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High School Musical
High School Musical poster
Directed by	Kenny Ortega
Written by	Peter Barsocchini
Produced by	Don Schain
Starring	Zac Efron Vanessa Anne Hudgens Ashley Tisdale Lucas Grabeel Corbin Bleu Monique Coleman
Cinematography	Gordon Lonsdale
Edited by	Seth Flaum
Music by	Greg Cham Ray Cham Andy Dodd Faye Greenberg Jamie Houston David Lawrence Adam Watts Matt Gerrard Drew Lane Eddie Galan Andrew Seeley
Distributed by	Disney Channel, Family
Release dates	January 20, 2006
Running time	100 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.2 million

High School Musical is an Emmy Award-winning American television film. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and the feature film High School Musical 3: Senior Year to be released theatrically in October 2008. 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.

High School Musical was Disney Channel's most watched movie at its time, with 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast in the US. 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 Disney Channel Original Movie to be broadcast on the BBC on December 29, 2006. The film's soundtrack was the best-selling album in the United States for 2006. With a plot described by the author and numerous critics as a modern adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, High School Musical is a story about two high school juniors from rival cliques – Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), a beautiful and shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical, 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 East High School located in Salt Lake City, Utah, the auditorium of Murray High School, & Downtown Salt Lake City. Murray High School was also the set of: Take Down (1978), Read It and Weep (2006), Minutemen (2008) and High School Musical: Get in the Picture (2008).

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on January 10 2006 and debuted at number 133 on the Billboard 200, selling 7,469 copies in its first week. In the album's third week, for the chart dated February 11 2006, it climbed to number ten, and has since risen to number one on the Billboard 200 twice (on March 1 and March 22) and had shipped 3.8 million copies on December 5, 2006. Out of those copies, more than 3 million copies have been sold by August 2006; it was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA. 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.

DVDs

The DVD of the movie was released on May 23 2006 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. It is, however, the second DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie) on DVD to be certified Platinum in DVD sales, the first being The Cheetah Girls.The High School Musical DVD was also released in Australia on July 12 2006 through Walt Disney and was released on European Region 2 on December 4 2006 where it went on to reach number one in the UK 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 August 2006. In addition, the Region 3 DVD was released on October 10 in Hong Kong. It also released in Taiwan on December 15,2006. This is the first Region 3 DCOM DVD ever released. It was released in Mexico on November 10 and in Brazil on December 6 to coincide with Christmas and the Globo broadcast of the movie.

The Remix Edition, a 2-disc Special Edition, was released on December 5, 2006..The Remix DVD was released in France on June 20 2007. and in Germany on September 13 2007. The Remix DVD was released in the UK on September 10 2007.

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 pan and scan 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. The HD version is also available on Xbox Live Marketplace for the US market.

Other media

Sequels

High School Musical 2

High School Musical 2 (also known as High School Musical 2: Sing It All Or Nothing!) is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. It debuted on August 17, 2007 on Disney Channel in the U.S., and on Family in Canada. 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.

High School Musical 3

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. Kenny Ortega returns as director and choreographer, as do all six primary actors.

On stage performances

Concert tour

The "High School Musical: The Concert" tour started on November 29, 2006 kicking off in San Diego, California. The tour continued until January 28, 2007 performing in major cities around the United States, Canada and Latin America. The concert featured all of the original cast members except for Zac Efron, who was busy shooting Hairspray. Efron was replaced by Drew Seeley (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

On August 1 2006, Playbill announced that the Stagedoor Manor summer theater camp, featured in the movie Camp, would be the first venue to produce High School Musical on-stage.

North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, MA had a stage production of High School Musical running until the end of July 2007, featuring Broadway actor Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Rockwell, a semi-finalist on Grease: You're the One that I Want!, as Sharpay. Pacific Repertory Theatre'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.

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 September 29 2007. The cast included 2004 World Junior Bronze Medalist Jordan Brauninger and 2004-2005 Australian national champion Bradley Santer. The show contained elements and songs from both the original movie and its sequel, High School Musical 2.

Book series

In June 2006, Disney Press published High School Musical: the Junior Novel, the novelization of the successful film. This novel hit number one on the New York Times best-selling list and remained on the list for sixteen weeks. As of August 2007, 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. 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

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 August 14, 2007 for the Nintendo DS, Wii, and Playstation 2. The release date was later delayed to November 7, 2007. 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 October 21, 2008.

Reality series

ABC broadcast a new reality series titled High School Musical: Get in the Picture, which started on July 20, 2008. Nick Lachey is the series host.

On July 20 2008, ABC premiered the reality series to poor ratings, with the show coming in fourth place in its time period.

Awards

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External links

• High School Musical DVDs Disney's Official High School Musical DVD site
• Disney Channel UK official website
• Disney Channel Asia official website
• Disney Channel's Official High School Musical India website
• High School Musical: The Concert - Official Tour Site
• BBC Website
• High School Musical at TV.com
• High School Musical, an external wiki

• 2000s romantic comedy films
• American films
• Children's films
• Disney Channel original films
• English-language films
• Films about music and musicians
• High School Musical
• Musical films
• Musical comedy films
• Shakespearean teen films
• Teen comedy films
• 2006 television films
• Emmy Award winning programs