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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

7.5

0h 59m

1988

Synopsis

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

DocumentaryComedyMusic

avant-gardeprogressive rockamerican musician

Cast & Crew

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

as Self

Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

as Self

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

as Self (archive footage)

Dick Barber

as Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

as Self

Jimmy Carl Black

as Self

Peter Bos

as Self

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Napoleon Murphy Brock

as Self (archive footage)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson

as Self

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