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.
Direction
Zappa's mad-scientist control freakery captured in real-time.
Production
First feature on video—looks like a fever dream shot through a toaster.
Acting
Keith Moon's unhinged cameo steals everything.
Director
Frank Zappa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zappa invented Video To Film technology specifically for this project, then immediately abandoned it.
The documentary reveals Zappa fired the original director during production and took over—Palmer's footage survives as accidental evidence of creative warfare.
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