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Mood:
- SentimentalContemplativeOffbeatStylizedWittyThought ProvokingBittersweet
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Plot:
- Social MisfitsIdealismRebelliousnessFriendshipSocial DifferencesAnti WarHopesMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- DramaMusicalPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60sVietnam War
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Place:
- New York
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedCultEssential
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Rock
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- NudityProfanity
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Hair, 1979
English
USA, West Germany
Profile of Hair
The mood of Hair is sentimental, thought provoking, and bittersweet. The plot centers around rebelliousness, anti-war themes, and idealism. It is a drama, musical, and period movie. In approach, Hair is realistic. The setting is New York. It happens during the Vietnam War and in the 1960s. The musical score of Hair is rock. It is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being a cult favorite, essential viewing, and an award winner. Note that Hair includes nudity and profanity.
Summary of Hair
In what is widely considered to be even better than the Broadway stage musical, this film version of Hair, directed by Milos Forman, gives a boost to what was, on the stage, a nonexistent plotline, and highlights the already fabulous score with this epic musical. Filmed on location in and around New York City, the main plotline follows Claude (John Savage) a farm boy turned draftee from Oklahoma on his way to Vietnam. In New York, he is adopted by a group of flower children, led by Berger (Treat Williams) and including Jeannie (Annie Golden), who take him on a series of counter-cultural adventures that introduce Claude to hallucinogens and to a flaky but loveable debutante named Sheila (Beverly D'Angelo). Along with this experience come an introduction to issues of race, gender, politics, and war. The performances--both the acting and the singing--are extraordinary, and choreographer Twyla Tharp stages some of the most inventive and exquisite dance sequences ever seen, including a "horse ballet" by mounted police in Central Park, and an LSD trip-fantasy sequence. The sheer visual energy in Hair--and the energy of its stars--propels this unique and nostalgic film forward every minute, and gives new insight into the Vietnam War era.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, West Germany |
| Release date: | 14 March 1979 |
| Runtime: | 121 min |
Cast and Crew
as George Berger
as Sheila Franklin
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Critics Reviews
The New York Times
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- by: Vincent Canby
Variety
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- by: Staff (Not Credited)
Users Reviews
- 04.September.2009
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- by: Michael Cain
- Michael Cain rated this movie
0/10
