Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 10/08/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Cross
What's up Doc with
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and you get this dark screwball comedy of murder and lost luggage. Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli (
Joe Pesci) is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. Medical student Charlie Pritchett (
Andy Comeau) is headed to Mexico with his fiancée Laurie Bennett (
Kristy Swanson) to meet her parents. Charlie's suitcase is identical to Tommy's, and it's not until Tommy arrives in San Diego that he discovers that there are no heads in his bag, while Charlie realizes his duffel most certainly does not contain his vacation wardrobe. Tommy finds Charlie's address in the bag and heads to the fraternity house he calls home, where he drafts Charlie's friends Ernie (
David Spade) and Steve (
Todd Louiso) into finding him some replacement heads post-haste. Meanwhile, Laurie's parents (
Dyan Cannon and
George Hamilton) are a bit miffed to discover that their future son-in-law is travelling with a bag full of rotting heads, while Laurie is ready to give Charlie his walking papers.
Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag was the directorial debut of screenwriter
Tom Schulman, who won an Academy Award for his script for the movie
Dead Poets Society.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
