Frank Zappa
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)
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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
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Frank Zappa
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Tony Palmer
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Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
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Dick Barber
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Theodore Bikel
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Jimmy Carl Black
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Peter Bos
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Napoleon Murphy Brock
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Phyllis Bryn-Julson
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Warren Cuccurullo
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Pamela Des Barres
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George Duke
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Aynsley Dunbar
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Roy Estrada
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Bruce Fowler
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