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Where was Hair filmed?

1979 film, directed by Miloš Forman.

  • California

The story is set in New York City, about 2,460 miles (3,958 km) from where it was filmed.

Red pins: where it was filmed. Amber pins: where the story is set. Select a pin to see its name.

Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City
Filmed in
California
Distance
About 2,460 miles (3,958 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.

About Hair

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Released
1979
Director
Miloš Forman
Cast
John SavageTreat WilliamsBeverly D'AngeloAnnie GoldenDorsey WrightDonnie DacusNicholas RayMichael JeterCharlotte RaeRichard Bright
Genre
MusicalComedy DramaDrama
Based on
Hair

The story

Claude Hooper Bukowski sets off from Oklahoma to New York City, where he is being drafted into the Army.

He later catches and mounts a runaway horse (which the hippies have rented), exhibiting his riding skills to Sheila ("Donna").

The next morning, Berger finds a newspaper clipping that gives Sheila's home address.

Famous lines from Hair

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • women have long hair, but short wits.One thing is certain
  • Axl Rose, "Sweet Child o' Mine", Appetite for Destruction.Hair
  • Certum est enim: longos esse crines omnibus sed breves sensus mulieribus.Hair
  • I find that the whiter my hair becomes the more ready people are to believe what I say.Hair
  • “Change it with something but avoid black”.. “The Jews and Christians do not dye their hair, so oppose them”.Hair

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