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TMDB Rating 9

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Status: Released

Average Rating: 9

Release Date: Jan 1, 1988

Rating: 1988-01-01

Run Time: 12h 59m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United States of America

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Synopsis

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.


Main Cast

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Self

Age : 52 | Popularity : 31%

Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Dick Barber

Dick Barber

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 47%

Jimmy Carl Black

Jimmy Carl Black

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Peter Bos

Peter Bos

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Writing Writer
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Production Producer
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Associate Producer
Jill Silverthorne
Jill Silverthorne
Sound Music
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Conductor
Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano
Editing Editor
Booey Kober
Booey Kober
Raymond M. Bush
Raymond M. Bush
Department Role Name

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