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

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

1988

Documentary Comedy Music

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Frank Zappa

Cast

Dick Barber as Self (archive footage)

Frank Zappa as Self

Jimmy Carl Black as Self

Napoleon Murphy Brock as Self (archive footage)

Peter Bos as Self

Phyllis Bryn-Julson as Self

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus as Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel as Self