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 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. That doesn't stop Tracy because if there is one thing that this girl knows, it's that she was born to dance. After wowing Corny Collins 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, and her scheming mother, Velma, 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, 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 and Seaweed 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 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 Pennys 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?
Production Status:Released
Genres:Musical/Performing Arts, Adaptation and Remake
Running Time:1 hr. 55 min.
Release Date:July 20th, 2007 (wide)
MPAA Rating:PG for language, some suggestive content and momentarily teen smoking.
Distributors:New Line Cinema
Production Co.:Ingenious Media, Offspring Entertainment, Zadan/Meron Productions
Studios:New Line Cinema
U.S. Box Office:$114,675,912
Filming Locations:Toronto, Canada
Produced in:United States
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Do your research! - Hairspray Reviews
I have not seen the movie yet, but I have been waiting for 2 years for this to come out! My comment is to those people who
1. Believe this is a remake
2. Say Waters sold out
3. That this is white man (bigot) movie.
1. This is NOT a remake. Before you start claiming that you know something, you should do some research. The 1988 movie was an original idea. The movie was such a hit, that the idea was to make it in to a broadway hit. And it has been for many years and will be for many to come. I was able to see it on its travelling tour. Being a fan of the movie, I knew I would love the musical. The musical is better than the movie. Then from this hit, a screenwriter decided to take the best of the two and combine it to make a screen version OF THE MUSICAL! This is not a remake of the original movie.
2. John Waters did not sell out. He has been on board with this project from the beginning.
3. This is not a racist movie. It is a historical piece. No matter how much we hate it, this stuff happened. This is about how being different can be a good thing. The title character, Tracy, is an overweight dancer on a tv show and wants it to be integrated. She wants positive change. So you should be excited that this character is wanting change and impacting all people, of all colors and sizes.
In closing, please don't be quick to judge something that you do not know anything about! That is what this movie is all about!!!
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