

05/10/2014
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.

Massimo Bassoli
as Himself

Mathilda Doucette Zappa
as Herself

Dweezil Zappa
as Himself

Joe Travers
as Himself

Gail Zappa
as Herself

Moon Unit Zappa
as Herself

Diva Zappa
as Herself

Steve Vai
as Himself

Tanino Liberatore
as Himself

Frank Zappa
as Himself (archive Footage)

Thomas Nordegg
as Himself

Scott Thunes
as Himself (archive footage)

Megan Zappa
as Herself
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