Head

"What is HEAD all about? Only John Brockman's shrink knows for sure!"

Nov 20 1968 G 1h 26m
Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

Plot

Running in from seemingly nowhere, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith & Peter Tork - better known collectively as The Monkees - disrupt a bridge opening ceremony. From where and why did they come to disrupt the proceedings? They were filming a series of vignettes in several different genres, including a wild west sequence, a desert war sequence, a Confederate war sequence, and a science fiction sequence. They disagree with much of what is happening around them, and try to figure out how to escape the oppression they feel - symbolized by a big black box in which they are seemingly imprisoned - by the forces around. That oppression is often shown in the form of "The Big Victor Mature".

Written by

Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson, Micky Dolenz

Directed by

Bob Rafelson

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Raybert Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
7,346
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA