Title:
200 motels / a Murakami Wolf/Bizarre production ; story and screenplay by Frank Zappa ; shooting script by Tony Palmer ; produced by Jerry Good, Herb Gordon ; characterizations directed by Frank Zappa ; visuals directed by Tony Palmer.
Publication Information:
[England] : Tony Palmer Studio, [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1971.
Includes original soundtrack, Tony Palmer in conversation with Jon Kirkman Dec 2009.
DVD; NTSC, all regions; 16:9 aspect ratio.
Summary:
A psychedelic precursor to music videos, in which The Mothers of Invention, a touring musical group, wreak havoc in Centerville, a stereotypical American town. The first color movie made on videotape and then transferred to film, it includes many visual effects.
Corporate Subject:
Performer:
The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon.
Production Credits:
Camera, Dave Swan ... [et al.] ; editor, Richard Harrison ; music composer and arranger, Frank Zappa ; music performers, the Mothers of Invention, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
OCLC Number:
ocn601496125
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1