200 Motels
"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.
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Frank Zappa
Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
Known for
Head
Mark Volman
Member of Mothers of Invention
Also in
Down and Dirty Duck
Suddenly Susan
Howard Kaylan
Member of Mothers of Invention
Also in
Down and Dirty Duck
Riding the Bullet
Ian Underwood
Member of Mothers of Invention
Also in
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
Aynsley Dunbar
Member of Mothers of Invention
Also in
Eric Burdon & The New Animals: Live at the Coach House
George Duke
Member of Mothers of Invention
Also in
Casino Lights '99 - Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival
George Duke Band: Live At Montreux 2007
Theodore Bikel
Rance Muhammitz / Dave
Known for
The African Queen
My Fair Lady
Keith Moon
Hot Nun
Known for
Tommy
Ringo Starr
Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
Known for
Caveman
A Hard Day's Night
Janet Neville-Ferguson
Groupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)
Lucy Offerall
Groupie #2 (Lucy)
Jimmy Carl Black
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Also in
Panama Red
Mondo Hollywood
Tony Palmer Director · Frank Zappa Director Rich Harrison Editor
Worldwide gross $1M · Budget $679K · United States release November 10, 1971
Box office
Budget
$679,000
Worldwide gross
$1,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Bizarre Productions
Production
Murakami-Wolf Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 10, 1971
Theatrical
Sweden
November 20, 1971 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 16, 1971 · Theatrical
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