Paul Dooley as Harriman F. Spritzer, the owner of the "Ultra Clutch" company and the main sponsor of The Corny Collins Show. Although he prefers to keep The Corny Collins Show segregated, he will follow public opinion if it increases sales. Despite critical and commercial success, Hairspray garnered some criticism upon its release from the LGBT community, particularly Travolta's portrayal of Edna Turnblad, a role played in the original film by drag performer Divine, and in the stage adaptation by Harvey Fierstein. Kevin Naff, a managing editor for a Washington, D.C./Baltimore area gay newspaper named the Washington Blade, called for a boycott of the film, alleging that Scientology, in which Travolta is an adherent, was homophobic, and it supported "cure" workshops for homosexuals. [63] Adam Shankman rebuffed Naff's proposed boycott stating that Travolta was not a homophobe, as he (Shankman), Waters, Shaiman, Wittman, and several other crew and creative staff were homosexual, and Travolta got along well with the entire production. [64] Shankman made it clear "John's personal beliefs did not walk onto my set. I never heard the word 'Scientology'." [64] Accolades [ edit ] Award a b c Burlingame, Jon (July 11, 2007). "You Can't Stop The Beat: Shaiman's unrivaled songwriting talent is outed by Hairspray colleagues". filmmmusicsociety.org. The Film Music Society . Retrieved August 20, 2007. In addition to the principal actors, the film contained several cameo appearances by individuals involved in the history of Hairspray: Hairspray (2007) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved February 12, 2008.

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Shankman, Adam (July 19, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #9". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. Allison Janney as Prudence "Prudy" Pingleton, Penny's mother, a racist Christian fundamentalist whose strict parenting keeps Penny from experiencing social life. Her husband is serving a prison sentence for an unspecified crime. The New Yorker 's David Denby felt the new version of Hairspray was "perfectly pleasant," but compared unfavorably to the Broadway musical, since "[director Adam Shankman and screenwriter Leslie Dixon] have removed the traces of camp humor and Broadway blue that gave the stage show its happily knowing flavor." [61] 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." [61] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com found Hairspray "reasonably entertaining. But do we really need to be entertained reasonably? 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." [62] Zacharek was also displeased with the way Latifah's performance of "I Know Where I've Been" was incorporated into the movie, saying "The filmmakers may believe they're adding an extra layer of seriousness to the material... [but] the inclusion of this big production number only suggests that the filmmakers fear the audience won't get the movie's message unless it's spelled out for them." [62] the filmmakers wish to extend their personal thanks: for their contributions to the making of this movie, Nike (as Kim Lawrence)

