Head

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Head is a 1968 surreal, satirical musical film starring The Monkees that subverts their TV image through a series of disjointed, countercultural vignettes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
surreal film ⓘ
associatedMovement 1960s counterculture ⓘ
basedOn The Monkees (TV series) image and persona ⓘ
cinematographyBy Michel Hugo ⓘ
containsElement anti-war imagery ⓘ
media satire ⓘ
self-referential humor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Bob Rafelson ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Michael Pozen ⓘ
featuresBand The Monkees ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
counterculture film ⓘ
musical ⓘ
satire ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
includesCameo Annette Funicello ⓘ
Frank Zappa ⓘ
Sonny Liston ⓘ
Teri Garr ⓘ
Victor Mature ⓘ
initialReception commercial failure ⓘ
laterReception cult film status ⓘ
musicBy Carole King ⓘ
Harry Nilsson ⓘ
The Monkees ⓘ
narrativeStructure episodic vignettes ⓘ
notableFor countercultural themes ⓘ
fourth-wall breaking ⓘ
subverting The Monkees television image ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Bert Schneider ⓘ
productionCompany Raybert Productions ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 86 ⓘ
setting various surreal and metafictional locations ⓘ
starring Davy Jones ⓘ
Michael Nesmith ⓘ
Micky Dolenz ⓘ
Peter Tork ⓘ
title Head ⓘ
writer Bob Rafelson ⓘ
Jack Nicholson ⓘ

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Bob Rafelson → directed → Head ⓘ
Bob Rafelson → produced → Head ⓘ
Bert Schneider → produced → Head ⓘ