"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.
| Release Date: | Nov 1971 |
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| Genre: | Comedy / Fantasy / Music |
| Cast: | 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 / Dave), Keith Moon (The Hot Nun), Jimmy Carl Black (Lonesome Cowboy Burt), Janet Neville-Ferguson (Groupie #1 (as Janet Ferguson)), Martin Lickert (Jeff), Lucy Offerall (Groupie #2), Dick Barber (Bif Debris - The Vacuum Cleaner), Don Preston (Don), Pamela Des Barres (Interviewer (as Pamela Miller)), Ruth Underwood (Fake Drummer), Judy Gridley (Chorus Leader), Ringo Starr (Frank Zappa), Jim Pons (Member of Mothers of Invention...), Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood (Motorhead Sherwood (uncredited)), Frank Zappa (Member of Mothers of Invention...) |