Overview
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
Fun facts
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Box office
Made on a $679K budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pinewood Studios
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Sequels
Followed by The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
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Music
Music by Frank Zappa
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Frank ZappaScreenplay
- Tony PalmerWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 10, 1971
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $679K
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Frank ZappaMember of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)- Mark VolmanMember of Mothers of Invention
- Howard KaylanMember of Mothers of Invention
- Ian UnderwoodMember of Mothers of Invention
- Aynsley DunbarMember of Mothers of Invention
George DukeMember of Mothers of Invention
Theodore BikelRance Muhammitz / Dave
Keith MoonHot Nun
Ringo StarrLarry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa- Janet Neville-FergusonGroupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)
- Lucy OfferallGroupie #2 (Lucy)
- Jimmy Carl BlackLonesome Cowboy Burt
- Martin LickertJeff
- Dick BarberBif Debris - The Vacuum Cleaner
- Don PrestonDon
Pamela Des BarresInterviewer (as Pamela Miller)- Ruth UnderwoodFake Drummer
- Judy GridleyChorus Leader
- Jim PonsMember of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
- Euclid James 'Motorhead' SherwoodMotorhead Sherwood (uncredited)
