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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
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DVD Special Features:
Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Menu Screens
Chapter Selections
Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1, German Stereo, French Mono, Italian Mono, Spanish Mono
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish, English hard of hearing, German hard of hearing.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had a cassette tape of Hair when I was a teenager back in the 70's, when I listened to it often - every day probably. I haven't heard it for year so when I was given the DVD for Christmas I was kind of cock-a-hoop and slightly nervous about playing it. When you're as old as I am, you cherish those memories of when you were young, innocent, naive - just growing up, and don't want them damaged. I've just watched the DVD and was pleasantly surprised ... even shed a tear or two. There's a story on the DVD that wasn't obvious on the music tape - or if it was, I was unaware of it. A young man leaves home to join the army and fight in Vietnam. He stops off in New York intending to see a few sights before signing up. There he encounters a group of friendly hippies and briefly drops out, turns on and tunes in to their way of life. They have a few small adventures then he leaves them to start his training. A short while later the hippies decide to drive to his camp, some 2,000 miles away, to visit him but aren't allowed in by the MPs. One of them, disguised as a sergeant, manages to drive in and swaps places with him so he can visit the rest of the group of friends who are waiting a few miles away. While he's visiting his hippie friends, the call comes to move out and the friend who is taking his place at the camp is forced to go along with the rest of the soldiers - to a war he hasn't been trained to fight. For some reason I was reminded of Forrest Gump, despite all the singing and dancing.
The acting is good and the dancing is okay. The most important thing for me was that the music should be as I remembered it, and it was close enough to satisfy me. So I'm pleased to give this DVD my stamp of approval.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When I first went to see Hair in the early eighties I knew it would stay with me for a long time. And indeed, it did! I used to have a tape of the original soundtrack that I listened until it eventually literally disintegrated, but the music stayed in my mind until this day. When I purchased the DVD I thought that maybe I would be disappointed; I had enjoyed Hair so much when I was younger and as it was twenty years ago... Would the magic operate again ? Well, Hair is still as good now as it was then... It is a refreshing two hours of flower power and freedom of spirit. It is mind blowing; Milos Forman is a great director and each sequence or choregraphy is perfectly timed and detailed. The tunes will have you signing along in no time. Each main character is likeable. Treat Williams is an adorable hippy; he is funny, sexy and true to his principles until the end. John Savage, as the young shy country boy who believes in patriotism, is sweet and innocent. Berverly d'Angelo, the New York socialite who falls for Savage, but is not immune to a bit of flirting with Williams, is torn between what she wants and what she knows. A film in which there is no violence, no gore and no gratuitous sex; if you feel that you are in need of a refreshing experience then go for it; Hair is the word.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
A fantastic, wonderful, hippy-dippy song-a-thon! A musical that summed up an era of the summer of love. The cast are all great travelling down their journey to find themselves and each other.
The music is good, the dancing spectacular with a wonderful piece choreographed by the american choreographer-meistress Twyla Tharp (who has had work performed by the Royal Ballet dance fans).
If you're into modern musicals with a message and are fed up with the Lloyd-Webber style stuff this is well worth a look. Those who haven't seen it before WATCH IT! If only to wonder at the hair and get a sideways slant on the pop culture of the late 60's/early 70's.
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Slowest shipping so far
Excellent film, quality poor. Couldn't belive I had to wait nearly two weeks for delivery. This was as advertised but it's only a DVD. Read more
Published 7 months ago by tim
What A Great Movie
I loved this movie
if you watch it with red and blue 3d glasses you can see it in 3d! the aquarious song looks amazing when watching it in 3d.
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if you watch it with red and blue 3d glasses you can see it in 3d! the aquarious song looks amazing when watching it in 3d.
WOW
Published 10 months ago by Bendy Cat
A very entertaining movie
The film was made in 1979, some years after the events underlying the plot (the Vietnam War) had finished, so it was already slightly dated when it came out. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mildred
hair dvd
good musical of its age, shame it is 4.3 letterbox and not 16.9 enhanced, because it shows a good transfer, good sound in 5.1 surround
Published 13 months ago by K. Smith
HAIR - A Gem of a movie
OK, not a BluRay picture - it's more like a recording of an old VCR Tape. Sound is certainly not anything special, which is a shame but at least it still exists. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Jodon
A masterpiece!
Directly inspired by the play of the same name by thsi movie is as far as I'm concerned a masterpiece. Milos Forman's direction, the choregraphy, the music... are just perfect! Read more
Published 18 months ago by Laurent
Worth a watch
I bought this as a study for my course at uni and thought that it would be one of these amazing show dvds, what with all of the hype surrounding this show! I was disappointed. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Holly Lewis
Love this, classic
This is a classic I first started watching in my teens, many moons ago. Film about the anti vietnam era. Great music. A clasic. Everyone should watch this!
Published 19 months ago by cbrbabe2002
Hair the Movie
I don't have to explain the whole movie here, except say that it is one of my all-time favourites. The dvd is pretty good quality except that the sound (verbal and musical) is a... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Tessa M.
Horrible
Quite simply this is a terrible remake of the stage show that saps out all of the counter-cultural content and replaces it with a kind of Fame meets Flower Power meets sub disco... Read more
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