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The Thing with Two Heads is known for its soundtrack, produced by Michael Viner for MGM Records with a rotating cast of studio musicians whom he called the Incredible Bongo Band. The movie also features early work from makeup artist Rick Baker, a future Oscar winner. Release. The Thing with Two Heads was released in theatres on July 19, 1972.
Jul 19, 1972 · The Thing with Two Heads: Directed by Lee Frost. With Ray Milland, Roosevelt Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry. Doctors are forced to transplant the head of a dying, racist surgeon onto the body of a black death row inmate.
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Lee Frost
- 1972-07-19
Dr. Maxwell Kirshner : I don't understand you. Dr. Fred Williams : The reason you don't understand, Doctor, is because you're a *bigot*.
Feb 22, 2024 · The Thing With Two Heads opens by introducing us to Dr. Maxwell Kirshner (Ray Milland), a highly respected but terminally ill transplant surgeon on the brink of death. Having successfully transplanted a second head onto a gorilla, he wants to begin human trials by having his own head transplanted onto a donor body.
A car pulls into a pathway and up to a vast mansion. A driver gets out and walks to the boot to get out a wheelchair. An Orderly comes out to open a rear door. Dr. Maxwell Kirshner (Ray Milland) is helped out of the car and put in a wheelchair. He gets wheeled up the steps and into the mansion.
May 31, 2016 · The Thing with Two Heads (1972) Brett Summers May 31, 2016. It was an odd couple movie with a difference! Firstly we have Dr. Maxwell Kirshner (Ray Milland), a rich but racist man who is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man’s body. Kirshner uses his friendship with the Governor to use the body of a ...
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As noted in the Los Angeles Times review, many absurdly comedic moments depicting racial prejudice happen throughout The Thing with Two Heads in arguments between the two heads on the same body, the white "Maxwell Kirshner" and the black "Jack Moss." In 1972 the film was named Best Science Fiction Comedy by The Academy of Science Fiction ...
