Hairspray
Updated: 2007-07-09 14:26
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: In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres: Musical/Performing Arts and Remake
Release Date: July 20th, 2007 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG for language, some suggestive content and momentarily teen smoking.
Distributors: New Line Cinema
Production Co.: Zadan/Meron Productions
Studios: New Line Cinema
Filming Locations: Toronto, Canada
Produced in: United States
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