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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis is a British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 comedy film directed by John Henderson
John Henderson (director)

John Henderson is a United Kingdom film director and television director His first directing job was for Spitting Image on ITV, which won him a British Academy of Film and Television Arts....
, originally released in 1997
1997 in film

The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
.

The film stars Rik Mayall as a rock manager who recruits Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks is an England actor, musician, and singer....
 (playing the title character). The film also features Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello

'Daniel Louis Aiello, Jr.' is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures, including Once Upon a Time in America, Ruby , The Godfather: Part II, Hudson Hawk, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, L?on: The Professional, Two Days in the Valley, and ...
 and Ross Boatman
Ross Boatman

"Rocky" Ross Boatman is an English Royal Academy of Dramatic Art-trained actor, professional poker player and a member of the poker-playing foursome known as The Hendon Mob....
.

Music producer, Marty Starr (Rik Mayall), is infuriated to discover that the woman he turned into a household name, Marla Dorland (aka Mavis Davis) (Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks is an England actor, musician, and singer....
), is rapidly losing her fame.






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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis is a British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 comedy film directed by John Henderson
John Henderson (director)

John Henderson is a United Kingdom film director and television director His first directing job was for Spitting Image on ITV, which won him a British Academy of Film and Television Arts....
, originally released in 1997
1997 in film

The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
.

The film stars Rik Mayall as a rock manager who recruits Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks is an England actor, musician, and singer....
 (playing the title character). The film also features Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello

'Daniel Louis Aiello, Jr.' is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures, including Once Upon a Time in America, Ruby , The Godfather: Part II, Hudson Hawk, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, L?on: The Professional, Two Days in the Valley, and ...
 and Ross Boatman
Ross Boatman

"Rocky" Ross Boatman is an English Royal Academy of Dramatic Art-trained actor, professional poker player and a member of the poker-playing foursome known as The Hendon Mob....
.

Music producer, Marty Starr (Rik Mayall), is infuriated to discover that the woman he turned into a household name, Marla Dorland (aka Mavis Davis) (Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks is an England actor, musician, and singer....
), is rapidly losing her fame. With debts up to his ears, Marty believes the only way to secure Marla's fame is for her to die, and thus earn Marty a fortune. The only problem is that Marla refuses to die.

During her tour in the film, Mavis Davis (Horrocks) sings "I'm Alright" previously sung by Kenny Loggins.

The title is an obvious reference to Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a Thriller directed by Sam Peckinpah and featuring Warren Oates, made in Mexico on low budget after the commercial failure of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ....
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