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A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and...
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'Bloody Valentine' Director Heads to Haddonfield
(From Get The Big Picture. 7 September 2009, 11:36 PM, PDT)
Eric Stoltz Heads to 'Fort McCoy'
(From Cinematical. 3 September 2008, 4:03 PM, PDT)
(From Get The Big Picture. 7 September 2009, 11:36 PM, PDT)
Eric Stoltz Heads to 'Fort McCoy'
(From Cinematical. 3 September 2008, 4:03 PM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jon Cryer | ... | Guy Franklin | |
| Nancy Drake | ... | Emily | |
| Edward Asner | ... | Ab Abbot | |
| Charlene Fernetz | ... | Betty Jo | |
| Doreen Brownstone | ... | Minnie Baker | |
| Wayne Robson | ... | Benny - Chief of Police | |
| Shawn Thompson | ... | Clay Cox | |
| Chris Sigurdson | ... | Cop | |
| Earl Pastko | ... | Lloyd Hubbs | |
| Walter Marsh | ... | Judge Jacobs | |
| Wayne Nicklas | ... | Minister | |
| Roddy McDowall | ... | Fibris Drake | |
| Aleks Paunovic | ... | Roderick | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Tina Abbot | |
| Jan Skene | ... | Policewoman |
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'Heads' is the story of excessively nerdy, uptight journalist, Guy Franklin (Jon Cryer) who is recently hired to the reporter staff of the small newspaper company where he works. His nose-for-news boss Abner (Ed Asner), radiant and always assessing a story from its selling point, gives Guy his first real job: investigating the series of decapitations around their small, rural town. Only, what Guy finds out is that, it's not just murder, but involves a whole lot more dirty business.
Obviously it is a black comedy. One that starts slow, and carries on the shoulders of Ed Asner's wild-eyed character, initially (he only later in the film becomes less interesting as the mood of his character shifts towards the latter half of the film). Guy Franklin, at times too annoying for such timidity he exhibits, is actually, initially a boring character. The movie actually picks up the pace and becomes much funnier once Jennifer Tilly, as Abner's promiscuous daughter, enters the picture and latches on to her polar opposite: Guy, and turns him away from his routines of safety and pre-planning. The characters in these films are like caricatures of typical figures from 1950s cinema fiction, much like those in 'The Hudsucker Proxy,' released the following year.
While the film does tend to become a bit too long in its resolution, and despite its other flaws, it may be a film that dark comedy cult fans may enjoy.