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Encyclopedia > 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tom Schulman
Produced by Jeffrey D. Ivers
Written by Tom Schulman
Starring Joe Pesci
Kristy Swanson
David Spade
Music by Andrew Gross
Cinematography Adam Holender
Distributed by Orion Pictures Corporation
Release date(s) April 18, 1997
Running time 95 mins.
Language English
IMDb profile

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag is a 1997 American black comedy film starring Joe Pesci and David Spade. It was the directorial debut of screenwriter Tom Schulman. In 1998 the film won the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film's Silver Raven award. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 403 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (508 × 755 pixel, file size: 71 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. ... Tom Schulman (born 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter most famous for his screenplay Dead Poets Society which won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. ... Tom Schulman (born 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter most famous for his screenplay Dead Poets Society which won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. ... Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), best known as Joe Pesci, is an American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster, mafia thug, or a grouchy funnyman. ... Renee Kristen Kristy Swanson (born Kristen Noel Swanson on December 19, 1969 in Mission Viejo, California, USA) is an American actress. ... David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a castmember on Saturday Night Live. ... Orion Pictures Logo Orion Pictures Corporation was a United States movie production company, formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), best known as Joe Pesci, is an American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster, mafia thug, or a grouchy funnyman. ... David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a castmember on Saturday Night Live. ... Tom Schulman (born 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter most famous for his screenplay Dead Poets Society which won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. ... The Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film was created in 1983 as a venue for horror, thriller & science fiction films. ...


Plot

Pesci plays Tommy, a wiseguy hired by a pair of dimwitted hitmen to transport a duffel bag full of decapitated heads to a crime boss (as proof of the deaths), but the bag gets switched with an identical bag belonging to Charlie, an American tourist flying to Mexico to meet his fiancee's parents. The bags are switched on the plane after landing. George Hamilton plays Dick, the father of Charlie's fiancee, who later is arrested for the possesion of the heads. Mike the Headless Chicken struts. ...


One memorable scene in the film is a dream sequence featuring Tommy being awakened by the eight heads who begin singing a revised version of "Mr. Sandman" as headless zombies crash through the walls and try to attack him. For the popular video game character from the Punch-Out!! series, see Mr. ... A group of actors portraying zombies in a film A zombie is an animated human body devoid of a soul. ...


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Movie Review - 8 Heads In A Duffle Bag (405 words)
8 Heads In A Duffel Bag is about an assassin, who loses the evidence of his latest "hit", a duffel bag filled with the heads of his last eight victims, and the obstacles he faces while retrieving them.
There is another scene, where the dog is seen with his head stuck under the bed, grabbing one of the heads by the hair.
In another scene, a coyote is seen jumping down from the tail gate of a jeep and running off with a bag in his mouth, supposedly containing one of the heads.
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