
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1988
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Overview:
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
Director, Writer, Producer, Music
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Tony Palmer
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Phyllis Smith Altenhau...
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Dick Barber
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Theodore Bikel
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Jimmy Carl Black
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