The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels poster

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

1988-01-01
N/A
7.5 (IMDB)
DocumentaryComedyMusic
en
Released
Languages:
  • English

Description:

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.

Frank Zappa portrait

Frank Zappa

As Self
Tony Palmer portrait

Tony Palmer

As Self
Phyllis Smith Altenhaus portrait

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

As Self (archive footage)
Dick Barber portrait

Dick Barber

As Self (archive footage)
Theodore Bikel portrait

Theodore Bikel

As Self
Jimmy Carl Black portrait

Jimmy Carl Black

As Self
Peter Bos portrait

Peter Bos

As Self
Napoleon Murphy Brock portrait

Napoleon Murphy Brock

As Self (archive footage)
Phyllis Bryn-Julson portrait

Phyllis Bryn-Julson

As Self
Warren Cuccurullo portrait

Warren Cuccurullo

As Self
Pamela Des Barres portrait

Pamela Des Barres

As Self (archive footage)
George Duke portrait

George Duke

As Self
Aynsley Dunbar portrait

Aynsley Dunbar

As Self
Roy Estrada portrait

Roy Estrada

As Self (archive footage)
Bruce Fowler portrait

Bruce Fowler

As Self (archive footage)
Bunk Gardner portrait

Bunk Gardner

As Self (archive footage)
Jerry D. Good portrait

Jerry D. Good

As Self (archive footage)
Elgar Howarth portrait

Elgar Howarth

As Self
Howard Kaylan portrait

Howard Kaylan

As Self
Roelof Kiers portrait

Roelof Kiers

As Self
Martin Lickert portrait

Martin Lickert

As Self
London Symphony Orchestra portrait

London Symphony Orchestra

As Itself (archive footage)
Al Malkin portrait

Al Malkin

As Self (archive footage)
Keith Moon portrait

Keith Moon

As Self (archive footage)
Janet Neville-Ferguson portrait

Janet Neville-Ferguson

As Self
Lucy Offerall portrait

Lucy Offerall

As Self
Don Preston portrait

Don Preston

As Self
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra portrait

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

As Self (archive footage)
Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood portrait

Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

As Self
Jeff Simmons portrait

Jeff Simmons

As Self
Ringo Starr portrait

Ringo Starr

As Self
Chester Thompson portrait

Chester Thompson

As Self (archive footage)
Arthur Dyer Tripp III portrait

Arthur Dyer Tripp III

As Self (archive footage)
Ruth Underwood portrait

Ruth Underwood

As Self (archive footage)
Dweezil Zappa portrait

Dweezil Zappa

As Self (archive footage)
Moon Unit Zappa portrait

Moon Unit Zappa

As Self (archive footage)
Gail Zappa portrait

Gail Zappa

As Self (archive footage)
Ian Underwood portrait

Ian Underwood

As Self
Mark Volman portrait

Mark Volman

As Self
Sarina-Marie Volman portrait

Sarina-Marie Volman

As Self
Ike Willis portrait

Ike Willis

As Self
Tom Fowler portrait

Tom Fowler

As Self (archive footage)

Frank Zappa portrait

Frank Zappa

Director, Music, Producer, Writer
Jill Silverthorne portrait

Jill Silverthorne

Associate Producer
Kent Nagano portrait

Kent Nagano

Conductor
Booey Kober portrait

Booey Kober

Editor
Raymond M. Bush portrait

Raymond M. Bush

Editor

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