Directed by:
Hal AshbyScreenplay:
Robert TowneCinematography:
László KovácsComposer:
Paul SimonCast:
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, Jay Robinson, Luana Anders, Carrie Fisher, William Castle, Brad Dexter (more)VOD (1)
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Shampoo gives us a day in the life of George, a Beverly Hills hairdresser and Lothario who runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying to make heads or tails of his financial and romantic entanglements. His attempts to scrape together the money to open his own salon are continually sidetracked by the distractions presented by his lovers—played brilliantly by Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie, and Lee Grant (in an Oscar-winning performance). Star Warren Beatty dreamed up the project, cowrote the script with Robert Towne, and enlisted Hal Ashby as director, and the resulting carousel of doomed relationships is an essential seventies farce, a sharp look back at the sexual politics and self-absorption of the preceding decade. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1976 - Lee Grant (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
- 1976 - Jack Warden (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 1976 - Robert Towne, Warren Beatty (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1976 - Best Achievement in Production Design
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1976 - Jack Warden (Best Supporting Actor)
Golden Globes
- 1976 - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 1976 - Warren Beatty (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1976 - Julie Christie (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1976 - Goldie Hawn (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1976 - Lee Grant (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1975 - Robert Towne, Warren Beatty (Best Screenplay)