The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)

Documentary Comedy Music

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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  • Release Date: 1988-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 59min
  • Director: Frank Zappa

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Cast

  • Frank Zappa

    Self

  • Tony Palmer

    Self

  • Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

    Self (archive footage)

  • Dick Barber

    Self (archive footage)

  • Theodore Bikel

    Self

  • Jimmy Carl Black

    Self

  • Peter Bos

    Self

  • Napoleon Murphy Brock

    Self (archive footage)

  • Phyllis Bryn-Julson

    Self

  • Warren Cuccurullo

    Self

  • Pamela Des Barres

    Self (archive footage)

  • George Duke

    Self

  • Aynsley Dunbar

    Self

  • Roy Estrada

    Self (archive footage)

  • Bruce Fowler

    Self (archive footage)

  • Tom Fowler

    Self (archive footage)

  • Bunk Gardner

    Self (archive footage)

  • Jerry D. Good

    Self (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)

  • Elgar Howarth

    Self

  • Howard Kaylan

    Self

  • Roelof Kiers

    Self

  • Martin Lickert

    Self

  • London Symphony Orchestra

    Itself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra)

  • Al Malkin

    Self (archive footage)

  • Keith Moon

    Self (archive footage)

  • Janet Neville-Ferguson

    Self

  • Lucy Offerall

    Self

  • Don Preston

    Self

  • Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    Themselves (archive footage)

  • Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

    Self

  • Jeff Simmons

    Self

  • Ringo Starr

    Self

  • 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 (archive footage)

  • Ian Underwood

    Self

  • Mark Volman

    Self

  • Sarina-Marie Volman

    Self

  • Ike Willis

    Self

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