200 Motels (1971)
"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.
- Released
- 1971-11-10
- Genres
- Fantasy, Comedy, Music
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa
- TMDB rating
- 5.1/10 from 49 votes
Cast
- Frank Zappa as Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
- Mark Volman as Member of Mothers of Invention
- Howard Kaylan as Member of Mothers of Invention
- Ian Underwood as Member of Mothers of Invention
- Aynsley Dunbar as Member of Mothers of Invention
- George Duke as Member of Mothers of Invention
- Theodore Bikel as Rance Muhammitz / Dave
- Keith Moon as Hot Nun
- Ringo Starr as Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
- Janet Neville-Ferguson as Groupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)
- Lucy Offerall as Groupie #2 (Lucy)
- Jimmy Carl Black as Lonesome Cowboy Burt
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