The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

7.5

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.

Discover

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

Self (archive footage)

Dick Barber

Self (archive footage)

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Self (archive footage)

Pamela Des Barres

Self (archive footage)

Roy Estrada

Self (archive footage)

Bruce Fowler

Self (archive footage)

Bunk Gardner

Self (archive footage)

Jerry D. Good

Self (archive footage) (as Jerry Goode)

London Symphony Orchestra

Itself (archive footage) (as The London Symphony Orchestra)

Al Malkin

Self (archive footage)

Keith Moon

Self (archive footage)

Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

Themselves (archive footage)

Chester Thompson

Self (archive footage)

Arthur Dyer Tripp III

Self (archive footage)

Ruth Underwood

Self (archive footage)

Dweezil Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Moon Unit Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Gail Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Tom Fowler

Self (archive footage)

Directing

Frank Zappa

Director

Editing

Production

Frank Zappa

Producer

Jill Silverthorne

Associate Producer

Sound

Kent Nagano

Conductor

Writing

Frank Zappa

Writer

Directing

Frank Zappa

Director

Editing

Production

Frank Zappa

Producer

Jill Silverthorne

Associate Producer

Sound

Kent Nagano

Conductor

Writing

Frank Zappa

Writer