Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Id never had a chemistry with a male actor like I had with John, he says. Treat Williams began his professional career as an understudy in Grease on Broadway. This Milos Forman directed adaptation of the hit Broadway show captures the essence of the drop-out hippie culture of the late 1960s while changing the storyline and the order of the songs and in some cases which characters perform them. The latter five songs, even though recorded for the film, were eventually cut, as they slowed the film's pace. Williams was cast in Forman's new film as George Berger, a daring, dashingly handsome leader of a group of free-spirited hippies who befriend Claude Bukowski, a shy guy from Oklahoma whos about to go off to war in Vietnam, who's played by John Savage. Williams was born December 1, 1951 in Rowayton, Connecticut, the son of Marian (ne Andrew), an antiques dealer, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. It just didnt feel right for me. Years later, Forman cited his loss of his moral rights to the film to the studio as eventually leading to his 1997 John Huston Award for Artists Rights[11] from the Film Foundation:[12], The New York Times placed the film on its Best 1000 Movies Ever list.[13]. It achieves its goals by rigorously obeying the rules of classic American musical comedy: dialogue, plot, song and dance blend seamlessly to create a juggernaut of excitement. Forman grew up under both Nazi and Communist occupation in Czechoslovakia. A few verses from the songs "Manchester, England" and a small portion of "Walking in Space" have been removed. Too often the songs feel grafted onto the plot and are only loosely connected to it. Chosen answer: The word is "answer" not "except". Claude Hooper Bukowski of Oklahoma is sent off to New York City after being drafted into the Army ("Aquarius"). Confining the story to Claude's time in New York where his mind is broadened and then ending it with him going off to the Army would have been better and reduced the overly long running time. Everything kind of unfolded.. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Like the best musicals Hair, while essentially a drama, infuses the script and several of the songs with humor. His pilot license secured him one of many honors; he was chosen to fly Miss Montana to Normandy for the 75th celebration of the epic battle of World War II. He starred in Deep Rising in 1998, and finished off the decade with the part of Pat in the film The Deep End of the Ocean (1999). Nor since by the way. Well, I starred in, I think, one of the best ones ever madeHairso Ive got that under my belt already. In the film, Berger is not only at the heart of the hippie Tribe but is assigned some of Claude's conflict involving whether or not to obey the draft. Savage plays the yokel well enough, but he never brings enough to the part.
