Shampoo

Your hairdresser does it better.
Shampoo (1975)
Timing: 1:50 (110 min)

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$4 000 000
Box office
$60 000 000
Director
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Composer
Artist
Richard Sylbert
Audition
Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton
Editing
Robert C. Jones
Whole Team (28)

Short description

On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress Felicia Karpf, whose husband Lester is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend Jackie.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The main character is based on real-life hairdressers Jay Sciberras and John Peters.
  • In 2000, the American Film Institute included the film "Shampoo" in its list of "100 Years...100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies".
  • The film takes place on November 4–5, 1968.
  • A loose adaptation of *The Country Wife*, a Restoration comedy by William Wycherley (c. 1640 – 1715), whose protagonist feigned impotence to gain access to the company of married women whom he subsequently seduced.

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