FRANK ZAPPA - BABY SNAKES (1979)

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• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Documentary; Music
• Plot: Acclaimed Frank Zappa Film from 1979 includes over three hours of outrageous Zappa musical performances and unique & bizarre Claymation from Bruce Bickford. Baby Snakes premiered in NYC Dec. 1979, and became an instant cult hit. This is the full-length version as it premiered at the Victoria Theatre in Times Square NYC during Christmas week of 1979. Later that year it won First Prize in a French Animation Film Competition. The Band lineup features the amazing talents of Terry Bozzio, Roy Estrada, Adrian Belew, Ed Mann, Patrick O'Hearn, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf, and John Smothers. The live footage is from a '78 Halloween Frank Zappa concert in NYC, and includes backstage footage, and a lot of goofing off. ; ; 1. Baby Snakes Rehearsal; 2. This Is The Show They Never See; 3. Baby Snakes; 4. Bruce Bickford - Disco Outfreakage; 5. The Poodle Lecture; 6. City Of Tiny Lites - She Said; 7. New York's Finest Crazy Persons; 8. The Way The Air Smells ...; 9. Pound - Bass & Kybds Solo; 10. 'In You' Rap - Dedication; 11. Managua - Police Car - Drum Solo; 12. Disco Boy; 13. Give People Somewhere To Xscape Thru; 14. King Kong - Roy's Halloween Gas Mask; 15. Boby Brown Goes Down; 16. Conehead/All You Need To Know; 17. I'm So Cute - Entertainment All The Way; 18. Titties 'N' Beer - Audience Participation - The Black Page #2 & The Dance Contest; 19. Jones Crusher; 20. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes; 21. Punky's Whips; 22. Thank You - Dinah-Moe Humm; 23. Camarillo Brillo - Muffin Man; 24. San Ber'dino; 25. Black Napkins; 26. New York's Finest #2 & Credits; 27. Good Night
• Cast: Frank Zappa; Adrian Belew; Tommy Mars; Johnny Psychotic; Terry Bozzio; Donna U. Wanna; Kerry McNabb; Diva Zappa; Ron Delsener; Bruce Bickford; Robert Leacock; Ed Mann; Warren Cuccurullo; Chrissie Martin; Klaus Hundsbichler; Roy Estrada; David B. Ditkowwich; Bill Harrington; Patrick O'Hearn; Phil Parmet; Péter Wolf; Richard Pearce; Angel; Janet The Planet; Phil Kaufman; Tex Abel; Dale Bozzio; Brian Rivera; John Smothers; Vinnie Colaiuta; Jennifer James
• Director: Frank Zappa
• Runtime: 2:44
• Company: Eagle Rock Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie