On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress Felicia Karpf, whose husband Lester is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend Jackie.
Acting
Lee Grant's Oscar-winning turn as the desperate, knowing Felicia.
Direction
Ashby's melancholy comedy in the shadow of American political collapse.
Writing
Beatty and Towne's cynical screenplay, sharp as George's scissors.
Director
Hal Ashby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beatty spent five years developing this, originally wanting it to be a sequel to Bonnie and Clyde. Towne's script was 400 pages before editing.
The film's release one week after Nixon resigned made its Election Day framing almost unbearably prophetic. Audiences gasped at the archival footage.
US
