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Title:

Frank Zappa's 200 motels [videorecording] / 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.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Tony Palmer Studio,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Subject:

Mothers of Invention--Drama.
Concert tours--United States--Drama.
Rock groups--United States--Drama.
Mothers of Invention.
Concert tours.
Rock groups.
United States.
Feature films--United States.
Rock films.
Musical films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.

Other Authors:

Zappa, Frank. drt drt
Palmer, Tony, 1941- drt drt
Starr, Ringo.
Bikel, Theodore.
Good, Jerry.
Cohn, Herb.
Moon, Keith, 1946-1978.
Black, Jimmy Carl.
Lickert, Martin.
Schenkel, Calvin.
Kam, Mara.
Harrison, Richard.
Stephens, Barry.
Murakami-Wolf Films.
Bizarre (Firm)
Mothers of Invention.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tony Palmer Studio (Firm)

Notes:

The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon. Originally issued as a motion picture in 1971. Includes original soundtrack, Tony Palmer in conversation with Jon Kirkman Dec 2009.

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)601496125

UPC:

604388714902

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)