200 Motels (1971)

ALL 11/10/1971 (en) Fantasy, Comedy, Music 98 Min
  • Release
    11/10/1971
  • Production
    Bizarre Productions, Murakami-Wolf Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    52%
  • Original title
    200 Motels
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

"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.

  1. Story

  2. Rich Harrison

    Editor



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  1. Frank Zappa

    Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)

  2. Mark Volman

    Member of Mothers of Invention

  3. Howard Kaylan

    Member of Mothers of Invention

  4. Ian Underwood

    Member of Mothers of Invention

  5. Aynsley Dunbar

    Member of Mothers of Invention

  6. George Duke

    Member of Mothers of Invention

  7. Theodore Bikel

    Rance Muhammitz / Dave

  8. Keith Moon

    Hot Nun

  9. Ringo Starr

    Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa

  10. Janet Neville-Ferguson

    Groupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)

  11. Lucy Offerall

    Groupie #2 (Lucy)

  12. Jimmy Carl Black

    Lonesome Cowboy Burt

  13. Martin Lickert

    Jeff

  14. Dick Barber

    Bif Debris - The Vacuum Cleaner

  15. Don Preston

    Don

  16. Pamela Des Barres

    Interviewer (as Pamela Miller)

  17. Ruth Underwood

    Fake Drummer

  18. Judy Gridley

    Chorus Leader

  19. Jim Pons

    Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)

  20. Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

    Motorhead Sherwood (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 20 , Crews : 21

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200 Motels (1971) 98 Min

ALL 11/10/1971 (en)
Fantasy, Comedy, Music
  • Release 11/10/1971
  • Production
    Bizarre Productions, Murakami-Wolf Productions
  • Original title 200 Motels
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

"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.

  1. Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Rich Harrison

    Editor

  4. Herb Cohen, Jerry D. Good

    Producer