The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart

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The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart (1997)

Directed by Elaine Shepherd

Music, Documentary · 52m

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.

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Cast

John Peel Himself (Narrator) Don Van Vliet Himself Frank Zappa Himself (archive footage) Matt Groening Himself
J
Jimmy Carl Black Himself Ry Cooder Himself
B
Bruce Fowler Himself
E
Eric Drew Feldman Himself

Crew

Director
Elaine Shepherd
Editor
Colin Minchin

Details

Release date
1997-08-19
Runtime
52m
Genres
Music, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BBC