Shampoo (1975)

Directed by

Hal Ashby

Genre

comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 241 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hairdresser in Los Angeles chases after several women on Election Day in 1968. He tries to balance his career and love life while the women around him react to his behavior.

fast-pacedsatiricalfreneticwrybittersweetromanticreflective

What happens

Shampoo is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Hal Ashby and starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, and Tony Bill, as well as Carrie Fisher in her film debut. Co-written by Beatty and Robert Towne, the film follows a promiscuous Los Angeles hairdresser on Election Day 1968, as he juggles his relationships with several women. The film is a satire focusing on the theme of sexual politics and late-1960s sexual and social mores. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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