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

Genres: Documentary, Comedy, Music

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 as Self
Tony Palmer as Self
Phyllis Smith Altenhaus as Self (archive footage)
Dick Barber as Self (archive footage)
Theodore Bikel as Self
Jimmy Carl Black as Self
Peter Bos as Self
Napoleon Murphy Brock as Self (archive footage)