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High School Musical is a 2006 American
television film, and the first in the High School
Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20,
2006, it became the most successful movie that Disney Channel
Original Movie (DCOM) ever produced,[2][3] with a
television sequel High School Musical 2
released in 2007 and the feature film High School Musical 3:
Senior Year released to theaters in October 2008. It is the
first Disney Channel Original Movie to have a theatrical sequel. A
fourth installment, High School Musical 4: East Meets
West, has been announced to be in the writing stages and to
premiere in Disney Channel in 2010.[4]
The film's soundtrack was the
best-selling album in the United States for 2006.[5]
High School Musical was Disney Channel's most watched movie that
year with 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast in the
US.[6] 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. On December
29, 2006, it became the first Disney
Channel Original Movie to be broadcast on the BBC. Globally, High School Musical has been seen by
over 225 million viewers. [7]
With a plot described by the author and numerous critics as a
modern adaptation of Romeo &
Juliet,[8]
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.[9]
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 to the status
quo".
High School Musical was filmed at East High School
located in Salt Lake City,
Utah, the auditorium of Murray High School, and Downtown Salt Lake City. Murray High School was also
the set of several other Disney productions: Take
Down (1978), Read It and Weep (2006), Minutemen (2008)[10] and
High School Musical: Get in the Picture (2008)[11].
Plot
Troy and Gabriella at the party
Troy Bolton (Zac
Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) meet at a New Year's Eve
party while both are at a ski lodge during winter break. Troy is
the captain of East High School's basketball team, and Gabriella is
portrayed as shy and academic, preferring to read rather than
socialize at the party. At the party, the two are called upon to
sing karaoke together
(Start of Something New). They seem to be attracted to
each other, and exchange numbers before parting.
After break, Troy sees Gabriella in his homeroom, and she
explains that she just moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and
transferred to East High over break. Troy shows Gabriella around
the school, and they pause in front of the sign-up sheet for the
winter musical audtions. This alarms Drama Club president Sharpay
Evans (Ashley
Tisdale), who assumes that Gabriella is interested in
auditioning. Wanting to eliminate competition, Sharpay searches for
more information about the new girl on the internet and arranges
for the scholastic decathlon captain, Taylor McKessie (Monique
Coleman), to find out about Gabriella's past academic
achievements.
During basketball practice, Troy has trouble focusing because
his thoughts are on Gabriella and the idea that he might enjoy
singing more (Get'cha Head In the Game). Gabriella and
Troy both go to the musical auditions, but both are too shy to step
forward as Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed), the drama teacher, asks if
there are any others interested in auditioning after Sharpy and her
brother Ryan (Lucas
Grabeel) perform (What I've Been Looking For). When
Gabriella finally summons the courage to step forward, Troy offers
to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus tells them that they are too late.
After she leaves, Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin), the composer of the musical, argues with Sharpay
and then trips and drops her things. Troy and Gabriella rush to
help her, and they sing together as Kelsi plays piano (What
I've Been Looking For (Reprise)). Ms. Darbus overhears them
and gives them a callback
audition.
Sharpay and Ryan dance
Bop To The Top.
When the callback list is posted, Sharpay is furious to learn
that she has competition for the lead in the musical, and the rest
of the student population is shocked that a basketball star and
shy, nerdy girl have auditioned for a musical. Other students
confess their own secret passions and talents (Stick To The
Status Quo), alarming both Taylor and Troy's friend and fellow
basketball team member, Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu). Since Gabriella has agreed to
join the scholastic decathlon team, both Taylor and Chad want their
teammates to focus on their upcoming competitions rather than the
musical. To help Troy and Gabriella return to normal, Chad and the
basketball team trick Troy into saying that Gabriella is not
important while she watches through a wi-fi link that the
scholastic decathlon team has set up. Gabriella is hurt (When
There Was Me And You), and decides not to audition for the
musical. Troy tries to talk to Gabriella, she refuses to speak to
him. Chad and Taylor feel guilty for ruining Troy and Gabriella's
relationship, and decide to tell them the truth. After Chad and the
basketball tell Troy what they did and offer to support him in
callbacks, Troy goes to Gabriella's house. Although Gabriella
initially avoids him, they reconcile and start practicing for
callbacks with Kelsi.
Intimidated after overhearing Gabriella and Troy practicing,
Sharpay convinces Ms. Darbus to change the callback time to
coincide with both the basketball championship and the scholastic
decathlon, so that Gabriella and Troy cannot participate. Kelsi
overhears Sharpay's conversation with Ms. Darbus, and the
basketball team and the decathlon team work together to come up
with a plan. On the day of the competitions, Taylor and Gabriella
send a computer command to shut down the electricity in the gym,
and send a second command that causes a dangerous chemical reaction
that stalls the decathlon. With both competitions delayed, Troy and
Gabriella rush to the auditorium, and Sharpay and Ryan finish
performing their song (Bop To The Top), confident that
their plan worked. Troy and Gabriella then audition as other
students start streaming into the auditorium from the basketball
game (Breaking Free). Ms. Darbus gives Troy and Gabriella
the lead roles for Twinkle Town, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies. Troy and Gabriella both win
their respective competitions, and the film ends when the entire
school gathers in the gym to celebrate (We're All In This
Together).
