The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Documentary | Comedy
Release Date
January 1, 1988
Duration
59 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Self
Frank Zappa
Self
Tony Palmer
Self (archive footage)
Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)
Dick Barber
Self
Theodore Bikel
Self
Jimmy Carl Black
Self
Peter Bos
Self (archive footage)
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self
Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Self
Warren Cuccurullo
Self (archive footage)
Pamela Des Barres
Self
George Duke
Self
Aynsley Dunbar
Self (archive footage)
Roy Estrada
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Fowler
Self (archive footage)
Bunk Gardner
Self (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)
Jerry D. Good
Self
Elgar Howarth
Self
Howard Kaylan
Self
Roelof Kiers
Self
Martin Lickert
Itself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra)
London Symphony Orchestra
Self (archive footage)
Al Malkin
Self (archive footage)
Keith Moon
Self
Janet Neville-Ferguson
Self
Lucy Offerall
Self
Don Preston
Themselves (archive footage)
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Self
Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood
Self
Jeff Simmons
Self
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
Chester Thompson
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
Self (archive footage)
Ruth Underwood
Self (archive footage)
Dweezil Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Moon Unit Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Gail Zappa
Self
Ian Underwood
Self
Mark Volman
Self
Sarina-Marie Volman
Self
Ike Willis
Self (archive footage)
Tom Fowler
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