Hair (1979) on Netflix
Claude Hooper Bukowski travels from his family's Oklahoma ranch to New York City for an army draft board appointment. There he befriends George Berger and a group of long-haired hippies.
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Plot summary
Claude Hooper Bukowski leaves his family's ranch in Oklahoma and comes to New York City, where he is due at an army draft board. He meets a tribe of long-haired hippies led by George Berger, and catches a runaway horse they have rented, showing off his riding for Sheila Franklin, a debutante from Short Hills, New Jersey. The tribe gets him stoned on marijuana, and Berger finds a newspaper clipping with Sheila's address. The hippies crash a debutante party so Claude can meet her.
Cast
- Cheryl Barnesas Hud's Fiancee
- Fern Taileras Sheila's Mother
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hair (1979)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Gerome Ragni and James Rado, who wrote the stage show with composer Galt MacDermot, were unhappy with the adaptation, feeling hippies were portrayed as oddballs with no connection to the peace movement, and said any resemblance to the original Biltmore version eludes us.
- Hair played on 115 syndicated stations across the United States with 11 of its 22 musical numbers cut out, yet was still presented as a Milos Forman film: totally incomprehensible, gibberish, butchered beyond belief.
SPOILER
A major plot change from the musical results in Berger being accidentally sent to Vietnam in Claude's place, despite having had no military training or indoctrination. Soon thereafter, Berger is killed in action.- One notable difference is that the Broadway version used only a jazz combo, while the movie soundtrack uses orchestrations that make ample use of full horn and string sections.
