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Head DVD

 Monkees
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3.8 out of 5 stars (4 Customer Reviews)


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Category Rock DVDs, Pop Movies, Music Video Videos, Pop, Television/TV Series, Comedies, Pop Music Videos, Rock And Roll, Essential Cinema, Cult, G-Rated, Slapstick, Vintage TV
Starring Monkees, Teri Garr, Frank Zappa, Victor Mature, Timothy Carey, Annette Funicello, Mickey Dolenz, Sonny Liston, Carol Doda, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Director Bob Rafelson
Choreographer Toni Basil
Cinematographer Michel Hugo
Composer Ken Thorne
Editor Mike Pozen
Producer Bob Rafelson
Screenwriter Jack Nicholson, Bob Rafelson
Set Designer Ned Parsons
Special Effects Chuck Gaspar
DVD. Film written/produced by Bob Rafaelson & Jack Nichols on. Stars Victor Mature, Annette Funicello, Carol Doda, Fra nk Zappa, Teri Garr, & Sonny Liston. 8 trks: Porpoise Song , Ditty Diego - War Chant, Circle Sky, more. 87 min . Hi-fi. Rated G.

HEAD is a mind-blowing Monkee-filled pop culture excursion, courtesy of writer Jack Nicholson (yes, that Jack Nicholson) and writer-director Bob Rafelson.

It's a head trip, man! Director Bob Rafelson's feature film debut is based on the hit television show THE MONKEES, which Rafelson created and produced (along with Bert Schneider). Like the TV show, HEAD follows the adventures of the fictitious pop band the Monkees--four goofy, mop-topped young rockers who look suspiciously like the Beatles. Written by Rafelson and actor Jack Nicholson, the film rejects plot in favor of a psychedelic trip through a series of parodies of every major film genre, including the Western, the musical, and the war film. These stylized romps are intercut with various surreal scenes, such as the classic sequence where the Monkees are sucked up through a giant vacuum cleaner and then spewed out as bits of dandruff in Victor Mature's hair. Also thrown into the bizarre mix are clips of television commercials, classic movies, and documentary footage from Vietnam. The result is an avant-garde, kaleidoscopic collage, peppered with Monkees songs such as "Circle Sky," "Porpoise Song," and "Daddy's Song."

Theatrical release: November 6, 1968. During the war-movie parody, Micky Dolenz sports a gold football helmet. It is rumored that this is the same helmet Jack Nicholson wore in EASY RIDER. Co-screenwriters Rafelson and Jack Nicholson based HEAD on conversations they had with the Monkees while on a vacation. Nicholson and Rafelson can both be spotted briefly on the commissary set. "Suck it before the venom reaches my heart" is Teri Garr's first line in a motion picture.

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"Funny, absurd, and, in retrospect, insightful." -- Mojo Staff, Mojo

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List Price $19.95 (You save $4.96)
Studio Rhino
Orig Year 1968
DVD Encoding Region 1
All Time Product Rank 8,630
CD Universe Part number 1000595
Catalog number 4460
Discs 1
Release Date Jul 21, 1998
Rating G (MPAA)
Also Known As Monkees - Head
Running Time 99 Minutes
Movie Details Color; Digitally Re-Mastered; HiFi Sound; Digital Sound
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Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

3 stars in the mind of the monkees
the darker side of the monkees ,they embark on a journey through time and events through their eyes,weird,strange to see them in these facets ,
Submitted by nr11955 (ponce ,puerto rico,usa) Verified Buyer
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4 stars Whacked out
This movie was very entertaining with alot of laughs.
Submitted by momadman666 (ST.Charles,MO) Verified Buyer
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3 stars way out-and on target
Before Mtv, before The Ben Stiller Show, there was head. Head is a time capsule of 1960s music, fun and colors. A witty and joyous romp through a time that seems innocent by contemporary standards. this is a film that will please nostalgia buffs and those seeing it all for the first time. Well worth watching and fine for all ages.
Submitted by james (Buffalo New York- usa) Verified Buyer
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5 stars Hey hey we are the monkees you know we love to please
The First time i saw the movie head was well over 15 years ago. I was and am still an avid monkees fan, and to see head on dvd is Great. Everyone always critizes the Monkees because they were hired to be a group/tv show, but without going on too much about this, look at all the entertainment and fun they brought....and head is one shinning example, while it is nothing like the tv show, it stands alone as a really fab romp....with tons of special guests and some really great songs, anyone who has heard porpoise song, has to know how great it is.....it's really a dark and sometimes political comedy. with lots of drug and sexual references....like the scene where this girl is kissing all the monkees and says "they are even"(kissing wise) and then mike whispers something in her ear and she says "are you kidding" and laughs....now you know what he was asking;-) The music is superb, even if you are not a monkees fan, if no one told you who was singing it, you would never know it was the monkees..the only thing i would have liked to sceen on this dvd would have been if they could have had a wide screen version and maybe some audio commentary by all four monkees, and also just play all the music scenes and maybe have some sing along lyrics....but this was released before rhino got really good at doing that stuff....maybe next time, a rerelease:-)
Submitted by nebulapig (Sarasota, Florida, USA (although i am typing this )
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