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a b Zacharek, Stephanie (July 20, 2007). "Hairspray". Salon.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008 . Retrieved August 26, 2007. 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. Director (and choreographer) Shankman captures both the essence of the Broadway show's magic and the original film's timeless camp value to create a memorable movie musical. Shankman is best known for formulaic romantic and family comedies, but he successfully achieved here what 2005's The Producers utterly failed to do. (Oh, and that cutie pie Efron definitely helps, too.)

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Welcome to the 60's" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites, and Hefty Hideaway Employees (Nikki Blonsky & John Travolta) Divine as Edna Turnblad, Tracy's kind, heavy-set mother who is ashamed of her obesity and as Arvin Hodgepile, the rival TV station owner who is against racial integration for his studio. Shankman, Adam (July 13, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #4". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. David Marks. "Perry Hall's Schools: The Heart of the Community". Baltimore County Public Library. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. 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.

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New Zealand album certifications – Hairspray Cast – Hairspray OST". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 14 September 2020. a b c d e f Verini, Bob (July /August 2007). "Miss Beehive-ing: Leslie Dixon styles Hairspray for the Big Screen." Script. pp. 60-66

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Post-production took place in Los Angeles. 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. [23] Production [ edit ] Early development [ edit ] The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2007". Houston Film Critics Society . Retrieved January 3, 2008.In 2002, the film was adapted into a Broadway musical of the same name, which won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 2003. A second film version of Hairspray, an adaptation of the stage musical, was also released by New Line Cinema in 2007, which included many changes of scripted items from the original. a b Hofler, Robert (March 7, 2005). "Hubby for 'Hairspray'?". Variety . Retrieved February 10, 2022. 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. Shankman, Adam (July 25, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #15". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. The 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society . Retrieved December 5, 2021.

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Shaiman and Wittman composed two new songs for the 2007 film: "Ladies' Choice", a solo for Link, and "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)", a song performed during the end credits by Queen Latifah, Blonsky, Efron, and Kelley. 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. 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. [24] According to Harry, Waters wanted her to not only act but also perform music for the film, but her record label, Sire, objected. [13] Due to Hairspray 's financial success, New Line Cinema had asked John Waters to write a sequel to the film. [89] Waters reunited with director/choreographer Adam Shankman for the project, and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman were set to compose the film's musical numbers. [89] [90]Dixon was primarily hired to tone down much of the campiness inherent in the stage musical. [21] The 2007 film's script is based primarily on the stage musical rather than the 1988 film, so several changes already made to the plot for the stage version remain in this version. 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.), removing the Tilted Acres amusement park from the story, and placing Velma in charge of the station where The Corny Collins Show is filmed. Hilton, Beth (March 10, 2008). "Sony Ericsson Empire Awards: The Winners". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK . Retrieved October 1, 2014.

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a b c Mohr, Ian (March 2007). "Casting looms for New Line's younger-skewing Hairspray". Daily Variety . Retrieved August 20, 2007. Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)" ( end credits) – ( Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, and Elijah Kelley) The film's opening shot — a bird's eye view of Baltimore that eventually descends from the clouds to ground level — is a combination of the opening shots of West Side Story and The Sound of Music. [11] [41] 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] Shankman, Adam (August 7, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #19". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022.Clayton Prince as Seaweed J. Stubbs, Motormouth Maybelle's son who loves to dance, and Penny's main love interest. Leybold-Johnson, Isobel (August 10, 2007). " "Waitress" serves up slice of life in Locarno". Swissinfo . Retrieved August 10, 2007. Harry, Debbie; Simmons, Sylvie (2019). Face It. New York: HarperCollins. p.269. ISBN 978-0-06-074958-3. 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". "(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. 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. [21] Meanwhile, "I Know Where I've Been", instead of being sung by Maybelle to the kids after being let out of jail, now underscores Maybelle's march on WYZT (which takes place in the stage musical at the end of "Big, Blonde, and Beautiful"). [21]