7.3The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) is a Documentary / Comedy / Music film directed by Frank Zappa, starring Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer, Phyllis Smith Altenhaus.
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
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Find a movie by describing itA 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 was released in 1988.
The cast includes Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer, Phyllis Smith Altenhaus, Dick Barber.
