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
Self
Tony Palmer
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)
George Duke
Self
Aynsley Dunbar
Self
Roy Estrada
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Fowler
Self (archive footage)
Storyline
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.
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