HAIRSPRAY 2007

I have only one word for this movie. SUPER-FANTA-BLOODY-TASTIC!!

Whoever thinking of skipping this movie, please, I beg you, DON'T. This needs to be watched on big screen and the Soundtrack...oh my, they have the best songs throughout the show. From the minute it started, til the very last song. This is indeed the best musical movie lately though I thought the Dreamgirls was alright. Though Moulin Rouge and The Chicago were the few musicals that made it, this one should get the extra ratings due to the easy going and simple plot. Comically entertaining and fabulously casted.

Michelle Pfeiffer was so lovable despite being the biach in the show. I could just hug John Trovalta when I see her..opps,him in that cute shiny pink outfit and high heels. Amanda Bynes is the sexiest bimbo I've ever seen and the notorious Queen Latifah was just fabulous.

Starring cast
Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Edna Turnblad: An optimistic, overweight teenage girl who loves to dance, Tracy's color-blindness unwittingly leads her to becoming an active supporter for the integration of The Corny Collins Show. Hairspray is newcomer Nikki Blonsky's first time as a professional actress.

John Travolta as Edna Turnblad: Tracy's mother, an asocial shut-in ashamed of her plus-sized figure. John Travolta's casting as Edna continues the tradition of having a man in drag portray the character, going back to the original 1988 film, which featured drag queen Divine as Edna.[13] Travolta was aggressively sought after by producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for this role because he had starred in Grease (1978), the most successful movie musical to date.

Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma von Tussle: The manager of station WYZT, the racist former beauty queen Velma is primarily interested in both keeping her daughter Amber in the spotlight and The Corny Collins Show segregated. Hairspray is the first film featuring Michelle Pfeiffer to be released in five years (Stardust, also featuring Pfeiffer, was filmed before Hairspray, but released almost a month after).[19] The irony of Pfeiffer and Travolta appearing onscreen together (Travolta starred in Grease, Pfeiffer in Grease 2) was not lost on the production staff.

Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad: Tracy's father, the easy-going proprietor of the "Hardy-Har Hut" joke shop below the Turnblad family's loft apartment. Walken beat out Billy Crystal[20] and Jim Broadbent[21] for the part of Wilbur.

Amanda Bynes as Penny Lou Pingleton: Tracy's best friend, a nerdy sheltered girl who falls in love with Seaweed, despite her racist and stern mother Prudy. A young actress famous for appearances on Nickelodeon TV shows and in feature films, Bynes was one of the few movie stars cast among the teen roles.

James Marsden as Cornelius "Corny" Collins: The host of The Corny Collins Show, Corny does his best to fight his show's imposed segregation. Corny Collins is based upon Baltimore TV personality Buddy Deane, who hosted a eponymous local teen dance show in the late 1950s and early 1960s. James Marsden beat out both Joey McIntyre and X-Men costar Hugh Jackman for the part.

Queen Latifah as "Motormouth" Maybelle Stubbs: A Baltimore R&B radio dee jay who hosts "Negro Day" on The Corny Collins Show, Maybelle also runs a record shop on North Avenue. Queen Latifah appeared in the successful Zadan/Meron movie musical Chicago (2002), and worked under Adam Shankman's direction in Bringing Down the House (2003).[24] She beat out soul legend Aretha Franklin for the role of Maybelle.[20]
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