The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

7.3

0 hr 59 min

1988-01-01

3

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.

Documentary

Comedy

Music

Trailers

Characters

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Self

Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

Self

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

Self (archive footage)

Dick Barber

Dick Barber

Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Self

Jimmy Carl Black

Jimmy Carl Black

Self

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