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Hairspray

PROFILE OVERVIEW

Theatrical Release:

Friday, July 20, 2007 

DVD Release:

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 

Blu-ray Release:

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 

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Genres:

Comedy Musical

Distributor:

New Line Cinema

Box Office Total:

MPAA Rating:

PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.

SYNOPSIS

It's 1962 and change is in the air in Baltimore. Tracy Turnblad, a girl with big hair and big dreams, has only one passion in life - to dance on "The Corny Collins Show." When her chance arrives, she grooves her way into instant stardom and the eyes of teen-dream Link Larkin (Zac Efron). But with the program's scheming stage manager (Michelle Pfeiffer) against her, trend-setting Tracy will need the help of her best friend Penny (Amanda Bynes), her bighearted mother (John Travolta) and sassy co-host Motormouth Maybelle (Queen Latifah) to show the world that all it takes to make a dream come true is a toe-tappin' beat and a little Hairspray!

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ADDITIONAL NOTES

This will be a musical movie version of the Broadway hit that was itself based on a film.

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iconBrian added the soundtrack release date of July 10, 2007. Dec. 21, 2008
iconBrian added the Blu-ray release date of November 20, 2007. Dec. 20, 2008

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