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Originally released as a motion picture in 1968
DVD originally issued as part of box set: America lost and found: the BBS story
Special features: Audio commentary featuring the Monkees; New video interview with director Bob Rafelson; new documentary about BBS featuring critic David Thomson and historian Douglas Brinkley; screen tests with the Monkees; trailers and TV and radio spots; Ephemera, including behind-the-scenes photos by Henry Diltz; rare 1968 television interview with the Monkees
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Summary
Add a SummaryThe Monkees get a little serious as they express their worries for the war and violence in the cold, hard world around them whilst continuing to keep their charm, sweetness and love-ability.
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Add a NoticeOther: Davy Jones performs Daddy's Song. It's an adorable and bubbly performance. Beware: He will melt your heart and cause extreme happiness.
Violence: Micky goes AWOL and punches Davy, Mike a few other people and most importantly: A woman. Vietnamese man gets shot in the head. Peter punches a man dressed up as a woman in the face.
Quotes
Add a QuoteMicky: Hey, come on, get up, lady, you’re not dead. Hey lady, come on, get up, stop acting. Testy True: Hey, what is this? Micky: Hey, come on, stop playin’, it’s all over, it’s all an act. Come on, get up. Testy True: Well, stop kicking me! Micky: Ah, I don’t want to do this any more, man. Oh, these fake arrows and this junk and the fake trees, Bob, I’m through.
Mike: He’ll never make it through this intense bombardment. Nobody could.
Micky: Pathetic. Micky: I can’t. Micky: It’s pitiful. Micky: Shut up. Micky: You shut up. Micky: No, you shut up. Micky: You shut up! Micky: Shut up! Micky: You! Micky: Youyouyouyouyouyouyoushutupyoushutupyou! Micky: Okay, I will. Micky: I can’t, I can’t hear! No, I, I’m deaf! Come back! I’m going de—oh! Voice: Quiet, isn’t it, George Michael Dolenz? I said, quiet, isn’t it, George Michael Dolenz?
Mike: He’ll never make it through this intense bombardment. Nobody could.
Peter Tork: Hey, Mike, son of a gun, a millionaire at 25. Mike: Ask me how does it feel. Peter Tork: What? Mike: Ask me how does it feel. Micky Dolenz: How does it feel? Mike: I'll tell you how it feels. I don't like it, that's how it feels! I don't like surprises, I don't like all these people jumping around and shouting, wha - I don't even wanna HEAR what you're saying! Because you know what you're saying to me? You're saying "Happy Birthday" and you're jumping out of the walls and it's scaring me to death, and I'm supposed to be HAPPY about that. ' Aww, come on, Mike. Be a good sport.' Well, WHO NEEDS IT? Who needs surprises, and pajamas. You want to throw a birthday party, you don't kidnap me, you send me an invitation. Besides, I probably would have been happier where I was, sleeping. 'Happy birthday'... HAH! And I'll tell you something else too: the same thing goes for Christmas.... Well, how 'bout THEM apples!
"I'll have a finger sandwich, hold the mold." Mike Nesmith
Mrs Ace: Are you still paying tribute to Ringo Starr? Mickey Dolenz: Would you like a pinch in the mouth? Mrs Ace: I'll think about it. Mickey Dolenz: Don't hurt yourself.
"You won't hurt my face, will ya? Million dollar head, this." Davy Jones
"Let me tell you one thing son. Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor!" Peter Tork to Davy Jones
"We were speaking of belief; beliefs and conditioning. All belief possibly could be said to be the result of some conditioning. Thus, the study of history is simply the study of one system of beliefs deposing another, and so on and so on and so on... A psychologically tested belief of our time is that the central nervous system, which feeds it's impulses directly to the brain, the conscious and subconscious, is unable to discern between the real, and the vividly imagined experience. If there is a difference, and most of us believe there is - am I being clear? For to examine these concepts requires tremendous energy and discipline. To allow the unknown to occur and to occur, requires clarity. And where there is clarity there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should anyone listen to me? Why should I speak, since I know nothing?" Swami
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Davy Jones - Daddy's Song
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Monkees - Head comercial
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Add a CommentOne of those 'it's an historical artifact' films. More important for who did what in it than it could ever be otherwise. And on another note, could we spell check these things? "Psychadelic"? Please. IF you want more information, then read "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind. Maybe a bit more interesting than the Monkees could ever be.
This movie is EPIC! The only complaint I have was that there was not enough Peter Tork. Anyone who says that this movie is confusing is a block head. It makes perfect sense. This movie changed my life.
A fairly dumb and only marginally amusing attempt to present the teeny bopper, pop-musical wimps, The Monkees, as "cool" dudes. The highlight of the film is the blowing up of a Coca-Cola vending machine out in the desert. The Monkees perform several very forgettable songs.
Includes cameos by Frank Zappa, Sonny Liston, Annette Funicello & Terry Garr, in her acting debut (she'd danced in films before, but never had any lines) , before she changed the spelling of her name. Jack Nicholson co-wrote & co-produced, 2 years before he & director Bob Rafelson (this was his directorial debut) made "Five Easy Pieces".
Hard to follow, jumped around a lot. If you like the monkeys and do not need to understand what is going on you will enjoy this movie