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Hairspray
Movie poster for Hairspray
Directed byAdam Shankman
Written byJohn Waters (1988 film screenplay)
Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell (musical play)
Leslie Nixon
Produced byCraig Zadan
Neil Meron
StarringJohn Travolta
Michelle Pfeiffer
Queen Latifah
Nikki Blonsky
Amanda Bynes
Christopher Walken
James Marsden
Brittany Snow
Zac Efron
Elijah Kelley
Allison Janney
Taylor Parks
CinematographyBojan Bazelli
Edited byMichael Tronick
Music byMarc Shaiman
Thomas Meehan
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million

Hairspray is a 2007 film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning (2003) musical, which is based on John Waters' 1988 film of the same name. The cast includes John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, and introducing Nikki Blonsky. The 2007 film is produced by Zadan/Meron Productions in the United States and will be distributed by New Line Cinema.

The film has been rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for "language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking."[1]

Plot

In 1962 Baltimore, "pleasantly plump" teenager Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) has only one passion – dancing. Her dream is to appear on The Corny Collins Show, Baltimore's hippest dance party on TV. Tracy seems a natural fit for the show except for the problem that she doesn’t fit in. Her plus-sized figure has always set her apart from the cool crowd, which she is reminded of by her loving but overly protective plus-sized mother, Edna (John Travolta). That doesn’t stop Tracy because if there is one thing she knows, it's that she was born to dance. As her father Wilbur (Christopher Walken) tells her, "Go for it! You’ve got to think big to be big."

After wowing Corny Collins (James Marsden) at her high school dance, Tracy wins a spot on his show and becomes an instant on-air sensation, much to the chagrin of the show’s reigning princess, Amber von Tussle (Brittany Snow), and her scheming mother, Velma (Michelle Pfeiffer), who runs the WYZT television station. Even worse for Amber is the fact that it's not just the audience who loves the new girl in town; Amber's sweetheart Link Larkin (Zac Efron) seems to be smitten with Tracy's charms as well. This dance party gets personal as a bitter feud erupts between the girls as they compete for the coveted "Miss Teenage Hairspray 1963" crown.

At school, however, a short stint in detention and raised-eyebrows caused by the budding relationship between her best friend Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes) and Seaweed J. Stubbs (Elijah Kelley), opens Tracy's eyes to a bigger issue: racial inequality. Throwing caution to the wind, she leads a march with Motormouth Maybelle (Queen Latifah) to fight for integration and winds up with an arrest warrant instead. Tracy is on the run now and - literally - goes underground to Penny’s basement.

Cast

Main Cast

Council members

(in 'Roll Call' order)

  • Curtis Holbrook as Brad
  • Hayley Podschun as Tammy
  • Philip Spaeth as Fender
  • Cassie Silva as Brenda
  • Nick Baga as Sketch
  • Sarah Jayne Jensen as Shelley
  • Jesse Weafer as IQ
  • Kelly Fletcher as LuAnne
  • J.P. Ferreri as Joey
  • Spencer Liff as Mikey
  • Laura Edwards as Vicki
  • Tabitha Lupien as Becky
  • Corey Gorewicz as Bix
  • Josh Feldman as Jessie
  • Becca Sweitzer as Darla
  • Everett Smith as Paulie
  • Tiffany Engen as Noreen
  • Brooke Engen as Doreen

The Dynamites

  • Nadine Ellis
  • Tanee McCall
  • Terita R. Redd

Cameos

  • Ricki Lake as William Morris talent agent at Miss Teenage Hairspray 1963
  • John Waters as the flasher who lives next door
  • Jerry Stiller as Mr. Pinky: The owner of the Hefty Hideaway, a store for large women's clothing.
  • Paul Dooley as Mr. Harriman F. Spritzer: The president of Ultra-Clutch Hairspray, the product that sponsors The Corny Collins Show.

Production

An open casting call was announced to cast unknowns in Atlanta, New York City, and Chicago. Parks was chosen for the role of Lil' Inez, and Blonsky and Kelley were chosen to play Tracy and Seaweed.

Filming took place in Toronto, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from September 5 to December 8, 2006[2], with the rest of the production and location settings being done in Baltimore (the film's setting) in-between and after the Canadian scenes. The majority of the filming was done in Canada rather than Baltimore because of lower costs in Canada and because Toronto was better equipped with the soundstages needed to film a musical. They will also do some of the post-production, including some of the musical numbers, in Los Angeles. Lord Landsdowne P.S was a location where the movie was filmed. Scenes in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada were shot between November 22 to December 2 at the old Queen Victoria School. The school is scheduled to be demolished after film production is completed. On the movie's official blog it stated that the movie will go into theatres on July 20, 2007. The cast guest-starred on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 16, 2007.

The film cost $75 million to make.[3]

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Travolta and Blonsky during the musical number, Welcome to the 60's

Musical numbers

Fully confirmed songs from official website: (* = new number) (** = original song from musical with new verses):

  1. Good Morning, Baltimore - Tracy
  2. The Nicest Kids in Town - Corny**
  3. It Takes Two - Link
  4. (The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs - Velma**
  5. I Can Hear the Bells - Tracy
  6. Ladies' Choice- Link*
  7. The New Girl in Town - Amber*
  8. Welcome to the '60s! - Tracy, Edna**
  9. Run and Tell That! - Seaweed
  10. Big, Blonde and Beautiful - Motormouth**
  11. Big, Blonde and Beautiful (Reprise) - Edna, Velma*
  12. (You're) Timeless to Me - Wilbur, Edna
  13. I Know Where I've Been - Motormouth
  14. Without Love - Link and Tracy, Seaweed and Penny**
  15. (It's) Hairspray - Corny**
  16. You Can't Stop the Beat - Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Motormouth** (Amber and Velma's verse was cut from the film version)
  17. Come So Far (Got So Far to Go) - Motormouth, Tracy, Link, Seaweed* (will play during end credits)

Not in film, but in show and on soundtrack:

  1. Cooties - Amber (Not in film, featured on the soundtrack sung by Aimee Allen)
  2. Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Tracy, Amber, Penny and Edna, Velma, Prudy (Not in film; may play final half of end credits. Also, it will be featured on the soundtrack performed by Ricki Lake, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Nikki Blonsky)

Songs from the show, cut from the movie:

  1. The Madison [dance number] (Replaced by "Ladies' Choice")
  2. The Big Dollhouse - Female Company
  3. Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise) - Tracy (replaced by the song "I Can Wait", but that was cut for being too repetitive.)
    • On the May 16th edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show, they showed a clip of the movie with The Dynamites singing a song on "The Corny Collins Show's" Negro Day. The song is confirmed as a part of "The New Girl in Town" and will be featured on the soundtrack.
  • I Can Wait is availabe with your pre-order of the soundtrack on iTunes along with an instructional dance video of Ladies' Choice.

Movie soundtrack

Main article: Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)

Merchandising

  • Movie Companion Book (out August)
  • Movie Photobook (out 6/21)
  • Junior Novel (out 6/21)
  • Fashion/Singing Dolls (out late July)
  • Soundtrack (out 7/10)
  • Calendars
  • 'Ultra Clutch' brand hair spray created by Sebastian Professional (out sometime July/August)

Awards

"Hairspray" was nominated for the following categories in 2007:

  • MTV Movie Award for Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet

Trivia

Release dates

References

  1. ^ filmratings.com/
  2. ^ "Canada.com". Summer of stars. Retrieved June 25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Canada.com". Summer of stars. Retrieved May 28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

See Also

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