---
title: 'Hairspray (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Adam Shankman'
released: '2007-07-10'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hairspray-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427327/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hairspray (2007)

2007 · 117 min · Music, Romance · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman, and written by Leslie Dixon. It is based on the 2002 stage musical by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, which itself was based on John Waters's 1988 film. Produced by Ingenious Media and Zadan/Meron Productions, the film features an ensemble cast including John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, and Nikki Blonsky in her feature film debut.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Adam Shankman](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-shankman)
- **Screenplay:** [Leslie Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-dixon), [Thomas Meehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-meehan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marc Shaiman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-shaiman)
- **Producer:** [Craig Zadan](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-zadan), [Neil Meron](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-meron), [Marc Shaiman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-shaiman), [Toby Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-emmerich), [Robert Shaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaye), [Scott Wittman](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-wittman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bojan Bazelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/bojan-bazelli)
- **Editor:** [Michael Tronick](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-tronick)

## Cast

- [Elijah Kelley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elijah-kelley)
- [Nikki Blonsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikki-blonsky)
- [Queen Latifah](https://cinepixo.com/people/queen-latifah)
- [Zac Efron](https://cinepixo.com/people/zac-efron)
- [James Marsden](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-marsden)
- [Allison Janney](https://cinepixo.com/people/allison-janney)
- [Brittany Snow](https://cinepixo.com/people/brittany-snow)
- [Paul Dooley](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dooley)
- [Christopher Walken](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-walken)
- [Taylor Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-parks)
- [Jerry Stiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-stiller)
- [Michelle Pfeiffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-pfeiffer)
- [John Travolta](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-travolta)
- [Amanda Bynes](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-bynes)

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Official site: http://www.hairspraymovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hairspray-2007
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