Hairspray (1988)

6.8	Listal rating
6.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Waters

Starring (View all)

Sonny Bono

Franklin von Tussle

Ruth Brown

Motormouth Maybelle

Divine

Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile

Velma Von Tussle

Tracy Turnblad

Wilbur Turnblad

Amber von Tussle

Link Larkin

Written by

John Waters

(written by)

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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.

Release date : 26 February 1988
UPC: 794043523021

Comedy (8), Musical (8), Romance (6), 1988 (4), Race Relations (4), Dancing (3), Cult (3), Dance (3), Campy (3), 1960s (3), Interracial Love (2), Music (2), Hair Bangs Fringe (2), Racial Tension (2), Interracial Friendship (2), Teen Angst (2), 1980s (2), Spoof (1), Integration (1), Dysfuntional Family (1)

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