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Shampoo
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   3,750 votes
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Director:
Hal Ashby
Writers:
Robert Towne (written by) and
Warren Beatty (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 March 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
DVD: Review: Lookin’ To Get Out!
 (From The AV Club. 30 June 2009, 10:01 PM, PDT)

DVD Review: Hal Ashby's "Lookin' To Get Out: The Extended Version"
 (From CinemaRetro. 22 June 2009, 8:01 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Fun 60s lifestyles with social criticism thrown in more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The lead character was based on actual hairdresser Jay Sebring. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After George cuts Jackie's hair, her formerly streaked tresses are all a uniform blonde tint although he has not colored her hair. 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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Plastic Fantastic Lover more

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22 out of 35 people found the following comment useful:-
Fun 60s lifestyles with social criticism thrown in, 25 July 2004
8/10
Author: roger-212 from United States

Hal Ashby always leavened his comedic films (Harold and Maude, Being There, Last Detail) with sharp social commentary and observation, and "Shampoo" is no different. Taking place on the eve and day of the 1968 Presidential Election, it's as concerned with the "free love" hedonism as it is with the profound and dark social changes that had taken place by 1975 (the year "Shampoo" was produced).

Beatty has never been more charming - or revealing as emptily vain as anyone so "successful" with women can become, and the film switches between surprisingly adult material even for now with a concern for mid-life crises, cultural politics, and ultimately, a cynical view of how the free-wheeling 60s counterculture didn't take themselves seriously enough. Robert Towne's influence in the script is clearly evident.

Already "dated" when it came out, it's a great snapshot of the times, its concerns and issues, and is relevant today.

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