Grease

Grease

Director: Randal Kleiser Cast: John Travolta
John Travolta
, Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John
, Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
, Jeff Conaway
Jeff Conaway
Randal Kleiser
Grease

Grease

Director: Randal Kleiser Cast: John Travolta
John Travolta
, Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John
, Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
, Jeff Conaway
Jeff Conaway
Randal Kleiser

DVD (Anniversary Edition / Wide Screen)

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Overview

"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.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/24/2018
UPC: 0032429296573
Original Release: 1978
Rating: PG
Source: PARAMOUNT
Language: English
Time: 1:50:00
Sales rank: 1,127

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
John Travolta Danny,Waitress,Actor
Stockard Channing Rizzo
Jeff Conaway Kenickie
Barry Pearl Doody,Actor
Didi Conn Frenchy
Michael Tucci Sonny,Actor
Eve Arden Principal McGee
Kelly Ward Putzie,Actor
Jamie Donnelly Jan,Jan,Actor
Dinah Manoff Marty
Sid Caesar Coach Calhoun
Frankie Avalon Teen Angel
Joan Blondell Vi
Edd Byrnes Vince Fontaine,Vince Fontaine
Alice Ghostley Mrs. Murdock
Dody Goodman Blanche
Eddie Deezen Eugene
Dennis Stewart Leo,Actor
Lorenzo Lamas Tom Chisum
Fannie Flagg Nurse Wilkins
Darrell Zwerling Mr. Lynch
Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman Actor
Jocko Marcellino Actor
Barbi Alison Dancer
Jennifer Buchanan Dancer
Carol Culver Dancer
Deborah Fishman Dancer
Antonia Franceschi Dancer
Sandra Gray Dancer
Mimi Lieber Dancer
Larry Dusich Dancer
Betty Rizzo Actor
Dody Ghostman Actor
Sha Na Na Johnny Casino and the Gamblers
Johnny Casino & the Sha-Na-Na Johnny Casino & the Gamblers (as Sha-Na-Na)
Gamblers Actor
Daniel Levans Dancer
Sean Moran Dancer
Andy Tennant Dancer
Michael Biehn Jock (Basketball Player)
Steve Davison Leader of the Scorpions
John Farrar Composer
Louis St. Louis Composer
Jim Jacobsen Composer
Scott Simons Composer
Bill Oakes Composer

Technical Credits
Randal Kleiser Director,Screenwriter
Allan Carr Producer
Robert Stigwood Producer,Director
Ken Speed Special Effects
Wally Crowder Stunts
Sean Hanley Sound Effects
Neil A. Machlis Producer,Director
Jim Jacobsen Screenwriter
Bronté Woodard Screenwriter
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