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  • Shankman names Hairspray pal Oscars music director - 24 November 2009
    -Hairspray collaborators Adam Shankman and Marc Shaiman are to team up again at the Oscars.- -First-time Academy Awards co-producer Shankman has named composer/arranger Shaiman as the music director for the 82nd Oscars in March (10).- - Shaiman has never won an Oscar


  • Shankman rocks out with Rock of Ages: The Movie - 21 October 2009
    -Actor Tobey Maguire and filmmaker Adam Shankman are teaming up to adapt Broadway musical Rock Of Ages for the big screen.- -Shankman, who transformed the stage production of Hairspray into a Hollywood movie musical in 2007, will direct and choreograph the film, while


  • Mechanic & Shankman land Oscars' top job - 21 October 2009
    -Movie moguls Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman have been given the task of producing the 2010 Oscars.- -The honour is extra special for director Shankman, who once performed at the Academy Awards - as a dancer.- - He says, "This is such an unbelievable honour... There

Adam Shankman - what members say


  • Hairspray
  • Hairspray review by JJTimothy from County Durham, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars You won't want to stop the beat 3 August 2007
    ... funny and exuberant Hairspray lacks Mel Brooks' manic brilliance of course but Adam Shankman's light, sure touch is more than adequate compensation carrying the film along ...   Read customer review

Adam Shankman - filmography


  • Rock of Ages (2012)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Bryan Cranston,  Malin Akerman
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in 1987 Los Angeles, Drew and Sherrie are two young people chasing their dreams in the big city. When they meet, it's love at first sight, though their romance will face a series of challenges.
    3 stars out of 5 66% from 13 members
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  • Bedtime Stories - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Keri Russell,  Guy Pearce
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The life of Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handyman, is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it's the kids' ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,236 members
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  • Bedtime Stories on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Keri Russell,  Guy Pearce
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The life of Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handyman, is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it's the kids' ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 26,903 members
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  • Hairspray - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Queen Latifah,  Amanda Bynes
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After finding success on Broadway, the hilarious John Waters 1988 classic comes to the big screen once again with this Adam Shankman remake featuring an star-studded cast led by newcomer Nicole Bronsky in the part originally played by Ricki Lake.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,830 member
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  • The Pacifier on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Vin Diesel,  Lauren Graham,  Faith Ford
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolf (Diesel) is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 25,856 members
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  • Cheaper By The Dozen 2 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Bonnie Hunt,  Piper Perabo
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Steve Martin returns as the proud patriarch of the Baker family in this sequel to the original CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, based on a book by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth. This time, all twelve Baker kids and their parents, Tom (Martin) and Kate (Bonnie Hunt), are going on vacation, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 21,511 members
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  • Bringing Down The House on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Queen Latifah,  Eugene Levy
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a divorced workaholic L.A. lawyer trying to forget his ex-wife (Jean Smart). Successful but lonely, Peter falls for an online chat buddy and is eager to meet his dream girl, until he meets the real woman behind the screen name and realises she is not at all like he'..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,187 members
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  • A Walk To Remember on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Shane West,  Mandy Moore,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Landon Carter (Shane West) and his friends are the coolest kids in Beaufort, North Carolina. They wear the right clothes, drive the right cars, and get into just enough trouble to be rebellious. Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore) is the opposite--there doesn't seem to be anything cool about her. The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 5,392 members
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  • The Wedding Planner on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kevin Pollak,  Charles Kimbrough,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jennifer Lopez is Mary, a peppy career woman who is great at what she does: she can turn any wedding into the perfect romantic event. Incurably single, she feels she's hit the jackpot when a chance encounter introduces her to Steve (Matthew McConaughey), a doctor. What she doesn't know--and what ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 19,572 members
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Adam Shankman facts

5 most recent films

Rock of Ages - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Rock of Ages - 3.0 stars
Bedtime Stories - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Bedtime Stories - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

A Walk To Remember - 3.5 stars
Bedtime Stories - 3.5 stars
Bedtime Stories - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Rock of Ages - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Rock of Ages - 3.0 stars
Bringing Down The House - 3.0 stars
The Wedding Planner - 3.0 stars
The Pacifier - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Queen Latifah - 5 times - show films
Russell Brand - 5 times - show films
Brittany Snow - 5 times - show films
Christopher Walken - 4 times - show films
Michelle Pfeiffer - 4 times - show films