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

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.

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  Salvo Cuccia

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  Massimo Bassoli
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  Mathilda Doucette Zappa
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  Dweezil Zappa
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  Joe Travers
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  Gail Zappa
  Herself
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  Moon Unit Zappa
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  Diva Zappa
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  Steve Vai
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  Tanino Liberatore
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  Frank Zappa
  Himself (archive Footage)
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  Thomas Nordegg
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  Scott Thunes
  Himself (archive footage)
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  Megan Zappa
  Herself