Adaptations
A film version was made and released in July 2007. The film was directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman and starred John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton, Elijah Kelley as Seaweed J. Stubbs, James Marsden as Corny Collins, Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle, and Queen Latifah as "Motormouth" Maybelle.
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