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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 .
He starred as Larry the Dwarf in Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1971). [4] His voice is also featured in Harry Nilsson's animated film The Point! (1971). [5] In 1972, Starr made a brief cameo appearance at the end of an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, entitled "Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular".
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 ]
(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.
In 1971, he starred as Larry the Dwarf in Frank Zappa's 200 Motels and was featured in Harry Nilsson's animated film The Point! [38] He then co-starred in That'll Be the Day (1973) as a Teddy Boy and appeared in The Last Waltz , the Martin Scorsese documentary film about the 1976 farewell concert of the Band . [ 39 ]
Pons was a member of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention (1970-1971). He played bass on their albums Fillmore East – June 1971, Just Another Band From L.A., and Playground Psychotics. Pons portrayed himself in Zappa's 1971 surrealist film 200 Motels, starring the members of the Mothers Of Invention. [4]
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Fillmore East – June 1971 (1971) 200 Motels (1971) Just Another Band from L.A. (1972) Playground Psychotics (1992, recorded 1970–1971) Carnegie Hall (2011, recorded 1971) The Mothers 1970 (2020, recorded 1970) The Mothers 1971 (2022, recorded 1971)