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
Tanya Chisholm	...	Jackie
Miley Ray Cyrus	...	Girl at Pool (as Miley Cyrus)
Kelli Baker	...	Lea
McCall Clark	...	Emma
Leslie Wing	...	Mrs. Bolton (as Leslie Wing Pomeroy)
Jaymz Tuaileva	...	Principal Dancer
Annette Wright	...	Mrs. Hoffenfeffer
K. Danor Gerald	...	Player
Charan Prabhakar	...	Assistant Pro
Dave Fox	...	Coach Reynolds
David Nibley	...	Man #2 (as Dave Nibley)
Charles Hajek	...	Valet
Charles Klapow	...	Principal Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah K. Aezer	...	Dancer (as Sarah Kathleen Aezer)
Danny Axley	...	Dancer
Bayli Baker	...	Dancer
Derek Bundy	...	Baseball Player
Shawn Carter	...	Principal Dancer
Craig De Rosa	...	Dancer - East High
Italo Elgueta	...	Dancer
Amanda Godinez	...	Synchronized Swimmer
Raquel Goodsell	...	Dancer
Mollee Gray	...	Principal Dancer
Adam Gunn	...	Baseball Player
Shane Harper	...	Principal Dancer
Brittany Hipp	...	Synchronized Swimmer
Allison Holker	...	Dancer
Scott Hoopes	...	Baseball Player
David Huff	...	Principal Dancer
Thane Jasperson	...	Dancer
Kimberly Klapow	...	Principal Dancer
Nick Lanzisera	...	Dancer
Dakota Larsen	...	Baseball Player
Quinn Linde	...	Baseball Player
Roger Malaga	...	Principal Dancer
Gevorg Manoukian	...	Dancer
Jared Murillo	...	Principal Dancer
Manly Ortega	...	Dog Boi
Michelle Parker	...	Dancer
Doug Penikas	...	Principal Dancer
Alan Salazar	...	Dancer
Safari Natalia Sorenson	...	Dancer
Tyne Stecklein	...	Principal Dancer
Britt Stewart	...	Principal Dancer
Hefa Leone Tuita	...	Dancer
Berkeley Ward	...	Baseball Player
Lisa Whittaker	...	Dancer
Andrew Winston	...	Principal Dancer

Directed by
Kenny Ortega

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Peter Barsocchini		writer

Produced by
Bill Borden	....	producer
Kenny Ortega	....	co-producer
Barry Rosenbush	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Lawrence

Cinematography by
Daniel Aranyó

Film Editing by
Seth Flaum

Casting by
Natalie Hart
Jeff Johnson
Jason La Padura

Production Design by
Mark Hofeling

Set Decoration by
Ken Kirchner

Costume Design by
Tom McKinley

Makeup Department
Raquel Goodsell	....	assistant makeup artist
Jennifer Llewelyn	....	key hairdresser
Robin Michelle Patrick	....	hair designer
Robin Michelle Patrick	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Shauna Miller	....	production supervisor
Tom Summers	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brent Geisler	....	second second assistant director
Martin Jedlicka	....	first assistant director
Robert Andrew Reeves	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Scott Arneman	....	property master
Burke Bowthorpe	....	additional props
David Brothers	....	scenic
Wray Featherstone	....	assistant property master
Matt Harris	....	props
Adam Henderson	....	set dresser
Derek Hunter	....	props
Michael Kirkland	....	scenic
Scotty Meek	....	on-set dresser
Richard T. Olson	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Douglas Cameron	....	production sound mixer
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Noel Espinosa	....	cable utility sound
Mark Friedgen	....	supervising sound editor
Joseph L. Garrard	....	boom operator
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Rawlings	....	studio executive
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Rick Josephsen	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Michael Caplan	....	visual effects producer
Dan Schmit	....	visual effects supervisor
Adam Simpson	....	visual effects editor
Eric Heavens	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Don Shanks	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mary Boregino	....	assistant camera
Kurtis Burr	....	assistant camera
Shawn Lacy	....	key grip
Adam Larkey	....	still photographer
Andrew Mitchell	....	camera operator
Andrew Mitchell	....	steadicam operator
Don Muirhead	....	additional camera operator
John Raymer	....	electrician
David 'D.R.' Rhineer	....	first assistant camera
Jonathan Roatcap	....	grip
Brian Sullivan	....	camera operator
Craig Sullivan	....	best boy grip
Kirk Westwood	....	assistant camera
Garlan Wilde	....	gaffer
Mike Woodward	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Tye Nelson	....	casting assistant
Georgia Simon	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zach Bilemdjian	....	assistant costume designer
Jennifer Breeden	....	costumer
Katie Holland	....	set costumer
Barbara Nelson	....	costume supervisor
Kacie Seamons	....	costumer
Brooke Westberg	....	key costumer
Brooke Westberg	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Gus Comegys	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Steven Christopher	....	music supervisor
Michael Dittrick	....	supervising music editor
Danita Ng	....	music transcription
Jason Poss	....	music transcription

