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"High School Musical" is a 2006 musical film directed by Kenny Ortega that follows a group of high school students as they navigate friendships, romance, and the challenges of pursuing their passions through theater. The film became a major cultural phenomenon, launching successful music careers for its young cast members and spawning sequels and stage adaptations that solidified it as an influential entry in the musical genre.
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Film · TMDB
6.5A 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.
Cast
- Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
- Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
- Ashley French as Sharpay Evans
- Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
- Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth
- Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie
Themes
- high school
- becoming an adult
- school performance
- musical
- basketball
- high school sports
- coming of age
- jock
- singing
- audition
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- High School Musical
- Followed by
- High School Musical 2
- Director
- Kenny Ortega
- Screenwriter
- Peter Barsocchini
- Cast member
- Allan Hyde
- Producer
- Don Schain
- Production company
- Disney Channel
- Filming location
- Albuquerque
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 407428
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
- Official website
- disneychannel.disney.com/high-school-musical
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- Commons category
- High School Musical
- publication date
- 2008-05-24
- topic's main category
- Category:High School Musical (franchise)
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 16:9
- Commons gallery
- High School Musical
- title
- High School Musical
- distributed by
- Disney+
- original broadcaster
- Disney Channel
- soundtrack release
- High School Musical
- review score
- 67%
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Encyclopedic overview
High School Musical is a 2006 American musical television film produced by and aired on Disney Channel as part of the network's slate of original television films. The first installment of the High School Musical series, the film was directed by choreographer and filmmaker Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Peter Barsocchini. It stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Alyson Reed, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman. High School Musical follows student Troy Bolton (Efron), the captain of his school basketball team, and Gabriella Montez (Hudgens), an academically gifted transfer student, who together audition for the lead roles in their school musical, causing division among the school's cliques.
Development for the film began after Barsocchini approached the network in 2004 with a script idea for a musical film. Disney executives also wanted to replicate the success of the musical television film The Cheetah Girls (2003), as well as the standalone musical episodes of their television series Even Stevens (2000–2003) and That's So Raven (2003–2007). Principal photography for High School Musical primarily took place in Utah, with filming locations including East High School, Murray High School, and Salt Lake City. Additional filming took place in Los Angeles. The film has been described by Barsocchini and numerous critics as a modern adaptation of Romeo & Juliet.
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