Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Tracy's father, the easygoing proprietor of the "Hardy-Har Hut" joke shop below the Turnblad family's apartment. John Travolta had asked that Walken be considered for the part, [10] and he eventually beat out Billy Crystal [15] and Jim Broadbent [16] for the role of Wilbur. a b c Mohr, Ian (March 2007). "Casting looms for New Line's younger-skewing Hairspray". Daily Variety . Retrieved August 20, 2007. Queen Victoria Elementary School". Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board . Retrieved November 22, 2017.

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Jayne Eastwood as Miss Wimsey, Tracy's geography teacher, who gives Tracy the detention note that first leads her to Seaweed. the filmmakers wish to extend their personal thanks: for their contributions to the making of this movie, Nike (as Kim Lawrence) Empire Features The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". Empire. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011 . Retrieved August 14, 2011.Hairspray Wins 3 Hollywood Film Festival Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. October 22, 2007 . Retrieved February 10, 2022. Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)" ( end credits) – ( Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, and Elijah Kelley)

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Welcome to the 60's" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites, and Hefty Hideaway Employees (Nikki Blonsky & John Travolta) a b "Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Archived from the original on January 2, 2008 . Retrieved January 5, 2008. Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2007". Women Film Critics Circle. December 16, 2006 . Retrieved August 25, 2021. Vocal ensemble members: Marc Shaiman, Shoshana Bean, Terron Brooks, Jenn Gambatese, Chester Gregory, Leslie Kritzer, Arnold McCuller, Louis Price, Sabrina Sloan, Donna Vivino, Willis White, Lucien Piane, Chyla Anderson, Jonathan Byram, Keith Cotton, Michael Cunio, Carmel Echols, Cliff Frazier, Christopher Johnson, Katharine Leonard, Laura Lively, Michael Mayo, Sophia Pizzulo, Jamison Scott Robinson, Jessica Rotter, Candice Rumph Burrows, Peter Mathew Smith, Leonard Sullivan, Matt Sullivan, Clarke Thorell, Davia Walker, Ayana Williams, Frank Wolf Hernandex, Ernio (July 31, 2007). "Blonsky and Kelly Screen Sing-Along "Hairspray" in NYC Aug. 1; Hits Theaters Aug. 3". Playbill. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007 . Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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a b c d e f Shankman, Adam (July 17, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #8". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. a b Shankman, Adam (July 21, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #11". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. Hairspray was Divine's final film to be released in his lifetime; he died on March 7, 1988, three weeks after the film's premiere and nine days after the film's release. Hairspray was his only film with Waters in which he didn't play the lead. Originally, Divine was considered to play both Tracy and Edna. Executives from New Line Cinema, the film's distributor, discouraged this concept, and it was eventually dropped. [14] Instead, Divine played Edna Turnblad and Arvin Hodgepile, the racist TV station manager. Shankman, Adam (July 16, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #7". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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Save Your Applause 'Til the End" (Demo for a potential replacement for "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs")a b "New Line Records Scores High on Billboard" (Press release). New Line Cinema. 2008-01-08 . Retrieved 2008-08-11. The 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society . Retrieved December 5, 2021. a b c Burlingame, Jon (July 11, 2007). "You Can't Stop The Beat: Shaiman's unrivaled songwriting talent is outed by Hairspray colleagues". filmmmusicsociety.org. The Film Music Society . Retrieved August 20, 2007.

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a b Roberts, Shiela (2007). "Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley Interview, Hairspray". MoviesOnline.ca. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 . Retrieved August 20, 2007. Following a slew of other such stage musicals turned movies, one might expect Hairspray to have simply jumped on the cinematic bandwagon, and have little to offer, save being 'that new movie musical'. However, despite the number of stage musical adaptations of late, the quality of the productions is by no means receding, and if anything, increasing, as Hairspray proves one of the most shamelessly jubilant and infectiously enthusiastic efforts to date. Apart from those who generally turn their noses up at the gleeful mayhem of movie musicals, it is difficult to imagine watching Hairspray without a heartfelt smile plastered across one's face. The film is too genuinely wholesome and outright entertaining to generate much contempt, and even though the plot may stumble on occasion, the film whips by at such a steady clip, fueled by universally superb singing and performances by the cast that it is near impossible to avoid being caught up in the infectious enthusiasm of the production. Expect to hear impromptu renditions of many of the songs over the course of the next year or so, and don't be at all surprised to find yourself joining in - it seems only natural for a film as downright enjoyable as this. A handful of scenes were cut while in post-production, some of which provide context for certain plot developments seen in the finished film. Director Adam Shankman Says HAIRSPRAY 2 is Dead". Collider. June 2, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010 . Retrieved February 10, 2022. collider.comOne notable difference between the stage musical, the original film, and the 2007 film version of Hairspray is that Tracy does not go to jail in the 2007 version (thus eliminating the musical's song "The Big Dollhouse"). In both previous incarnations of Hairspray, Tracy is arrested and taken to jail along with the other protesters. Edna is presented in this version as an insecure introvert, in contrast to the relatively bolder incarnations present in the 1988 film and the stage musical. [21] Among many other elements changed or added to this version are the removal of Motormouth Maybelle's habit of speaking in rhyming jive talk and doubling the number of teens in Corny Collins' Council (from ten on Broadway to twenty in the 2007 film). [29] a b Zacharek, Stephanie (July 20, 2007). "Hairspray". Salon.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008 . Retrieved August 26, 2007. Queen Latifah as "Motormouth" Maybelle Stubbs, a Baltimore rhythm and blues radio DJ who hosts "Negro Day" on The Corny Collins Show. Maybelle also runs a record shop on North Avenue. Queen Latifah appeared in the successful Zadan/Meron film musical Chicago, and worked under Adam Shankman's direction in Bringing Down the House. [17] Aretha Franklin had been previously considered for the role. [15] Cheng, Jim (January 7, 2008). "Critics' Choice Awards: Dark, violent 'No Country' and 'Blood' on top". USA Today . Retrieved June 12, 2008.