Episode 502: Hair (1979)

Special Guests: Michael Weller, Miles Chapin
Guest Co-Hosts: Gil Kenan, Lee Gambin

Gil Kenan and Lee Gambin join Mike to discuss Milos Forman's Hair (1979), an adaptation of the groundbreaking stage play from 1968. It’s the story of Berger (Treat Williams) and his friends who meet and interact with Claude Hooper Bukowski (John Savage), a hayseed who’s on his way to Vietnam by way of a trip to New York City to see the sights before heading off to war.

Special guests include actor Miles Chapin and screenwriter Michael Weller.

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Bonus: Forman vs. Forman

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Links:
Buy Hair on Blu-Ray
Buy Turnaround: A Memoir by Milos Forman
Buy 88 Keys: The Making of a Steinway Piano by Miles Chapin and Rodica Prato
Watch Let the Sun Shine In on Vimeo
Buy Let the Sun Shine In: The Genius of HAIR by Scott Miller
Buy Hair: The Story of the Show that Defined a Generation by Eric Grode
Buy We Can Be Who We Are by Lee Gambin

Music:
"Sodomy" - Original Movie Soundtrack
"Air" - Original Movie Soundtrack
"Ain't Got No" - Nina Simone
"Easy to be Hard" - Original Movie Soundtrack
"The Flesh Failures / Let the Sunshine In" - Original Movie Soundtrack

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