High School Musical (TV 2006)

Troy and Gabriella - two teens who are worlds apart - meet at a karaoke contest and discover their mutual love for music.

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writer:

Peter Barsocchini

Stars:

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 8 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zac Efron	...	Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens	...	Gabriella Montez (as Vanessa Anne Hudgens)
Ashley Tisdale	...	Sharpay Evans
Lucas Grabeel	...	Ryan Evans
Corbin Bleu	...	Chad Danforth
Monique Coleman	...	Taylor McKessie
Bart Johnson	...	Coach Jack Bolton
Alyson Reed	...	Ms. Darbus
Chris Warren Jr.	...	Zeke Baylor
Olesya Rulin	...	Kelsi Nielsen
Ryne Sanborn	...	Jason Cross
Socorro Herrera	...	Mrs. Montez
Joey Miyashima	...	Principal Matsui
Dutch Whitlock	...	Skater Dude #1
Ryan Templeman	...	Skater Dude #2

Storyline

Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are two totally different teenagers who meet at a party while singing karaoke on New Year's Eve. One week later Troy goes back to his high school, East High, in New Mexico to find that Gabriella is a new student there. They quickly become close friends and accidentally audition for the school musical. After getting a callback, drama queen Sharpay Evans and her sidekick brother Ryan are furious. Then Chad, Troy's best friend and basketball teammate, and Taylor, Gabriella's new friend on the decathlon team, must find out a way to make Gabriella hate Troy.

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Plot Keywords:

audition | basketball | karaoke | high school | albuquerque new mexico | 

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Taglines:

This School Rocks Like No Other!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney Channel [asia] Disney Channel [au]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

20 January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

High School Musical: Premiers pas sur scène

Filming Locations:

East High School - 840 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Disney Channel, Salty Pictures, First Street Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the championship game if you look at the scoreboard at the end of the game, you can see that Troy was the last person to foul and had received 3 fouls in the game.

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Goofs

During 'Start of Something New', Troy's microphone quickly and unnecessarily moves between his hand and the stand.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mrs. Montez: Gabby, it's New Year's Eve. Enough reading.
Gabrilla Montez: But mom, I'm almost done!
Mrs. Montez: The teen party? I've laid out your best clothes. Come get ready.
Gabrilla Montez: Can I have my book back?

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Crazy Credits

After the end credits, Sharpay runs back into the gym and runs up to Zeke and hugs him, saying she loves his cookies and wants him to make more for her.

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Connections

References Toy Story (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Breaking Free"
Written and Produced by Jamie Houston
Performed by Zac Efron (uncredited), Drew Seeley (uncredited) and Vanessa Hudgens (uncredited)

User Reviews

Absolutely Hideous

Maybe I'm just a weirdo. After reading all these other reviews, I'm pretty sure that I am. Or maybe it's just because I've been performing with musical theatre companies since I was about seven, so the idea of a musical isn't something novel and new for me. But every time I tried to watch this movie, and every time I heard somebody talk about how great it was, I just couldn't help but CRINGE. Not only was this another long shot for the young Disney stars to prove their "versatility", such as it is(n't), but it was yet another show about the magical clichés and drama of high school, something I'm getting absolutely sick of. I have to go to school every day and deal with petty high school drama; why would I want to come home and listen to people SING about it? Seriously. At least REAL musicals that used those themes, like Hairspray and Grease, had actual talent behind them, as well as good songs and actual FUN. Not a bunch of pretty-boy jocks smiling cheesily and singing about how much they love basketball. The whole production was so shallow...I still haven't been able to sit through the entire movie. I've had to watch it in sections of twenty minutes, just to be able to stand it. And something that ESPECIALLY bothered me: the representations of the people in the drama club. Dude, that teacher? "Brava"? You've got to be kidding me. And then that little drama queen and her wimpy brother...so, so cliché. I haven't met anybody like any of those three since I was, like, ten. And I know, I know: it's just a corny little Disney movie playing up the clichés. And for about half a second, characters like that might seem kinda funny. Then try going to school the next day and hear people asking you if you've ever had a director like that teacher, or asking how you can possibly be a "real" theatre person because you don't seem obnoxious enough...it gets old. This movie sucked. Why do people like it so much?