American Musician Movies
- 2020
Zappa
Zappa7.32020HD
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...
- 1971
200 Motels
200 Motels5.31971HD
"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...
- 2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words7.2882016HD
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while...
- 2001
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer6.52001HD
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...
- 2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation6.52007HD
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's...
- 2004
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile6.62004HD
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...
- 1982
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!5.91982HD
Produced by Frank Zappa in 1982, The Dub Room Special combines footage from a performance at the KCET studios in Los Angeles on August 27, 1974, a...
- 2014
Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily7.82014HD
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...
- 2015
Roxy: The Movie
Roxy: The Movie6.62015HD
A Frank Zappa show goes way beyond a mere concert – it is an experience…a flight of improvisation, musicianship, and cerebral cynicism....
- 1985
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?7.71985HD
Frank Zappa and his band in a digitally recorded live performance at "The Pier" in New York, NY on August 26, 1984.
- 2013
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme6.12013HD
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...
- 2017
Classic Albums: Carly Simon - No Secrets
Classic Albums: Carly Simon - No Secrets6.72017HD
Carly Simon is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of her generation. The classic album that made her a global star was No Secrets, which...
- 2008
Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops
Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops5.82008HD
Halloween, New York City, 1981 Live at The Palladium with Ray White, Steve Vai, Bobby Martin, Tommy Mars, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman
- 2024
Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Live at Whisky a Go Go 196802024HD
Shot on July 23, 1968, this historical 16mm footage of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention at Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, CA has been...
- 1992
The Yellow Shark
The Yellow Shark81992HD
This live recording was culled from seven September 1992 concerts given in Vienna, Berlin, and Frankfurt by the Ensemble Modern, a Frankfurt-based...
- 1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels7.51988HD
A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus...
- 2016
Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa9.52016HD
Documentary on Frank Zappa.
- 2012
Moby From the Basement
Moby From the Basement82012HD
Collaborating with a cellist and a superb trio of vocalists (featuring Inyang Bassey), an unassuming Moby transforms several hit songs in an...
- 2013
Kalter Krieg der Konzerte - Wie Bruce Springsteen den Osten rockte
Kalter Krieg der Konzerte - Wie Bruce Springsteen den Osten rockte82013HD
- 2008
Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 198082008HD
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,...