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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

90% | Jan 01, 1988 | Documentary, Comedy, Music

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.

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Frank Zappa
Director
Frank Zappa
Writer

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Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
Self (archive footage)
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Dick Barber
Self (archive footage)

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