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Hairspray
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PG,1hr 34min
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February 26, 1988
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New Line Home Video
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Tracy Turnblad
Link Larkin
Edna Turnblad, Arvin Hodgepile
Amber von Tussle
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From left to right: Tabitha Lupien as Becky, Brittany Snow as Amber von Tussle, Hayley Podschun as...
From left to right: Elijah Kelly as Seaweed, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Amanda Bynes as Penny...
John Travolta, left, as Edna Turnblad and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray" (New Line...
Amanda Bynes, left, as Penny Pingleton and Allison Janney as Prudy Pingleton in "Hairspray" (New...
Zac Efron (left) as Link Larkin and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray" (New Line Cinema)
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