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.

• Tony PalmerDirector
• Frank ZappaDirector
• Frank ZappaScreenplay
• Tony PalmerWriter
• Frank ZappaOriginal Music Composer

• Frank ZappaMember of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
• Mark VolmanMember of Mothers of Invention
• Howard KaylanMember of Mothers of Invention
• Ian UnderwoodMember of Mothers of Invention
• Aynsley DunbarMember of Mothers of Invention
• George DukeMember of Mothers of Invention
• Theodore BikelRance Muhammitz / Dave
• Keith MoonHot Nun
• Ringo StarrLarry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
• Janet Neville-FergusonGroupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)
• Lucy OfferallGroupie #2 (Lucy)
• Jimmy Carl BlackLonesome Cowboy Burt