Genres
Documentary , Comedy , Music
Duration
59 min
Director
Frank Zappa
Rating
7.5
Release Date
January 1, 1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Original title: The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
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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.
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels cast
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Frank Zappa
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Tony Palmer
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Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
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Dick Barber
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Theodore Bikel
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Jimmy Carl Black
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Peter Bos
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Napoleon Murphy Brock
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Phyllis Bryn-Julson
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Warren Cuccurullo
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Pamela Des Barres
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George Duke
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Aynsley Dunbar
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Roy Estrada
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Bruce Fowler
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Bunk Gardner
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Jerry D. Good
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Elgar Howarth
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Howard Kaylan
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Roelof Kiers
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Martin Lickert
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London Symphony Orchestra
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Al Malkin
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Keith Moon
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Janet Neville-Ferguson
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Lucy Offerall
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Don Preston
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood
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Jeff Simmons
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Ringo Starr
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Chester Thompson
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Arthur Dyer Tripp III
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Ruth Underwood
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Dweezil Zappa
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Moon Unit Zappa
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Gail Zappa
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Ian Underwood
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Mark Volman
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Sarina-Marie Volman
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Ike Willis
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Tom Fowler
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