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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

01/01/1988

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0hr 59min

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Documentary

,Comedy

,Music

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Frank Zappa
  • Tony Palmer
  • Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
  • Dick Barber
  • Theodore Bikel

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • English

    Cast

    Frank Zappa

    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)

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