Grease (1978)
- Starring:
- John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, (more)
- Director(s):
- Randal Kleiser
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Grease
"Grease," said the poster and the Barry Gibb song, "is the word." Transferring its setting from Chicago to sunny California, and adding a dash of disco to the ersatz '50s score, producer Allan Carr and director Randal Kleiser turned this long-running Jim Jacobs-Warren Casey Broadway smash into the biggest blockbuster of 1978. 1950s teens Danny (John Travolta) and Australian transfer Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) spend their "Summer Nights" falling in love, but once fall comes, it's back to Rydell High and its cliques. As one of the bad-boy T-Birds, Danny has to act cool for best pal Kenickie (Jeff Conaway) and their leather-clad mates Sonny (Michael Tucci) and Doody (Barry Pearl, in the role Travolta played on-stage). Despite befriending Frenchy (Didi Conn), one of the rebel Pink Ladies, virginal Sandy is "too pure to be Pink," as the Ladies' leader, Rizzo (Stockard Channing), acidly observes. Declaring their devotion in such ballads as "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Sandy," Sandy and Danny split, reconcile, and split again amidst a pep rally, dances, drive-ins, and a drag race, before deciding "You're the One That I Want" at the climactic carnival. With Travolta white-hot from Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease soundtrack singles climbed the charts and summer movie crowds poured in. With the presence of Joan Blondell, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, and Frankie Avalon appealing to grown-up memories, Grease became the highest-grossing film of 1978, the highest-grossing movie musical ever, and the third most popular film of the new blockbuster '70s after Star Wars (1977) and Jaws (1975). Its sequel, Grease 2, did not exactly set the world on fire in 1982. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 110 mins
Complete Cast of Grease
- John Travolta - Danny Zuko
- Stockard Channing - Rizzo
- Didi Conn - Frenchy
- Joan Blondell - Vi
- Michael Tucci - Sonny
- Kelly Ward - Putzie
- Eddie Deezen - Eugene
- Dennis Stewart - Leo
- Dick Patterson - Mr. Rudie
- Darrell Zwerling - Mr. Lynch
- Frankie Avalon - Teen Angel
- Sid Caesar - Coach Calhoun
- Dody Goodman - Blanche
- Andy Tennant - Dancer
- Michael Biehn - Jock (Basketball Player)
- Dennis Daniels - Dancer
- Steve M. Davison - Leader of the Scorpions
- Daniel Levans - Dancer
- Olivia Newton-John - Sandy Olsson
- Jeff Conaway - Kenickie
- Eve Arden - Principal McGee
- Dinah Manoff - Marty
- Barry Pearl - Doody
- Susan Buckner - Patty Simcox
- Lorenzo Lamas - Tom Chisum
- Annette Charles - Cha Cha
- Fannie Flagg - Nurse Wilkin
- Ellen Travolta - Waitress
- Edward Byrnes - Vince Fontaine
- Alice Ghostley - Mrs. Murdock
- Sha Na Na - Johnny Casino and the Gamblers
- Mimi Lieber - Dancer
- Sean Moran - Dancer
- Johnny Casino & the Sha-Na-Na - Johnny Casino & the Gamblers (as Sha-Na-Na)
- James Donnelly - Jan
- Director(s):
- Randal Kleiser
- Writer(s):
- Bronte Woodard, Allan Carr
- Producer(s):
- Robert Stigwood, Allan Carr
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- Music & Performing Arts
- 1979 - People's Choice Awards - Best Picture
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