Hairspray 1988 123movies

Watch: Hairspray 1988 123movies, Full Movie Online – ‘Pleasantly Plump’ teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show’s former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber’s manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963..
Plot: ‘Pleasantly plump’ teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show’s former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber’s manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 21,724
	98% | RottenTomatoes
	77/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 348 Popularity: 13.304 | TMDB

Reviews:

Baltimore teens dance and battle segregation in the ’60s
Ricki Lake plays Tracy Turnblad, a short, chubby teen with big hair who loves to dance in “Hairspray,” a 1988 John Waters film starring Divine, Deborah Harry, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Jerry Stiller, and Mink Stole. “Hairspray” has now been immortalized on Broadway as an enormous, energetic, fabulously entertaining musical which kept the conceit of a man playing Tracy’s mother, again with great success.

“Hairspray” is highly exaggerated in parts, which makes it extra funny, and Waters captures ’60s Baltimore beautifully. Corny Collins, who is the Baltimore Dick Clark, would like nothing better than to integrate his television show, but blacks are only permitted to dance one night a week. The van Tussles are for segregation – that would be Sonny Bono, running for office, his wife Harry (on stage the former Miss Baltimore Crabs, in the film Miss Soft Crab). Harry’s hairstyles are fantastic – HUGE – her last hairdo is in the form of an enormous loving cup.

When Tracy’s friend Penny takes up with the son of an outspoken black woman, Motormouth Mabel (Ruth Brown), her hysterical mother has her kidnapped and put in the hands of a psychiatrist (Divine as a man) who tries to torture her to stop liking black men. It’s so outrageous it’s funny, and that’s where Waters shows his talent. When Tracy gets a contract modeling for a plus-sized woman’s shop, the owner’s live ad on Corny’s show begins, “Tubby, tubby, 2 x 4, can’t get through the kitchen door.” It’s this madcap treatment that keeps any of this from being remotely offensive.

All the performances are delightful, and there’s a nice turn by Pia Zadora as a black-haired beatnik chick.

“Hairspray” has a lot of warmth that emanates from Tracy and the Turnblad family, and the mood stays upbeat throughout the entire film as the characters dance through life, Tracy with an overlay of blonde hair over her dark flip. Great music, great fun. “Hairspray” in any version is wonderful.

So much better than the awful remake
This is a great film that is so much better than the awful remake they did with John Travolta. The remake lacks all the things that males this version so brilliant. The humour, the great music and dancing and the underlying message about race and segregation in the 50’s and 60’s in the USA. There are so many good performances that it is hard to single out any. The script and direction are both brilliant and this is a rare combination of a feel good film with a serious message. it is comedy and drama, it is one of the only musical films I like and is one of those films I would happily watch over and over again. I am surprised that the remake was in fact so bad, missing all the elements that made this a great film, so in my opinion, give the remake a miss and buy this version on DVD!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 32 min (92 min)
Budget 2000000
Revenue 6671108
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
Director John Waters
Writer John Waters
Actors Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine
Country United States
Awards 7 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Ultra Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,503 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm