The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)

7.3/10 59 min Documentary Comedy Music

Overview

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

Theodore Bikel

Self

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Self (archive footage)

Warren Cuccurullo

Self

Pamela Des Barres

Self (archive footage)

George Duke

Self

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