Milos Forman's 1979 film of the 1968 musical Hair is far more watchable than it has any right to be. Controversial though the original stage version might have been at the time, it has not dated well. It was written back when most people thought the Vietnam War was a good idea and long hair on men a signifier of a hopelessly corrupt society, rather than the other way around. By the time the belated movie adaptation arrived attitudes had changed, and what made Hair so unique had become commonplace. However, the exuberance of the performances (led by Treat Williams)... and the enduring appeal of some of the songs makes this movie version of Hair, even today, entirely impossible to dislike. On the DVD: The only extra is the theatrical trailer which, much like the film itself, is quite a cute period piece. Inexplicably, the scene-searching menu is not arranged by song, making it infuriatingly difficult to locate the tune you want, unless you already know the movie so well, which would leave little point in hearing these songs again anyway. --Andrew Mueller [show more]
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Uptight farm boy Claude (John Savage) gets drafted and visits New York on the way to Vietnam. Upon his arrival in the Big Apple, he falls in with a bunch of flower children who give him a crash course in hippy culture. Milos Foreman's adaptation of the hit Sixties musical boasts some inventive choreography by the legendary Twyla Tharp.
The "Age of Aquarius" is captured for all time in Czech director Milos Forman&39;s version of the hit 1960s Broadway musical A clean-cut midwestern kid named Claude (John Savage) fresh off the bus from Oklahoma and eager to do service in the military comes to New York and ends up sidetracked by a nomadic tribe of hippies in Central Park The group is vibrantly led by Berger (Treat Williams) Claude is eventually assimilated into this family of protesters and falls in love with Sheila a girl from a wealthy family Their happiness is cut short when Claude has to report for duty in the Vietnam War The plot hangs in the balance when Berger poses as Claude to buy Claude a little more time in the name of love The film is notable for its hit songs such as "Let the Sun Shine In" its choreography by Twyla Tharp a cameo by the late Nicholas Ray as a general and for jump-starting the careers of Treat Williams and Beverly D&39;Angelo The screenplay by Michael Weller based on the musical by Gerome Ragni and James Rado with music by Galt Macdermot effectively captures the feeling of the movement Actors Treat Williams John Savage Beverly D&39;Angelo Annie Golden Dorsey Wright & Nicholas Ray Director Milos Forman Certificate 15 years and over Year 1979 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English - Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish Subtitles English ; French ; Spanish ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; German ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; English for the hearing impaired ; German for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours and 1 minutes (approx) Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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