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Bob Rafelson gestures while directing The Monkees-Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork-who stand together outside a building during filming of Head.
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film by Rafelson [1968]
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Bob Rafelson gestures while directing The Monkees-Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork-who stand together outside a building during filming of Head.
Head Producer Bob Rafelson (left), Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork during the filming of Head (1968).

The film Head (1968) was directed by Bob Rafelson and cowritten with Jack Nicholson. It is described as a cheerfully off-the-wall and experimental celebration of the Monkees, an American pop-rock group created for television as a response to the Beatles. The Monkees consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, and Peter Tork. While the premise of the show and the band was synthetic, their hit singles, written by accomplished songwriters, are considered exemplary of 1960s pop music. Head was initially labeled pretentious by some but has since become a cult favorite.12

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