The film, loosely based on the 1968 broadway musical hair an american tribal love rock musical, centres on two men, claude john savage, the deer hunter, a naïve young man from america's 'bible belt' and berger treat williams, the leader of a hippie tribe in new york. Drafted into the army and soon to ship out to vietnam, claude spends his last time as a civilian with berger, learning for the first time about race and class issues in 60s america. He soon meets and falls for shelia, a rich debutante with a rebellious soul. Welcome to the age of aquarius.the film marked milos forman's return to directing after winning an oscar® for one flew over the cuckoo's nest in 1975 and was nominated for two golden globes in 1980.special featurespresented in high definition and standard definitionaquarius 1966, 8 mins the age of aquarius arrives in nancy hanna's jazzy psychedelic animationsan francisco 1968, 15 mins anthony stern's award winning impressionistic documentary shot on the streets of san fran, stunningly soundtracked with a rare early version of pink floyd's 'interstellar overdrive'indian pop instrumental c1970, 3 mins enigmatic english musos look east with this marvellously mysterious music filmdiscomania 1979, 24 mins oscar riesel's star spangled british disc dancing extravaganza from the glory days of glitterballs, lurex, sequins and rollerskatesnicholas ray in conversation 1969, audio only the legendary filmmaker memorably concluding his screen career in hair reflects upon his legacy with film critic vf perkins at london's nftfirst pressing only fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by ellen cheshire, new interview with the film's screenwriter michael weller and an essay on director milos forman by kieron mccormack