High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writers (WGA):

Peter Barsocchini (written by)
Peter Barsocchini (characters)

Release Date:

24 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

high school graduation

Plot:

As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

Plot Keywords:

High School | Basketball | High School Musical | Third Part | High School Graduation

Awards:

7 wins & 9 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
Olesya Rulin	...	Kelsi Nielsen
Chris Warren Jr.	...	Zeke Baylor
Ryne Sanborn	...	Jason Cross
KayCee Stroh	...	Martha Cox
Bart Johnson	...	Coach Jack Bolton
Alyson Reed	...	Ms. Darbus
Matt Prokop	...	Jimmie Zara
Justin Martin	...	Donny Dion
Jemma McKenzie-Brown	...	Tiara Gold

Also Known As:

H.S.M. 3 (USA) (informal title)
Haunted High School Musical (USA) (working title)
High School Musical 3: Gradu-Dancin' (USA) (working title)
High school musical 3 - La graduación (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
High School Musical 3 (Finland) [fi]
High School Musical 3 (Denmark) [da]
High School Musical 3 - Último Ano (Portugal) [pt]
High School Musical 3 - Maturanti (Croatia) [hr]
High School Musical 3 - Nos années lycée (France) [fr]
High School Musical 3: Ano da Formatura (Brazil) [pt]
High School Musical 3: La dernière année (Canada: French title) [fr]
High School Musical 3: Posledný rok (Slovakia) [sk]
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
High School Musical: The Movie (Japan: English title) [en]
High School musical - I apofoitisi (Greece) [el]
High school musical 3 - Fin de curso (Spain) [es]
High school musical 3 - Ostatnia klasa (Poland) [pl]
High school musical 3 - Sista året (Sweden) [sv]
Keskkoolimuusikal - Lõpuklass (Estonia) [et]
Muzikál ze strední 3: Maturitní rocník (Czech Republic) [cs]

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #44768) | Ireland:G | UK:U | Australia:G | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:Btl | Norway:A | Chile:TE | Portugal:M/6 | Canada:G | Hong Kong:I | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Malaysia:U | Peru:PT | New Zealand:G | Brazil:Livre | South Africa:A | Mexico:A

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Borden and Rosenbush Entertainment

Trivia:

Film plot was originally slated to be "Haunted" and follow the plot of a Halloween movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: Both Gabriella and her mother are seen moving away from their house in Albuquerque, and Troy and Gabriella drive back together without her mother for the musical. But her mother can be seen in the audience of the musical's performance back at East High.

Quotes:

Chad Danforth: What are you gonna do if Julliard says yes?
Troy Bolton: I don't know.
Chad Danforth: That's not what I wanted to hear.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Ben Affleck/David Cook (#34.7)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Freaky

Let Kids Be Kids!

Okay, I am 100% completely for the High School Musical franchise! Have you noticed that the majority of people who have something derogatory to say about the series are 15+. Well, duh! You were young once too and no one constantly dissed the Lion King or Cinderella or Rugrats or whatever your "show" was as a naive, innocent kid. Lions don't talk or dance or sing, there are no such things as "fairy god mothers" and talking mice, and babies don't have imaginary worlds where they can talk in front of adults, yet no one hears them. What do you want Disney to do: turn High School Musical into a movie about kids who are sexually active backstage and smoke weed after rehearsals? There's nothing wrong with a nice, innocent, family movie, people! If Disney turned High School Musical into that, you'd be complaining WAY more, trust me! And yes, High School Musical may be like a fantasy high school world that we all WISH could exist, but it's not destroying the kids' brain cells or anything. Once they get to that certain age level, they'll realize that the "perfect, happy, HSM life" was all an illusional element created because it's Disney. So chill.

If you went in with that perspective, you'd see that High School Musical 3 was pretty enjoyable and that HSM actually has underlying themes that good do the kids some good! The songs were actually cool and different and were fun to sing along to. It's also sad watching the Wildcats grow up if you're really a fan---they're hearts can't seem to tear away from East High. Oh, and Zac Efron isn't too hard to look at either! Take your kids and have a NICE, innocent, enjoyable, afternoon at the movies to see this!