Hairspray (1988 film) film version of "Hairspray", an adaptation of the stage musical, was also released by New Line Cinema in 2007, which included many changes of scripted items from the original. In Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1962, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton, audition for "The Corny Collins Show", a popular Baltimore teenage dance show (based on the real-life "Buddy Deane Show"). Penny is too nervous and stumbles over her answers, and another girl, Nadine, is cut for being black (the show has a "Negro Day" on the last Thursday of every month, she is told). However, despite being
The Needle (1988 film) The Needle (1988 film) The Needle () is a 1988 Soviet thriller film. The main character, Moro, is played by the famous Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi. "The Needle" is known for being one of the first films. The enigmatic drifter known as Moro (Viktor Tsoi) comes to Alma-Ata to extract a debt from a lowly criminal known as Spartak. Moro finds his ex-girlfriend, Dina, who lets him stay in her apartment. After he meets Spartak in a cafe known as "Parliament", Spartak is revealed to owe a lot of people money. Moro also finds that Dina's employer, the surgeon