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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

01 Jan 1988
  • United States of America
59 mins
7.5
2 votes
  • Documentary
  • Comedy
  • Music
articleOverview personCast
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.
  • Frank Zappa

    as Self
  • Tony Palmer

    as Self
  • Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Dick Barber

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Theodore Bikel

    as Self
  • Jimmy Carl Black

    as Self
  • Peter Bos

    as Self
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Phyllis Bryn-Julson

    as Self
  • Warren Cuccurullo

    as Self
  • Pamela Des Barres

    as Self (archive footage)
  • George Duke

    as Self

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