200 Motels
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"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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1971-11-10
Runtime: 98 mins
Director: Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa
Writer: Tony Palmer
Spoken language: English
Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Music
Original title: 200 Motels
Production Companies: Bizarre Productions, Murakami-Wolf Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Frank Zappa
Mark Volman
Howard Kaylan
Ian Underwood
Aynsley Dunbar
George Duke
Theodore Bikel
Keith Moon
Ringo Starr
Janet Neville-Ferguson
Lucy Offerall
Jimmy Carl Black
Martin Lickert
Dick Barber
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