The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)
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.
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 MotelsDocumentary, Comedy, Music
Cast
- Frank Zappa — Self
- Tony Palmer — Self
- Phyllis Smith Altenhaus — Self (archive footage)
- Dick Barber — Self (archive footage)
- Theodore Bikel — Self
- Jimmy Carl Black — Self
- Peter Bos — Self
- Napoleon Murphy Brock — Self (archive footage)
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson — Self
- Warren Cuccurullo — Self
- Pamela Des Barres — Self (archive footage)
- George Duke — Self
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