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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
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
- 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
Details
- Director
- Frank Zappa
- Released
- January 1, 1988
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Documentary, Comedy, Music
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 from 3 votes
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