Misplaced Pages

High School Musical: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 00:59, 2 October 2008 view source190.21.2.192 (talk) →External links← Previous edit Revision as of 13:31, 2 October 2008 view source 204.82.81.211 (talk) ←Replaced content with ' HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL BLOWS THE BIG 1'Next edit →
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Otheruses}}
{{Infobox Film
| name =High School Musical
| image = HSMposter.jpg
| caption= ''High School Musical'' poster
| director = ]
| producer = ]
| writer = Peter Barsocchini
| starring = ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]
| music = ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]
| cinematography = Gordon Lonsdale
| editing = Seth Flaum
| distributor = ], ]
| released = ], ]
| runtime = 100 min
| country = {{USA}}
| language = ]
| budget = $4.2 million<ref></ref>
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = ''] (])''
|] (2008)
|
| website = http://psc.disney.go.com/disneychannel/originalmovies/highschoolmusical/
| amg_id = 1:345975
| imdb_id = 0475293
}}
'''''High School Musical''''' is an ]-winning ] ]. Upon its release on ], ], it became the most successful movie that ] (DCOM) ever produced,<ref>] - ] - USATODAY.com]</ref><ref></ref> with a television sequel '']'' released in 2007 and the feature film '']'' to be released theatrically in ]. It will be the first Disney Channel Original movie to have a theatrical sequel. A fourth installment, ''High School Musical 4'', has been announced to be in the writing stages.<ref name="HSM4>{{cite news | last= Hetrick | first= Adam| title=Bet On It: Disney Plans Fourth "High School Musical" | publisher=Playbill | date=2009-04-09 | accessdate= 2009-04-10 | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116643.html }}</ref>


HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL BLOWS THE BIG 1
''High School Musical'' was ]'s most watched movie at its time, with 7.7&nbsp;million viewers in its premiere broadcast in the US.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} In the UK, it received 789,000 viewers for its premiere (and 1.2 million viewers overall during the first week), making it the second most watched program for the Disney Channel (UK) of 2006. It was also the first ever ] to be broadcast on the ] on ], ]. The film's ] was the best-selling album in the United States for 2006.<ref></ref>
With a plot described by the author and numerous critics as a modern adaptation of '']'', <ref>; ; ; ; </ref> ''High School Musical'' is a story about two ] juniors from rival ] – Troy Bolton (]), captain of the ] team, and Gabriella Montez (]), a beautiful and shy transfer student who excels in ] and ].<ref>;;</ref> Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school ], and as a result, divide the school. Despite other students' attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry, inspiring others along the way not to "stick with the status quo."

''High School Musical'' was filmed at ] located in ], the auditorium of ], & ]. ] was also the set of: '']'' (1978), '']'' (2006), '']'' (2008)<ref></ref> and '']'' (2008)<ref></ref>.

==Plot==
East High School's basketball star Troy Bolton and math-whiz Gabriella Montez meet at a ] party at a ] over ] Break. Here, they take part in a ] contest and sing ("]"). They discover they have a great chemistry between them and end up exchanging numbers. A week later, Gabriella's mother is transferred and Gabriella begins classes at East High in ], ] where Troy sees her in homeroom. After making sure that it is her on his cell phone, Troy accidentally gets ], along with Gabriella, his best friend and teammate Chad Danforth, scholastic decathlon captain and head of the science club Taylor McKessie, and Drama Club co-presidents Ryan and Sharpay Evans.
After homeroom, Troy and Gabriella see each other again and as they start talking near the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions, Sharpay sees them and assumes that Gabriella is interested in signing up. With Ryan's help, Sharpay determines that Gabriella is an "]ette", and puts an article of her previous academic achievements into Taylor's locker. During detention, Taylor approaches Gabriella and invites her to join the school's scholastic decathlon team. Due to their detention, both Troy and Chad miss their basketball practice, much to the annoyance of Coach Bolton. During a confrontation between the coach and Ms. Darbus, it is made clear that neither of them has any real respect for the work that the other does. Troy eventually takes part in basketball practice, but he cannot seem to stop thinking about Gabriella and how he might actually enjoy singing ("]"). Troy skips basketball practice during free period to go for the auditions, which Gabriella also attends. However, both are too shy to come forward, so they hide behind a janitorial rolling cart as Sharpay and Ryan perform their version of the audition song ("]"). When Gabriella finally decides to audition, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus says it is too late.
After a confrontation with Sharpay, Kelsi Nielsen, the ] of the musical, trips and drops her notes and piano music. Troy and Gabriella rush to help her, and she offers to let them hear how the song was originally supposed to sound. Troy and Gabriella then sing the slower version of the song ("What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)"). Ms. Darbus hears them from behind the ] entrance and gives both Troy and Gabriella a ]. The next day, Sharpay sees the callback sheet and is furious. Once Chad and all the basketball players find out that Troy skipped basketball practice to audition for the musical, they are all shocked.
At lunch, everyone learns that Troy is doing something way out of a basketball player's nature, and the students start confessing their secret passions and talents ("]"), including basketball player Zeke Baylor's love for baking. At that moment, Gabriella slips and accidentally spills her lunch all over Sharpay's shirt. Sharpay tells Ms. Darbus that Gabriella did it on purpose and tries to convince her that Troy and Gabriella are trying to destroy the musical, but Ms. Darbus won't hear a word of it. Troy asks Gabriella to meet him at his secret hideout, the balcony of a ]. There, she reveals that singing with him at the party was like meeting a new friend at kindergarten; she felt that he was like a best friend, although she hardly knew him. Meanwhile, Zeke attempts to talk to Sharpay, who says that she would rather stick pins in her eyes than watch Zeke play basketball.
Chad and Taylor decide that they need to devise a plan so that everything returns to normal. The basketball team tricks Troy into saying that Gabriella is not too important while she watches them through a ] link. Gabriella is hurt and confused about where she and Troy now stand ("]"). Troy tries to talk to Gabriella, but she tells him that she is not interested in taking part in the musical anymore and that it was never important to her.

