8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)

Director:

Tom Schulman

Writer (WGA):

Tom Schulman (written by)

Release Date:

18 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Meet Tommy Spinelli. He's got two days to deliver this bag, or more heads are gonna roll.

Plot:

A mob bagman finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his latest hit, has been switched.

Plot Keywords:

Head | Mexico | Vacation | Airport | Cryogenics

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joe Pesci	...	Tommy
Andy Comeau	...	Charlie
Kristy Swanson	...	Laurie Bennett
George Hamilton	...	Dick Bennett
Dyan Cannon	...	Annette Bennett
David Spade	...	Ernie
Todd Louiso	...	Steve
Anthony Mangano	...	Rico
Joe Basile	...	Benny
Ernestine Mercer	...	Fern
Frank Roman	...	Paco
Howard George	...	Big Sep
Tom Platz	...	Head of Hugo
Endre Hules	...	Head of Marty
Calvin Levels	...	Head of Jamal

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #35165) | Canada:14A | Finland:K-16 | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Germany:12

Company:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Continuity: When Annette try to attack Charlie with a fork in the restaurant, the fork switch directions between shots

Quotes:

Ernie: This university has the largest cryonics facility in the country. They've got hundreds of frozen heads.
Tommy Spinelli: Why do they got hundreds of frozen heads?
Ernie: [sarcastically] I think for, uh, situations like this.
Tommy Spinelli: Hey don't be a little smart ass, you!
Ernie: Look, they have them because people feel that maybe in a couple hundred years, we can bring them back to life, clone them a nice, healthy body.
Tommy Spinelli: Are you jerking me around?
Ernie: What? Oh my God. You just put welts and bruises over 90% of my body and now you're talking about having me help you decapitate some professor. WOULD I BE JERKING YOU AROUND?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "My Name Is Earl: No Heads and a Duffle Bag (#3.17)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

More of Everything

good movie for people with good senses of humor

I saw this wonderful movie during its theatrical release, and everyone in the small theatre, including myself and my mother, loved just about every scene. Watch it with an open mind and you'll be very pleased. Joe Pesci, Kristy Swanson, and especially Ernestine Mercer, are absolutely hilarious. Even David Spade doesn't completely suck! Nice surreal touches as well.