| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ahmet Zappa | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Alex Winter | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer |
 Anghel Decca | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Devorah DeVries | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Frank Zappa | Crew | Sound | Music |
 Jim Reeve | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
John Frizzell | Crew | Production | Producer |
Robert Halmi Jr. | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Glen Zipper | Crew | Production | Producer |
Jade Allen | Crew | Production | Producer |
Alex Nomick | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
 Adrian Belew | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Ahmet Zappa | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Al Gore | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Alice Cooper | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Arsenio Hall | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Aynsley Dunbar | Cast | Self - Drums (archive footage) | |
 Bill Wyman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Brian Jones | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Bruce Bickford | Cast | Actor | Self - Animator |
 Charles Manson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Chester Thompson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 David Bowie | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 David Letterman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
David Raksin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Diva Zappa | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Dweezil Zappa | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Edgard Varèse | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Frank Zappa | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Duke | Cast | Actor | Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage) |
Howard Kaylan | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Jerry D. Good | Cast | Self - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good) | |
 Jimi Hendrix | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jimmy Carl Black | Cast | Actor | Self - Drums (archive footage) |
 John Belushi | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 John Lennon | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Kent Nagano | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Mark Volman | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Mick Jagger | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Moon Unit Zappa | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Nancy Reagan | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Pamela Des Barres | Cast | Actress | Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs |
 Pierre Boulez | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ringo Starr | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ronald Reagan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Steve Vai | Cast | Actor | Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982 |
Terry Bozzio | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Václav Havel | Cast | Actor | Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage) |
 Yoko Ono | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Adam Curry | Cast | Self | |
 Don Van Vliet | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart) |
Gail Zappa | Cast | Actress | Self - Frank Zappa's Wife |
 Napoleon Murphy Brock | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock) |
 Mike Keneally | Cast | Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988 | |
 Ted Koppel | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Kathleen Sullivan | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Bunk Gardner | Cast | Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969 | |
Ray White | Cast | Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984 | |
Ian Underwood | Cast | Actor | Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975 |
Johnny Guitar Watson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Miss Mercy | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Vinnie Colaiuta | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Lonnie Lardner | Cast | Actress | Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage) |
Ruth Underwood | Cast | Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976 | |
Tipper Gore | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Scott Thunes | Cast | Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988 | |
 Bruce Fowler | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Ralph Humphrey | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Peter Wolf | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Joe Travers | Cast | Self | |
The Mothers of Invention | Cast | Themselves (archive footage) | |
 Ike Willis | Cast | Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage) | |
 Tommy Mars | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Arthur Barrow | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Tom Fowler | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Jean-Luc Ponty | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Kronos String Quartet | Cast | Themselves | |
Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood | Cast | Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage) | |
Jeff Simmons | Cast | Self - Bass (archive footage) | |
Robin Denselow | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Jamie Gangel | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
