200 Motels (1971)
19711h 38mRFantasyComedyMusic
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
Cast
Frank ZappaMember of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)- MMark VolmanMember of Mothers of Invention
- HHoward KaylanMember of Mothers of Invention
- IIan UnderwoodMember of Mothers of Invention
- AAynsley DunbarMember of Mothers of Invention
George DukeMember of Mothers of Invention
Theodore BikelRance Muhammitz / Dave
Keith MoonHot Nun
Ringo StarrLarry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa- JJanet Neville-FergusonGroupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)
- LLucy OfferallGroupie #2 (Lucy)
- JJimmy Carl BlackLonesome Cowboy Burt
- MMartin LickertJeff
- DDick BarberBif Debris - The Vacuum Cleaner
- DDon PrestonDon
- PPamela Des BarresInterviewer (as Pamela Miller)
- RRuth UnderwoodFake Drummer
- JJudy GridleyChorus Leader
Crew
- Directors
- Frank ZappaTony Palmer
- Writers
- Frank ZappaTony Palmer
- Producers
- Jerry D. GoodHerb Cohen
- Music
- Frank Zappa
- Cinematography
- Tony Palmer
- Editing
- Rich Harrison
Details
- Released
- November 10, 1971
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Bizarre Productions, Murakami-Wolf Productions
- IMDb
- tt0066732