
- Massimo Bassoli as Self
- Mathilda Doucette Zappa as Self
- Tanino Liberatore as Self
- Thomas Nordegg as Self
- Joe Travers as Self
- Steve Vai as Self
- Diva Zappa as Self
Crew
- Scott Thunes · Archive footage
- Frank Zappa · Archive footage
- Salvo Cuccia · Director
- Salvo Cuccia · Writer
- Eleonora Cordaro · Producer
- Gail Zappa · Producer
- Dweezil Zappa · Composer
- Frank Zappa · Composer
- Clarissa Cappellani · Cinematographer
- Benni Atria · Editor