HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2

:''This page is about the 2007 film. For the soundtrack, see High School Musical 2 (soundtrack).
'''High School Musical 2 ''' is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, ''High School Musical''. It debuted on iO's and Verizon FiOS's Disney on Demand on August 10, 2007 and Disney Channel and Family Channel on August 17.
A total of 17.2 million viewers - almost 10 million more than saw the debut of ''High School Musical'' - tuned in to the August 17 broadcasts, making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast of all time.^[2]

Plot synopsis

The summer brings excitement to the East High Wildcats as they go over their plans for their break from school. Troy Bolton stresses over getting a job with the price of college looming on his mind, as well as trying to make sure he and Gabriella Montez are able to stay together all summer. Sharpay and Ryan Evans plan on spending the summer at their family's country club, Lava Springs. Sharpay's summer plan also includes separating Troy and Gabriella by getting Troy hired at Lava Springs. What Sharpay does not plan on is Troy talking the club's manager, Mr. Fulton, into hiring the rest of the Wildcats, Gabriella included. Fulton is unable to fire the Wildcats at Sharpay's command, since her mother approved their hiring, so she orders him to make them ''want'' to quit.
The summer unfolds as Sharpay schemes harder than ever to make the Wildcats miserable, and win Troy, who has to choose between two worlds: his own with the Wildcats and Gabriella, or another where Sharpay's family can offer him a way to college and other luxuries he has only dreamed about. As Troy grows further away from Gabriella, Ryan is pushed further away from Sharpay. From this separation, a friendship is formed between Gabriella and Ryan - one that Troy is very uneasy with. Troy and Gabriella's relationship is strained to the breaking point, as well as Troy's friendship with Chad, his best friend since pre-school, and the rest of the Wildcats.
Sharpay finally crosses the line by banning the Wildcats from performing in Lava Springs' annual Star Dazzle Talent Show, even though Ryan has been working with the group to put together a performance. Gabriella confronts Sharpay, makes it clear she refuses to play Sharpay's game, and quits her job at Lava Springs. Troy overhears the exchange and tries to convince Gabriella to change her mind - however, all she can think of is how much Troy has changed over the summer.
Gabriella's quitting causes Troy to see the person he has become and realize everything he has sacrificed. As he sets out to make everything right again, the Wildcats conspire to get Troy and Gabriella back together. They convince Troy to sing with Sharpay in the talent show - even though he'd quit citing her ban on junior staffers' participation in the show - which he does only under the condition that the Wildcats are allowed to perform as well. Sharpay relents, and the Wildcats put their plan into motion, finally getting Troy and Gabriella back together. After the talent show, Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Zeke, Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Jason, Martha, and Ryan all head out onto the golf course with Chinese laterns. While everyone else goes down the hill, Troy and Gabriella finally share their first kiss. Fireworks explode in the sky and you can hear "You Are the Music in Me" in the background. The summer ends with a pool party and the Wildcats' celebration of a great summer together.

Cast

★ Zac Efron as 'Troy Bolton', the male protagonist of the movie. He is the most popular guy at East High School and captain of the varsity basketball team. He is in a relationship with Gabriella Montez. Along with most of East High, he takes a summer job at Lava Springs, the country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan Evans' parents. His best friend is Chad Danforth. He is also friends with Jason and Zeke.

★ Vanessa Hudgens as 'Gabriella Montez', the female protagonist. She is a part of the science club at East High School and is in a relationship with Troy Bolton. She takes a job as a lifeguard at Lava Springs.

★ Ashley Tisdale as 'Sharpay Evans', the antagonist of the film. She plans to spend the summer lounging around her parents' country club, Lava Springs. She has a noticeable crush on Troy Bolton and is always trying to steal him away from Gabriella.

★ Lucas Grabeel as 'Ryan Evans', Sharpay's fraternal twin brother. He can be very sneaky and cunning but has a hard time keeping up with schemes that are not his own.

★ Corbin Bleu as 'Chad Danforth', Troy's best friend and is also friends with Jason and Zeke. He has a summer job at Lava Springs, and is saving the money from his job to get a car.

★ Monique Coleman as 'Taylor McKessie', Gabriella's best friend. She is captain of the school Scholastic Decathlon team. She has a summer job at Lava Springs. She always sees through Sharpay and tends to be cynical when it comes to boys.

Others

★ Mark L. Taylor as 'Mr. Thomas Fulton', the manager of the Evans' country club, Lava Springs.

★ Bart Johnson as 'Mr. Jack Bolton', the father of Troy. He is very supportive of Troy's basketball career, but doesn't realize the rift that Troy's relationship with Sharpay causes between Troy and his friends.

★ Robert Curtis Brown as 'Mr. Evans', the father of Ryan and Sharpay.

★ Jessica Tuck as 'Mrs. Evans', the mother of Ryan and Sharpay.

★ Chris Warren, Jr. as 'Zeke Baylor'. He has a crush on Sharpay and a love for baking.

★ Ryne Sanborn as 'Jason Cross'.

★ Olesya Rulin as 'Kelsi Nielsen', is a student at East High. She is a pianist.

★ Kaycee Stroh as 'Martha Cox', is a student at East High. She enjoys hip-hop music.

Production

Zac Efron confirmed that his voice would not be dubbed with Drew Seeley like it was in the preceding movie.^[3]
In early 2007, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, and Vanessa Hudgens were reported to be holding out for a more lucrative contract.^[4]
Prior to rehearsals, Disney's ''High School Musical'' conducted a poll^[5] to find out what viewers wanted to see in ''High School Musical 2''. One such request was for Miley Cyrus (of the popular cable series ''Hannah Montana'') to cameo in the movie (she made an appearance at the end of the movie as one of the dancers by the pool).
On February 19, the entire cast was on set and rehearsing in St. George^[6] and Salt Lake City, Utah.^[7]
On March 6, the cast began filming the first scenes of the movie in Salt Lake City, Utah at East High School. Four Days later on March 10th the cast moved to St. George, Utah to begin filming the remaining 3/4 of the film.
Filming ended on April 16, 2007.

