Hairspray
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Adam Shankman
Nick Settimi
Emily Andrews
Marc Spaulding
Walli Woo
Rachael Dolan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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 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?
Director
Adam Shankman
Cast
Nick Settimi
Emily Andrews
Marc Spaulding
Walli Woo
Rachael Dolan
Everett Smith
Reggie Jackson
Josh Epstein
Jesse Weafer
Anthony Carr
Jayne Eastwood
John Travolta
Christine Moore
Carla Guiliani
Brendan Wall
Derek Gilroy
Mary Mccandless
Krista Leis
Ted Ludzik
Faye Rauw
Loriel Hennington
Jeffrey James
Kristina Uranowski
Sarah Jayne Jensen
Ricki Lake
Whitney Brown
Nick Baga
Charles Seminerio
Jessica Dawson
Starr Domingue
Krystal Garib
Larry Mannell
Holly Hyman
Eboni Y Nichols
Cassie Silva
Corey Gorewicz
Michelle Pfeiffer
Spencer Liff
Melissa Williams Schifanelli
Sal Scozzari
James Kirchner
Joe Parro
Tiffany Green
Julianne Jackson
Shane Simpson
Stacey Martin
Nikki Blonsky
Darcy Evans
Jade Anderson
A Frank Ruffo
Mike Cota
Curtis Holbrook
Kamilah Marshall
John West
Keri Tkacz
Cindy Willems
Ariel Reid
Joey Pizza
Sarah Francis
Anne Fletcher
Tramaine Montell Ford
Jessica Keeling
Sharron Matthews
Allison Janney
Dennis Lupien
Shayna Steele
Queen Latifah
Chantelle Leonardo
George King
Diana Coatsworth
Arike Rice
Wally Michaels
Phillip Spaeth
Julia Juhas
Austin Diiulio
Amanda Bynes
Brittany Snow
Niky Johnson
Taylor Parks
Sherisse Springer
Keith Sly
Melissa Leifer
Jennifer Abbey
Matt Caruso
Kyle Golemba
Paul Dooley
Nadine Ellis
Deborah Overes
Elijah Kelley
Seth Howard
John Andersen
Janelle Hutchison
Sammy Rosen
Bruce Mcfee
Scott Wittman
Serge Kushnier
Alison Smith
John Waters
Geri Hall
Susan Henley
Tiffany Engen
Bobbi Page
Ron Pardo
Shaun Amyot
Stephen Boss
Ingrid Gaynor
Christopher Andrew Robinson
Shawn Byfield
Christopher Walken
Tanee Mccall
Brian Hindle
Shannon Whelan
Romina D'ugo
Jason Dolphin
Vanessa Cobham
Sheldon Smith
Gerry Mendicino
Brooke Leigh Engen
Hayley Podschun
Darren Frost
Blaine Totten
Stephen Findlay
Lyne Tremblay
Mary Pitt
Laura Edwards
Nick Loren
Paul Gordon
Laura Lawson
Christian Hagen
Gerard Mcisaac
Kristen Munro
Marc Kimelman
Greg Farkas
Terita Redd
Janice Luey
Glen Kerr
Tabitha Lupien
Jerry Stiller
J.p. Ferreri
Neil Crone
Damon Butler
Khetanya Henderson
Zac Efron
Chad Mcfadden
Becca Sweitzer
Zachary Woodlee
Ted Banfalvi
Kelly Dawn Fletcher
Sheri Godfrey
Joshua Feldman
Rhonda Roberts
Charlotte Szivak
Adam Shankman
Marc Shaiman
Jamal Sims
Carlos Caneca
Jenny Parsons
Danny Dyer
Crew
Arthur Adams
Aimee Allen
Barry Anderson
Mongo Andrews
Michael Angelo
Pete Anthony
Greg Astles
Jeff Atmajian
Tara Avenia
Rudy Baccuchi
James Badstibner
Lynell Bangs
Ken Banks
Cassandra Barbour
Ron Bartlett
Josie Batorski
George Baxter
Bojan Bazelli
Bojan Bazelli
Jim Beaudrow
Pat Beaudrow
Ron Bedrosian
Darren Bell
Wilfred C Bell
Dan Belley
Robert Bertola
David Betancourt
Marzena Bielewicz
Jay Binder
Matt Birman
Lawanda Black
Deryck Blake
Justin Blampied
Rita Bland
Nikki Blonsky
Heather Blurton
Michael Bogen
Sally Boldt
Rob Bonney
Sylvie Bonniere
Sean Bourdeau
Russell Bowie
William Boyd
Jacques M Bradette
Katie Brennan
Kelly Brennan
Laurel Bresnahan
Cameron Brooke
Robert C Brooke
James Douglas Brown
Karl Brown
Teresa Buccione
Theresa Buckley
J Tracy Budd
Stacey Butterworth
Amanda Bynes
Luisa Cabiddu
Mario Cacioppo
Peter Calo
Ted Caplan
Julio Carmona
Ozzie Carmona
Evelyn Carr
Kris Carson
