200 Motels

200 Motels
Promotional release poster
Directed byFrank Zappa
Tony Palmer
Written byFrank Zappa
Tony Palmer
Produced byHerb Cohen
Jerry D. Good
StarringThe Mothers of Invention
Theodore Bikel
Ringo Starr
Keith Moon
Music byFrank Zappa
Production
companies
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson
Bizarre Productions[1]
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 29, 1971 (1971-10-29) (Beverly Hills)[2]
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$679,000[3]
Box officeUnder $1 million[3]

200 Motels is a 1971 surrealist musical film written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, and featuring music by Zappa. An international co-production of United States and the United Kingdom, the film stars the Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr.[4]

A soundtrack album was released in the same year, with a slightly different selection of music.

  1. ^ FilmAffinity
  2. ^ "200 Motels – Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Levine, Paul G. (Jan 13, 1980). "Rock Stars Film it Their Way". Los Angeles Times. p. m6.
  4. ^ Richie Unterberger. "200 Motels – Frank Zappa". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.