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Hairspray
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
2007 · Directed by Adam Shankman · 116 min · Comedy · Romance · Drama · 56 frames
Tagline
When you follow your own beat, the world will follow you.
Crew
- Screenplay: Leslie Dixon
- Cinematography: Bojan Bazelli
- Edited by: Michael Tronick
- Music: Marc Shaiman
- Production design: David Gropman
- Produced by: Craig Zadan, Neil Meron
Cast
- Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad
- John Travolta as Edna Turnblad
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle
- Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad
- Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton
- James Marsden as Corny Collins
- Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle
- Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle
- Zac Efron as Link Larkin
- Elijah Kelley as Seaweed
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: New Line Cinema, Zadan / Meron Productions, Ingenious Film Partners
- Budget: $75,000,000
- Box office: $90,450,008
- Themes: dance, dreams, baltimore, usa, race politics, musical, based on play or musical, equality, school party, integration, overweight woman
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