High School Musical
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| High School Musical | |
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| Directed by | Kenny Ortega |
| Written by | Peter Barsocchini |
| Produced by | Don Schain |
| Starring | Zac Efron Vanessa 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 |
Release dates | January 20, 2006 |
Running time | 98 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.2 million[1] |
High School Musical is an American made-for-television musical film, produced and distributed by Disney Channel, and was released on January 20, 2006.
The television film was one of the most successful Disney Channel Original Movies produced, with a sequel and a spin-off[2] confirmed and soundtrack that was the most commercially-successful album of 2006.
High School Musical is a story of two high school students: Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical. Despite other students' attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella persist and inspire others along the way.
Plot Summary
Template:Spoiler Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez, two complete strangers, both attend a New Year's Eve party at a ski lodge over Christmas Break. They are randomly chosen to sing "Start of Something New", for karaoke, and have amazing chemistry. They exchange numbers, promising to call each other, and a week later find out they both attend the same high school, after Gabriella's mother transfers her to East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Meeting again in homeroom, Troy, who is the captain of the basketball team, tries to call Gabriella to let her know he's there, and winds up getting detention, along with Gabriella, his best friend and teammate Chad Danforth, scholastic decathlon captain Taylor McKessey, and Drama Club co-presidents Ryan and Sharpay Evans.
After homeroom, Troy and Gabriella see each other and start to re-introduce themselves. They see the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions. Sharpay finds them and assumes that Gabriella wants to sign up. She and Ryan look up Gabriella Montez in a search engine on the internet and find that she is an "Einsteinette". They put the article on Gabriella's academic achievements at her previous school into Taylor's locker. During detention, Taylor approaches Gabriella and invites her to join the school's scholastic decathlon team.
As a result of the 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 can't seem to stop thinking about Gabriella ("Get'cha Head in the Game").
Troy skips basketball practice during free period to go to 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 "What I've Been Looking For". 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 composer 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 supposed to sound. Troy and Gabriella then sing the slower version of the song, "What I've Been Looking For". Ms. Darbus hears them from behind the auditorium entrance and gives both Troy and Gabriella a callback. 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 all are shocked.
At lunch, everyone has learned that Troy is doing something highly out of basketball players' nature, and the students start confessing their secret passions and talents ("Stick to the Status Quo"). Gabriella slips and accidentally spills her lunch all over Sharpay's shirt. Sharpay is convinced that Troy and Gabriella are trying to destroy the musical.
Troy asks Gabriella to meet him in his secret hideout, the balcony of a greenhouse. There, she reveals that singing with him at the party was like meeting a new friend at kindergarten; he felt like a best friend although she hardly knew him.
Chad and Taylor decide that they need to devise a plan so that everything can go back to normal. The basketball team tricks Troy into saying that Gabriella isn't important while she watches them through a wi-fi link. Gabriella is hurt and confused about where she and Troy now stand ("When There Was Me and You"). Troy tries to talk to Gabriella as normal, but Gabriella tells him she does not want to do the musical anymore and that it was never really important to her.
After feeling guilty about ruining Troy and Gabriella's friendship, 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 Gabriella is still angry and hurt because of what Troy said, convinced that he meant it. That night, Troy goes to Gabriella's house, but she pretends to be busy with homework. Troy phones her 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 "Start of Something New" in attempt to persuade her to go to the callbacks with him. Gabriella then forgives him, and they start practicing the callback piece at school together with Kelsi.
Soon Sharpay and Ryan overhear Gabriella and Troy practicing, and feel intimidated by the competition. Together they convince Ms. Darbus to change the callbacks to the same time as the basketball championship and scholastic decathlon. Kelsi overhears their conversation with Mrs. Darbus, she and the others are devastated, but the scholastic decathlon and basketball teams 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 boil a hazardous chemical to stall the decathlon.
As Troy and Gabriella then rush to the theater, Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song, "Bop To The Top", 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 "Breaking Free." In the end, Ms. Darbus gives the parts to Troy and Gabriella. After winning both the scholastic decathlon and the basketball game, the entire school gathers in the gym to celebrate ("We're All in This Together").
After the celebrations, Sharpay finds Zeke alone in the gym and tells him that the cookies he made are the best things she has ever tasted. Zeke answers that he might even make her a crème brûlée. Template:Endspoiler
Cast
- Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
- Vanessa Anne Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
- Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans
- Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
- Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie
- Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth
- Olesya Rulin as Kelsi Nielsen
- Alyson Reed as Ms. Darbus
- Chris Warren Jr. as Zeke Baylor
- Bart Johnson as Coach Jack Bolton
- Ryne Sanborn as Jason Cross
- Kaycee Stroh as Martha Cox
- Socorro Herrera as Mrs. Montez
- Joey Miyashima as Principal Matsui
- Andrew Seeley as Troy Bolton (singing voice)
Characters
Main characters
Troy Bolton
Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is the male protagonist of the story and the captain of the East High Wildcats basketball team. His best friend is Chad Danforth. At a New Years party at a ski resort, he was pressured into singing 'Start of Something New' with Gabriella Montez; prior to that, he had only sung in the shower.[3] Troy is torn between basketball and singing; he wants to sing with Gabriella, but his teammates push him away from it with peer pressure and even trickery because they are worried it will affect their chances at winning the championship game, as Troy is the coach's son, Wildcat captain, and star player.
