Description:This fast-paced 1975 comedy, written by Robert Towne and directed by Hal Ashby (previous collaborators on THE LAST DETAIL), provides a sharp, ... Full Descriptionsatiric view of the sexual mores of 1960s Southern California. In the last few days before the 1968 election, George (Warren Beatty), a very popular Beverly Hills hairdresThis fast-paced 1975 comedy, written by Robert Towne and directed by Hal Ashby (previous collaborators on THE LAST DETAIL), provides a sharp, ... Full Descriptionsatiric view of the sexual mores of 1960s Southern California. In the last few days before the 1968 election, George (Warren Beatty), a very popular Beverly Hills hairdresser who wants to open his own shop, becomes sexually involved with several, if not all, of his female customers. Drawing on the audience's knowledge of Beatty's reputation as a ladies' man, Towne's script cleverly uses the expectation of fun and carefree sexual high jinks to then slowly begin to show the emotional damage this lifestyle has done, not just to everyone around him, but in a deeper sense to George himself. On the night that Nixon is elected there is a big party for which George has done all the women's hair. Nixon's corrupt world parallels George's deceitful life, which, in both cases, eventually catches up with them.
"Who woulda ever thought that there would be an entire movie centered around the idea of lather, rinse, & repeat.
But then again, this film came out back during a time before bottles of hair cleaning products required those types of simple how-to instructions.
Actually Shampoo is a story that tries to go deeper than just the scalp surface by taking the subject of the election of Richard M. Nixon into the Whitehouse, with the infamous ramifications of his term still on the horizon, and use it a"
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"Who woulda ever thought that there would be an entire movie centered around the idea of lather, rinse, & repeat.
But then again, this film came out back during a time before bottles of hair cleaning products required those types of simple how-to instructions.
Actually Shampoo is a story that tries to go deeper than just the scalp surface by taking the subject of the election of Richard M. Nixon into the Whitehouse, with the infamous ramifications of his term still on the horizon, and use it a"
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Before I make any useless remarks about Shampoo and give it some half assed review, I need to get something really important out of my system: Can someone please explain to me what in god's green earth Warren was wearing in this film?!?
Oh, and do I recognize this sexy piece of work from somewhere....?
If you don't get my Seinfeld reference, then please gtfo. But no, I think Warren's wardrobe was probably designed by Elton John and his hair was cut by Liberace.
All jokes and pokes"
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