Hairspray

6.8

United States Of America

Comedy

92 min

1988

Angel Harper John Waters Susan Lowe Rosemary Knower James Adam Tucker Joey Perillo Mary Vivian Pearce Bill Lee Brown Fredella Calloway Brooke Stacy Mills Kevin Murray George Stover Michael Willis Frederick Strother John Carhart III Vincent De Paul Jeff Vespa Ricki Lake Holter Graham Josh Charles Pia Zadora Ric Ocasek Shawn Thompson Mink Stole Clayton Prince Michael St. Gerard Jerry Stiller Ruth Brown Leslie Ann Powers Sonny Bono Vitamin C Debbie Harry Divine

'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.