The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

7.5
1988-01-01 | 59 min
DocumentaryComedyMusic

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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Frank Zappa

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Tony Palmer

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Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

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Dick Barber

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Theodore Bikel

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Jimmy Carl Black

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Peter Bos

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Napoleon Murphy Brock

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Phyllis Bryn-Julson

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Warren Cuccurullo

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