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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New
Line Cinema is bringing a feature film adaptation of the Tony
award-winning Broadway production Hairspray to life. Featuring
new and original material based on John Waters' 1988 cult
classic about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance
show.
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
overly 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 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 (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 with 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 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?
When big hair meets big dreams anything can happen - and
does - in this high-energy comedy that proves you don't have
to fit in to win.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
New Line Cinema
Production Co:
In Association With
Ingenious Film Partners
Zadan / Meron Prod.
Release Date:
July 20, 2007
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Movie Soundtrack
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
Official Movie Blog
www.hairspraymovie.com/blog
MySpace Page - Movie
www.myspace.com/hairspray
MySpace Page - Director
www.myspace.com/adamshankman
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