Grease

Theatrical Release Date: 1978 06 16 (USA) / 2010 07 08 (USA - Sing-A-Long Version)

UPC: 097360264241

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language]

Summary: "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

Category: Musical

Awards: Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Original Song – null Best Original Song – null Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture – People's Choice Awards

Features: ccFull screen version
Dolby Digital 5.1 and Surround
English and French language tracks
English and Spanish subtitles
Original theatrical trailer
Retrospective interviews

Grease

Format: DVD

Release Date: 09/24/2002

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DS Dolby Surround (4.0)

Runtime: 110 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Grease
2. Rule the School
3. Summer Nights
4. Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
5. Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee
6. Hopelessly Devoted to You
7. Greased Lightning
8. New Man
9. Beauty School Dropout
10. National Bandstand
11. Hand Jive
12. Blue Moon
13. Sandy
14. There Are Worse Things I Could Do
15. Thunder Road
16. You're the One That I Want
17. We Go Together
18. End Credits

David Abolafia

One of the last of the big movie musicals, Grease succeeds in spite of itself, with singers who can't act, actors who can't sing, and a plot so corny it should have a husk. But this tale of true love and teen angst circa 1955 is sure to leave one's toes a-tapping, thanks to a dynamite soundtrack of golden oldies, plus original music by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, with key contributions by John Farrar (the Oscar-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted to You") and Barry Gibb (the snappy title tune). Danny Zuko (John Travolta) is the leader of the T-Birds, a goofball gang who approach a possible "rumble" with a water gun and a switchblade comb. They are matched in their mischief (and romantic entanglements) with the Pink Ladies: Rizzo (Stockard Channing), Frenchy (Didi Conn), Marty (Dinah Manoff), and Jan (Jamie Donnelly). It's all about being cool, cutting class, and getting a date for the big dance -- except that Danny's still stuck on his summer love, Sandy (Olivia Newton-John), a "good girl" that his greaser cronies would be hard-pressed to accept. Fortunately, neither Danny nor the audience has to think too hard to find a happy ending. Along the way there are terrific dance sequences (choreographed by Patricia Birch), appearances by a variety of old pros (Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Edd Byrnes, Alice Ghostley, and Fannie Flagg) and a winning performance by Channing -- ironically, the oldest of these high-school wannabes. ~ David Abolafia, Rovi

Cast and Crew: James Donnelly  Actor 
Mimi Lieber  Actor 
Steve M. Davison  Actor 
Johnny Casino & the Sha-Na-Na  Actor 
Daniel Levans  Actor 
Andy Tennant  Actor 
Michael Biehn  Actor 
Dennis Daniels  Actor 
Sean Moran  Actor 
Gamblers  Actor 
Allan Carr  Producer 
Allan Carr  Screenwriter 
Randal Kleiser  Director 
Bronte Woodard  Screenwriter 
Robert Stigwood  Producer 
John Travolta  Actor 
Olivia Newton-John  Actor 
Stockard Channing  Actor 
Jeff Conaway  Actor 
Didi Conn  Actor 
Eve Arden  Actor 
Joan Blondell  Actor 
Dinah Manoff  Actor 
Michael Tucci  Actor 
Barry Pearl  Actor 
Kelly Ward  Actor 
Susan Buckner  Actor 
Eddie Deezen  Actor 
Lorenzo Lamas  Actor 
Dennis Stewart  Actor 
Annette Charles  Actor 
Dick Patterson  Actor 
Fannie Flagg  Actor 
Darrell Zwerling  Actor 
Ellen Travolta  Actor 
Frankie Avalon  Actor 
Edward Byrnes  Actor 
Sid Caesar  Actor 
Alice Ghostley  Actor 
Dody Goodman  Actor 
Sha Na Na  Actor 

Country: USA