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Hair (1979)

PG03/15/1979Music, Drama, Comedy2h 1m
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Let the sunshine in!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    John Savage

    Claude Hooper Bukowski

  2. Cast 1

    Treat Williams

    George Berger

  3. Cast 1

    Beverly D'Angelo

    Sheila Franklin

  4. Cast 1

    Annie Golden

    Jeannie Ryan

  5. Cast 1

    Dorsey Wright

    Lafayette aka Hud

  6. Cast 1

    Don Dacus

    Woof

  7. Cast 1

    Cheryl Barnes

    Hud’s Fiancée

  8. Cast 1

    Richard Bright

    Fenton

  9. Cast 1

    Nicholas Ray

    The General

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 s...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$11,000,000.00

Revenue $15,313,606.00

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