After feeling guilty about ruining Troy and Gabriella's relationship, and noticing that they are no longer interested in the basketball game or the decathlon, Chad and Taylor decide to tell them the truth. Chad, Zeke, and Jason explain everything to Troy in the greenhouse and offer to support him at the callbacks. Taylor and the scholastic decathlon team tell Gabriella what they did, but she is still angry and hurt because of what Troy said, convinced that he meant it. That night, Troy goes to her house, but she pretends to be busy with homework. He then calls on her cellphone from her backyard, telling her that the guy she met on vacation is much more like him than the guy that "said those stupid things". He climbs onto her balcony and starts singing the harmony of "]" in an attempt to persuade her to attend the callbacks with him. Gabriella then forgives him, and together with Kelsi, they start practicing for the callback at school.
Soon, Sharpay and Ryan overhear Gabriella and Troy practicing, and feel intimidated by the competition. Sharpay succeeds in convincing Ms. Darbus to change the callbacks to the same time as the basketball championship and scholastic decathlon. Kelsi overhears their conversation with Mrs. Darbus, and when she tells everyone about this, they are devastated. However, the chemistry team, the basketball team and Kelsi work together to come up with a plan. On the day itself, Taylor and Gabriella send a code by computer into the system to disrupt the basketball game by shutting down the scoreboard, and boiling a noxious chemical to stall the decathlon.
As Troy and Gabriella then rush to the theater, Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song ("]"), confident that they will get the part. Troy and Gabriella show up after Ms. Darbus has called their names twice, and she tells them again that they are too late. Many other students start streaming into the auditorium to support them and Ms. Darbus has no choice but to allow them to perform their song. Gabriella freezes when she sees everyone staring at her, but Troy tells her to look only at him, and she finds the courage to sing ("]"). In the end, Ms. Darbus decides to award the lead roles to Troy and Gabriella, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies (and at the basketball game, Sharpay accepts her defeat and tells Gabriella to "]"). After winning both the scholastic decathlon and the basketball game with Troy's last minute shot, (to which Troy and Gabriella tried to actually kiss, but were interrupted by Chad) the entire school gathers in the gym to celebrate ("]").

== Soundtrack ==
{{main|High School Musical (soundtrack)}}
The soundtrack was released on ] ] and debuted at number 133 on the ], selling 7,469 copies in its first week. In the album's third week, for the chart dated ] ], it climbed to number ten, and has since risen to number one on the Billboard 200 twice (on ] and ]) and had shipped 3.8 million copies on ], ]. Out of those copies, more than 3 million copies have been sold by August 2006; it was ] by the ].{{Fact|date=July 2008}} In 2007, the soundtrack got into the Guinness World Records for "Most hits from a soundtrack in the US Chart simultaneously". Nine tracks were simultaneously in the US Hot 100- a world first. <ref>{{cite book |last= Glenday |first= Craig |coauthors= Ben Way |title= Guinness World Records 2008|publisher= ] |year= 2007 |month= August |isbn= 1-904994-19-9}} pg. 165| Retrieved on ]-].</ref>