Cast
Musical
numbers
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.[12]
| Song |
Chiefly Sung By |
Other Singers |
Scene |
| Start Of Something New |
Troy and Gabriella |
None |
Mountain Ski Resort |
| Get'cha Head in the Game |
Troy |
Basketball Players |
East High's Gym |
| What I've Been Looking For |
Ryan and Sharpay |
None |
East High's Auditorium |
| What I've Been Looking For
(Reprise) |
Troy and Gabriella |
None |
East High's Auditorium |
| Stick To The Status Quo |
Zeke, Martha, Skater Dude, Sharpay, Ryan |
Jocks, Brainiacs, Skater Dudes, Wildcats |
East High's Cafeteria |
| When There Was Me And You |
Gabriella |
None |
East High's Science Lab and Hallways |
| Bop To The Top |
Ryan and Sharpay |
None |
East High's Auditorium |
| Breaking Free |
Troy and Gabriella |
None |
East High's Auditorium |
| We're All In This Together |
Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Sharpay |
Wildcats |
East High's Gym |
DVDs
The DVD of the film 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.[13]
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.[14].The
Remix DVD was released in France on June 20, 2007.[15] and
in Germany on September 13, 2007.[16] The
Remix DVD was released in the UK on September 10, 2007.[17]
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.[18] The
HD version is also available on Xbox Live Marketplace for the US
market.[19]
Other
media
Sequels
High
School Musical 2
High School Musical 2 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 (at the time of its airing) the
highest-rated Disney Channel Movie to date and the most viewed TV
movie to date.[20][21]
High School Musical 3:
Senior Year
Main article: High
School Musical 3: Senior Year
High School Musical 3: Senior Year is the third
installment in Disney's High School Musical franchise. It was
released to theaters across the United States on October 24, 2008.
Kenny Ortega
returned as director and choreographer, as did all six primary
actors.[22][23]
The film currently holds the record for the highest-grossing movie
musical in its opening weekend, with over $80,000,000
worldwide.
High School Musical: East
Meets West
On April 8, 2008, Disney Channel Worldwide President Rich Ross
stated that script was being written for the fourth installment of
High School Musical.[24]
However since Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens' characters have
graduated and headed to college, they will not be reappearing,
Hudgens has confirmed this via Twitter.[25] The
filming will be done by choreographer and director Jeffrey
Hornaday and will debut on Disney Channel in 2010. Casting is
underway for the fourth installment, which is set against the
cross-town school rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West
High Knights.[26]
Spin-off
High School
Musical: El desafio (Argentina)
Main article: High
School Musical: El desafio (Argentina)
High School Musical: El desafio (Argentina) is a spin-off of
the American movie High School Musical for the Argentine market,
based on the book Battle of the Bands. The movie arrived in
Argentine theaters on July 17, 2008.
On stage
performances
Concert
tour
Main article: High
School Musical: The Concert
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 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 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 presented the West Coast premiere
of High School Musical 2 in January 2009.[27]
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.[28] 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 and
now features a special preview of High School Musical 3: Senior
Year.
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.[29]
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.[29]
"High School Musical 3: Senior Year: The Junior Novel" came out on
September 23, 2008. 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. It also came to
England, at the O2.
Video
games
Main article: High
School Musical: Sing It!
Main article: High
School Musical: Makin' the Cut!
Main article: High
School Musical 2: Work This Out DS
Main article: High
School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE!
Main article: High
School Musical 3: Senior Year DS
Main article: Disney
Sing It! - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Main article: Disney
Got It! - High School Musical: East Meets West
Disney Interactive Studios
has produced 7 video games based on the High School
Musical series, all taking the guise of music video
games incorporating songs and plots from the movies.
Reality
series
Main article: High
School Musical: Get in the Picture
During July and August 2008, ABC broadcast a reality
competition based on the series, High School Musical: Get
in the Picture [30]
hosted by Nick
Lachey. The winner of the show appeared in a music video during
the credits of High School Musical 3.[31] The
series premiered to poor ratings, with the show coming in fourth
place in its timeslot.[32] In
the UK, a reality
show titled Hairspray: The School Musical premiered in
2008 on Sky1. It saw a team of
vocal coaches, acting coaches and choreographers hold auditions at
a regular comprehensive school where a mix
of students could audition for a West End production of the hit Broadway
musical, Hairspray. Although the musical being
performed was not High School
Musical, the movie was the inspiration behind the
show. The show was presented by Denise Van Outen
and was credited, along with [[High School Musical]] for
inspiring a generation of children in the UK to get into theatrical work.
Awards
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