 In this  period piece  (Election Day 1968), Warren Beatty plays George Roundy, a Beverly Hills hairstylist who s uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife (Lee Grant), daughter (Carrie Fisher), and mistress (Julie Christie) of a potential backer (Jack Warden) doesn t help. It also does little for his relationship with Goldie Hawn,who thinks she s his main squeeze. As this tongue-in-cheek look at the sexual revolution rolls on, the babe juggling, stress and lies all wear George down. He wants so much. But a hungry kid loose in a candy store easily gets sick.