A mob bagman finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his gang's latest hit, has been switched.
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Tom SchulmanWriter:
Tom Schulman
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| 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 | |
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Ernestine Mercer | ... | Fern |
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Frank Roman | ... | Paco |
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Howard George | ... | Big Sep |
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Tom Platz | ... | Head of Hugo |
| Endre Hules | ... | Head of Marty | |
| Calvin Levels | ... | Head of Jamal | |
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This is a very black comedy. A mob courier is hired to transport the heads of eight murder victims to a mob boss. However, the duffel bag gets mixed up with the bag of a college student who is off on a vacation in Mexico with his girlfriend and her parents. However, the mother is a recovering alcoholic whom everyone believes is delusional when she claims to have found heads. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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Release Date:
18 April 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
8 têtes dans un sac See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Ana, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,024,516, 20 April 1997, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$3,559,990, 4 May 1997Company Credits
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Tommy Spinelli: [looking through a year book] Yeah. We got some time to kill before we go to the airport.
Steve: But these are human beings. Innocent people. You can't just kill innocent people because they look like somebody else.
Tommy Spinelli: Let me tell you something, college boy, nobody is innocent. Now who is he?
Steve: He's my anatomy professor. He almost flunked me.
Tommy Spinelli: Good. Here's your chance to get even with the prick. Get me his address.
Steve: Alrighty.
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Performed by Toxic Pets
Written by Lee Scott, Eric Zerkel
Courtesy of Lobe Current Music
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Tom Schulman's directorial debut. See more »Goofs
Toward the end of the movie, when Tommy has the conversation with Rico and Benny in the restaurant, the guns in Rico and Benny's waistbands disappear and reappear between shots. See more »Quotes
Ernie: Are you telling us that you're gonna find a replacement for the head Charlie lost?Tommy Spinelli: [looking through a year book] Yeah. We got some time to kill before we go to the airport.
Steve: But these are human beings. Innocent people. You can't just kill innocent people because they look like somebody else.
Tommy Spinelli: Let me tell you something, college boy, nobody is innocent. Now who is he?
Steve: He's my anatomy professor. He almost flunked me.
Tommy Spinelli: Good. Here's your chance to get even with the prick. Get me his address.
Steve: Alrighty.
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Tommy DeVito is mentioned as being a bodyguard for Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci). It's in fact a gag credit referring to Pesci's role of Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas (1990). See more »Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Murder at 1600/Traveller/8 Heads in a Duffel Bag/Das Boot/Ulysses Gaze (1997) See more »Soundtracks
(I'd Rather Be Killing) Communist BabiesPerformed by Toxic Pets
Written by Lee Scott, Eric Zerkel
Courtesy of Lobe Current Music
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Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is a mob guy transporting 8 heads across the country as proof of deaths. Charlie mistakenly picks up his bag. He's on vacation with his girlfriend Laurie Bennett (Kristy Swanson) and her parents (George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon). Laurie wants to break up. The mother is a recovering alcoholic. When she finds the heads, everybody thinks she's drunk.
Joe Pesci is aggressively hateful and not in a funny way. Charlie is pathetic and the actor lacks charisma. Laurie is unlikeable. Nobody is likable. Also they are boring. The family slapstick is bland and weak. At least Pesci isn't boring. However the whole movie is unfunny.