Hairspray (1988)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

John Waters

Guionista:

John Waters (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 febrero 1988 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Música

Frase comercial:

Baltimore, 1962. The heyday of hair-dos and hair-don'ts, Heartthrobs and hefty girls, hot dates and hip talkers, beatniks and hair hoppers, and one magical potion that keeps it all together.

Plot:

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Integration | Hair Bangs Fringe | Racism | Obese Woman

Premios:

7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Timeless teen satire

Reparto

Sonny Bono	...	Franklin von Tussle
Ruth Brown	...	Motormouth Maybelle
Divine	...	Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile
Deborah Harry	...	Velma Von Tussle (as Debbie Harry)
Ricki Lake	...	Tracy Turnblad
Jerry Stiller	...	Wilbur Turnblad
Colleen Fitzpatrick	...	Amber von Tussle
Michael St. Gerard	...	Link Larkin
Leslie Ann Powers	...	Penny Pingleton
Clayton Prince	...	Seaweed
Mink Stole	...	Tammy
Shawn Thompson	...	Corny Collins
Ric Ocasek	...	Beatnik Cat (special apperances)
Pia Zadora	...	Beatnik Chick (special apperances)
Joann Havrilla	...	Prudence Pingleton

También conocida como:

White Lipstick (USA) (working title)
Hairspray (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

92 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Ultra Stereo

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | UK:PG | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp

Locaciones de Filmación:

Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Compañía:

New Line Cinema

Trivialidades:

The role of Edna Turnblad was originally written for famed transsexual Christine Jorgensen. However, when the role of Tracy had to be rewritten, John Waters also rewrote the role of Edna in order to keep his friend and muse Divine in the production.

Errores:

Anacronismos: Visible behind Tracy Turnblad when she and her friends are in Motormouth Maybelle's record shop is an album by The Supremes titled "Supremes A Go-Go", in a record bin. The movie is set in 1962, that album wasn't released until 1966.

Citas:

Geometry Teacher: Tracy Turnblad, once again your ratted hair is preventing another student's geometry education.
Tracy Turnblad: It's feathered, not ratted.
Geometry Teacher: Whatever you call it, it's a hair-don't.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Banda de Sonido:

Shake A Tail Feather

Timeless teen satire

Easily John Waters' best flick in terms of writing, direction, and mainstream appeal, it still has great little twisted touches like the rat Tracy kicks mid-makeout with her boyfriend, & her witchy rival's inevitable barf scene at the amusement park her bigoted parents (played by rock stars Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry) own. There's a strong undercurrent about race relations in 1962 Baltimore where the story is set, highlighted by Mrs Pingleton (Joanne Havrila)'s moronic descent into a black neighborhood to 'rescue' her daughter Penny from the arms of her black boyfriend Seaweed & be ridiculed by the residents. This is crosscut with the sheer exhilaration that Tracy & Penny are having dancing with their beaus in a black record shop down the street. Divine is hilarious as both Tracy's mom and the racist owner of the television station which hosts the Corny Collins 'American Bandstand' clone. And the music is fabulous early rock'n'roll, all Brill Building & pre-Motown soul stuff like Lesley Gore & Chubby Checker, with wonderful choreography throughout.