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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 .
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels is a documentary film made and released by Frank Zappa in 1987, detailing the making of Zappa's 1971 film 200 Motels. It was released direct-to-video . [ 1 ]
200 Motels, the soundtrack album to Frank Zappa's film of the same name, was released by United Artists Records in 1971. [2] The original vinyl release was a two-record set, largely containing alternating tracks of rock music performed by the Mothers of Invention and symphonic music performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elgar Howarth, all composed and orchestrated by Zappa.
Twins of Evil (1971) Countess Dracula (1971) 200 Motels (1971) Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Sleuth (1972) Madame Sin (1972) Baffled! (1972) Frenzy (1972) The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972) Vampire Circus (1972) The Day of the Jackal (1973) Live and Let Die (1973) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) The Man Who Would Be King ...
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Simmons provided bass, guitar, vocals and harmonica for Mothers of Invention during 1970 and 1971. He left the Mothers in early 1971 just prior to the filming of 200 Motels (where he was replaced by Ringo Starr's chauffeur Martin Lickert). Simmons later returned to the Mothers occasionally during the period of 1972 to 1974.
(1958), My Fair Lady (1964), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), and 200 Motels (1971). For his portrayal of Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones (1958), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [1] He made his stage debut in Tevye the Milkman in Mandatory Palestine, when he was in his teens.