High School Musical 3: Senior Year
High School Musical 3: Senior Year is a 2008 American teen musical film directed by Kenny Ortega and written by Peter Barsocchini. The sequel to High School Musical 2 (2007) and the third installment of the High School Musical film series, the film follows Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), her twin brother Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel), Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu), and Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman), who are in their final year of high school and face the daunting prospect of being separated as they go off to college. Joined by the rest of their East High classmates, they stage their last spring musical, reflecting their experiences, hopes, and fears about the future.
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| Music by | David Lawrence
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| Cinematography | Daniel Aranyò
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| Edited by | Don Brochu
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| Running time | 111 minutes (theatrical)
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $11,000,000 USD
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| Box office | $91,000,000 USD
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Sharpay Evans: We're twins. They're gonna have to take us both.
- Gabriella has a photo of her and Troy from High School Musical 2 (2007) on her nightstand (from their lunch at the golf field). Troy has a photo of Gabriella from High School Musical (2006) on his.
- This is the only movie in the film series in which Chad's father appears. He is played by David Reivers, the real-life father of Corbin Bleu. They have played father and son in two other TV films, Jump In! (2007) and Free Style (2008).
- The soundtrack is 51 minutes long, making it the longest album of the film series. The original length for each of the first two soundtracks was 38 minutes.
- Ashley Tisdale, who plays Sharpay Evans, is nine years older than Jemma McKenzie-Brown, who plays Tiara Gold. Tiara is meant to be a year or two younger than Sharpay.
- Zac Efron injured his wrist whilst filming the spinning corridor scene featured in the song 'Scream'.
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