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Hair
Sign in to save1979 film directed by Miloš Forman
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7.3Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
Cast
- John Savage as Claude Hooper Bukowski
- Treat Williams as George Berger
- Beverly D'Angelo as Sheila Franklin
- Annie Golden as Jeannie Ryan
- Dorsey Wright as Lafayette aka Hud
- Don Dacus as Woof
Themes
- vietnam war
- new york city
- army
- hippie
- free love
- commune
- musical
- skinny dipping
- lgbt
- 1960s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
43,779 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Miloš Forman
- Screenplay by
- Michael Weller
- Based on
- Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical , by Gerome Ragni James Rado
- Produced by
- Lester Persky Michael Butler
- Starring
- John Savage Treat Williams Beverly D'Angelo Annie Golden Dorsey Wright Don Dacus Cheryl Barnes Melba Moore Ronnie Dyson
- Cinematography
- Miroslav Ondříček
- Edited by
- Alan Heim Stanley Warnow
- Music by
- Galt MacDermot
- Production companies
- CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Tribe Entertainment Group
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- March 14, 1979 ( 1979-03-14 ) (United States) July 12, 1979 ( 1979-07-12 ) (West Germany)
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Countries
- United States, West Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $11 million
- Box office
- $38.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Hair is a 1979 musical anti-war comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman and adapted for the screen by Michael Weller, based on the 1968 Broadway musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Set against the backdrop of the hippie counterculture of the Vietnam era, the film focuses on a Vietnam War draftee who meets and befriends a "tribe" of hippies while en route to the army induction center. The hippies and their leader introduce him to marijuana, LSD, and their environment of unorthodox relationships and draft evasion.
The film stars an ensemble cast including John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright, Don Dacus, Cheryl Barnes and Ronnie Dyson. Dance scenes were choreographed by Twyla Tharp and were performed by Tharp's dancers. Hair was nominated for two Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture (for Williams).
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