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

ALL 01/01/1988 (en) Documentary, Comedy, Music 59 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1988
  • Production
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  • Original title
    The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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.

  1. Frank Zappa

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Frank Zappa

    Producer



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  1. Frank Zappa

    Self

  2. Tony Palmer

    Self

  3. Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Dick Barber

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Theodore Bikel

    Self

  6. Jimmy Carl Black

    Self

  7. Peter Bos

    Self

  8. Napoleon Murphy Brock

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Phyllis Bryn-Julson

    Self

  10. Warren Cuccurullo

    Self

  11. Pamela Des Barres

    Self (archive footage)

  12. George Duke

    Self

  13. Aynsley Dunbar

    Self

  14. Roy Estrada

    Self (archive footage)

  15. Bruce Fowler

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Tom Fowler

    Self (archive footage)

  17. Bunk Gardner

    Self (archive footage)

  18. Jerry D. Good

    Self (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)

  19. Elgar Howarth

    Self

  20. Howard Kaylan

    Self

  21. Roelof Kiers

    Self

  22. Martin Lickert

    Self

  23. London Symphony Orchestra

    Itself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra)

  24. Al Malkin

    Self (archive footage)

  25. Keith Moon

    Self (archive footage)

  26. Janet Neville-Ferguson

    Self

  27. Lucy Offerall

    Self

  28. Don Preston

    Self

  29. Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    Themselves (archive footage)

  30. Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

    Self

  31. Jeff Simmons

    Self

  32. Ringo Starr

    Self

  33. Chester Thompson

    Self (archive footage)

  34. Arthur Dyer Tripp III

    Self (archive footage)

  35. Ruth Underwood

    Self (archive footage)

  36. Dweezil Zappa

    Self (archive footage)

  37. Moon Unit Zappa

    Self (archive footage)

  38. Gail Zappa

    Self (archive footage)

  39. Ian Underwood

    Self

  40. Mark Volman

    Self

  41. Sarina-Marie Volman

    Self

  42. Ike Willis

    Self

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 42 , Crews : 8

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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) 59 Min

ALL 01/01/1988 (en)
Documentary, Comedy, Music
  • Release 01/01/1988
  • Production
  • Original title The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Frank Zappa

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Booey Kober, Raymond M. Bush

    Editor

  4. Frank Zappa

    Producer



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