Top cast:Steve Carell,Kristen Wiig,Joey King
Director:Gustaf Linden
Genre:Musical
Region:South Africa
Year:2010
Storyline:While in jail, his cellmate Hunk Houghton (Mickey Shaughnessy), a former veteran country-western singer, mentored him to learn guitar and sing, and persuaded him o enter the prison talent show, where he first received televised attention.The film's posters proclaimed the central MacGuffin - a murder - but the film's main focus was to show the racial tensions and conflict between two individuals brought together to solve a murder case:"They got a murder on their hands.The oddly-garbed group sang out:Let's do the Time Warp again.The dignified British-accented criminologist/narrator broke in with a pull-down illustrated chart to instruct the viewer on the proper steps - the lyrics helped to describe the ritualistic dance routine and its movements (including pelvic thrusts) - he was caught up or afflicted in the indulgent moment and began to demonstrate he tempting dance himself:Narrator: It’s just a jump to the left.BackgroundJailhouse Rock (1957)is a prison-related, rags-to-riches musical-drama (and biopic parable of a predictable downfall and recovery) from director Richard Thorpe.When asked about the second glove (a crucial part of the plot), she responds:I never knew what happened to the other glove.