Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New Line Cinema is bringing a feature film adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway production HAIRSPRAY to life. Featuring new and original material based on John Waters’ 1988 cult classic about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show, the comedy features a remarkable collection of talent including John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Allison Janney, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Chicago), and director Adam Shankman (Bringing Down The House). The new screenplay for HAIRSPRAY was written by Leslie Dixon (Freaky Friday, Outrageous Fortune). HAIRSPRAY is scheduled for a Friday, July 20th, 2007 release.

MOVIE REVIEW

Here I am, sitting on an airplane. We're almost ready to land, but this has been a long and painful flight. For whatever reason, I feel like crap, and the turbulence doesn't help. I barely got through my T.G.I. Friday's club sandwich, and the flight attendants aren't coming around with nearly enough water. I'm also tired, and as I'm traveling east to west, the time zones are not in my favor. I also have to work tomorrow morning, and I expect I'll get about six hours of sleep if I'm lucky. At least I got to watch Hairspray, even though it did cost me two dollars for headphones I didn't need (shortly after purchasing said headphones, I found my old iPod headphones).
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