
Documentary
Comedy
Music
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
7.5
59 min
1988
Frank Zappa
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.
Top Cast

Frank Zappa
Self

Tony Palmer
Self

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)

Dick Barber
Self (archive footage)

Theodore Bikel
Self
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