Shampoo
by Hal Ashby
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Actor: Goldie Hawn, Jack Warden, Julie Christie, Lee Grant, Warren BeattyDirector: Hal Ashby
Brand: Sony
Producer: Warren Beatty
Writer: Warren Beatty
Cinematographer: L?szl? Kov?cs
Editor: Robert C. Jones
Producer: Charles H. Maguire
Writer: Robert Towne
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Shampoo
Movie Review: I'd forgotten...
Summary: 4 Stars
...how great Shampoo was. Hal Ashby had a string of wonderful movies in the '70's, and, while his films are remembered, his name is not.
Summary of Shampoo
George a very popular beverly hills hairdresser wants to open his own shop becomes sexually involved with several if not all of his female clients. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/02/2004 Starring: Warren Beatty Goldie Hawn Run time: 109 minutes Rating: RFor those who consider Bulworth to be a savage and unprecedented political send-up, it's worth revisiting Warren Beatty's first, and best, attempt at outrageous social criticism. Mercilessly exposing the essential vacuity of both the sexual revolution and conservative alarmism over cultural permissiveness, Shampoo remains the best movie ever made about Nixon's America, and one of the very best about the tragic and disappointing conclusion to the 1960s. Set on the eve of the 1968 presidential election that elevated Nixon to the Oval Office, Beatty's uproarious satire follows a hairdressing Lothario (played by Mr. You're So Vain himself) in and out of the beds of several women, including the wife of a wealthy businessman, his mistress, and his young daughter (Carrie Fisher, in her first screen role). Juxtaposing tropes from Restoration comedy with Southern California dialogue and a healthy, hilarious dash of running commentary from election returns, Beatty's ruthless awareness cuts through the film like a scalpel. The performances are uniformly excellent and surprisingly ego-free; though Jack Warden's portrayal of Lester, the twice-cuckolded businessman, stands out as a model of sensitive, nuanced parodic acting. Released in 1975 during the messy cleanup at the conclusion of the Watergate era, Shampoo neatly bookends the Nixon presidency, and concludes with the frightening finality of an iron door slamming on a cell. Commended for including the live version of Jefferson Airplane's Plastic Fantastic Lover. --Miles Bethany
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