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Hairspray
Movie poster for Hairspray
Directed byAdam Shankman
Written byJohn Waters (1988 film screenplay)
Thomas Meehan & 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
CinematographyBojan Bazelli
Edited byMichael Tronick
Distributed byUSA New Line Cinema and Entertainment
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million

Hairspray is a remake of John Waters' 1988 film, upon which a Tony Award-winning (2003) musical of the same name was also based. The cast includes John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, and 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]

Official Plot Summary

Based on the 1988 John Waters cult comedy and a movie adaption of the Tony Award 57th Tony Awards-winning Broadway show of the same name comes the completely fictional story of "pleasantly plump" teenager Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky), a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, 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 one not-so-little problem – 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 that this girl 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 television station WYZT. 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” 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 (Elijah Kelley), opens Tracy’s eyes to a bigger issue than the latest dance craze or the coolest hairdo – 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 lam now and goes underground – literally – to her best friend Penny’s basement.

Has Tracy’s luck finally run out? Will she miss the final dance-off against Amber and forfeit the title of “Miss Hairspray” or will she sing and dance her way out of trouble again? When big hair meets big dreams anything can happen – and does – in this high-energy comedy that proves you don’t have to fit in to win.

Cast

Main cast

Council members

(in 'Roll Call' order)

  • Joe Ceiseik 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 (during the musical number "Good Morning Baltimore")
  • Jerry Stiller as Mr. Pinky (owner of the Hefty Hideaway) (during the musical number "Welcome to the 60's")
  • Paul Dooley as Mr. Harriman F. Spritzer (president of 'Ultra Clutch' Hairspray)

Crew

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 flimedScenes 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 (not in exact order) (* = new number)

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

Songs from the show, cut from the movie:

  • Cooties - Amber, Council Girls (Featured on the soundtrack sung by Aimee Allen)
  • Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Tracy, Amber, Penny & Edna, Velma, Prudy (Not in film; may play during end credits. Also, it will be featured on the soundtrack.)
  • The Madison [dance number] (Replaced by "Ladies' Choice")
  • The Big Dollhouse - Female Cast
  • 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 name of the song is unknown and will NOT be featured on the soundtrack.

Movie soundtrack

Main article: Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)

Merchandising

  • Movie Companion Book
  • Movie Photobook
  • Junior Novel
  • Fashion/Singing Dolls
  • Soundtrack
  • Calendars
  • 'Ultra Clutch' brand hair spray created by Sebastian Professional

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)
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