Friday, July 1, 2011

HEAD

Head
Raybert / Columbia, 1968, Color, 86 minutes
Released November, 1968

The Monkees' only feature film is a riotous hodgepodge of spaced-out comedy vignettes mixed with a collage of old film clips and cameos of Frank Zappa, Victor Mature, Teri Garr, Annette Funicello, Carol Doda and others. This classic culmination of Monkeemania was co-authored by Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson.

Producers: Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson
Executive Producer: Bert Schneider
Director: Bob Rafelson
Screenplay: Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson
Musical Score: Ken Thorne
Song Score: various
Choreography: Toni Basil
Art Direction: Sydney Z. Litwack
Set Decoration: Ned Parsons
Costume Design: Gene Ashman
Special Effects: Bruce Lane, Chuck Gaspar and Burton Gershfield
Cinematography: Michel Hugo
Film Editing: Mike Pozen

Cast: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith [The Monkees], Annette Funicello [Minnie], Timothy Carey [Lord High 'n' Low], Logan Ramsey [Officer Faye Lapid], Abraham Sofaer [Swami], Vito Scotti [I. Vitteloni], Charles Macaulay [Inspector Shrink], T. C. Jones [Mr. and Mrs. Ace], Charles Irving [Mayor Feedback], William Bagdad [Black Sheik], Percy Helton [Heraldic Messenger], Sonny Liston [Extra], Ray Nitschke [Private One], Carol Doda [Sally Silicone], Frank Zappa [The Critic], June Fairchild [The Jumper], Teri Garr [Testy True], I. J. Jefferson [Lady Pleasure], Victor Mature [Big Victor]

Musical Program: Porpoise Song (Theme From Head); Ditty Diego (War Chant); Circle Sky; Supplicio; Can You Dig It; Gravy; Superstitous; As We Go Along; Dandruff?; Daddy's Song; Poll; Do I Have To Do This All Over Again

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