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170: Shampoo (1975)
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170: Shampoo (1975)
Oct 15, 2025
Alex Withrow & Nick Dostal
“Hey, listen, baby, I'm a star.” Alex and Nick discuss the ‘70s hangout movie masterpiece, “Shampoo.” Alex explains why star/writer/producer Warren Beatty set the film on Election Day 1968, before the guys break down the film’s production design, costumes, and hair, the unique charms of Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, and Jack Warden, how the great Lee Grant was blacklisted from Hollywood and came back to win an Academy Award for the film, and much more.
Part 7 of the WAYW New Hollywood Film Project.
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