The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
59 mins
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.
Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)
Dick Barber
Self (archive footage)
Peter Bos
Self
Pamela Des Barres
Self (archive footage)
Aynsley Dunbar
Self
Roy Estrada
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Fowler
Self (archive footage)
Bunk Gardner
Self (archive footage)
Jerry D. Good
Self (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)
Elgar Howarth
Self
Howard Kaylan
Self
Roelof Kiers
Self
Martin Lickert
Self
London Symphony Orchestra
Itself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra)
Al Malkin
Self (archive footage)
Lucy Offerall
Self
Don Preston
Self
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Themselves (archive footage)
Jeff Simmons
Self
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
Self (archive footage)
Ruth Underwood
Self (archive footage)
Gail Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Ian Underwood
Self
Mark Volman
Self
