American Musician Movies

  • 2020
    Zappa

    Zappa

    Zappa

    7.22020HD

    With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life...

    Zappa
  • 2016
    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    7.42016HD

    Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while...

    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
  • 1993
    A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa

    A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa

    A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa

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    The documentary examines Frank Zappa and his music through archive footage, including unique video excerpts from Austrian television archives...

    A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
  • 1971
    200 Motels

    200 Motels

    200 Motels

    5.21971HD

    "Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The...

    200 Motels
  • 2013
    Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme

    Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme

    Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme

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    Frank Zappa: A Token of his Extreme is the 1974 television special recorded at Kcet in Hollywood that was produced by Zappa and aired only in France...

    Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
  • 2015
    Roxy: The Movie

    Roxy: The Movie

    Roxy: The Movie

    6.62015HD

    A Frank Zappa show goes way beyond a mere concert – it is an experience…a flight of improvisation, musicianship, and cerebral cynicism....

    Roxy: The Movie
  • 2014
    Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

    Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

    Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

    7.82014HD

    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...

    Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
  • 2001
    Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer

    Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer

    Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer

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    In 1972, Lou Reed's second solo album Transformer elevated him from a minor cult figure to one of the best known and most talked about artists in...

    Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
  • 1988
    The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

    The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

    The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

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    A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus...

    The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
  • 1992
    The Yellow Shark

    The Yellow Shark

    The Yellow Shark

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    This live recording was culled from seven September 1992 concerts given in Vienna, Berlin, and Frankfurt by the Ensemble Modern, a Frankfurt-based...

    The Yellow Shark
  • 2008
    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops

    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops

    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops

    5.82008HD

    Halloween, New York City, 1981 Live at The Palladium with Ray White, Steve Vai, Bobby Martin, Tommy Mars, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman

    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops
  • 2016
    Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa

    Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa

    Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa

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    Documentary on Frank Zappa.

    Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
  • 1988
    Carly Simon Live From Martha's Vineyard

    Carly Simon Live From Martha's Vineyard

    Carly Simon Live From Martha's Vineyard

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    A rare intimate performance by Carly Simon Carly Simon's Live From Martha's Vineyard: The Classic Concert captures the artistic genius of a true...

    Carly Simon Live From Martha's Vineyard
  • 1991
    Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko

    Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko

    Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko

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    For the past ten years Zappa in composing has turned away from Rock and Roll music - for which he first became famous - and has been working on new,...

    Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
  • 1978
    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    4.51978HD

    Tracklisting: 1. Pound for a Brown 2. Baby Snakes 3. Deathless Horsie 4. Dancin' Fool 5. Easy Meat 6. Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me 7....

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
  • 1985
    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?

    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?

    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?

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    Frank Zappa and his band in a digitally recorded live performance at "The Pier" in New York, NY on August 26, 1984.

    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
  • 2004
    Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

    Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

    Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

    6.62004HD

    This film tells (using modern day interviews and archival footage and sound tapes) the story of how in 1967, while his band The Beach Boys...

    Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
  • 2010
    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

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    On the liner notes to Freak Out!, the 1967 debut album by Zappa's original band the Mothers of Invention, Zappa listed some seventy-two names on the...

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
  • 2008
    Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980

    Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980

    Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980

    82008HD

    Recorded Live in Paris in 1980, this is a rare recording of Frank Zappa performing at the peak of his career with his incredible backing band,...

    Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
  • 1980
    Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

    Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

    Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere

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    Frank Zappa: New York & Elsewhere is an Austrian released TV documentary directed in 1980 by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, aka DoRo productions,...

    Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere