Shampoo
Shampoo is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, and 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.
Plot
On the eve of the 1968 United States presidential election, successful Beverly Hills hairdresser George Roundy meets with Felicia, one of his several clients/sexual partners, at his apartment. During sex, he receives a phone call from Jill, his naive, younger, up-and-coming actress girlfriend, who is suffering a panic attack, paranoid that an intruder is in her home. George rushes from his house to calm Jill, which frustrates Felicia.
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author | Robert Towne Warren Beatty |
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award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
contentLocation | California Los Angeles |
director | Hal Ashby |
editor | Robert C. Jones |
genre | comedy-drama satire social |
keywords | 1968 united states presidential election acapulco best friend beverly hills break business deal claim earring film director follow meet morning panic attack phone call presidential election principal republican party sexual tension suffer understand |
musicBy | Paul Simon |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
producer | Warren Beatty |
productionCompany | Rubeeker Films |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
recordedAt | California Los Angeles |
theme | romantic comedy romantic drama satirical |