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

★ 7.5 0h 59m IMDb
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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

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Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa as Self Died 1993 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Frank Vincent Zappa  (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years,...
Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer as Self Age 84 · London Tony Palmer is a British film director and author.  His work includes over 100 films, ranging from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa (200 Motels), to his classical port...
Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel as Self Died 2015 · Vienna, Austria Theodore Meir Bikel (May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was a character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting...
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy Brock as Self (archive footage) Age 81
Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Cuccurullo as Self Age 69 · Brooklyn, New York, USA Warren Bruce Cuccurullo is an American musician, singer, songwriter, restaurateur, and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s and was also a founding member of Missing...
Pamela Des Barres
Pamela Des Barres as Self (archive footage) Age 77 · Reseda, California, USA Pamela Des Barres is an actress and writer, but is most famous as a rock 'n roll groupie, starting in the late 1960's on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, the heart of rock 'n roll in Los Angeles. Pamela had...
Director Frank Zappa
Cast Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer, Phyllis Smith Altenhaus, Dick Barber, Theodore Bikel, Jimmy Carl Black, Peter Bos, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Warren Cuccurullo

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