Hairspray

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Directed by

John Waters

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Sonny Bono
Franklin von Tussle

Ruth Brown
Motormouth Maybelle

Divine
Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile

Deborah Harry
Velma Von Tussle

Ricki Lake
Tracy Turnblad

Jerry Stiller
Wilbur Turnblad

Colleen Fitzpatrick
Amber von Tussle

Michael St. Gerard
Link Larkin

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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

Tags: Comedy (10), Musical (8), Romance (6), Race Relations (5), Dancing (4), 1960s (4), 1988 (4), Dance (3), Campy (3), Cult (3), Teen Angst (2), Integration (2), Maryland (2), Interracial Friendship (2), Racial Tension (2), Hair Bangs Fringe (2), Interracial Love (2), 1980s (2), Music (2), Divine's Last Film (1)

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