Gabriella Montez
Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) is the female protagonist. She is a shy and intelligent student who just changed schools. She originally met Troy when they were forced into singing together at a New Years party at a ski resort. She meets him again when she moves to the same school as Troy in Albuquerque. She is hesitant to let everybody know of her past achievements, although they find out that she previously won numerous Scholastic Competitions. She had previously been in a church choir, but passed out after having everybody stare at her while singing solo. She and Troy audition, get a callback, and then win the lead parts for the Winter musical. She also helps East High win the Scholastic Decathlon.
Sharpay Evans
Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) is the antagonist of High School Musical. She is an arrogant person who always wants her way. She, along with her brother Ryan, audition for the winter musical against Troy and Gabriella. When she hears that Troy and Gabriella have a callback, she changes the callback date so Troy and Gabriella wouldn't be able to get the leads. Sharpay ends up being the understudy for Gabriella, and in the end, wishes Gabriella good luck by telling her to break a leg. Chad, at one point, calls Sharpay a "show dog"; the Shar Pei, a homophone of Sharpay, is a kind of dog.
Ryan Evans
Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's fraternal twin brother, acting partner, and nicer one of the twins. They have starred in seventeen productions together. Ryan isn't very smart, as shown by his inability to read "Go Drama Club!" on the basketball team's shirts. Ryan has a taste for hats, wearing nine different during the movie.
Taylor McKessie
Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is the leader of East High's science club, which competes in the Scholastic Decathlon. She befriends Gabriella when she arrives to the school and convinces her to join the Scholastic Club. While she at first tried to stop Gabriella from singing, she eventually ended up supporting her. She has a strong dislike for athletes, stating that they "contribute nothing to society other than slam dunks and touchdowns." However, her opinion of athletes changes over time. She is asked out by Chad Danforth by the end of the film.
Chad Danforth
Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) is a member of the Wildcats team and Troy's best friend. He seems to be extremely devoted to basketball. From the start, he's a little selfish and unsupportive of Troy's auditioning for the musical. He thinks that the musical isn't for basketball players. However, he realizes later that singing is something that Troy truly enjoys and so Chad gives his support to his best friend's audition endeavor. After teaming up with Taylor McKessie to pull Troy and Gabriella apart, and then to put them back together again, he asks her out.
Minor characters
Ms. Darbus
Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed) is the drama teacher at East High. She is an advocate of theater and has a strong dislike for cell phones. She has gotten into arguments with Coach Bolton numerous times.
Coach Jack Bolton
Coach Jack Bolton (Bart Johnson) is the Wildcats' coach and Troy's father. He is a former champion Wildcats player, and expects his son to follow in his footsteps. He has gotten into numerous heated arguments with Ms. Darbus.
Kelsi Nielsen
Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin) is a pianist and the composer of the Twinkle Towne musical. Kelsi is not the most confident person, as shown when she tries to give input to how Sharpay sang 'What I've Been Looking For'. By the end of the movie, however, she stands up to Sharpay. Troy calls her the playmaker and she receives the game ball. At the end of the movie, there is an indication that Jason and she start going out.
Zeke Baylor
Zeke Baylor (Chris Warren Jr) is a member of the Wildcats team, who also enjoys baking. He likes Sharpay, and in the end of the film Sharpay begins to have mutual feelings. Zeke baked cookies for her but ends up giving them to Ryan after Sharpay reacted negatively.
Jason Cross
Jason Cross (Ryne Sanborn) is also a member of the Wildcats team. He also appears to have a crush on Kelsi, when he stood behind her to help her make a basket, right before the film's last musical number.
