Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
'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.
- bomb
- baltimore
- usa
- civil rights
- romcom
- racial segregation
- integration
- interracial relationship
- hair
- racism
- detention
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ricki Lake
Tracy Turnblad
Divine
Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile
Debbie Harry
Velma Von Tussle
Vitamin C
Amber von Tussle
- Sonny Bono — Franklin von Tussle
- Leslie Ann Powers — Penny Pingleton
- Ruth Brown — Motormouth Maybelle
- Jerry Stiller — Wilbur Turnblad
- Michael St. Gerard — Link Larkin
- Clayton Prince — Seaweed
- Mink Stole — Tammy
- Shawn Thompson — Corny Collins
- Ric Ocasek — Beatnik Cat
- Pia Zadora — Beatnik Chick
- Jo Ann Havrilla — Prudence Pingleton
- Directed
- John Waters
- Written
- John Waters
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 457 ratings
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Stanley F. Buchthal, Robert Shaye Production
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
