The Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.The Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.The Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.
Davy Jones
- Davy
- (as David Jones)
Storyline
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- TriviaCo-writer Jack Nicholson actually compiled the film's soundtrack in its final form, with snippets of the film's dialogue between songs, and is so credited on its LP album cover (when he saw Michael Nesmith at work in the studio and asked if he could help, Nesmith let him take over, because he said "I just want to go home."). Nicholson had unwavering enthusiasm for the film, joining in a stickering campaign to promote its premiere and declaring later that "I saw it, like, 158,000,000 times, man. I loved it!"
- GoofsThe Italian flag decal on the tank is backwards - red/white/green instead of green/white/red. This may be a flipped shot, or alternately a gag.
- Quotes
Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork: [chanting in unison] Hey, hey, we are The Monkees, to that we all agree. A manufactured image with no philosophies.
- Crazy creditsThere are no credits at the beginning at the film, which was extremely rare for a 1960s film. They all appear at the end of the film.
- Alternate versionsWhen the film was previewed in August 1968, its original cut ran about 110 mins. It was trimmed down to 86 mins. for the premiere.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Featured review
Fantastic
I don't know what it is exactly, but this film is un-ironically genius. It wasn't overtly funny like the Monkees TV Show, but it was exactly what it should've been. It's absurd and psychedelic, like the show, and doesn't take itself seriously (which I like because the Monkees got so much grief for not being real, as if a real band was going to do a tv comedy show anyway.)
It was like a look behind the curtain at times and the music was beautiful.
It was like a look behind the curtain at times and the music was beautiful.
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- Filming locations
- Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant - 12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA(upstairs downstairs, conveyor belt)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $750,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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