Song list
| Song Number | Title | Singers | Description |
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| 1 | Start Of Something New | Troy & Gabriella | Troy and Gabriella are forced to sing this song as karaoke. It represents the start of their new relationship. |
| 2 | Get'cha Head In The Game | Troy & The Basketball Team | This song is during the Wildcats' basketball practice. It shows how Troy wants to give 100% effort into basketball, yet he keeps thinking about Gabriella and his singing ability. |
| 3 | What I've Been Looking For | Sharpay & Ryan | This is the audition song for East High School's winter musical. Sharpay and Ryan drastically alter Kelsi's vision for the song. |
| 4 | What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) | Troy & Gabriella | Troy and Gabriella sing the same song as Sharpay and Ryan, but they sing it slower, as Kelsi intended it to be. |
| 5 | Stick To The Status Quo | High School Musical Cast (Except Troy & Gabriella) | This song takes place in the cafeteria during lunch. After Troy and Gabriella get a callback for the winter musical, the whole school is in shock. Because Troy got a callback, everybody wants to share their secrets about other things they do, in spite of their cliques. However, the majority of the students will not accept that people can try new things, and insist otherwise. |
| 6 | When There Was Me & You | Gabriella | After hearing Troy say that Gabriella and the callbacks mean nothing to him, Gabriella is upset. This song is about how Gabriella thought that Troy was someone special and how she was let down. |
| 7 | Bop To The Top | Sharpay & Ryan | This is Sharpay's and Ryan's callback song. It's a salsa-styled song which represents that they will come out on top. |
| 8 | Breaking Free | Troy & Gabriella | This is Troy's and Gabriella's callback song, taken from Kelsi's musical. It represents that they are 'breaking free' from what they have always done. |
| 9 | We're All In This Together | High School Musical Cast | This is the final song of the movie. It is sung by the entire cast in the gym. It represents that everyone is together and they can do what they choose. The song features solos from Troy, Gabriella, Ryan and Sharpay. |
| n/a | I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You | Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay & Ryan | This song was not featured in the movie, however it is found on the High School Musical Soundtrack. |
Variations
Apart from the original version, Disney Channel has also broadcast different variations of the movie:
- Sing-Along version, aired on January 21, 2006, is a karaoke-style presentation in which viewers can sing along to their favorite soundtrack songs. This version is also included in the High School Musical: Encore Edition DVD.
- Dance-Along version, aired on March 10, 2006, includes dance moves from the songs "Get'cha Head in the Game" and "We're All in This Together", which are taught by the cast members during the breaks of the movie. The videos of the teaching are included in the High School Musical: Remix Edition DVD as a bonus feature.
- Pop-Up edition is a special presentation, which premiered on November 24, 2006, including a behind the scenes look into the making of the movie. The pop-ups are small "Post-it notes"-like notices that pop up at times of interest in the movie, showing information about it.
- High School Musical: Around The World premiered on January 20, 2007. This version was the one-year anniversary celebration. It includes music videos from different countries, including a version of "Breaking Free" by Conchita titled "No Dejés de Sonar" and a version of "What I've Been Looking For" by Belanova titled "Eres Tú".
Production
This was Disney Channel's most successful movie at its time with 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast in the US. In the UK, the cable premiere received around 835,000 viewers for its first run, making the film the most watched program for the Disney Channel (UK) of 2006 [1]. The terrestrial reception was lukewarm, as it received 3.4 million viewers with 17% share [2]. Charles Klapow, one of the choreographers for the movie, was also one of the basketball dancers.
On two commercial promotions, Ashley, Zac, Vanessa, and Corbin appeared on the Hannah Montana set with Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, and Jason Earles from the Hannah Montana cast. There was also a dance-off involving both sets of cast members.
Paul Cozby, of Fort Worth, Texas, is currently suing Disney, claiming that the plot was copied from his musical, also named 'High School Musical.[4]
Release Dates
DVDs
High School Musical was released on DVD on May 23 2006. Entitled High School Musical: Encore Edition, the DVD includes both original and sing-along versions. The DVD broke sales records when 1.2 million copies were sold in its first six days making it the fastest-selling television movie of all time.[5] It is, however, the second DCOM on DVD to be certified Platinum in DVD sales; the first is The Cheetah Girls.
The High School Musical DVD was also released in Australia on July 12 2006 through Walt Disney and was released on Region 2 on December 4 2006 where it went on to reach number 1 in the UK DVD charts, It was also shown on Disney Channel South Africa, the newest Disney channel in the southern hemisphere. It was the top selling DVD in Australia in August 2006. Also, 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. It includes all of the Encore Edition's bonus features and adds a dance-along featurette, new music videos, original song remixes, new cast interviews, and behind the scenes featurettes on the Hollywood and London premieres.[6]
Despite being filmed in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, both the original and Remix Edition DVD releases featured a 1.33:1 pan & scan, "full screen" version, the format of the film as shown on the Disney Channel. [3]
Bonus Features: Encore Edition
- Learning the Moves featurette led by director/choreographer Kenny Ortega (Bop to the Top)
- Never-before-seen music video "I Can't Take My Eyes off of You"
- "We're All in This Together" music video
- "Bringing It All Together"-The Making of High School Musical.
Bonus Features: Remix Edition
- Exclusive interviews with cast members after the High School Musical phenomenon
- Dance Along with Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, and Ryan for Get'cha Head in the Game and We're All in this Together
- Two song remixes: "We're All In This Together" and "Breaking Free"
- Eres Tú Music Video by Belanova.
