The True Story Of 200 Motels

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The True Story Of 200 Motels
Released 1988

Players

Cast & Crew

Cast:

• Janet Neville-Ferguson
• Miss Lucy
• FZ
• Jimmy Carl Black
• Ian Underwood
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Arthur Tripp
• Mark Volman
• Howard Kaylan
• Jeff Simmons
• Aynsley Dunbar
• Moon Zappa
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Martin Lickert
• Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood
• Bunk Gardner
• Dick Barber
• Gail Zappa
• Roy Estrada
• Don Preston
• Tony Palmer
• Keith Moon
• Jerry Goode
• Roelof Kiers
• David Van Asch
• Phyllis Bryn-Julson
• Ringo Starr
• George Duke
• Ruth Underwood
• Theodore Bikel
• Breena
• Peter Bos
• Phyllis Altenhaus
• Napoleon Murphy Brock
• Bruce Fowler
• Tom Fowler
• Ralph Humphrey
• Chester Thompson
• Steve Vai
• Warren Cuccurullo
• Al Malkin
• Ike Willis
• Pamela Miller
• Elgar Howarth
• Dweezil Zappa
• Dick Kunc

Crew:

• Roelof Kiers director of the original documentary
• Peter Bos photography of the original documentary

• Written, produced & directed by FZ
• Edited by Raymond Bush and Booey Kober
• Associate producer: Jill Silverthorne

• Audio: Bob Stone
• Assistant: Arthur "Midget" Sloatman

• Additional Photography:
  • Haskell Wexler ("Uncle Meat")
  • Hermann Jauk (Vienna)
  • Barry Feinstein (Roxy)
  • P.M. Magazine (video interview)

Tracks

The music heard:

• Bogus Pomp (from London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II)
• The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson (from Ahead Of Their Time)
• Do You Like My New Car? (from Fillmore West, November, 1970)
• Do You Like My New Car? (from Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• Progress? (from Ahead Of Their Time)
• Like It Or Not (from Ahead Of Their Time)
• Sleeping In A Jar (from Playground Psychotics)
• The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth (from Pinewood Studios, January-February, 1971)
• Mystery Roach (from Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• Penis Dimension (from Fillmore West, November, 1970)
• Dummy Up (from Roxy & Elsewhere)
• Night School (from Jazz From Hell)
• Strictly Genteel (from London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II)

Background Information

Parts of this documentary were originally broadcast on December 23, 1971 by Dutch documentary maker Roelof Kiers for VPRO television as "Frank Zappa Filmt 200 Motels" ("Frank Zappa Films 200 Motels"). It features backstage footage in Zappa's house and on the film set of 200 Motels.

See also 'The True Story Of 200 Motels' on Playground Psychotics.

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
n/a	Stereo Hi-Fi	1	VHS CS	Honker Home Video/MPI MP 4004	1987	?	?

See Also

200 Motels