Hair

"Let the sunshine in!"

1979 2h 1m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 780

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Synopsis

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Upon 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.

“Let the sunshine in!”

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Cast

John Savage
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Treat Williams
George Berger
Beverly D'Angelo
Sheila Franklin
Annie Golden
Jeannie Ryan
Dorsey Wright
Lafayette aka Hud
Don Dacus
Woof
Cheryl Barnes
Hud’s Fiancée
Richard Bright
Fenton

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Miloš Forman
Writers: James Rado, Gerome Ragni
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United States of America

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ERA

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47 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Miloš Forman, shot by Richard C. Kratina. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stanley Warnow shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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John Savage and Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Let the sunshine in!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0079261 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Miloš Forman directs. Richard C. Kratina behind the camera. Stanley Warnow cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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147 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.
3Directed by Miloš Forman, shot by Richard C. Kratina. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Stanley Warnow shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5John Savage and Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Let the sunshine in!".
7IMDB entry: tt0079261 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 11 themes, including "vietnam war", "new york city", "army", "hippie".
9Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Richard C. Kratina
Editing: Stanley Warnow
Production design: Stuart Wurtzel
Costume design: Ann Roth
Runtime: 121 min · 2h 1m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $11,000,000
Box office: $15,313,606
Return: 139% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Hair (1979)

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CinemaSerf2024-10-21
★ 7/10
I watched much of this convinced that Treat Williams was a very young Tommy Lee Jones, and despite the look of the film dating, it's still quite a potent and entertaining look at life amidst the draft. The rather naive "Claude" (John Savage) arrives from his home in rural Oklahoma into a New York brimming with vibrancy and eccentricity. He's on his way to join up to fight in Vietnam when he encounters "Berger" (Williams) and starts to fall into a life of gentle hedonism leading to his love of "Shiela" (Beverly D'Angelo). She and "Berger are from different sides of the tracks, but despite her silver spoon she has quite a rebellious nature and very much embraces her hippie existence protesting the war whilst stoked up on weed, emotion and idealism. They only have a few days, but in those days their relationships develop, thrive, vacillate and ultimately Milos Forman presents us with a quite subtly scathing commentary on a mid-1960s USA. I still think this works better on the stage - the confined space there forces the characters and scenarios together better, but this is still a strong big-screen adaptation that allows the music and dance numbers to retain much of their punch. The characterisations run deep too with plenty of their gang having slightly more than bit parts to complement the thrust of the burgeoning romance. It's perhaps that that lets this down a little. The pair are rarely seen together and the portrayal of their "love" is a wee bit on the shallow side. Musically, there are more than a few familiar numbers to keep the pace rollicking along, and perhaps the fairly explicit nature of some of the lyrics explains why this did rather better on the European Awards circuit than it did in the USA (or the UK). "Aquarius", "Good Morning Starshine" and the title song are maybe the most memorable but there are plenty more to get our teeth into as the rawness of the original Gerome Ragni book is framed within a cityscape dealing with racism, homophobia and just about everything to preclude the concept of "free love" (or even creatively inexpensive love). It's holding it's relevance quite well and is well worth two hours.

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