Hairspray

Hairspray
by Waters, John

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Actor: Divine, Jason Downs, Josh Charles, Ruth Brown, Sonny Bono
Director: 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-Video, 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: 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!

DVD Review: fantastic movie. nothing like the travolta version.
Summary: 5 Stars

this is a fantastic movie. it's campy and fun and very positive. this movie is a well known and much loved classic. it's entertaining for adults and appropriate for kids (if you're familiar with john waters and have some reservations) my preteen daughter showed it to her friends at her birthday party, and all the girls got up to try out the dances and giggled their heads off. how anyone could even think of comparing it to the travolta crap is beyond me, let alone like the other one better. this is the movie that started the whole thing. the broadway play was ripped off from this movie, and that other version is ripped off from the broadway play. this version is better in every respect. better cast, better writing, better costumes, better music. ricki lake is awesome.

DVD Review: Good
Summary: 3 Stars

The movie was good. Unfortunately, I watched it after watching the musical remake and that impacted my opinion. The story line was good. I'm not disappointed in the purchase.

Description of Hairspray

John waters glorious teen sendup follows tracy tumblad a chunky teen who dreams of appearing on the local tv dance program. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/26/2006 Starring: Ricki Lake Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Pg

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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