The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
movie

Released January 01, 1988
Genres:
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.
Cast

Frank Zappa
as
Self

Tony Palmer
as
Self
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Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
as
Self (archive footage)
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Dick Barber
as
Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel
as
Self
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Jimmy Carl Black
as
Self
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Peter Bos
as
Self

Napoleon Murphy Brock
as
Self (archive footage)
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Phyllis Bryn-Julson
as
Self

Warren Cuccurullo
as
Self
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Pamela Des Barres
as
Self (archive footage)

George Duke
as
Self
