1971-1980ComedyHal AshbyRomanceUSA

Hal Ashby – Shampoo (1975)

Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
A frankly adult comedy about the sex lives of the aimless and the rich, Shampoo is also a pointed commentary on the demise of 1960s idealism at the dawn of the Nixon era. It is Election Day, 1968, and randy Beverly Hills hairdresser George Roundy (Warren Beatty) is too worried about attending to all of his women’s tonsorial and sexual needs, while trying to swing a bank loan to fund his own salon, to notice the fateful Presidential race. As George juggles the demands of girlfriend Jill (Goldie Hawn) and mistress Felicia (Lee Grant), not to mention Felicia’s daughter (Carrie Fisher), he meets Felicia’s husband Lester (Jack Warden) to get money for the salon and discovers that his beloved ex-girlfriend Jackie (Julie Christie) is now Lester’s mistress. Lester asks George to escort Jackie to a banquet for Nixon supporters, leading to a series of climactic confrontations at the dinner and a Hollywood orgy that expose the conflicting demands of sex, love, and security among these terminally narcissistic L.A. denizens. As Nixon’s victory speech drones in the background the following day and Paul Simon’s mournful ’60s music plays on the soundtrack, George’s free-wheeling world collapses around him for reasons that he can barely begin to comprehend. Produced and co-written (with Chinatown scribe Robert Towne) by its star Warren Beatty, Shampoo became Beatty’s second critical and popular success as a producer after Bonnie and Clyde, and it bolstered Hal Ashby’s track record as director. Shampoo earned Grant an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Supporting Actor nomination for Warden and Beatty’s first nomination as writer. With Nixon’s 1974 Watergate disgrace adding an extra edge to the humor for 1975 audiences, this tragic bedroom farce became one of the highest-grossing films in Columbia Pictures’ history at the time.

Awards
Academy Awards, USA
Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lee Grant

Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jack Warden

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Richard Sylbert
W. Stewart Campbell
George Gaines

Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Robert Towne
Warren Beatty

BAFTA Awards
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor
Jack Warden

Golden Globes, USA
Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy

Best Motion Picture Actor – Musical/Comedy
Warren Beatty

Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy
Julie Christie

Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy
Goldie Hawn

Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Lee Grant

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
Won NSFC Award Best Screenplay
Robert Towne
Warren Beatty

Writers Guild of America, USA
Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Robert Towne
Warren Beatty

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