Marc Shaiman
4) Hairspray
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When Tracy Turnblad has a chance to dance on a 1960's music show, her actions bring her fame but complicates life at home and with her friends.
5) Rumor has it
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Sarah has finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff, but isn't sure if marriage is what she wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena family that she's never felt quite a part of. It isn't until Sarah stumbles into a well-kept family secret that she starts to question her roots and sets off in search of the man who may have answers the she has been looking...
9) Sister act
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A lounge singer witnesses a mob crime and is forced to hide out in a convent.
12) Misery
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.
13) Alex & Emma
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Alex is an author whose writer's block and gambling debts have landed him in trouble. In order to get the loan sharks off his back, he must finish his novel in 30 days or end up dead. To help him complete his manuscript, he hires stenographer, Emma. As Alex begins to dictate his tale of a romantic love triangle, Emma challenges his ideas at every turn. Her unsolicited, yet intriguing input, begins to inadvertently influence Alex and his story and...
14) Hairspray
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1962 Baltimore there are changes in the air. Plus-sized teen Tracy Turnblad, with big hair and even bigger heart, has only one passion, to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corney Collins Show" and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. The trendsetting Tracy aims to win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in.
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Mary Poppins departed London, Jane and Michael Banks grew up into loving and responsible adults. When Michael becomes a single father of three children after the death of his wife, Mary Poppins revisits the Cherry Tree Lane home again to try to help Michael and his family cope and move beyond their grief. Time passes quickly for most normal mortals. Mary Poppins has never been normal. Although it's now the 1930s, she looks exactly the same....
17) Patch Adams
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh--even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story.
19) Get over it
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Tells the tale of a high school boy who is down on his luck. He loses his girlfriend and will do anything to get her back--including quitting the basketball team and trying out for an acting role in a Shakespeare play. But as soon as he stops moping over his break up, he begins to take interest in his best friend's little sister, and finds that romance is everywhere.
20) Hairspray live!
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1962, Tracy Turnblad becomes an overnight sensation after appearing on a Baltimore TV dance show. With her newfound popularity, she twists and shakes her hometown, teaching them a thing or two about racial equality, and of course, the power of big hair.