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Shampoo (1975) -- Wicked social satire about a sexy male hairdresser that does more than hair. Warren Beatty lampoons his own womanizer reputation in this feature concerned only with who is "doing" who and the superficial appearances of the upper class of Beverly Hills.

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Director:
Writers:
Robert Towne (written by) and
Warren Beatty (written by)
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Release Date:
13 March 1975 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Your hairdresser does it better... more
Plot:
Lovers undo a hairdresser from Beverly Hills around Election Eve in 1968. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations more
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(29 articles)
New Book Claims Warren Beatty Bedded Thousands
 (From E! Online. 3 January 2010, 6:30 PM, PST)

Five Ways to Put the I in I.T.
 (From Fast Company. 18 December 2009, 2:01 PM, PST)

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Still shines more (64 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Warren Beatty ... George Roundy

Julie Christie ... Jackie Shawn

Goldie Hawn ... Jill

Lee Grant ... Felicia Carp

Jack Warden ... Lester Carp
Tony Bill ... Johnny Pope
George Furth ... Mr. Pettis

Jay Robinson ... Norman
Ann Weldon ... Mary
Luana Anders ... Devra
Randy Scheer ... Dennis
Susanna Moore ... Gloria

Carrie Fisher ... Lorna Carp
Mike Olton ... Ricci
Richard E. Kalk ... Detective Younger
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Runtime:
109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Carrie Fisher's screen debut. more
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Anachronisms: Coca-Cola can George drinks from while chatting with Lorna is a post 1968 design. more
Quotes:
[explaining to Lester why he had sex with his wife, mistress and daughter]
George Roundy: Face it, they know we're always trying to nail 'em and they don't like it. They like it and they don't like, it's got nothing to do with you Lester. It just happened.
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Featured in Indie Sex: Extremes (2007) (TV) more
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I'm a Believer more

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39 out of 66 people found the following review useful.
Still shines, 19 October 2004
10/10
Author: Pamsanalyst from New Jersey

Dated? Unfunny? Only to those weaned on formula action comedies of the past fifteen years. I can still remember the gasp in the suburban twin theater when Carrie Fisher made her indelible suggestion to Beatty, and the roar of delight as viewers saw what Julie Christie was up to at that dinner party.

Towne's script, and the acting, makes us care about George, Jackie, Felicia and even Lester, to a degree, and it makes the excellent point that is still true today: money trumps all. Its logical ending, where nothing happens but life goes on, without a wild chase on motorcycle to the airport in pursuit of Jackie and Lester, is perfect. Did anyone really expect George to win the fair hand of the gorgeous Ms. Christie when he cannot even talk to a banker.

As I write more and more highlights come to mind: George giving Lester his lecture on women while Lester's goons wait outside. George fobbing off Felicia in the dark as he hustles to see Jill, the "terminally ill" friend.

When Kubrick died, print and the net was drowned in tributes, but poor Ashby, a great filmmaker practically left the earth in silence. Ashby lost himself once the 70s ended, and films had to have tacked on happy endings again [e.g. The Natural], but then in my mind the same could be said of Kubrick.

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