cast
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Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
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Mike Keneally
Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988
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Pamela Des Barres
Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
- Lonnie Lardner Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage)
- Patrice Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage)
- Rose Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage)
- Francis Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage)
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Edgard Varèse
Self (archive footage)
- Don Van Vliet Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart)
- The Mothers of Invention Themselves (archive footage)
- Johnny Guitar Watson Self (archive footage)
- Pamela Zarubica Self - Zappa's Roommate
- Carlo Zappavigna Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage)
- Bunk Gardner Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969
- Ian Underwood Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
- Ruth Underwood Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976
- Gail Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
- Tom Wilson Self - Music Producer (archive footage)
- Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage)
- Roy Estrada Self - Bass (archive footage)
- Ray Collins Self - Vocal (archive footage)
- Don Preston Self - Keyboards (archive footage)
- Jimmy Carl Black Self - Drums (archive footage)
- Arthur Dyer Tripp III Self - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp)
- Cal Schenkel Self (archive footage)
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Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
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Moon Unit Zappa
Self (archive footage)
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Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
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Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
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David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
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Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
- Joni Mitchell Self (archive footage)
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Dweezil Zappa
Self (archive footage)
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Alice Cooper
Self (archive footage)
- Howard Kaylan Self (archive footage)
- Mark Volman Self (archive footage)
- Aynsley Dunbar Self - Drums (archive footage)
- Jeff Simmons Self - Bass (archive footage)
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George Duke
Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage)
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Jean-Luc Ponty
Self (archive footage)
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Yoko Ono
Self (archive footage)
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John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
- Jerry D. Good Self - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good)
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Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
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Steve Vai
Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
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Ike Willis
Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage)
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Bruce Bickford
Self - Animator
- Tom Fowler Self (archive footage)
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Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock)
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Ralph Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
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Chester Thompson
Self (archive footage)
- Bruce Fowler Self (archive footage)
- Patrick O'Hearn Self (archive footage)
- Peter Wolf Self (archive footage)
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Terry Bozzio
Self (archive footage)
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Tommy Mars
Self (archive footage)
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Adrian Belew
Self (archive footage)
- Scott Thunes Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988
- Joe Travers Self
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John Belushi
Self (archive footage)
- Ray White Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984
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Arthur Barrow
Self (archive footage)
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Vinnie Colaiuta
Self (archive footage)
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Diva Zappa
Self (archive footage)
- Sandi Freeman Self (archive footage)
- Mike Douglas Self (archive footage)
- Norman Seeff Self (archive footage)
- David Harrington Self
- Robin Denselow Self (archive footage)
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Kent Nagano
Self (archive footage)
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David Letterman
Self (archive footage)
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Ahmet Zappa
Self (archive footage)
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Pierre Boulez
Self (archive footage)
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David Raksin
Self (archive footage)
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Ted Koppel
Self (archive footage)
- Susan Baker Self - PMRC Member (archive footage)
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Arsenio Hall
Self (archive footage)
- Gary Iskowitz Self (voice)
- David Dondorf Self - Music Engineer (voice)
- Kathleen Sullivan Self (archive footage)
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Václav Havel
Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
- Jamie Gangel Self (archive footage)
- Ensemble Modern Themselves (archive footage)
- Arthur Brown Self (archive footage)
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Adam Curry
Self
- Hank Dutt Self
- Buzz Gardner Self (archive footage)
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Al Gore
Self (archive footage)
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Tipper Gore
Self (archive footage)
- David Harrington Self (archive footage)
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Brian Jones
Self (archive footage)
- John Lofton Self (archive footage)
- Miss Mercy Self (archive footage)
- John Sherba Self
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Bill Wyman
Self (archive footage)
- Sunny Yang Self
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Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)