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Film / 1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Directed by
Frank Zappa
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.
The story
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 ZappaSelf
Tony PalmerSelf
Phyllis Smith AltenhausSelf (archive footage)
Dick BarberSelf (archive footage)
Theodore BikelSelf
Jimmy Carl BlackSelf
Peter BosSelf
Napoleon Murphy BrockSelf (archive footage)
Phyllis Bryn-JulsonSelf
Warren CuccurulloSelf
Pamela Des BarresSelf (archive footage)
George DukeSelf
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Aynsley DunbarSelf
Roy EstradaSelf (archive footage)
Bruce FowlerSelf (archive footage)
Bunk GardnerSelf (archive footage)
Jerry D. GoodSelf (archive footage)
Elgar HowarthSelf
Howard KaylanSelf
Roelof KiersSelf
Martin LickertSelf
London Symphony OrchestraItself (archive footage)
Al MalkinSelf (archive footage)
Keith MoonSelf (archive footage)
Janet Neville-FergusonSelf
Lucy OfferallSelf
Don PrestonSelf
Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSelf (archive footage)
Euclid James 'Motorhead' SherwoodSelf
Jeff SimmonsSelf
Ringo StarrSelf
Chester ThompsonSelf (archive footage)
Arthur Dyer Tripp IIISelf (archive footage)
Ruth UnderwoodSelf (archive footage)
Dweezil ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Moon Unit ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Gail ZappaSelf (archive footage)
Ian UnderwoodSelf
Mark VolmanSelf
Sarina-Marie VolmanSelf
Ike WillisSelf
Tom FowlerSelf (archive footage)
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