[32] Blonsky, working at Cold Stone Creamery at the time, received the news from film director, Adam Shankman, that she had received the part. One of the dancers on the show takes a leave of absence, and auditions for a replacement are held. Tracy attends, but Velma rejects her based on her weight and for supporting integration. Director Shankman decided to use the song to both underscore a rise-to-fame montage for Tracy and to showcase Maybelle's "Negro Day", which is never actually seen in either of the earlier incarnations of Hairspray. "[12], Tory Gardner and his company Alterian, Inc. were hired to design and create the look of Edna Turnblad on John Travolta. "(You're) Timeless to Me" becomes the anchor of a newly invented subplot involving Velma's attempt to break up Edna and Wilbur's marriage and keep Tracy off The Corny Collins Show as a result. Bonus features on the two-disc release include two audio commentaries, a feature-length production documentary, featurettes on the earlier versions of Hairspray, dance instruction featurettes, deleted scenes including Tracy's deleted song "I Can Wait", a slightly extended ending, and an alternate version of the "Big, Blonde and Beautiful" reprise, and behind-the-scenes looks at the production of each of the film's dance numbers. [49] These prints featured the lyrics to each song printed onscreen as subtitles, encouraging audiences to interact with the film. [77][78], The story would have looked at Tracy's entering the late 1960s era of music and the British Invasion,[79] and used the Hippie movement and Vietnam War as backdrops. Edna returns to her husband Wilbur's practical joke device shop, but Velma gets there first, and tries to seduce him. This is homage to, 2007 Hollywood Film Festival & Hollywood Awards, Hollywood Ensemble Acting of the Year Award — Musical/Comedy, Best Sound Editing - Music in a Musical Feature Film, Favorite Song in a Movie - "You Can't Stop the Beat", Best Song "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)", Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, Art Direction - David Gropman, Gordon Sim, Makeup/Hair - Jenny Arbour, Jordon Samuel, Best Family Feature Film (Comedy or Drama), This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 13:39. [12] Although early versions of the suit created "a dumpy, Alfred Hitchcock version of Edna,"[40] Travolta fought for the ability to give his character curves and a thick Baltimore accent. She befriends Seaweed, Motormouth Maybelle's son, who teaches her dance moves. Seaweed and Penny also acknowledge their love during the escape. At the record hop, Tracy's moves attract Corny's attention, and he chooses her to be on the show. Much of this criticism surrounded Travolta's portrayal of Edna Turnblad, a role played in the original film by celebrated drag performer Divine, and in the stage adaptation by Harvey Fierstein. The next morning, Tracy sneaks out of the house to join the protest, which is halted by a police roadblock. [8] The standard DVD was released in two versions: a one-disc release and a two-disc "Shake and Shimmy" edition. Hairspray premiered on July 10, 2007 at the Mann Village Theater and was released on July 20, 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United States. Tracy quickly becomes a popular performer, affecting Amber's chances of winning the show's annual Miss Teenage Hairspray pageant and her relationship with Link, as he grows fonder of Tracy. Composer/co-lyricist Shaiman continued work on the film's music, employing the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra to record instrumentation for both the songs and the incidental score.

Neither Shankman nor Dixon could come up with a solution for filming "Mama" that did not require a three-way split screen — something they wanted to avoid[21] — and both felt the number did not adequately advance the plot. [11] Several other stars, including Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Allison Janney were chosen for the other supporting adult roles of Motormouth Maybelle, Corny Collins, Velma Von Tussle, and Prudy Pingleton, respectively. Following the success of the Broadway musical of the same name, which won eight Tony Awards in 2003, New Line Cinema, who owned the rights to the 1988 John Waters film upon which the stage musical is based, became interested in adapting the stage show as a musical film. A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show. 'Raised By Wolves' Season 2: Aaron Guzikowski Teases Big Answers And "New Adventure", 'Raised By Wolves' Creator Reveals Secrets Behind the Season 1 Finale — Including Which Character Was Supposed to Die, 'Raised by Wolves' Season Finale Recap: The Union of the Snake, Jessie Buckley Is the Existential Tour de Force 2020 Needs, Who Plays Swanee Capps in 'Fargo'? [81], The sequel was set for a mid-July 2010 release by Warner Bros., which owns New Line Cinema. A Cast Guide To Netflix's Film Version of the Tony Award-Winning Play, Meet the Gay Pioneers Who Made 'The Boys in the Band' Happen, Real-Life Couple Ben Lewis and Blake Lee Cast in Lifetime's First LGBTQ Movie, Kate Winslet's Movie Love Interests (If They Were Sandwiches), 'The Great British Baking Show' Soda Bread Challenge Shows off the Bakers' Biggest Fault This Year. As with "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now", a version of "Cooties", performed in a contemporary pop rendition by Aimee Allen, is present during the end credits. 'Below Deck Med's Rob Westergaard Was in A Tantric Sex Movie?! [37], Most of the film was shot at Toronto's Showline Studios. Having been bailed out by Wilbur, Seaweed and his friends help Tracy and Penny escape. Another "new" song in the 2007 film, "The New Girl in Town", had originally been composed for the Broadway musical, but was deemed unnecessary and discarded from the musical. The song now serves as Wilbur's apology to Edna, in addition to its original purpose in the stage musical as a tongue-in-cheek declaration of Wilbur and Edna's love for each other. Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy film of the same name. [29], Dixon restructured portions of Hairspray's book to allow several of the songs to blend more naturally into the plot, in particular "(You're) Timeless to Me" and "I Know Where I've Been". Tracy introduces Seaweed to Penny, and the two become smitten. [24], One additional Shaiman/Wittman song, a ballad entitled "I Can Wait", was composed for the film as a solo for Tracy, meant to replace the stage musical's reprise of "Good Morning Baltimore".

