Production
Principal scenes of 200 Motels including the London Philharmonic Orchestra were filmed in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London, and featured The Mothers of Invention, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ringo Starr, Theodore Bikel, and Keith Moon. Tensions between Zappa and several cast and crew members arose before and during shooting. However, Director Tony Palmer's comments on his 2009 reissue of 200 Motels claim all elements of the script derived from Frank Zappa's trunk's worth of material, were completed during production, and that the film's original video tapes still exist, sitting in front of him while he wrote the DVD liner notes. It was the first feature film photographed on videotape and transferred to 35 mm film utilizing a Technicolor Film printer utilized by the BBC, a process which allowed for novel visual effects. Produced by Murakami/Wolf Productions. Jerry Good, Producer. Charles Swenson, Animation Director.
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