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