Claim: Julie Christie starred in a movie.

Shampoo is a 1975 American satirical romantic comedy-drama film written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty and directed by Hal Ashby . It stars Warren Beatty , Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn , with Lee Grant , Jack Warden , Tony Bill and in an early film appearance , Carrie Fisher .   The film is set on Election Day 1968 , the day Richard Nixon was first elected as President of the United States , and was released soon after the Watergate scandal had reached its conclusion . The political atmosphere provides a source of dramatic irony , since the audience , but not the characters , are aware of the direction the Nixon presidency would eventually take . However , the main theme of the film is not presidential politics but sexual politics ; it is renowned for its sharp satire of late-1960s sexual and social mores .   The lead character , George Roundy , is reportedly based on several actual hairdressers , including Jay Sebring and film producer Jon Peters , who is a former hairdresser . Sebring was brutally murdered by the Charles Manson family in 1969 . According to the 2010 book Star : How Warren Beatty Seduced America by Peter Biskind , the screenwriter Towne based the character on Beverly Hills hairdresser Gene Shacove .