The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
7.3/1019880h 59m
Released
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.
Director: Frank Zappa
Cast
Frank Zappa
Self
Tony Palmer
Self
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Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)
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Dick Barber
Self (archive footage)
Theodore Bikel
Self
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Jimmy Carl Black
Self
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Peter Bos
Self
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage)
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Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Self
Warren Cuccurullo
Self
