Hairspray
by Waters, John
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Actor: Divine, Jason Downs, Josh Charles, Ruth Brown, Sonny BonoDirector: Waters, John
Brand: DIVINE
Primary Contributor: Sonny Bono
Primary Contributor: Ruth Brown
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line Home Video
DVD Reviews of Hairspray
DVD Review: Hairspray- PSSSST
Summary: 5 Stars
I like the movie Hairspray. The first movie with Ricki Lake, Of course. It takes me back to an earlier time, one in which I can wholeheartedly identify. I love all the songs and the teen dance show reminds me of one here in my area in the late fifties and early sixties. DVD Review: Great Movie from the past
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie from back in the day and still will only be the best Hairspray goingDVD Review: rock on
Summary: 5 Stars
It was great to be able to see the original after seeing the movie with Travolta. I had just seen the touring play Hair Spray and was really glad the 1960's version was available through Amazon.DVD Review: Hairspray Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie for my sister for Christmas. This was our favorite movie when we were younger. I couldn't find it anywhere but the internet, and luckily I received it in time for Christmas :)DVD Review: Love That Name, 'Corny Collins!'
Summary: 3 Stars
This fast-moving, corny film had mostly good things going for it.
The film was very corny, but that was the idea. In fact, one of the characters is named "Corny Collins." What a great name! It was pretty charming film, too, with the put-ons about the old American Bandstand-type dance shows that were television for years. "Hairspray" features some good 1960s music, too, and some of the dances in here are hilarious.
The first half of this movie is about local teens of that period and the dance and petty jealousies in the group while the second half theme is all about racism. It's almost like two movies-in-one.
The film takes place in Baltimore, and whether racism in that city was a bad as filmmaker John Waters portrays it here, I don't know, but I wouldn't be happy if I lived in that city and saw this movie. They don't come off looking too good!
Description of Hairspray
Comedy in which two \""girls\"" compete for the star position on Baltimore's Corny Collins dance show.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
John Waters made his bid for PG respectability with this enjoyably trashy comedy about the racial integration of a teen dance show on Baltimore television in the early '60s. Waters, as always, makes a virtue of junk culture and the powerful emotional forces it can represent as kids vie to get on the show. Meanwhile, a parade of former stars (Pia Zadora, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono) and pseudostars (Divine, Ricki Lake) cross the screen, playing freakish characters absorbed by thoughts of fame. (Waters himself turns up as a weirdo psychiatrist.) This transitional film for Waters is rough going at times and not as interesting or funny as his later features Cry-Baby and Serial Mom, but it's worth a look. --Tom Keogh
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