Hairspray
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A plump Baltimore teenager wins a spot on a local dance show and uses her new fame to fight for racial integration, enraging the show's reigning queen and her segregationist parents.
Why watch: Divine died three weeks after the premiere. Waters's first PG-rated film.
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Cast
Ricki Lake as Tracy Turnblad
Divine as Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile
Debbie Harry as Velma Von Tussle
Vitamin C as Amber von Tussle
Sonny Bono as Franklin von Tussle
Leslie Ann Powers as Penny Pingleton
Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybelle
Jerry Stiller as Wilbur Turnblad
Michael St. Gerard as Link Larkin
Clayton Prince as Seaweed
Mink Stole as Tammy
Shawn Thompson as Corny Collins
Ric Ocasek as Beatnik Cat
Pia Zadora as Beatnik Chick
Jo Ann Havrilla as Prudence Pingleton
Crew
John Waters — Director
John Waters — Writer
Sara Risher — Executive Producer
Rachel Talalay — Producer
Stanley F. Buchthal — Co-Producer
John Waters — Co-Producer
Robert Shaye — Executive Producer
David Insley — Director of Photography
Janice Hampton — Editor
Vincent Peranio — Art Direction
Vincent Peranio — Production Design
Van Smith — Costume Design
Kenny Vance — Original Music Composer
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