Shampoo (2000)

Shampoo (2000)
Against the backdrop of Nixon's election to office, Beverly Hills hairdresser and notorious rake George Roundy (Warren Beatty) runs into trouble when his lascivious habits begin to clash with his more responsible business ambitions. Things get even more complex when Roundy asks his wealthy mistress, Felicia Karpf (Lee Grant), for a business loan, unaware that his best friend and...
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Release Date: February 15th, 2000

DVD Release Date: January 21st, 2003

R |1 hr 52 min

Plot Summary

Against the backdrop of Nixon's election to office, Beverly Hills hairdresser and notorious rake George Roundy (Warren Beatty) runs into trouble when his lascivious habits begin to clash with his more responsible business ambitions. Things get even more complex when Roundy asks his wealthy mistress, Felicia Karpf (Lee Grant), for a business loan, unaware that his best friend and ex-girlfriend, Jackie (Julie Christie), is sleeping with Karpf's husband, Lester (Jack Warden).

Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, Carrie Fisher, Jay Robinson

Director: Hal Ashby

Genres: Comedy

Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors: Columbia Pictures, Criterion Collection

Keywords: Offbeat, Growing up, Love, Girlfriend, Melodramatic, 1960s, Temptation, Husband

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Ratings & Reviews

80
Time Out
Made with all the awareness of hindsight, Shampoo offers a sharp sexual satire and a mature statement on both America and Hollywood in 1968. show more
75
Wesley MorrisSan Francisco Examiner
Shampoo refuses to be coy. There's a deep, soulful confusion here that isn't careless with frivolity. show more
63
Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times
The movie didn't quite work for me. Its timing wasn't confident enough to pull off its ambitious conception. show more

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