
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Release Date: 1988-01-01
Language: EN
Country: 🇺🇸 US
Rating:
⭐ 7.5 / 10
( 2 votes )
Runtime: 59m
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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Cast

Frank Zappa
Self

Tony Palmer
Self
No Photo
Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)
No Photo
Dick Barber
Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel
Self

Jimmy Carl Black
Self
No Photo
Peter Bos
Self

Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage)
No Photo
Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Self

Warren Cuccurullo
Self

Pamela Des Barres
Self (archive footage)

George Duke
Self