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Grease
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Grease is a 1978 romantic comedy and musical film directed by Randal Kleiser. The screenplay was written by Allan Carr, who also served as a producer alongside Robert Stigwood. The cast includes John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, and Jeff Conaway. The film was produced by RSO Records and Paramount Pictures, with music composed by John Farrar and Barry Gibb. It was filmed in Los Angeles and Malibu and is associated with the New Hollywood movement.
The movie has a runtime of 110 minutes and was released in 1978. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. The production had a budget of 6,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 395,000,000. Grease is followed by Grease 2.
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7.4Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Cast
- Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsson
- John Travolta as Danny Zuko
- Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo
- Jeff Conaway as Kenickie Murdoch
- Barry Pearl as Doody
- Michael Tucci as Sonny
Themes
- australia
- high school
- flying car
- california
- jealousy
- street gang
- cheerleader
- dance competition
- carnival
- musical
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Randal Kleiser
- Screenplay by
- Bronté Woodard
- Adaptation by
- Allan Carr
- Based on
- Grease , by Jim Jacobs Warren Casey
- Produced by
- Robert Stigwood Allan Carr
- Starring
- John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Stockard Channing Eve Arden Frankie Avalon Joan Blondell Edd Byrnes Sid Caesar Alice Ghostley Dody Goodman Sha Na Na
- Cinematography
- Bill Butler
- Edited by
- John F. Burnett
- Music by
- Michael Gibson
- Production companies
- Allan Carr Enterprises Stigwood Group
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- June 16, 1978 ( 1978-06-16 )
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $396.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by co-producer Allan Carr, based on the 1971 stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The plot follows greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Australian transfer student Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John), who develop an attraction for each other during a summer romance.
Grease was released in the United States on June 16, 1978, by Paramount Pictures. The film was successful both critically and commercially, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1978 and the highest-grossing musical film at the time. Its soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best-selling album of the year in the United States, only behind the soundtrack of the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, which also starred Travolta, and the song "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 51st Academy Awards. The film also received five nominations at the 36th Golden Globe Awards, including for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and two for Best Original Song, for "Grease" and "You're the One that I Want". In 2020, Grease was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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