Hairspray

Resource Information

The work Hairspray represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Hairspray

Statement of responsibility

New Line Cinema presents ; in association with Ingenious Film Partners ; directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman ; screenplay by Leslie Dixon ; produced by Craig Zadan, Neil Meron ; a Zadan/Meron production ; produced in association with Offspring Entertainment

Creator

• Hairspray (Motion picture : 2007)

Contributor

• Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
• New Line Cinema Corporation
• New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Offspring Entertainment
• Zadan/Meron (Firm)
• Bazelli, Bojan
• Blonsky, Nikki, 1988-
• Bynes, Amanda, 1986-
• Dixon, Leslie
• Dooley, Paul, 1928-
• Efron, Zac
• Janney, Allison
• Kelley, Elijah
• Marsden, James, 1973-
• trueMeehan, Thomas
• Meron, Neil, approximately 1955-
• trueO'Donnell, Mark
• Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957-
• Queen Latifah, 1970-
• Shaiman, Marc
• trueShankman, Adam
• Shaye, Robert
• Snow, Brittany, 1986-
• trueStiller, Jerry
• trueTravolta, John, 1954-
• Tronick, Michael
• Walken, Christopher, 1943-
• trueWaters, John, 1946-
• Wittman, Scott
• Zadan, Craig

Subject

• Baltimore (Md.) -- Race relations -- Drama
• Comedy -- Feature
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Dance
• Dance -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Dance -- United States -- Drama
• Drama
• Estudiantes -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• High school students -- United States -- Drama
• Juventud -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• Maryland -- Baltimore
• Mass media and race relations
• Mass media and race relations -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Mass media and race relations -- United States -- Drama
• Musical -- Feature
• Musical films
• Musical films
• Race relations
• Teen television programs
• Teen television programs -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Teenage girls
• Teenage girls -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Television programs for youth -- United States -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Youth -- Feature

Genre

• Comedy
• Comedy films
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Musical
• Musical films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Youth

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

A teenage girl simultaneously pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation in her native Baltimore

Awards note

Hollywood Film Festival, 2007: Hollywood Film Award - Ensemble of the Year.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Bojan Bazelli ; edited by Michael Tronick ; songs by Marc Shaiman ; lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman ; music score by Marc Shaiman ; production designer, David Gropman ; art direction, Dennis Davenport ; set decoration, Gordon Sim ; costume designer, Rita Ryack ; executive producers, Robert Shaye ... [et al.] ; co-producers, Michael Disco, Daryl Freimark, Travis Knox

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG; for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking

Language note

In English, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote

John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, Jerry Stiller, Paul Dooley, Nikki Blonsky, John Waters

Runtime

117

Target audience

general

Technique

live action