minute running time. The film was cut to 90  minutes and still there were no takers. Even after  Bruce Bickford (I) (qv)s sequences won first prize at a French  animated film competition, there was no interest. Eventually Zappa  took it upon himself to distribute the film independently via his  own Intercontinental Absurdities production company. The film ran 24  hours a day at the Victoria Theater in New York City and made a  handsome profit.