High School Musical 2 (2007) (TV)

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writer:

Peter Barsocchini (writer)

Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | 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:

Talent Show | Country Club | Basketball | Lifeguard | Digit In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Zac Efron	...	Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens	...	Gabriella Montez
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:

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 | 111 min (extended version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Chad's T-shirt slogans were chosen by Disney viewers, as well as the type of sandwiches Troy makes Gabriella for their picnic on the golf course and the appearance of Miley Cyrus.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the song "Everyday" when they are all in a circle, circling, Troy and Gabriella are shown not holding hands. When they do a broader view of the whole group they are holding hands.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Ms. Darbus: You must remember, young thespians, learning is never seasonal, so do allow the shimmering lights of Summer to refresh and illuminate your fertile young minds.
Chad Danforth: What is she talking about?

Movie Connections:

Featured in HSM3: Cast Goodbyes (2009) (V)

Soundtrack:

You Are The Music In Me

'High School Musical 2' review

It's surprising that after the pretty big impact that original 'High School Musical', which was made directly for TV (it wasn't in cinema first and it wasn't made for Video (VHS/DVD)) made on teenage viewers (mostly girls), people in charge for making a sequel decided again to make a TV movie simply named 'High School Musical 2'. That's a pretty shame i think for those money-grabbing producers, because this movie would be a bigger cash-in if it came to cinema first and then on Video (as Hollywood blockbusters always do), but that's not so important anyway for the things i'm about to say for this movie i just recently watched.

For me it was better than the original 'High School Musical' (which i watched a fairly long time ago), more fresh, more summerish and simply more fun. And i'm yet again (it's AGAIN so i can't say surprised because this thing doesn't come as a surprise to me anymore) a little bit disappointed that the most ratings for this movie are the lowest possible. That's just not either realistic or "normal" (which is different thing than "realistic" these days), it's simply hatred for the movie that's based on comments "it's gay". I on the other hand am not either big fan or big hater of this movie, i'm just trying to enjoy a movie for what it is and to me HSM 2 was overall decent entertainment. It does however bring the word "cheesy" a whole new level of meaning as you can obviously expect from this movie, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, it's not a great thing either, it's just good in fairly acceptable doses and i think that this movie is keeping that "cheesyness" much more controlled than the original HSM did. Zac Efron, well he isn't quite an actor in this movie, more like entertainer and fake singer. Liked him much more in 2009 '17 Again'. To conclude, if you're in the right mood to watch this film, maybe if you have appropriate company to watch it with and you might like it even more than i did.