The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
7.3
3 votes
January 1, 1988
59m
Overview
A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus behind-the-scenes of the actual shooting and recording. With Ringo Starr, Theodore Bikel, Keith Moon and such songs as "Sleeping in a Jar," and "Strictly Genteel." The inside history of the first feature-length film to be shot on video in 6 days.
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Cast
Frank Zappa
Self
Tony Palmer
SelfPhyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)Dick Barber
Self (archive footage)
Theodore Bikel
SelfJimmy Carl Black
SelfPeter Bos
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Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage)Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Self
Warren Cuccurullo
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Pamela Des Barres
Self (archive footage)
George Duke
SelfAynsley Dunbar
SelfRoy Estrada
Self (archive footage)Bruce Fowler
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