---
title: '200 Motels (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Zappa'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/200-motels-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066732/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 200 Motels (1971)

1971 · 95 min · Music · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Zappa](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-zappa), [Tony Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-palmer)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Zappa](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-zappa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Zappa](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-zappa)
- **Producer:** [Herb Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/herb-cohen)

## Cast

- [Don Preston](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-preston)
- [Ringo Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/ringo-starr)
- [Ian Underwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-underwood)
- [Keith Moon](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-moon)
- [Jimmy Carl Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-carl-black)
- [Pamela Des Barres](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-des-barres)
- [Ruth Underwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-underwood)
- [George Duke](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-duke)
- [Aynsley Dunbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/aynsley-dunbar)
- [Theodore Bikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-bikel)

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