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The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart

52min

Music

Documentary

Elaine Shepherd’s classic BBC documentary, introduced and narrated by John Peel. Completely wonderful, a 50 minute joy: reviews, articles, blog posts, etc. relating to The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart.

Cast

John Peel

John Peel

Himself (Narrator)
Don Van Vliet

Don Van Vliet

Himself
Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Himself (archive footage)
Matt Groening

Matt Groening

Himself
Jimmy Carl Black

Jimmy Carl Black

Himself
Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder

Himself
Bruce Fowler

Bruce Fowler

Himself
Eric Drew Feldman

Eric Drew Feldman

Himself

Release date

19th Aug 1997

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English