Transportation Department
Stephen Rippey	....	driver
Barry Tuttle	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Holly Alderman	....	production assistant
Jennifer Chapman	....	production coordinator
Amy Chesley	....	stand-in
Steven Doxey	....	production assistant
Carole Fontana	....	location manager
Kipling Hicks	....	assistant production coordinator
Mike Kiely	....	production accountant
Kelly L. King	....	assistant to director
Charles Klapow	....	choreographer
Brandon Lang	....	office assistant
Roger Malaga	....	associate choreographer
Josh Moceri	....	production assistant
Kate Morrison	....	script supervisor
Jared Murillo	....	associate choreographer
Ryan Pederson	....	production assistant
Laura Summer	....	additional voices
Cortland Wilson	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures
• First Street Films
• Salty Pictures

Distributors

• Disney Enterprises (2007) (worldwide) (all media) (rights)
• Disney Channel (2007) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Disney Channel (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Eén (2007) (Belgium) (TV)
• Fuji TV (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Jetix (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Net5 (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV2)

Special Effects

• Engine Room

Other Companies

• Castle Oaks Productions  post-production facilities
• Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club  portions of this pictures were shot on-site at
• Keep Me Posted  post-production facilities (as a FotoKem Company)
• Mosquito Productions  script clearance
• Otto Nemenz International  camera systems
• Redman Movies and Stories  grip and lighting equipment (as Redman Movies & Stories)
• Smart Post Sound  sound editorial
• State of Utah  filmed entirely on location in
• Utah Film Commission  with assistance from
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack

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

What Time Is It? Time To Cash In! (and why HSM does exactly that)

I've finally found out the reason why the High School Musical phenomenon is such a success. Why the first movie's soundtrack was the top-selling CD of last year. Why there are ice shows, stage productions (amateur and pro), karaoke CDs, and karaoke DVDs to boot. It all traces back to the 90s.

You see, the 1990s gave birth to NSync, Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Britney, Christina, Jessica, what have you. But their time wasn't meant for the 90s. They had come too early. Music honestly wasn't ready to cycle back to the confectionery, syrupy, Velveeta meets cotton candy of the late 50s/ early 60s. But now is the time.

The reason that High School Musical, and now Part 2, are such a success is because 1990'S POP MUSIC IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!!! High School Musical was the Reset Button, if you will, setting kidz-bop-pop back in its rightful place. Adults have their music, their innuendos, their profane-angry-paranoid-hurtfully honest songs. Why not give the kids a break? A place to be a kid?

The sequel does a great job of avoiding the urge to fix what's unbroken, but instead to polish it. This film isn't darker, but it is spunkier. More attitude, and even more confidence (if that's hard to imagine). This film is strictly for A) kids, and B) people who not only remember but enjoyed being kids. High School Musical 2 is a burst of joyful exuberance. Winks towards adult audiences have their place, but so do productions where a kid isn't talked down to or expected to grow up too fast.

The straight-up theater pop of the first has been replaced with more of a Hip-Hop/ Arena Pop edge. Less Broadway, more Billboard. Plus, the mythological task of defeating high school cliques has been replaced with simply earning a check for the summer. The movie wants to feel bigger than the last, but it's actually more intimate. That's an unintended plus.

The cast goes through some drama this time around, and some changes are made, character-wise. This was the biggest surprise. Disney Channel could have simply done a rehash of the first film, but everyone involved truly did a great job. I forgot that, as corny as the premise - the whole franchise - is, these guys can really act. And sing. And dance. No wonder Disney gonna's make a fortune.

And no wonder musical theater is so rough. Every single participant has to be a Triple Threat. But that's part of the fantasy of the first film: making the audition, giving it your all, and gaining the applause and support of your peers. What's great about this second movie is, really it's about the reverse of that. LOSING the support of your peers. Losing yourself in search of something you don't really need, not yet anyway. It's a good message: The future will come soon enough. Enjoy being a kid and being with the ones who love you while you still can.

Still, if this second movie doesn't match up to the first, it's because of moving it away from the dream of Triple Talent Status. No longer a musical about a musical, it instead becomes a musical about a country club. Instead of risking social status to be yourself, to find yourself, it is now about the dangers of losing yourself, by giving into social status. More dramatic, sure. A stroke of genius, I would say, except for the fact that it's still a freakin' High School Musical movie, not a Country Club Musical movie.

By moving into more complex territory, it grows up. But by default, it is less fun, just a smidgen less, than the original. To its credit, it isn't stale (the new setting keeps it fresh), but Disney Channel, Ortega, and all company involved will be hard pressed to create a three-quel that's just as fun, lively and CHOCK FULL OF 90'S POP as the original. A return to the theater would be welcome.

As for the songs themselves, let's just say I've been fair enough to comment that I enjoyed the MOVIE for what it was. Disney's been great at soundtracks but they'll have to do a lot better for part 3. Aside from the opener and a baseball game/swing number, there's not much to enjoy this time around, once again due in part to the removal of the high school locale.

The kids will LOVE IT, the parents will Tolerate it, Disney Channel will collect money hand over fist, and everyone else will have no idea what is going on because they've failed to realize (A) what it meant to be a kid, (B) that 90's Pop Music is back with a vengeance, and (C) everybody wants to sing and dance, even if they don't want to admit it.