The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Documentary|
Comedy|
Music|
7/10
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
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
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
Tom Fowler
