The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels FMovies. 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.
- Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Music
- Cast: 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, Tom Fowler, Bunk Gardner, Jerry D. Good, Elgar Howarth, Howard Kaylan, Roelof Kiers,