Certificate
PG
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
Guardian UK - Though you'd never have anticipated it, Vidal Sassoon emerges as an genuinely likable figure of some substance in this admittedly hagiographic documentary., Empire Magazine - Hardly hard-hitting but a thoughtful and spirited look at a man at the top of his game and a moment in time that refused to fade., New York Times - Vidal Sassoon: The Movie isn't just the story of a brilliant fashion idea that swept the globe. It is a euphoric account of one man's strenuous self-invention.
Consumer Advice
Contains mild language, sex references and images of wartime casualties
Additional Information
Vidal Sassoon is the world's best-known hairdresser, and one who radically changed the way many people thought about hair styling when he rose to fame in the 1960s. But Sassoon had already lived a remarkable and adventurous life before his geometric 'wash and wear' hair styles became all the rage in Swinging London. Born in England to Jewish parents, he was part of a British anti-fascist group called the 43 Group, who battled organized anti-Semitism in the wake of World War II, and when his family relocated to Israel, he fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War as part of the Israeli Defense Force. In the 1950s, Sassoon returned to England and began pursuing a career cutting women's hair. Within a decade, his Bond Street salon would become a sensation, and after creating distinctive styles for such stars as Mia Farrow and Nancy Kwan, he became the most famous and influential man in his field. As his shop turned into a franchise and he launched a successful line of hair-care products, Sassoon proved he was a shrewd businessman as well as an artist, but despite finding fame and wealth his life has been marked by both triumph and tragedy. Filmmaker Craig Teper offers a look into the public and private life of a man who 'changed the world with a pair of scissors' in the documentary VIDAL SASSOON: THE MOVIE. Featuring exclusive interviews with Mary Quant, Michael Gordon, and William Claxton as well as Sassoon and his family.
Movie/TV Title
Vidal Sassoon - The Movie
Composer
Steven Griesgraber
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1
Subject
Vidal Sassoon
Screenwriter
Craig Teper, Heather Gordon
Cinematographer
Craig Teper, Saul Gittens Oxford
