Hairspray (2007 movie)

Hairspray
Hairspray
Directed by	Adam Shankman
Screenplay by	Leslie Dixon
Based on	Hairspray; by John Waters; Hairspray; by Mark O'Donnell; Thomas Meehan;
Produced by	Craig Zadan; Neil Meron;
Starring	John Travolta; Michelle Pfeiffer; Christopher Walken; Amanda Bynes; James Marsden; Queen Latifah; Brittany Snow; Zac Efron; Elijah Kelley; Allison Janney; Nikki Blonsky;
Cinematography	Bojan Bazelli
Edited by	Michael Tronick
Music by	Marc Shaiman
Production; companies	Ingenious Media; Zadan/Meron Productions; Storyline Entertainment; Offspring Entertainment;
Distributed by	New Line Cinema (United States); Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom);
Release dates	July 10, 2007 (Mann Village Theater); July 20, 2007 (United Kingdom and United States);
Running time	116 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$75 million
Box office	$203.5 million

Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy movie based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy movie of the same name. It was was directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman.

It stars John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, and Nikki Blonsky.

It is set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland and the movie is about teenager Tracy Turnblad (Blonsky) as she tries to become famous as a dancer on a local television dance show and protests against racial segregation.

References

↑ "Hairspray (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. July 10, 2007. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Hairspray". British Film Institute. 2007. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[1] "Hairspray (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. July 10, 2007. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

[BFI-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Hairspray". British Film Institute. 2007. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

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