Shampoo (1975) on Netflix
George Roundy styles hair in Beverly Hills and sleeps with his clients. He wants his own salon, and Lester Karpf, husband of one of those clients, could fund it.
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Plot summary
George Roundy cuts and styles hair for a living in Beverly Hills, and his clients are also his lovers, among them the married Felicia Karpf. His girlfriend, Jill, is an actress still making her name, and her closest friend, Jackie Shawn, was once George's girlfriend and now sees Lester Karpf, Felicia's husband. George is tired of answering to Norman, who owns the salon, and wants a place of his own, but no bank will advance him the money. Felicia presses Lester to look at George as an investment. With the election a night away, Lester wants George to take Jackie to a Republican gathering, and Jill arrives with Johnny Pope, who is considering her for a part.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Shampoo (1975)
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- Paul Simon composed "Silent Eyes" for Shampoo and sings it without lyrics under the final scene; Warren Beatty reportedly paid him $50,000 for it, the equivalent of $302,289 in 2025 dollars.
- Shampoo inspired the 1976 exploitation film Black Shampoo, whose director Greydon Clark piggybacked on the title of a hit to offer an African American alternative; Clark said he chose a hairdresser's story because he did not want to make a film about a pimp, private detective or drug dealer.
