200 Motels

In 200 Motels, the film attempts to portray the craziness of life on the road as a rock musician. It consists of a series of unconnected nonsense vignettes interspersed with concert footage of the Mothers of Invention. The film has been dubbed a "surrealistic documentary"

Credits

Cast: Frank Zappa, Ringo Starr, Theodore Bikel

Copyright

Registered 27Oct71 · LP40485 (Jan-Jun 1972) Copyright holder: Murakami Wolf Productions, Inc. & Bizarre Productions, Inc

Sources

U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — title, year, creator, length, copyright
Wikidata · Q211693 ↗ — country, genre

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