Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

201693 min
7.3/10
MusicDocumentary

Plot Summary

Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended.

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👥Cast (79)

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)

Arlene Francis

Arlene Francis

Self (archive footage)

Keith Moon

Keith Moon

Self (archive footage)

Steve Allen

Steve Allen

Self (archive footage)

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Jimmy Carl Black

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

Self (archive footage)

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Thomas Braden

Self (archive footage)

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Self (archive footage)

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Paul Carman

Self (archive footage)

Katie Couric

Katie Couric

Self (archive footage)

Mike Douglas

Mike Douglas

Self (archive footage)

🎬Crew

Director

Thorsten Schütte

Producers

Elizabeth Klinck, Gail Zappa, Estelle Fialon, Thorsten Schütte, Ahmet Zappa

🖼️Gallery (1 images)

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🏷️Keywords

composermusicianrock starrock musicavant-gardeprogressive rockbandleaderlife and careerthe mother of inventionamerican musicianbiographical documentary

Production Companies

Les Films du Poisson
UFA Fiction
SWR
ARTE