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Hairspray - Overview

Genre:   Comedy  
Opened: Feb 26, 1988     Run Time: 1hr 30min  
Cast: Sonny Bono   Ruth Brown  Divine   Divine        
Director: John Waters   
Producer: Rachel Talalay   Rachel Talalay    
Executive Producer: Robert Shaye   Sara Risher    
Showtimes Map
PG
Synopsis
Hairspray: When Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake), an overweight teen, auditions for a spot on a popular teen dance show, she beats out the spiteful Amber von Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick), winning over Amber's boyfriend (Michael St. Gerard) in the process. After meeting some black students at her school, Tracy begins to push for more racial integration on the dance show. This gets her into trouble on many sides, especially with Amber's pushy parents (Sonny Bono, ... Read More
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7 star rating 7  on 
Box Office Data
# Weeks 9
# Total Gross $6.7M
Additional Content for Hairspray
Hairspray
Studio: New Line Cinema
Studio: New Line Cinema
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: New Line Cinema
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Palace Pictures
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Capital Cinema
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Hoyts Distribution
Domestic Video Distributor: New Line Home Entertainment
Worldwide Video Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Video Distributor: VCM
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: New Line Cinema
8 star rating 8
Classic John Waters. It?s very funny and probably did do a good job educating people about integration. Ricki Lake is really good and Divine is still, very sadl...
9 star rating 9
An amazing John Waters masterpiece that combines his own style (working with his weird, "unique" friends and being edgy but hilarious) with Hollywood mainstream...


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