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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
7.5
Released January 01, 1988Runtime 59min

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.

Genres
  • Documentary
  • Comedy
  • Music
Production Companies
    Production Countries
    • United States of America
    Finances
    • Budget: $0
    • Revenue: $0
    • Profit/Loss: $0
    Cast
    posterFrank ZappaSelf
    posterTony PalmerSelf
    posterPhyllis Smith AltenhausSelf (archive footage)
    posterDick BarberSelf (archive footage)
    posterTheodore BikelSelf
    posterJimmy Carl BlackSelf
    posterPeter BosSelf
    posterNapoleon Murphy BrockSelf (archive footage)
    posterPhyllis Bryn-JulsonSelf
    posterWarren CuccurulloSelf
    posterPamela Des BarresSelf (archive footage)
    posterGeorge DukeSelf
    posterAynsley DunbarSelf
    posterRoy EstradaSelf (archive footage)
    posterBruce FowlerSelf (archive footage)
    posterTom FowlerSelf (archive footage)
    posterBunk GardnerSelf (archive footage)
    posterJerry D. GoodSelf (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)
    posterElgar HowarthSelf
    posterHoward KaylanSelf
    posterRoelof KiersSelf
    posterMartin LickertSelf
    posterLondon Symphony OrchestraItself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra)
    posterAl MalkinSelf (archive footage)
    posterKeith MoonSelf (archive footage)
    posterJanet Neville-FergusonSelf
    posterLucy OfferallSelf
    posterDon PrestonSelf
    posterRoyal Philharmonic Concert OrchestraThemselves (archive footage)
    posterEuclid James 'Motorhead' SherwoodSelf
    posterJeff SimmonsSelf
    posterRingo StarrSelf
    posterChester ThompsonSelf (archive footage)
    posterArthur Dyer Tripp IIISelf (archive footage)
    posterRuth UnderwoodSelf (archive footage)
    posterDweezil ZappaSelf (archive footage)
    posterMoon Unit ZappaSelf (archive footage)
    posterGail ZappaSelf (archive footage)
    posterIan UnderwoodSelf
    posterMark VolmanSelf
    posterSarina-Marie VolmanSelf
    posterIke WillisSelf
    Crew
    posterFrank ZappaDirector
    posterFrank ZappaWriter
    posterJill SilverthorneAssociate Producer
    posterFrank ZappaProducer
    posterFrank ZappaMusic
    posterKent NaganoConductor
    posterBooey KoberEditor
    posterRaymond M. BushEditor
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