High School Musical (2006)

A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writer:

Peter Barsocchini

Stars:

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 8 wins & 18 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	...	Zeke Baylor (as Chris Warren Jr.)
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:

high school | singing | father son relationship | audition | basketball | 

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Taglines:

This School Rocks Like No Other!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Music | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

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:

Salty Pictures, First Street Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cast had to undergo two weeks of intense dance rehearsals before filming began on the movie.

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Goofs

In "Breaking Free" when Gabriella gets nervous and doesn't sing, the skyline doesn't come down and the lights stay on, as if the stage crew knew she wasn't going to start singing the first time. When Troy talks to her and gets her to sing, the skyline comes down and the lights go out.

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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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Alternate Versions

About 1 month, 2 weeks, 4 days later, March 10, there was a dance-along version of High School Musical shown on Disney Channel with the stars showing how to do the dances for "Get'cha Head in the Game" and "We're All In This Together".

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Connections

Referenced in Smallville: Turbulence (2009)

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Soundtracks

Start of Something New
Written by Matthew Gerrard & Robbie Nevil
Produced by Matthew Gerrard
Performed by Zac Efron (uncredited), Drew Seeley (uncredited), and Vanessa Hudgens (uncredited)

User Reviews

An all singing all dancing emotional roller-coaster.

Before I start my review i would like to say that i found the two leads,Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens have such beautiful chemistry and they really make this film the classic that it is.

The movie is packed with tremendous and fabulous dance routines which are expertly choreographed and perfectly executed, the main cast and extra's perform these with such heart it makes me proud to be a musical lover. The songs in the film are sung with such emotion especially by Zac Efron, (A star in the making) it makes me tear up very time. When the two leads are together it always reminds me of my mother and father, both really attractive and with such a spark they light up the room.

I can say with all my heart that High school Musical is my favourite film of all time and is set to be a classic, it's best to watch it with friends though as were all in this together.