
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
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.
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
January 1, 1988
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Cast (42)

Frank Zappa
Self

Tony Palmer
Self

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)

Dick Barber
Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel
Self

Jimmy Carl Black
Self

Peter Bos
Self

Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Self

Warren Cuccurullo
Self

Pamela Des Barres
Self (archive footage)

George Duke
Self

Aynsley Dunbar
Self

Roy Estrada
Self (archive footage)

Bruce Fowler
Self (archive footage)

Bunk Gardner
Self (archive footage)

Jerry D. Good
Self (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)

Elgar Howarth
Self

Howard Kaylan
Self

Roelof Kiers
Self

Martin Lickert
Self

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

Al Malkin
Self (archive footage)

Keith Moon
Self (archive footage)

Lucy Offerall
Self

Don Preston
Self

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Themselves (archive footage)

Jeff Simmons
Self

Ringo Starr
Self

Chester Thompson
Self (archive footage)

Arthur Dyer Tripp III
Self (archive footage)

Ruth Underwood
Self (archive footage)

Dweezil Zappa
Self (archive footage)

Moon Unit Zappa
Self (archive footage)

Gail Zappa
Self (archive footage)

Ian Underwood
Self

Mark Volman
Self

Sarina-Marie Volman
Self

Ike Willis
Self

Tom Fowler
Self (archive footage)
Crew (8)
Directing

Frank Zappa
Director
Writing

Frank Zappa
Writer
Production

Jill Silverthorne
Associate Producer

Frank Zappa
Producer
Sound

Kent Nagano
Conductor

Frank Zappa
Music
Art
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Raymond M. Bush
Editor

Booey Kober
Editor