The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

Directed by Frank Zappa
1988    59m
7.6
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.
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Cast of The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
  • 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
  • Aynsley DunbarSelf
  • Roy EstradaSelf (archive footage)
  • Bruce FowlerSelf (archive footage)
  • Tom FowlerSelf (archive footage)
  • Bunk GardnerSelf (archive footage)
  • Jerry D. GoodSelf (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)
  • Elgar HowarthSelf
  • Howard KaylanSelf
  • Roelof KiersSelf
  • Martin LickertSelf
  • London Symphony OrchestraItself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Al MalkinSelf (archive footage)
  • Keith MoonSelf (archive footage)
  • Janet Neville-FergusonSelf
  • Lucy OfferallSelf
  • Don PrestonSelf
  • Royal Philharmonic Concert OrchestraThemselves (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

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