The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
- Released on
- Runtime
- 59 mins
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.
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.
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
- Pamela Des Barres
- George Duke
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Roy Estrada
- Bruce Fowler
- Tom Fowler
- Bunk Gardner
- Jerry D. Good
- Elgar Howarth
- Howard Kaylan
- Roelof Kiers
- Martin Lickert
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Al Malkin
- Keith Moon
- Janet Neville-Ferguson
- Lucy Offerall
- Don Preston
- Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
- Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood
- Jeff Simmons
- Ringo Starr
- Chester Thompson
- Arthur Dyer Tripp III
- Ruth Underwood
- Dweezil Zappa
- Moon Unit Zappa
- Gail Zappa
- Ian Underwood
- Mark Volman
- Sarina-Marie Volman
- Ike Willis
Director
- Frank Zappa
Producers
- Frank Zappa