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Toussaint McCall as himself (though appearing as a man in his 50s, rather than in his 20s, as he would have been in 1962) Without Love" – Link, Tracy, Seaweed, Penny, and Detention Kids (Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Elijah Kelley, Amanda Bynes) In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [7] Plot [ edit ] Hairspray was Divine's final film to be released in his lifetime; he died on March 7, 1988, three weeks after the film's premiere and nine days after the film's release. Hairspray was his only film with Waters in which he didn't play the lead. Originally, Divine was considered to play both Tracy and Edna. Executives from New Line Cinema, the film's distributor, discouraged this concept, and it was eventually dropped. [14] Instead, Divine played Edna Turnblad and Arvin Hodgepile, the racist TV station manager. Shankman, Adam (July 25, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #15". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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Kennedy, John (June 21, 2006). "Summer of stars". Canada.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2006 . Retrieved June 25, 2006. Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2007". Women Film Critics Circle. December 16, 2006 . Retrieved August 25, 2021. a b Roberts, Shiela (2007). "Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley Interview, Hairspray". MoviesOnline.ca. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 . Retrieved August 20, 2007.a b Zacharek, Stephanie (July 20, 2007). "Hairspray". Salon.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008 . Retrieved August 26, 2007. Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle, Velma's bratty daughter and the lead female dancer on The Corny Collins Show. Amber becomes Tracy's enemy when she threatens both Amber's chances of winning the "Miss Teenage Hairspray" crown and her relationship with her boyfriend, Link. Snow previously worked with Shankman in The Pacifier. [19] Hayden Panettiere was also considered for the part of Amber, but was decided against in part because of her then-upcoming work with the NBC television series Heroes. [19] Principal photography took place in and around the Baltimore area during the summer of 1987. [10] The school scenes were shot at Perry Hall High School with set locations including the library, a first-floor English class and the principal's office. [11] In the principal's office, the Harry Dorsey Gough (see Perry Hall Mansion) coat-of-arms that once hung in the main lobby can be seen through the doorway. [12] Tilted Acres amusement park was Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Following a slew of other such stage musicals turned movies, one might expect Hairspray to have simply jumped on the cinematic bandwagon, and have little to offer, save being 'that new movie musical'. However, despite the number of stage musical adaptations of late, the quality of the productions is by no means receding, and if anything, increasing, as Hairspray proves one of the most shamelessly jubilant and infectiously enthusiastic efforts to date. a b Shankman, Adam (July 13, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #6". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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Corey Reynolds (Original Broadway cast's Seaweed) as singer of " Trouble on the Line". The song is heard shortly after " Big, Blonde and Beautiful" until Maybelle announces the cancellation of Negro Day. Interview with director Adam Shankman on WBAL-TV Baltimore (at 4:16)". Youtube.com. YouTube. Archived from the original on June 9, 2014 . Retrieved August 2, 2007. Joann Havrilla as Prudence "Prudy" Pingleton, Paddy's wife and Penny's overprotective, controlling mother who disapproves of Penny dating Seaweed. The 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society . Retrieved December 5, 2021. Maslin, Janet (February 26, 1988). "Film: 'Hairspray,' Comedy From John Waters". The New York Times.Dempsey, John (October 4, 2007). "USA all lathered up for Hairspray". Variety . Retrieved February 10, 2022. a b c d e f Shankman, Adam (July 17, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #8". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. 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. [36] [37] The opening shots of the descent from the clouds and the newspaper being dropped onto the stoop are the only times that the actual city of Baltimore is shown in the film. [37] a b "Hairspray". British Film Institute. 2007. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018 . Retrieved July 5, 2017.

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Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle, the racist and sizeist manager of station WYZT. Velma is invested in keeping her daughter Amber in the spotlight and The Corny Collins Show segregated. Hairspray was the first film featuring Pfeiffer to be released in five years. Stardust, also featuring Pfeiffer, was shot before Hairspray, but released three weeks afterwards. [13] The peculiarity of Pfeiffer and Travolta appearing onscreen together (Travolta starred in Grease, Pfeiffer in Grease 2) was not lost on the production staff; [13] Travolta requested that Pfeiffer play the part of the villainess. [10] The final deleted scene was a musical number which depicted the teens performing an obscure 1960s dance called "The Stupidity" at the auto show just before Tracy's being released from reform school, but again, Waters ultimately decided it wasn't appropriate, stating "I thought, you know, you don't want your leading man to look stupid right in the big finale." [9] Reception [ edit ] Critical response [ edit ] Welcome to the 60's" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites, and Hefty Hideaway Employees (Nikki Blonsky & John Travolta) New Line Details Transition to Blu-ray". High-Def Digest. January 8, 2008 . Retrieved January 17, 2008.New Zealand album certifications – Hairspray Cast – Hairspray OST". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 14 September 2020. Shankman, Adam (August 7, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #19". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. George King as Mr. Flak, Amber, Link, and Tracy's history teacher. He gives Tracy detention when Amber frames Tracy for drawing a picture of him with breasts. He gives Link detention as well for coming to Tracy's defense. Waters, John (2019). Mr. Know-it-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p.32. ISBN 978-0-374-21496-8.