Head

1968
PG
1h 26m

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6.4/10

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The Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.The Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.The Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

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Trivia
Co-writer Jack Nicholson actually compiled the film's soundtrack in its final form, with snippets of the film's dialogue between songs, and is so credited on its LP album cover (when he saw Michael Nesmith at work in the studio and asked if he could help, Nesmith let him take over, because he said "I just want to go home."). Nicholson had unwavering enthusiasm for the film, joining in a stickering campaign to promote its premiere and declaring later that "I saw it, like, 158,000,000 times, man. I loved it!"

Goofs
Annette Funicello's character is called Theresa by Davy Jones before the boxing sequence, but is listed as Minnie in the end credits.

Quotes
Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork: [chanting in unison] Hey, hey, we are The Monkees, to that we all agree. A manufactured image with no philosophies.

Crazy credits
There are no credits at the beginning at the film, which was extremely rare for a 1960s film. They all appear at the end of the film.

Alternate versions
When the film was previewed in August 1968, its original cut ran about 110 mins. It was trimmed down to 86 mins. for the premiere.

Connections
Edited from The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Soundtracks
Porpoise Song
Written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Performed by The Monkees (uncredited)

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Featured review

8/10

I Hated the Series and Loved This Film

The series is godawful, overrated, dull, and incredibly unfunny. Only in a TV landscape dominated by Green Acres and Gilligan's Island could it be considered innovative.

Their music though, includes some real classics, and hold up nearly as well as early Beatles. This film was their attempt to destroy to the manufactured image the network built for them.

It is anarchic, subversive, caustic, mind blowing, and savage in relentlessly attacking commercialism, suburban conformity, Hollywood, and half a dozen other targets. It holds up far better than fluff from that time like Yellow Submarine.

Even the Who's Tommy can't compare for angry tone and searing narrative, desconstructing the usual film cliches. Well worth seeing, for anyone who doesn't demand films always follow the usual predictable pattern.