Movie

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

★ 7.3/10 · 3 votes 1988 0h 59m Released

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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 P Phyllis Smith Altenhaus Self (archive footage) D Dick Barber Self (archive footage) Theodore Bikel Self J Jimmy Carl Black Self