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2006 Certificate U
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Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens star in this Disney Channel Original Movie as popular basketball team captain Troy and smart, stunning academic Gabriella. Both shock the members of the social cliques to which they belong when they each decide to audition for the high school's musical. By proving themselves to be brilliant .. Read more

Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa-Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel
Director Kenny Ortega
Genres Comedy, Family, Music/Musical, Romance, Teen

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High School Musical

Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens star in this Disney Channel Original Movie as popular basketball team captain Troy and smart, stunning academic Gabriella. Both shock the members of the social cliques to which they belong when they each decide to audition for the high school's musical. By proving themselves to be brilliant performers, can these two teens lead their peers towards more open-minded thinking and acceptance of one another? HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL is a family-appropriate feature filled with hip music, popular dance moves, and tons of school spirit.

Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa-Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Alyson Reed, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Bart Johnson, Olesya Rulin, Chris Warren Jr., Ryne Sanborn
Director Kenny Ortega
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Comedy, Family, Music/Musical, Romance, Teen
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 04 Dec 2006
Production year: 2006
Format DVD
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  • 88 out of 96 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    superb.........

    my daughter Bethany loves this dvd, and could not stop watching it. so much so, we bought it for her for her birthday.

    it has a touch of the 'Grease' storyline to it, but more modern day.

    The story follows two teenagers, Zac Efron as Troy Bolton, the captain of the basketball team and Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez, the maths genius.

    They are picked at random from the crowd, attending a teen party at a ski lodge to sing a karaoke song. To their surprise, they actually sound great together and the sparks begin to fly.

    Returning from vacation, Gabriella is starting at a new school. She's hoping to shed her geeky girl image. On her first day, she runs into Troy, who is the captain of the basketball team at her new school. He is busy getting ready for the upcoming playoffs against their rival school.

    In the back of their minds, is the magic that happened when they sang together.

    The sign ups for the school's winter musical have been posted, and both of them are tempted to sign up.

    Of course, that means Troy would have to face his friends, who think he should be focusing all of his time on basketball.

    And Gabriella would have to deal with Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) who, along with her brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), are always the stars of the school musicals, and also, Gabriella is being recruited to compete in the Scholastic Decathlon, by her best friend Taylor.

    When Troy and Gabriella audition for the School Musical and get a callback, vain and self-centred drama queen Sharpay Evans and her brother Ryan instantly start scheming to throw them off the trail.

    Meanwhile, Taylor and Troy's best friend Chad are doing scheming of their own, as the singing is getting in the way of Troy's basketball game, and Gabriella's decathalon, and neither of the teams are happy with their lack of concentration in basketball or maths.

    The music is upbeat and inspiring, stretching from hip-hop ('Get Your Head In The Game') to salsa ('Bop To The Top').

    the question is will both Troy and Gabriella give up their cliqued images of the jock and the nerd stereotypes, to start something new, or will they do as the show's first big anthem urges and 'Stick to the Status Quo'?

    watch it, to find out.

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Modern Day Grease

    Great happy family film. My kids from 2 to 13 along with my wife and I loved the film. Both my wife and I thought it was a modern day Grease!

    Typically Disney film.

      • A customer from Cheadle, England
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    • 04 Mar 2009

    High School Musical is set for return for a fourth term. A new movie will hit TV screens in 2010, but it won't feature stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. A Disney studio statement reads High School Musical 4 will feature a love triangle "set against the cross-town rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West High Knights." Peter Barsocchini, who wrote High School Musical 1, 2 and 3, is back in as screenwriter, while Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush will once again executive produce the... Read more

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    • High School Musical
      Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens star in this Disney Channel Original Movie as popular basketball team captain Troy and smart, stunning academic Gabriella. Both shock the members of the social cliques to which they belong when they each decide to audition for the high school's musical. By proving ...