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200 Motels
1971, Nov 10
1h 38m
"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.
Directed by
Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa
Written by
Tony Palmer
Ringo Starr
Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
Theodore Bikel
Rance Muhammitz / Dave
George Duke
Member of Mothers of Invention
Frank Zappa
Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
Keith Moon
Hot Nun
Jimmy Carl Black
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Aynsley Dunbar
Member of Mothers of Invention
Janet Neville-Ferguson
Groupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)
Lucy Offerall
Groupie #2 (Lucy)
Martin Lickert
Jeff
Dick Barber
Bif Debris - The Vacuum Cleaner
Pamela Des Barres
Interviewer (as Pamela Miller)
Ruth Underwood
Fake Drummer
Judy Gridley
Chorus Leader
Jim Pons
Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood
Motorhead Sherwood (uncredited)
Cal Schenkel
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