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)
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  George Duke

  Member of Mothers of Invention
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  Theodore Bikel

  Rance Muhammitz / Dave
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  Keith Moon

  Hot Nun
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  Ringo Starr

  Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
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  Pamela Des Barres

  Interviewer (as Pamela Miller)