Hairspray movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP DESCRIPTION: Edna Turnblad (John Travolta) celebrates her figure and sings proudly on stage. FILM DESCRIPTION: Adam Shankman's adaptation of the stage musical Hairspray, itself an adaptation of the non-musical John Waters film of the same name, stars Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, an overweight high-school student whose only dream is to be on a local Baltimore teen dance program. Driver dlya dzhojstika cowboy hat. While her father (Christopher Walken) tells her to follow her dreams, her mother Edna (John Travolta in drag) reminds her that she doesn't look like the girls on that show. After impressing the show's host (James Marsden), Tracy earns a coveted spot on the program, but when she becomes a popular addition to the cast, she earns the wrath of the prettiest girl in school -- a girl whose mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) just happens to operate the local television station.

Tracy's visit to detention hall opens her eyes to the racial tension on the show, as does the budding relationship between her best friend (Amanda Bynes) and an African-American boy named Seaweed (Elijah Kelley). Thus empowered, Tracy attempts to integrate the races on her favorite program. CREDITS: TM & © Warner Bros. (2007) Cast: Nick Baga, Shawn Byfield, Anthony Carr, Jason Dolphin, Zac Efron, J.P.

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Hairspray began life in 1988 as the first film to earn a PG rating, despite such subversive elements as the casting of cross-dressing favorite as Edna, the mother of the main character, tubby teenager Tracy Turnblad. The story was further softened in its conversion to a Broadway musical hit in 2002 with a raft of songs written and performed in the period style of 1962 pop/rock; this time, openly gay actor/playwright donned a dress to play the mother, his gravelly bass voice notwithstanding. It is some measure of the work's ongoing move toward the mainstream that in the 2007 movie musical based on the stage musical that was based on the first movie, in a fat suit becomes Edna.

It may be inevitable that a big-budget movie requires name stars and that those name stars require changes to beef up the parts they play and make them more sympathetic. The satiric edges of Hairspray have definitely been rounded off by now, but, although he doesn't make much of an impression in the film beyond his makeup and prosthetics (and, with his speak-singing, even less of one on the soundtrack), isn't really to blame for what director calls the repurposing of the script and score, even though and another Hollywood name,, have been handed a reprise of the song 'Big, Blonde and Beautiful' that their characters did not do on-stage. The real beneficiary of that repurposing seems to have been, who gets a whole new song, 'Ladies' Choice,' in his role as Link, Tracy's romantic ideal. There is a marketplace justification for this, as attendance of early showings of the film could confirm; a whole part of the audience, entirely consisting of females under five feet tall, thought of the film as the new movie based on his instant stardom with the tween set as the result of High School Musical. Among the other new songs, 'The New Girl in Town' was actually written for the show, but cut, and is welcome back. Finally, there is 'Come So Far (Got So Far to Go),' an extra number for another star,.

Transition pack 1. It's worth noting, however, that this song is not actually shoehorned into the film proper; it's merely performed under the lengthy end credits, along with two songs from the stage show that also couldn't fit, the delightful 'Cooties' and 'Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now,' the latter rendered as a trio by, the second film's Tracy;, who appeared in the first film; and, Broadway's Tracy. (Missing entirely is 'The Big Dollhouse.' ) That's a nice touch, even if it means that the score's big finishing number, 'You Can't Stop the Beat,' now comes three songs from the end; think of the rest as bonus tracks.

Whatever one makes of the alterations, it can at least be said that they were instituted by the principals. Composer and co-lyricist produced the album, and he clearly took the opportunity of an increased budget to do a bigger version of the score. Broadway cast albums generally have to be recorded in a day due to union rules, but a movie soundtrack can be constructed over time, and the credit list suggests that every session musician in the greater Los Angeles area participated on this recording. As a result, really gets the sounds he's after, starting with 'Good Morning Baltimore,' the copy, which has a genuine Wall of Sound this time, and continuing with the other tunes, each echoing an early-'60s model. Does not impress as much as did, but she gets so much support from all concerned that this comes off as 's best realization of his music yet.