What is Shampoo / Coming Home about?

Name: Shampoo / Coming Home
Genre: Comedy,Drama

SHAMPOO, 1975, Sony Repertory, 109 min. Director Hal Ashby’s classic mid-seventies comedy is a harsh and funny time capsule stuffed full of great performances. Warren Beatty excels in perhaps his best role, as an amorous hairdresser sleeping with every woman in sight, from the wife (Lee Grant) of his business advisor Jack Warden to Warden’s mistress (Julie Christie) and teenage daughter (Carrie Fisher). COMING HOME, 1978, MGM Repertory, 126 min. Dir. Hal Ashby. As timely as ever, this moving and uncompromising film about the Vietnam War and the brutal struggle at home won Best Actor and Actress Oscars for stars Jane Fonda and Jon Voight. Fonda is left alone for the first time as her husband Bruce Dern is fighting in Vietnam. She falls in love with Voight, a paraplegic vet whom she had known briefly in high school. Highlighted by one of the most tender and emotional love scenes in film history, with performances so real you almost want to look away from the screen.

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What is Shampoo / Coming Home about?: SHAMPOO, 1975, Sony Repertory, 109 min. Director Hal Ashby’s classic mid-seventies comedy is a harsh and funny time capsule stuffed full of great performances. Warren Beatty excels in perhaps his best role, as an amorous hairdresser sleeping with every woman in sight, from the wife (Lee Grant) of his business advisor Jack Warden to Warden’s mistress (Julie Christie) and teenage daughter (Carrie Fisher).

COMING HOME, 1978, MGM Repertory, 126 min. Dir. Hal Ashby. As timely as ever, this moving and uncompromising film about the Vietnam War and the brutal struggle at home won Best Actor and Actress Oscars for stars Jane Fonda and Jon Voight. Fonda is left alone for the first time as her husband Bruce Dern is fighting in Vietnam. She falls in love with Voight, a paraplegic vet whom she had known briefly in high school. Highlighted by one of the most tender and emotional love scenes in film history, with performances so real you almost want to look away from the screen.