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Uncle Meat is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Frank Zappa released in USA on 1 january 1987 with Frank Zappa
Uncle Meat (1987)
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Add to a movie listUncle Meat is a film written and directed by Frank Zappa, released directly to video in 1987. Principal photography having never been completed, the videocassette is actually a "making of" documentary showing rehearsals and background footage from 1968 and interviews with people involved with the uncompleted production. The video has not yet been released on DVD.
Actors
Frank Zappa
(Self / The Imaginary Director)
Ray Collins
(Self / Bill Yurds)
Linda Ronstadt
(Self)
Carl Schenkel
(Self)
Haskell Wexler
(Self)
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