- Hollywood Premiere: Behind-The-Scenes[7]
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[4].
The soundtrack was released in Australia on May 27 2006 by EMI. In the album's seventh week it reached the number one position on Australia's ARIA Album Charts for the week dated July 31 2006 and has been certified platinum, selling 70,000 units in total.
The single, Breaking Free, debuted in the UK Official Top 75, at Number 45 on Sunday September 24, 2006 on downloads alone. Upon its physical release, its peak position was #9.
In India, unlike other countries that air the movie, the songs are dubbed in Hindi.[8] The soundtrack was released on the 13th of November to only the major CD stores in South Africa, selling every copy in its first week.
On May 23, 2006, the same day the DVD came out, Walt Disney Records released a Special Edition of the album featuring a bonus disc with 8 karaoke tracks of the songs: "Start of Something New", "Get'cha Head In The Game", "What I've Been Looking For", "When There Was Me & You", "Bop to the Top", "Breaking Free", "We're All In This Together" & "I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" (which was cut from the movie). The Special Edition also comes with a fold out locker poster of Troy & Gabriella on one side and a movie poster on the other.
Contributions
The song "We're All In This Together" by the cast was featured on the album, Radio Disney Party Jams. The song "When There Was Me & You" was featured on the album Girl Next.
Other media
Concert Tour
The High School Musical: The Concert tour ran from November 29, kicking off in San Diego, California. The tour continued until January 28th, playing in major cities around the United States and Canada. The concert featured all of the original cast members except for Zac Efron, who was replaced by Drew Seeley. The concert featured the original songs from the movie, as well as showcase songs from Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and Corbin Bleu who all now have or will have solo material in the future.
Ice Show
As confirmed on the Disney on Ice official website, Feld Entertainment will produce an ice show of High School Musical. The United States tour will begin on August 31, 2007.
Stage musical
Playbill announced on August 1, 2006 that the Stagedoor Manor summer theater camp, featured in the movie Camp, would be the first venue to produce High School Musical on-stage.
Differences Between the Movie and Stage Show
- The stage musical includes two new songs: "Counting On You" and "Cellular Fusion".
- Jack Scott, a school announcer, joins the cast of characters and acts as the play's narrator.
- Former extra song "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" has been added to the main repertoire, with slightly altered lyrics and without Sharpay and Ryan.
- Jason's part is significantly smaller role in the play than in the movie. He has only one line, and does not end up with Kelsi, Jack Scott does.
- Many of the songs have different tunes and different parts added to them.
Theme parks
A High School Musical Pep Rally mini-parade premiered at Disneyland's California Adventure in October 2006. A Florida version of the Pep Rally show is also performed daily at the Disney-MGM Studios. At the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, an immobile show was performed for a short while. [citation needed]
Book Series
In June 2006, Disney Publishing released High School Musical: The Junior Novel. This novel sold many copies, making it a best seller and leading to a "Stories from East High" book series. In 2007, Disney Publishing will release the new book series called "Stories from East High". [citation needed]
Video Game
Behind the Scenes Books
All in This Together: The Unofficial Story of "High School Musical", to be released in April 2007, gives a behind the scenes look at the production of movie and the cast.
Awards
| Year | Award | Result | Category |
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| 2006 | Artios Award | Won | Best Children's Television Programming |
| Billboard Music Award | Soundtrack Album of the Year | ||
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Children's Program - tie[9] | ||
| Outstanding Choreography | |||
| Teen Choice Award | Television - Choice Breakout Star (Zac Efron) | ||
| Television - Choice Chemistry (Vanessa Anne Hudgens & Zac Efron) | |||
| Television - Choice Comedy/Musical Show | |||
| Television Critics Association Award | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming | ||
| American Music Award | Nominated | Best Pop Album | |
| Billboard Music Award | Album of the Year | ||
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special | ||
| Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special | |||
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ("Get'Cha Head In The Game") | |||
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ("Breaking Free") | |||
| Satellite Award | Best Motion Picture Made for Television | ||
| Teen Choice Award | Television - Choice Breakout Star (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) |
See also
References
- ^ Disney hits high note with the tweenagers - Industry sectors - Times Online
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117959007.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
- ^ ""Memorable Quotes from High School Musical"".
- ^ The Mouse And The Musical: Battle Over Idea Rights
- ^ Arnold, Thomas. "'High School Musical' Debuts at No. 1".
- ^ "High School Musical Remix Edition - Disney press release".
- ^ http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/moviefinder/products/5327303.html High School Musical Remix Edition DVD
- ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1054690
- ^ Tied with I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
External links
- See High School Musical: The Theater Show for more information on the show of the same name.
- Official website at Disney Channel
- 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 at IMDb
- East High School - The location of the movie shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- High School Musical: The Concert - Official Tour Site
- BBC Website
- Australian Site
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