200 Motels
- Director: Tony Palmer; Frank Zappa
- Writer: Frank Zappa; Tony Palmer
- Producer: Herb Cohen; Jerry D. Good
CGiii Comment
When the dribbling excesses of the 60s hit the big screen - this is what you get - a catastrophic piece of ego-driven trash.
Zappa, and it may be attributed to drugs, has no discernible talent for writing dialogue or direction.
He may have written the odd good song - the stress being on the odd.
The dippy-hippy trend has traveled less far than all the other trends...all that tie-die dying out...bless.
And..the music is crap.
And...Ringo Starr - a talentless drummer and a talentless actor.
When watching this now...do old hippies feel as if they may have been conned?
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
"Touring makes you crazy", Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this movie 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.
Cast & Characters
The Mothers of Invention;
Theodore Bikel as Rance Muhammitz / Dave;
Keith Moon as The Hot Nun;
Janet Neville-Ferguson as Groupie;
Lucy Offerall as Groupie;
Jimmy Carl Black as Lonesome Cowboy Burt;
Martin Lickert as Jeff;
Dick Barber as Bif Debris - The Vacuum Cleaner;
Don Preston as Don;
Pamela Des Barres as Interviewer;
Ruth Underwood as Fake Drummer;
Judy Gridley as Chorus Leader;
Ringo Starr as Larry The Dwarf / Frank Zappa;
George Duke as Member of Mothers of Invention;
Aynsley Dunbar as Member of Mothers of Invention