==DVDs==
The ] of the movie was released on ] ] under the title, ''High School Musical: Encore Edition''. It created a sales record when 1.2 million copies were sold in its first six days, making it the fastest-selling television movie of all time.<ref name="arnold-hmr">{{cite web|url=http://www.homemediaretailing.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=9197|title='High School Musical' Debuts at No. 1|last=Arnold|first=Thomas}}</ref> It is, however, the second DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie) on DVD to be certified Platinum in DVD sales, the first being '']''.The ''High School Musical'' DVD was also released in Australia on ] ] through ] and was released on European Region 2 on ] ] where it went on to reach number one in the ] DVD charts. It was also shown on Disney Channel South Africa, the latest Disney channel at that time in the southern hemisphere. It was the top selling DVD in Australia in ]. In addition, the Region 3 DVD was released on ] in ]. It also released in ] on ],]. This is the first Region 3 DCOM DVD ever released. It was released in Mexico on ] and in ] on ] to coincide with Christmas and the ] broadcast of the movie.
The Remix Edition, a 2-disc Special Edition, was released on ], ].<ref name="ultimatedisney1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatedisney.com/highschoolmusical-remix-pressrelease.html|title=High School Musical Remix Edition - Disney press release}}</ref>.The Remix DVD was released in France on ] ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.fr/High-school-musical-Remix-Collector/dp/B000OPPX08/ref=sr_1_2/171-2123026-6105002?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1187818032&sr=1-2| title=High school musical Remix - Edition Collector 2 DVD}}</ref> and in Germany on ] ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.de/High-School-Musical-remix-DVDs/dp/B000PHVYJE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/028-2818536-7690101?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1188111031&sr=8-4|title=High School Musical - remix (2 DVDs)}}</ref> The Remix DVD was released in the UK on ] ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/High-School-Musical-Vanessa-Anne-Hudgens/dp/B000RWDXAU/ref=sr_1_1/202-3995277-2555821?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1187816668&sr=1-1|title=High School Musical - Remix Edition 2006}}</ref>

Despite being filmed in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio, both the original and Remix Edition DVD releases featured a 1.33:1 "full screen" version (though not ] as the camera stays directly in the center of the image), the format of the film as shown on the Disney Channel. The widescreen and high definition versions have subsequently been showing in the UK on BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC HD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=21909|title=DVD Talk Review: High School Musical|date=May 28, 2006}}</ref> The HD version is also available on ] for the US market. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/marketplace/media/f1424ac1-37eb-4fae-809a-1f21c69a7b11/|title=Disney Channel Original Movies|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref>

==Other media==
===Sequels===
====High School Musical 2====
{{main|High School Musical 2}}
''High School Musical 2'' (also known as ''High School Musical 2: Sing It All Or Nothing!'') is the ] to the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. It debuted on August 17, 2007 on ] in the ], and on ] in ]. The premiere brought in a total of 17.3 million viewers in the United States—almost 10 million more than its predecessor—making it the highest-rated Disney Channel Movie to date.<ref name="patriots">{{cite web |url=http://www.projo.com/patriots/content/projo_20071206_ratings.71c7a6a9.html | title="Patriots-Ravens game sets cable TV viewership record," Providence Journal | accessdate=2007-12-06}}</ref> <ref name="variety">{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970479.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=Variety.com -'High School Musical 2' huge hit |accessdate=2007-08-18 |format= |work=}}</ref>
====High School Musical 3====
{{main|High School Musical 3: Senior Year}}
''High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' will be the third installment in Disney's High School Musical franchise. It is scheduled for a theatrical release in the United States on October 24, 2008<!-- This is a United States movie, DO NOT add other countries release dates. -->. ] returns as director and choreographer, as do all six primary actors.<ref name="variety011408">Graser, Marc. , ''Variety'', January 14, 2008; </ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter">Kit, Borys. , ''The Hollywood Reporter'', January 15, 2008</ref>

===On stage performances===
====Concert tour====
{{main|High School Musical: The Concert}}
The "High School Musical: The Concert" tour started on ], ] kicking off in ]. The tour continued until ], ] performing in major cities around the ], ] and ]. The concert featured all of the original cast members except for ], who was busy shooting ]. Efron was replaced by ] (whose voice was blended with Efron's during the movie). The concert featured the original songs from the movie, as well as showcasing songs from Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and Corbin Bleu.

