Thursday, November 02, 2017

"Summer of '82 - When Zappa Came to Sicily" to premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017

Those wanting to get an early viewing of the highly-anticipated documentary focusing on Frank Zappa's visit to Sicily in 1982 can catch the film in Los Angeles this coming Monday night, Nov. 6. Here is the official media release...



Premiere L.A. Screening and Q&A with Dweezil and Moon Zappa 
Monday, November 6th - 7 PM

Zappa's '82 Italian tour comes to life with never-before-seen concert / backstage footage 

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 children, 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.

The film looks at the rise and heyday of Frank Zappa's career as an innovative composer and libertarian provocateur, and includes tales of the relationship of a busy father with his children.

While in Sicily for the concert, Zappa visited Partinico, the birthplace of his father and grandfather; and in the film's warm and loving coda, three of Zappa's children, Dweezil, Moon Diva and his wife Gail, return to meet their relatives there for the first time.

A Blu-ray edition of the film, distributed by MVD Entertainment Group and produced by Eleonora Cordaro for Abra&Cadabra, will be released on December 8, 2017 (pre-order HERE). Bonus features include unpublished photos of Zappa behind the scenes.

TRAILER :  https://youtu.be/vnSTDTfhJ-8  

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