Laurie Cartwright
Simon Cassels
Frank Centeno
Renee Chan
Tommy Chang
David Orin Charles
Rhosael Ciandre
Robert Cochrane
Julie Cochrill
John Cocks
Rick Coffee
John Coles
Dee Compton
Jane Conway
Cary Cooper
Judi Cooper-sealy
Ciaran Copelin
Keith Cotton
Keith Cotton
Bruce Coughlin
Josh Counsel
Jim Cox
Daniel Crawley
Scott Curtis
Dawn Darling
Carly Davenport
Dennis Davenport
Susanna David
Jon Davidson
Susan Schakelford Dawes
Robert Dawson
Sandy De Crescent
Andrew Deak
Terri Dean
Tina Dean
Lou Decampo
Brad Dechter
Clint Deganon
Michael Degtjarewsky
Shanya Dejczak
Robert Deschane
Elizabeth Dewey
Amit Dhawal
Marco Diflaviano
Michael Disco
Leslie Dixon
Karen Doble
George Doering
Jessica Dolinger
Wayne Downer
Anson Downes
Ian Drummond
Edward Dunlop
Nathan East
Zac Efron
Jeff Egan
Tony Eldridge
Roy Elliston
Rico Emerson
Toby Emmerich
Geoff Ethridge
Susan Exton-stranks
Linda R Favila
Steve Ferrier
Jenny Fifield-arbour
Jenny Fifield-arbour
Roger Finlay
Dawn Fintor
Michael G Fisher
Gary Flanagan
Paula Fleet
Anne Fletcher
Anne Fletcher
Christopher Flick
Eric Flickinger
Roxanna Floyd
Gordon Fordyce
Kevin Forstner
Dustin Foster
Francine Francis-lee
Brian Frank
Candide Franklyn
Candide Franklyn
Daryl Freimark
David Fremlin
Mark Freund
Cliona Furey
R Michael Gabourie
Tony Gardner
Shonagh Gavour
Steve Genewick
Tina Gerussi
Jennifer Gibgot
Raymond Gieringer
Emily Glatter
Glen Goodchild
Stephanie Gorin
Laura Graham
Garrett Grant
Garrett Grant
Rick Gratton
Felix Gray
Chester Gregory
David Gropman
Michael Haight
Emily Halfon
Michael L Hall
Jamie Hallett
James Halpenny
Chris Hanson
Paulina Harcus
Lisa Harris
Matthew Harrison
Vance Hartwell
Michael Hatton
Michael Hatton
Greg Hayes
Maureen Healy
Jennifer Heimpel
Jeff Heintzman
Carol Hemming
D. M. Hemphill
Jerry Hey
Richard Hicks
Dan Higgins
Eric Holmes
David Holtz
Donn Hook
Aaron Horton
Kevin Hourigan
Chris Howard
Kathleen Howell
Dana Howes
Lon Hoyt
Kathryn Hughes
Kevin Hughes
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 20, 2007
Released in United States on Video November 20, 2007
Released in United States August 2007
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 1-11, 2007.
Based on the Tony Award winning (Best Musical, 2003; Best Actor, 2003; Best Actress, 2003; Best Director, 2003; Best Book, 2003; Best Score, 2003) and Broadway hit musical "Hairspray," starring Harvey Fierstein and Marisa Jaret Winokur, produced by Margo Lion, written by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan and directed by Jack O'Brien. The musical was based on the feature film "Hairspray" (USA/1988) written and directed by John Waters.
Billy Crystal and Jim Broadbent previously attached to play the role of Wilbur Turnblad.
Jack O'Brien and Jerry Mitchell previously attached to co-direct but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts once production was delayed. Project was to be their feature film directorial debut.
New Line delayed the start of production from September 2005 to 2006 over concerns of a shortened rehearsal time. Previous release date was also pushed from Christmas 2006 to Summer 2007.
New Line co-chairmen Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are taking hands-on roles in the project's development.
Released in United States Summer July 20, 2007
Released in United States on Video November 20, 2007
Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 1-11, 2007.)
Winner of the 2007 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).
