Hairspray.

Resource Information

The work Hairspray. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Hairspray.

Statement of responsibility

New Line Cinema presents ; in association with Ingenious Film Partners ; a Zadan/Meron production ; an Adam Shankman film ; produced in association with Offspring Entertainment ; produced by Craig Zadan, Neil Meron ; music by Marc Shaiman ; lyrics by Scott Wittman, Marc Shaiman ; screenplay by Leslie Dixon ; directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman

Creator

• Hairspray (Motion picture : 2007)

Contributor

• Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
• New Line Cinema Corporation
• New Line Productions, Inc
• Offspring Entertainment
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Zadan/Meron (Firm)
• Blonsky, Nikki, 1988-
• Bynes, Amanda, 1986-
• Dixon, Leslie
• Dooley, Paul, 1928-
• Efron, Zac
• Janney, Allison
• Kelley, Elijah
• Marsden, James, 1973-
• Meehan, Thomas
• Meron, Neil, approximately 1955-
• O'Donnell, Mark
• Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957-
• Queen Latifah, 1970-
• Shaiman, Marc
• Shankman, Adam
• Snow, Brittany, 1986-
• Stiller, Jerry
• Travolta, John, 1954-
• Walken, Christopher, 1943-
• Waters, John, 1946-
• Wittman, Scott
• Zadan, Craig

Subject

• Baltimore (Md.) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Dance -- United States -- Drama
• Feature films
• High school students -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• Mass media and race relations -- United States -- Drama
• Musical films
• Overweight persons -- United States -- Drama
• Teen television programs -- United States -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Musical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

In 1962 Baltimore, all the kids watch the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, and her best friend Penny run home to watch and drool over teenage heartthrob Link Larkin. When one of the "Council Kids" goes on a leave of absence, Tracy auditions to be the replacement, is sent to detention for skipping school, and thereby meets Seaweed--who shows her how to really shake 'em down. Helped by Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, and her parents, Tracy sets out to integrate the show ... without denting her 'do!

Cataloging source

JRK

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Bojan Bazelli ; edited by Michael Tronick ; music score by Marc Shaiman ; production designer, David Gropman ; costume designer, Rita Ryack

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking

Language note

In English with subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, Jerry Stiller, Paul Dooley, [introducing] Nikki Blonsky

Runtime

117

Target audience

general

Technique

live action