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The Bargain Nexus - Hairspray (Full-Screen Edition)
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $6.00
Your Save: $ 13.98 ( 70% )
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Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Starring: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron
Directed By: Adam Shankman
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794043110894
Format: AC-3
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-11-20
Running Time: 117
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-07-20
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Summary: A moving movie (no pun intended)
Comment: Hairspray is one of my all-time favorite movies. Its a great storie about how a girl trys to fallow her dream. Its also holds a great message about breaking boundrys and defying the negitive forces in the world. Such as egotistic racists. I say this because this movie is set in 1962 Baltamore.
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Summary: SHIMMY AND SHAKE
Comment: An entertaining and uplifting musical that will have you tapping your toes and inspiring the viewer to get up and dance with the music. From 'Goodmorning Baltimore" thru the end you will sing and dance as the music is too compelling to just sit there !!
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Summary: Travolta: Get Out Of My Hair (spray...)
Comment: Okay, I'm prefacing this review with the fact that I watched very little of this 2007 version of this film. I am a John Waters fan, and enjoyed his amusing original film which starred some of my favorite performers, like Debbie Harry and Water's originals like Mink Stole. Very recently, I was dragged kicking and screaming to front row center seats purchased by a good friend for the national tour of "Hairspray" ( I am generally not a fan of musicals..though I like the classics (Gypsy, West Side Story..) and did enjoy "Wicked." ) Well..I quickly changed my tune, and was myself amazed at the constant grin I had on my face during the show from beginnng to end. The musical numbers were not only show stoppingly great, but the entire cast was absolutely amazing, with the stand out being the actor who played Mother Edna Turnblad. Though I had heard Harvey Fierstein did a magnificent job on the Broadway show, I did not see that. In this live version I have just seen, the only other person I was familiar with who I could have imagined doing as good a job would have been glorious Divine. He/she was very comical, charmingly slovenly, and overall brilliant, and really brought forth the spirit of Divine, without in any way trying to "copy" her, and the audience reaction upon curtain call showed they were apparently in avid agreement with me. My PROBLEM with this film version is the casting of JOHN TRAVOLTA! All too often, original good parts are ruined when the greedy powers that be decide that they will make more quick filthy lucre if they cast a *STAR* name, usually with disasterous artistic results. This film is a perfect example. I admit that the last Travolta vehicle that I liked was "Sat. Night Fever"..as I was a N.Y. disco duck at the time and it was a sensation . Since then, I would describe him as a real "jambon", as Truman Capote might have...and other than maybe "Pulp Fiction" which I have never seen, I defy anyone to name a Travolta film that could remotely be termed a classic, or, even a good film, for that matter. Like his contemporary and fellow self important Scientologist and nut job, Tom Cruise, I do not find them good actors, they are more "actory" than "actor", and I would rather watch 100 nameless, far more talented unknowns than watch either of them emote. Okay, I guess I have made my distaste for Travolta's screen presence clear. He ruined "Hairspray" for me. He's just a big, ugly, fat suited actor who looks completely fake compared to the other actors, even in their time relevant garb..and observing not only his hideous presence but his LOUSY, talentless, unintelligible performance for admittedly only a few laborious minutes made me realize that they might as well have had Big Bird or Barney The Dinosaur cast in this role. I can imagine during production that all present were aware that there was a BIG turkey on the set, and it's name was Travolta....but by then they probably felt it was too late. He even looks completely out of place on the darn dvd cover! (LOOK NOW!! ) Let's face it, most of the films made today are cr*p, and this one can be added to the pile. It is a shame, because people like Queen Latifah were probably very good in their roles in this film, but Tra-revolta's presence made it unwatchable for me. I would be curious to know what John Water's honestly felt about this portrayal, though I imagine that maybe his finally making some well deserved big bucks may compensate for having one of his most famous creations ruined. If Harvey Fierstein, or indeed even the wonderful actor presently playing Edna in the national tour were to have played the film role, it would have been as good and entertaining as the Broadway show. Instead, it is a minor musical and a major joke, at least to me, and that opinion is based on the PUTRID miscasting of Travolta, whose portrayal is completely devoid of any of the charm, camp, and comedy of that great lovable character, "Edna Turnblad." Let's rename Travolta's portrayal "Edna BAD-TURN." Yuck.
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Summary: Fabulous movie!!!!
Comment: I bought this movie for my daughter, she absolutely loves it...has watched it about 20 times already...If you love upbeat singing and dancing this is a great movie
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Summary: Definitely fun
Comment: The original movie is my only other "Hairspray" reference--meaning I never had the opportunity to see the Broadway version. Even so, I could not help but fall in love with this edition from the first moment I saw it. Yes, it takes some artistic license to make its own distinguised "Hairspray" but it was fun, colorful, and rowsing. I immediately fell in love with the almost ditzy whirl of fun as well as the juxtaposition of the racism story. I know truer fans of "Hairspray" could pick this apart, but a novice like me fell wildly in love with the inspirational and heartfelt film.
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It's 1962, and change is in the air in Baltimore. Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion--to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can the trendsetting Tracy win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in, despite the program's scheming stage manager? All she needs is her best friend Penny, a toe- tappin' beat - and a little HAIRSPRAY!
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