200 Motels
1971 · 98 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 2,458 VOTES · DIR. Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,127 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:41 A MURAKAMI / WOLF / BIZARRE PRODUCTION color by Technicolor
00:04:21 of the score to 200 Motels. Every word, every action, the lamp
00:07:56 You're Volman!
00:11:34 Hi, man!
00:15:08 Just a few questions
00:20:50 Mmm. And English, too.
00:24:06 Yodel-oh-oo-pee-hey
00:26:35 OPAL, YOU HOT LITTLE BITCH!
00:30:19 this experimental reorientation facility. To find a way, perhaps, to retrain these useless
00:34:40 Well, there are a lot of reasons why I'd . . . I'd drag a girl such as yourself back to this . . .
00:40:49 Explains . . .
00:44:26 Right. You're heavy.
00:47:43 WOWWWWWW!
00:51:40 Listen, Lucy, we gotta get ready for our big dance number, we're going to the fake nightclub tonight.
00:54:49 Penis!
01:00:13 Right on, right on!
01:08:23 (gum-me-on-m'lung-a)
01:13:53 Go to the club or the bar
01:16:48 Daddy, daddy, daddy
01:19:23 BEEN something in rock and roll.
01:23:39 A mod little flat one
01:29:09 Help all the rednecks and the flatfoot policemen
01:34:28 They're gonna ride on home
01:38:25 on the other memo I have sent you. Regards. David Alexander, Production Manager
Cast & Characters
Mark Volman
Member of Mothers of Invention
Howard Kaylan
Member of Mothers of Invention
Ian Underwood
Member of Mothers of Invention
Aynsley Dunbar
Member of Mothers of Invention
George Duke
Member of Mothers of Invention
Theodore Bikel
Rance Muhammitz
Theodore Bikel
Dave
Keith Moon
The Hot Nun
Jimmy Carl Black
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Janet Neville-Ferguson
Groupie #1
Martin Lickert
Jeff
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,127
Dialogue density11.5 lines / min
First line00:00:41
Final line01:38:25
Production Record
DirectorFrank Zappa, Tony Palmer
LanguageEnglish
Budget$679,000
IMDb votes2,458