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Forty years ago this evening, the Monkees’ extraordinary film Head was given its ‘International Premiere’. By way of a 40^th anniversary tribute to one of our favourite films, we’ll be putting this site together over the next month or so.

http://head.sotcaa.net

Stuff you can look forward to:

Changes:
A 25-page dissection of the original ‘Changes’ shooting script, meticulously denoting any differences between this and the eventual film while also covering background info about the set-ups, characters and obscure cinematic references, not to mention plenty of speculation about rewrites between drafts and theses on Jack Nicholson’s typing skills. The first four pages of this are now online. Now, that may not sound like much…

Hype:
A closer look at the way the original release was trailed and sold - from that eerie image of media guru John Brockman staring silently into the camera to the voice of He-Man clearing up any possible misunderstandings between the Monkees and the Marx Brothers. Also a look at where and when the film was actually released theatrically.

Ratio:
An attempt to finally nail how the film should be seen, which editions show the most visual information and a closer look at what visual tricks the film-makers pulled while filling their canvas on the scratchy journey between camera negative and blurry close-up.

Soundtrack:
A full breakdown of the original musical soundtrack - and a closer look at how Jack Nicholson, as ‘Album Coordinator’, assembled the dialogue sections for the accompanying LP. Plus info on myriad releases and reissues from around the world.

Press:
A collection of previews, reviews, interviews, etc, both contemporaneous and retrospective.