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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
7.3(3)19880h 59m
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.
- Director
- Frank Zappa
- Writers
- Frank Zappa
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Cast

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)
Elgar Howarth
Self
Howard Kaylan
Self
Roelof Kiers
Self
Martin Lickert
Self
London Symphony Orchestra
Itself (archive footage)
Al Malkin
Self (archive footage)

Keith Moon
Self (archive footage)
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Crew
Directing
- Frank ZappaDirector
Writing
- Frank ZappaWriter
Production
- Frank ZappaProducer
- Jill SilverthorneAssociate Producer
Editing
- Raymond M. BushEditor
- Booey KoberEditor
Sound
- Frank ZappaMusic
- Kent NaganoConductor