The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Frank Zappa1988-01-01
7.5
59 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Frank Zappa | Self | Unowned |
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Tony Palmer | Self | Unowned |
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Phyllis Smith Altenhaus | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dick Barber | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Theodore Bikel | Self | Unowned |
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Jimmy Carl Black | Self | Unowned |
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Peter Bos | Self | Unowned |
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Napoleon Murphy Brock | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Phyllis Bryn-Julson | Self | Unowned |
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Warren Cuccurullo | Self | Unowned |
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Pamela Des Barres | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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George Duke | Self | Unowned |
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Aynsley Dunbar | Self | Unowned |
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Roy Estrada | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bruce Fowler | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Tom Fowler | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bunk Gardner | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jerry D. Good | Self (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode) | Unowned |
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Elgar Howarth | Self | Unowned |
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Howard Kaylan | Self | Unowned |
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Roelof Kiers | Self | Unowned |
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Martin Lickert | Self | Unowned |
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London Symphony Orchestra | Itself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra) | Unowned |
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Al Malkin | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Keith Moon | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Janet Neville-Ferguson | Self | Unowned |
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Lucy Offerall | Self | Unowned |
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Don Preston | Self | Unowned |
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Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra | Themselves (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood | Self | Unowned |
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Jeff Simmons | Self | Unowned |
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Ringo Starr | Self | Unowned |
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Chester Thompson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Arthur Dyer Tripp III | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ruth Underwood | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dweezil Zappa | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Moon Unit Zappa | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Gail Zappa | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ian Underwood | Self | Unowned |
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Mark Volman | Self | Unowned |
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Sarina-Marie Volman | Self | Unowned |
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Ike Willis | Self | Unowned |