High School Musical 2 (2007) (TV)

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writer:

Peter Barsocchini (writer)

Release Date:

9 September 2007 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

On August 17th, are you ready for the start of something new?

Plot:

During the summer vacations a talent show is organized in a local country club and Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor take part in it.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Joke | Love Triangle | Family | Talent Show

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Zac Efron	...	Troy Bolton
Vanessa Anne Hudgens	...	Gabriella Montez (as Vanessa Hudgens)
Ashley Tisdale	...	Sharpay Evans
Lucas Grabeel	...	Ryan Evans
Corbin Bleu	...	Chad Danforth
Monique Coleman	...	Taylor McKessie
Mark L. Taylor	...	Mr. Fulton
Bart Johnson	...	Jack Bolton
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Vance Evans
Jessica Tuck	...	Mrs. Evans
Alyson Reed	...	Ms. Darbus
Chris Warren Jr.	...	Zeke Baylor
Ryne Sanborn	...	Jason Cross
Olesya Rulin	...	Kelsi Nielsen
Kaycee Stroh	...	Martha Cox

Also Known As:

Grease 4 (USA) (working title)
High School Musical 2: Extended Edition (USA) (DVD box title)
High School Musical 2: Sing It All or Nothing! (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-3 | New Zealand:G | Australia:G (DVD rating) | Ireland:G

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The coaster of people doing the wave, at the opening scene in "What time is it" was started by the HSM cast/dancers and Kenny Ortega. Since all the cast/dancers were sore from dance rehearsals, they sat in a line on the floor and began to massage each-other. When Kenny saw this, he told them lean to the right (one by one in a wave), and so they did. Then he decided for them to try it standing up, and when they did so, he used it in the movie in during the opening song.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Troy and Sharpay are rehearsing You Are the Music In Me, Troys hair is blowing up while both of them are standing on the vent. Then the camera switches angle and Troy's hair isn't blowing up anymore, its straight down like there is no air blowing on them.

Quotes:

Ryan Evans: Hey, Kelsi's got some great new ideas to spice up the talent show
Sharpay Evans: I'm thrilled
Sharpay Evans: Uh, that new duet that Troy and Gabriella sing... I need it
Kelsi Nielson: Actually it's not available
Sharpay Evans: Repeat?
Kelsi Nielson: Well, it's something I wrote for Troy and gabriella just in case they wanted...
Sharpay Evans: You're an employee... not a fairy godmother!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Dancing with the Stars: Series 7 Grand Final (#7.10)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

All For One

OK , from what i saw

So its Friday night in a small town in Canada, my bud's and i were just playing wow (world of war craft) for hours and started to grow bored. So as a joke i asked my 4 friends if they wanted to come over and watch a movie. They said sure and came over, but the movie these 17 year old were about to see would be a musical.... would they dig it? lets see. First off I'm going to tell you how i felt about the film then my friends opinions. High school musical 1 was a fantastic movie with memorable characters, decent story and songs ( get ya head in the game is still stuck in my head =P ) so what will HSM 2 hold for us? irk I'm still mixed feeling about it, the plot was kinda pointless and the same as the first just different location. But what i couldn't believe was how they hired all of them.... very realistic on how life works Disney, and great message to the kids. but overall plot was same, do a show, or not, or so, then we all sing together. The dancing was right on with new moves and the use of their surroundings while dancing( kitchen scene where they are using pots and pans etc. although i thought the guy banging on the trash bin sounded like an ak-47) making things more interesting. The 1 scene which made my friends and i ROFL was the baseball scene and how chad said he "don't dance" when he is dancing?!?! the various songs were alright although i noticed a lot of them sounded synthesized, like chad's voice in the baseball scene "yeahhhh!". But are there any memorable parts in HSM 2? yes there are like the goth scene troy has where he is dancing with himself decked out in black ( we liked it CZ were goth too!). Now i haven't seen the end CZ my friends and i got baked close to the end but apparently there is a cameo from a Disney channel star, i know who it is but UL have to see for Ur self. Overall i thought it was a decent attempt to followup an instant hit. Now that's my opinion but I'm a little more forgiving about musicals and such but my friends on the other hand arn't so this may sound a bit harsh but here we go. I asked them the day after what they thought of it.( wanted an honest answer and not an intoxicated one) here's what they had to say about it: g*y, retarded, to prepy, q****, p****, duche bag of a movie, who was that hot brunette?, Zach Efren is g*y, liked the bet on it song kinda. So that is the opinion from 17 yr old metal heads (death metal to be exact, slayer, Nile, ope-th, cannibal corpse, as i lay dying etc). id say if u like Poppy music this is a must see, if not, save it for all the 12-15 yr old girls obsessing over Zach Effron's shirtless scene =P