(1968) Head

Head is a 1968 American adventure musical satirical film written by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, directed by Rafelson, starring television rock group The Monkees (Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith), and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

During production, one of the working titles for the film was Changes, which was later the name of an unrelated album by the Monkees. Another working title was Untitled. A rough cut of the film was previewed for audiences in Los Angeles in the summer of 1968 under the name Movee Untitled.
The film featured Victor Mature as "The Big Victor" and cameo appearances by Nicholson, Teri Garr, Carol Doda, Annette Funicello, Frank Zappa, Sonny Liston, Timothy Carey, Percy Helton, and Ray Nitschke. Also appearing on screen in brief non-speaking parts are Dennis Hopper and film choreographer Toni Basil.

Head begins at the dedication of a bridge. A politician, the mayor, is trying to offer a dedicatory speech but is impeded by recurring barrages of microphone feedback. As he is about to cut the red ribbon and open the bridge, the Monkees interrupt the ceremony by running, as if in a panic, through the assembled officials as horns and sirens blare. The rest of the film consists of a series of non-linear vignettes highlighting the unpleasant aspects of being public figures. The film offers conflict and resolution, but is essentially plotless; as a chant by the Monkees early in the film relates: "We hope you like our story/Although there isn't one/That is to say, there's many/That way, there is more fun!" Head is a stream of consciousness stringing-together of musical numbers, satires of film genres, psychedelic cinematography, and references to then-topical issues such as the Vietnam War and drugs. The action includes recurring scenes, such as the group being trapped in a black box, a desert location, and a gigantic Victor Mature.