One Big Real Place: BBS From Head to Hearts
By November 28, 2010
“What we need are good old American—and that’s not to be confused with European—Art Films.” . . . Read more »
Hey, hey, it’s the Monkees . . . being catapulted through one of American cinema’s most surreal sixties odysseys. The brainchild of Bob Rafelson, making his directorial debut; his producing partner and Monkees cocreator Bert Schneider; and Jack Nicholson, a coscreenwriter on the project, Head was the fanciful beginning and ignominious end of the TV-bred supergroup’s big-screen career. In it, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork become trapped in a kaleidoscopic satire that’s movie homage, media send-up, concert movie, and antiwar cry all at once. A constantly looping, self-referential spoof that was ahead of its time, Head dodged commercial success on its release but has since been reclaimed as one of the great cult objects of its era.
| Peter Tork | |
| Davy Jones | |
| Micky Dolenz | |
| Michael Nesmith | |
| Minnie | Annette Funicello |
| Lord High’n Low | Timothy Carey |
| Off. Faye Lapid | Logan Ramsey |
| Swami | Abraham Sofaer |
| I. Vitteloni | Vito Scotti |
| Inspector Shrink | Charles MacCaulay |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ace | T. C. Jones |
| Mayor Feedback | Charles Irving |
| Black Sheik | William Bagdad |
| Heraldic Messenger | Percy Helton |
| Director | Bob Rafelson |
| Written and produced by | Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson |
| Executive producer | Bert Schneider |
| Choreographer | Toni Basil |
| Set decorator | Ned Parsons |
| Editing | Mike Pozen and A.C.E. |
| Art director | Sydney Z. Litwack |
| Incidental music composed and conducted by | Ken Thorne |
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By November 28, 2010
“What we need are good old American—and that’s not to be confused with European—Art Films.” . . . Read more »
By November 23, 2010
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