Hairspray [Blu-ray]

Hairspray [Blu-ray]

Director: John Waters Cast: Divine
Divine
, Ricki Lake
Ricki Lake
, Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
, Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
John Waters
Hairspray [Blu-ray]

Hairspray [Blu-ray]

Director: John Waters Cast: Divine
Divine
, Ricki Lake
Ricki Lake
, Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
, Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
John Waters

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Overview

Forever interested in the kitsch built into past eras, director John Waters chooses the TV dance show craze of the early '60s for his playful focus in Hairspray. Ricki Lake plays Tracy Turnblad, just one of several alliteratively named characters coming of age in 1962 Baltimore, where "The Corny Collins Show" is the most popular American Bandstand-type program, watched by hundreds of young dreamers each day after school. Being chosen to dance on it is the ultimate status symbol and every young girl's dream, and Tracy improbably wins a featured spot when she infiltrates a dance contest and makes a better impression than her favored rival, the catty Amber von Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick). Always able to have fun, even when she's being mocked by the jealous popular girls, Tracy wins the affections of Amber's boyfriend and soon begins leading a movement to integrate the dance show, which has previously featured blacks only in a once-weekly theme night. She is arrested following a demonstration at a local theme park owned by Amber's father (Sonny Bono), who subscribes to the same theory of race relations as "The Corny Collins Show." Tracy's adventures are also filtered through her loving but eccentric parents (Divine and Jerry Stiller) and involve a humorous cultural clash with pot-smoking beatniks (Ric Ocasek and Pia Zadora).

Product Details

Release Date: 03/04/2014
UPC: 0883929387946
Original Release: 1988
Rating: PG
Source: New Line Home Video
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:32:00
Sales rank: 4,959

Special Features

Vintage interviews with John Waters, Ricki Lake and Divine

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Divine Edna Turnblad/Arvin Hodgepile
Ricki Lake Tracy Turnblad
Sonny Bono Franklin von Tussle
Ruth Brown Motormouth Maybelle,Governor's Mansion Picket
Colleen Fitzpatrick Amber Von Tussle
Michael St. Gerard Link Larkin
Deborah Harry Velma Von Tussle
Leslie Ann Powers Penny Pingleton
Clayton Prince Seaweed
Jerry Stiller Wilbur Turnblad
Mink Stole Tammy
Shawn Thompson Corny Collins
Ric Ocasek Beatnik Cat
Pia Zadora Beatnik Girl
Josh Charles Iggy
Joann Havrilla Actor
Alan J. Wendl Mr. Pinky
David Samson WZZT Official
Leo Rocca Governor
William Rose Amusement Park Patron
Mary Pearce Hairhopper Mother
Joey Perillo TV Secruity Guard
James Parisi Governor's Aide
Kim Webb Carmelita
Michael Willis Governor's Mansion Newsman
Brook Yeaton Tough Guy #1
George Stover Governor's Mansion Policeman
June Thorne Von Tussle Picket
Darrell Taylor Governor's Mansion Picket
John Waters The Psychiatrist
Carolyn Walker Trinklette #3
Keith Douglas Lead Lafayette
Joseph Eubanks Governor's Mansion Picket
Holter Graham I.Q. Jones
Brenda Alford Trinklette #2
Jeff Gardner Tough Guy #2
Rick Anderson Von Tussle Picket
Scheryll Anderson Amusement Park Patron
Mark Oliver Geometry Student
Brooke Mills Lou Ann
Toussaint McCall Himself
Susan Lowe Angry Mother
Patrick Mitchell Teen Street Fan
Matt Myers Singing Bum
Dan Griffith Brad
Mary Jefferson Street Lady #1
Charlie Hawke Amusement Park Patron
Peter Coper Governor's Mansion Policeman
Kevin Joseph Joke Store Customer
Rosemary Knower Mrs. Shipley
Kenny Vance Composer

Technical Credits
Stanley F. Buchthal Producer
Sara Risher Executive Producer,Producer
Robert Shaye Executive Producer,Producer
Rachel Talalay Producer
John Waters Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Mary Colquhoun Casting
Pat Moran Casting
Robert Maier Producer
Rick Angelella Sound/Sound Designer
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