Musical numbers

Main articles: High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)

#"What Time Is It?" - High School Musical Cast
#"Fabulous" - Ryan & Sharpay
#"Work This Out" - Cast - High School Musical
#"You Are the Music In Me" - Gabriella & Troy
#"I Don't Dance" - Chad & Ryan
#"You Are the Music In Me (Sharpay Version)" or "(Reprise)" - Sharpay
#"Gotta Go My Own Way" - Gabriella & Troy
#"Bet On It" - Troy
#"Everyday" - High School Musical Cast
#"All for One" - Cast - High School Musical
#"Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" - Sharpay (to be included in the Extended Edition DVD)

Release information

The premiere of ''High School Musical 2'' aired at 8 PM Eastern Time on August 17, and included a telecast hosted by Kenny Ortega and the movie's stars. On Saturday, August 18, Disney Channel aired "High School Musical 2: Wildcat Chat," where the stars of the movie answer questions posed by fans. On August 19, Disney aired a sing-along version of the movie.^[8] On May 23, DirecTV announced that they would be hosting an exclusive high-definition airing of the movie a few days after the August 17 premiere on its network-only channel, The 101.^[9]
Disney Channel aired a weekly program called ''Road To High School Musical 2'', beginning June 8, 2007 and leading up to the premiere of ''High School Musical 2'' in August. The show offered viewers a behind-the-scenes look into the production of the movie. The world premiere of the opening number "What Time Is It?" was on Radio Disney May 25, 2007,^[10] while "You Are The Music In Me" premiered on July 13, 2007.^[11]
Disney Channel On Demand debuted the movie on August 10, 2007.^[12]

Reception

The first broadcast of the film on August 17, 2007 broke records, receiving 17.2 million viewers. This number made it the most watched basic cable telecast in history (the previous record was held by an edition of ESPN's ''Monday Night Football'' on October 23, 2006, which attracted 16 million viewers), the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever (the previous record was held by TNT's January 21, 2001 airing of ''Crossfire Trail'', which brought in 15.5 million viewers), and the largest audience of any program on broadcast or cable in the 2007 summer television season, along with Friday nights for the past five years. Ratings for the second showing of the movie fell to 8.4 million, and the third showing fell to 7.4 million, totaling the premiere weekend to 33.04 million viewers.^[13]
Following the premiere weekend of the film, ''High School Musical 2'' was up 442% on IMDB's MovieMeter, which measures the popularity of films.^[14]
The film was generally well-received by critics, gaining a score of 72/100 at Metacritic.^[15] ''USA Today's Robert Bianco awarded the film three stars out of four, saying ''High School Musical 2'' was "sweet, smart, bursting with talent and energy, and awash in innocence".^[16]

Variations

A Wildcat Chat version aired on August 18, 2007 where the cast answered questions from the fans.
The Sing-Along version of the film aired on August 19, 2007.
The Dance-Along version of the film aired on September 8, 2007 where the entire cast will be teaching the dance moves to "What Time Is It?" and "All For One" during the commercial breaks.

Merchandise

DVDs

''High School Musical 2'' will be released on DVD on December 11, 2007.^[17]
Entitled ''High School Musical 2: Extended Edition'', the DVD will include original and sing-along versions with never before seen music sequence of the movie.

★ Bonus Features in Extended Edition

★
★ Humuhumunukunukuapua'a Music Sequence

★
★ What Time Is It Music Video

★
★ Learning The Moves (Work This Out)

★
★ Behind The Scenes Featurette
On the same day, a Blu-ray Disc version of both this film and ''High School Musical'' will be released ^[18].

Books

There was a junior novel released on August 14, 2007.^[19]

Release dates

Billboard for the Italian release of ''High School Musical 2''.

Country	Channel	Date
United States	Disney Channel	August 17, 2007
Canada	Family Channel	August 17, 2007
Asia except Taiwan	Disney Channel Asia	September 9, 2007
Japan	Fuji Television	September 17, 2007
United Kingdom	Disney Channel UK	September 21, 2007
Australia	Disney Channel Australia	September 22, 2007
New Zealand	Disney Channel New Zealand	September 22, 2007
Germany	Disney Channel Germany	September 22, 2007
Argentina	Disney Channel Around the World	September 22, 2007
Mexico	Disney Channel Around the World	September 23, 2007
Dominican Republic	Disney Channel Around the World	September 23, 2007
Taiwan	Disney Channel Taiwan	September 24, 2007
France	Disney Channel France	September 25, 2007
Italy	Disney Channel Italy	September 29, 2007
Portugal	Disney Channel Portugal	September 29, 2007
Spain	Disney Channel Spain	September 29, 2007
The Netherlands	Net 5	September 29, 2007
Poland	Disney Channel Poland	October 05, 2007
Denmark	Disney Channel Scandinavia	October 05, 2007
South Africa	Disney Channel South Africa	October 05, 2007
Middle East	Disney Channel Middle East	October 05, 2007
Brazil	Disney Channel Brazil	October 07, 2007

Awards

''High School Musical 2'' won the Choice TV Movie category at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards. It also won a special Teen Choice Award for its record breaking premiere numbers.^[20]

References

External links

★ Official Website

★ Disney Channel Asia's High School Musical 2 Website

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