====Stage musical====
]'s School of Dramatic Arts production of Disney's High School Musical.]]
{{main|High School Musical on Stage!}}
<includeonly>DO NOT put other stuff about musical in this article. It will get its own article soon, Song lists from the musical and different productions of it DO NOT belong here. SEE TALK</includeonly>
On ] ], ] announced that the ] summer ], featured in the movie '']'', would be the first venue to produce ''High School Musical'' on-stage.

North Shore Music Theater in ] had a stage production of ''High School Musical'' running until the end of ], featuring ] actor ] and Kate Rockwell, a semi-finalist on '']'', as Sharpay. ]'s School of Dramatic Arts staged the California premiere in 2007 (which it revived in 2008), and will present the West Coast premiere of High School Musical 2 in January of 2009.<ref>pacrep.org/archive</ref>

Theater of the Stars in Atlanta, Georgia was the first professional company to put on High School Musical.

===Ice tour===
"Feld Entertainment" produced global tour titled, ''High School Musical: The Ice Tour'' which had its world premiere in New York city on ] ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-27-2007/0004616414&EDATE= |title=Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour Heats Up with Announcement of Principal Cast |accessdate=2007-07-04 |date=2007-06-27}}</ref> The cast included ] ] and ] ]. The show contained elements and songs from both the original movie and its sequel, '']''.

===Book series===
{{main|High School Musical Book series}}
In ], ] published ''High School Musical: the Junior Novel'', the novelization of the successful film. This novel hit number one on the '']'' best-selling list and remained on the list for sixteen weeks.<ref name=autogenerated1></ref> As of ], the novel has sold more than 4.5 million copies, with 1 million copies of the novel's follow-up, ''High School Musical 2: The Junior Novel'', being shipped to American retailers.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Shortly after the success of the original novel, Disney announced that a book series, entitled ''Stories From East High'', would be published in February 2007 with a new book being published every 60 days until July 2008.

===Video games===
{{main|High School Musical: Sing It!}}
{{main|High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE!}}
{{main|High School Musical 3: Senior Year DS}}
{{main|High School Musical: Makin' the Cut!}}
The game is about the High School Musical friends traveling across America in a competition, hoping to win the ''"The American Amateur Musical"'' title. With the help of Troy and the others, they will show that they have what it takes to win the competition. The release date was originally set for ], ] for the ], ], and ]. The release date was later delayed to ], ]. Another game was released in 2007 called "Makin' the Cut!" only for DS. Other games; High School Musical 3: Senior Year DS and Dance is coming ], ].

===Reality series===
{{main|High School Musical: Get in the Picture}}
] broadcast a new ] series titled '']'', which started on ], ].<ref name='TV.com 2008-04-01'>{{cite news | first=Tim | last=Surette | coauthors= | title=ABC's summer: chock full o' reality | date=2008-04-01 | publisher= | url =http://www.tv.com/story/11083.html?q=high%20school%20musical&tag=search_results;additional_links;0 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | language = }}</ref> ] is the series host.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981732.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=ABC heads to High School |accessdate=2008-05-13 |author= Michael Schneider |date=2008-03-02 |work= Variety}}</ref>

On ] ], ABC premiered the reality series to poor ratings, with the show coming in fourth place in its time period. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/07/school-musical.html |title=ABC's 'High School Musical' reality show missteps |work= The Live Feed}}</ref>

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Result
|-
| rowspan="12" align="center" | 2006
|-
| align="center" | ]
| Soundtrack Album of the Year
| rowspan="5" align="center" | '''Won'''
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" | ]
| Outstanding Choreography
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | ]
| Television - Choice Breakout Star<br>(Zac Efron)
|-
| Television - Choice Chemistry<br>(Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron)
|-
| align="center" | ]
| Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming
|-
| align="center" | ]
| Best Pop Album
| rowspan="6" align="center" | ''Nominated''
|-
| align="center" | ]
| Album of the Year
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" | ]
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special
|-
| Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special
|-
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics<br>("]")
|-
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics<br>("]")
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
* Disney's Official ''High School Musical'' DVD site
*
*
*
* - Official Tour Site
*
*
*{{wikia|highschoolmusical|High School Musical}}

{{s-start}}
{{s-bef|before='']''}}
{{s-ttl|title=]}}
{{s-aft|after='']''}}
{{end}}

{{High School Musical}}

]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]

]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]

Revision as of 13:31, 2 October 2008

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL BLOWS THE BIG 1

High School Musical: Difference between revisions Add topic