Blonsky had auditioned for the role because it became her dream to play the role of Tracy after seeing the musical on Broadway. [47] At the time, this made Hairspray the third musical film in history to cross $200 million internationally, behind 1978's hit Grease ($395 million) and 2002's Chicago ($307 million). "I never heard the word 'Scientology.'"[63]. Hairspray was released in standard DVD and HD Blu-ray Disc formats in Region 1 on November 20, 2007. Link is unwilling to jeopardize his career by marching, straining his relationship with Tracy. 2,068, This story has been shared 1,857 times. And How is it Connected to Rainbow Bagels? 5,892, This story has been shared 2,108 times. Later, Seaweed and his younger sister Little Inez, a talented dancer, take Tracy, Penny and Link to a party at Maybelle's store. Penny arrives at the pageant with Edna, while Wilbur, Seaweed, and the Negro Day kids help Tracy infiltrate the studio. Principal photography commenced in September 2006 with a budget of $75 million, and ended in December of that year; filming took place on locations in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and on soundstages at Toronto's Showline Studios. You've gotta do your own thing. These include dropping several characters from the 1988 version (such as Arvin Hodgepile (the role Mr. Spritzer fills), Velma's husband Franklin, Corny's assistant Tammy, the beatniks, et al.

"[57] The Baltimore Sun review offered Michael Sragow's opinion that "in its entirety, Hairspray has the funny tilt that only a director-choreographer like Shankman can give to a movie," pointing out that Shankman skillfully "puts a new-millennial zing behind exact re-creations of delirious period dances like the Mashed Potato. [28] Upon learning he had been hired, Shankman arranged a meeting with John Waters, who advised him "don't do what I did, don't do what the play did. "[60] Denby criticized the dance numbers, calling them "unimaginatively shot," and he considered "the idea of substituting John Travolta for Harvey Fierstein as Tracy’s hefty mother... a blandly earnest betrayal. Some of the signs for the 1960s-era stores remain up along the street. A PCC streetcar with Toronto Transit Commission livery is seen in the opening sequence. Link sees Tracy dancing and encourages her to attend a record hop with the dancers from the show; she is enchanted, and dreams of a life with him. Composer/lyricist Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Wittman reworked their songs from the Broadway musical for the film's soundtrack, and also wrote four new songs for the film. [35], Hairspray is explicitly set in Baltimore, Maryland and the original 1988 film had been shot on location there, but the 2007 film was shot primarily in Toronto because the city was better equipped with the sound stages necessary to film a musical. Find out when and where you can watch Hairspray on tv with the full listings schedule at TVGuide.com. The film began development in 2004, and Dixon reworked Meehan and O'Donnell's first draft of the screenplay to tone down the musical's campiness. At the party, Maybelle informs everyone that Velma has cancelled "Negro Day", and Tracy suggests that they march for integration.

'The Boys' Vs. 'Ted Lasso' Vs. 'Cobra Kai': Which Show Won September 2020? Tracy is given detention for missing class to attend the audition, and finds the "Negro Day" kids practicing in the detention room. Waters' original was a crazy sprawl that made perfect sense; this Hairspray toils needlessly to make sense of that craziness, and something gets lost in the translation. John Brennan Tells Bill Maher That FBI & CIA Won’t Intervene If Trump Refuses To Accept Election Results On HBO's ‘Real Time’, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved. [83] In February 2019, John Waters announced he had written a sequel for HBO, but did not produce it.[84].


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