Head (1968)

Head  is a 1968 American  satirical   musical   adventure film  written and produced by  Jack Nicholson  and  Bob Rafelson , directed by Rafelson, starring television rock group  the Monkees  ( Davy Jones ,  Peter Tork ,  Micky Dolenz  and  Michael Nesmith ) [2]  and distributed by  Columbia Pictures . A theatrical spin-off of the 1966–68  NBC  television show and a  swan song  ( series finale ), it started production directly after completion of series production. During production, one of the working titles for the film was  Changes , which was later the name of an  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 title  Movee Untitled . The film featured  Victor Mature  as "The Big Victor" [2]  and  cameo appearances  by Nicholson,  Teri Garr ,  Carol Doda ,  Annette Funicello ,  Frank Zappa ,  Sonny Liston ,  Timothy Carey ,  Percy Helton  and  Ray Nitschke . [2]  Also appearing on screen in brief non-speaking parts are  Dennis Hopper  and film choreographer  Toni Basil .