Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
The story
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
- dance
- dreams
- baltimore
- usa
- race politics
- musical
- based on play or musical
- equality
- school party
- integration
- overweight woman
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Nikki Blonsky
Tracy Turnblad
John Travolta
Edna Turnblad
Michelle Pfeiffer
Velma Von Tussle
Christopher Walken
Wilbur Turnblad
- Amanda Bynes — Penny Pingleton
- James Marsden — Corny Collins
- Queen Latifah — Motormouth Maybelle
- Brittany Snow — Amber Von Tussle
- Zac Efron — Link Larkin
- Elijah Kelley — Seaweed
- Allison Janney — Prudy Pringleton
- Tayla Parx — Little Inez
- Jayne Eastwood — Miss Wimsey
- Paul Dooley — Mr. Spritzer
- Jerry Stiller — Mr. Pinky
- Directed
- Adam Shankman
- Written
- Leslie Dixon
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 2,658 ratings
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Zadan / Meron Productions, Ingenious Film Partners
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.
