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Overview
Release Date:
20 July 2007 (USA) moreTagline:
Get ready for something big July 20th! morePlot:
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 17 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(74 articles)
Winokur A Mum (From WENN. 24 July 2008, 6:33 PM, PDT)
Waters Gets To Work On Hairspray Sequel (From WENN. 24 July 2008, 12:02 PM, PDT)
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Brings Joy to Summer.... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)more
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Rated PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
117 minLanguage:
EnglishColour:
ColourAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
France:U | Czech Republic:12 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:Livre | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Portugal:M/6 (Qualidade) | Australia:PG | USA:PG | Malaysia:U | Taiwan:GP | Argentina:Atp | Philippines:G | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-3 | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12 | Mexico:A | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:I | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:BtlMOVIEmeter: 
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The original Broadway cast included Marissa Jaret Winokur (Tracy), Harvey Fierstein (Edna), Clarke Thorell (Corny Collins), Laura Bell Bundy (Amber), 'Matthew Morrison' (Link), Kerry Butler (Penny), Linda Hart (Velma), Dick Latessa (Wilbur), Corey Reynolds (Seaweed) and Mary Bond Davis (Motormouth Maybelle). moreGoofs:
Continuity: At the end of "It's Hairspray", Amber changes her positions 3 times. First, she's on Corny's left. The next shot, she's on his right. The following shot she's back to his left. moreQuotes:
Wilbur Turnblad: [to a sobbing Edna, who thinks he's been cheating on her] Honey, it took me five years to realize you were flirting![softly]
Wilbur Turnblad: How could I?
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Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now (Instrumental) moreFAQ
Did everybody do their own singing?Is this a remake?
Who is the father of Brenda's baby?
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So far I've seen this movie twice and both times the audience was involved 100%. "Hairspray: The Musical" is the definition of a feel good movie.
The storyline has been tweeked a bit from the original film. Whereas the original film had Sonny Bono's Franklin Von Tussle as the main antagonist, this one has Velma Von Tussle (Michelle Phieffer) as the head adversary; now seen as the station manager for the TV station airing The Corny Collins Show. Velma's goal is to ensure that her daughter, Amber stays Miss Hairspray in the face of the rising success of Tracy Turnblad (played wonderfully by Nikki Blonsky).
The musical numbers are fantastic, and while there's less of an emphasis on the dancing which was a big part of the original film, it doesn't detract from the wonder of the musical sequences.
Other differences is the take on the individual characters. Whereas Ricki Lake's Tracy was brash and confident, Blonsky's Tracy is more subdued. John Travolta, as Edna gives the character the sensitivity that wasn't evident in Divine's portrayal.
Although still done in connection with John Waters, it does lack Waters edginess, making an already mainstream Waters film even more mainstream for family audiences. However, the cast and the direction more than makes up for this.