HAIRSPRAY at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

TITLE : Hairspray
YEAR OF RELEASE : 2007
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : Adam Shankman
STARRING : John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky

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Hairspray is based on the 1988 John Waters cult classic film and the critically acclaimed, Tony award-winning Broadway hit musical.

Tracy Turnblad, 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 (Nikki Blonsky) 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 over-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 by Tracy’s charms as well. This dance party gets personal as a bitter feud erupts between the girls while 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 to 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 Penny’s basement.

Hairspray (2-Disc Shake & Shimmy Edition) [DVD](2007) DVD
The Tony-winning Broadway hit (based on John Waters' 1988 film of the same name) comes to the big screen in this warm and funny adaptation. In 1962 Baltimore, plus-sized teen Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) becomes obsessed with a local TV dance show--much to the dismay of her mother, Edna (John Travolta). But after getting the chance to shake her stuff over the airwaves, Tracy starts a campaign to racially integrate the program. With Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah; songs include "Good Morning Baltimore," "The Nicest Kids in Town," "(You're) Timeless to Me," and more. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; alternate scenes, featurette and more
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Hairspray [DVD](1988) DVD
Can blacks and whites Madison their way to harmony in 1962 Baltimore? Writer/director John Waters says "yes" in his outrageously funny, surprisingly sentimental look at one girl's dreams of stardom on a TV teen dance show, and how they lead to a civil rights milestone. Stars Divine, Jerry Stiller, Sonny Bono, Debbie Harry, Michael St. Gerard and Ricki Lake. 92 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; audio commentary by Waters, Lake; theatrical trailer.