Released:
2014-10-05

Overview:
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.

Director:
Salvo Cuccia

Runtime:
1h 21min

Genre:
Music, Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Massimo Bassoli
  as
  Himself
• 
  Mathilda Doucette Zappa
  as
  Herself
• 
  Dweezil Zappa
  as
  Himself
• 
  Joe Travers
  as
  Himself
• 
  Gail Zappa
  as
  Herself