Grease is the word
A musical about teens in love in the 50's! It's California, 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love. They spend time at the beach, but when they go back to school, what either of them don't know is that they both now attend Rydell High. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black-jacket greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo. When they clash at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same Danny at the beach. They try to be like each other so they can be together.
Genre(s): Musical, Romance
Rating: 7.0/10 (58,940 votes)
Country: USA
Languages: English
Company: Paramount Pictures
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Director(s): Randal Kleiser
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Producer(s):
Allan Carr - producer
Neil A. Machlis - associate producer
Robert Stigwood - producer
Writer(s):
Jim Jacobs - (musical) and
Warren Casey - (musical)
Bronte Woodard - (screenplay) (as Bronté Woodard)
Allan Carr - (adaptation)
Cast:
John Travolta - Danny Zuko
Olivia Newton-John - Sandy Olsson
Stockard Channing - Betty Rizzo
Jeff Conaway - Kenickie
Barry Pearl - Doody
Michael Tucci - Sonny
Kelly Ward - Putzie
Didi Conn - Frenchie
Jamie Donnelly - Jan
Dinah Manoff - Marty Maraschino
Allan Carr - producer
Neil A. Machlis - associate producer
Robert Stigwood - producer
Writer(s):
Jim Jacobs - (musical) and
Warren Casey - (musical)
Bronte Woodard - (screenplay) (as Bronté Woodard)
Allan Carr - (adaptation)
Cast:
John Travolta - Danny Zuko
Olivia Newton-John - Sandy Olsson
Stockard Channing - Betty Rizzo
Jeff Conaway - Kenickie
Barry Pearl - Doody
Michael Tucci - Sonny
Kelly Ward - Putzie
Didi Conn - Frenchie
Jamie Donnelly - Jan
Dinah Manoff - Marty Maraschino
Posted on: July 8, 2010
July 9th, 2010
It’s too bad this film sucked so hard… Elvis must have felt reallystrongly about this film’s message to have let them use all his ownsongs and voice them over for every character. Unfortunately this endedup looking weird to have Elvis’s music coming out of every one’s lipsynced mouths. Hopefully someday someone will remake this musical anddo it right. For the sake of workers everywhere.
Your Union working dissident, Reviewer.
July 11th, 2010
Director Randal Kleiser knocks it out of the park with this musical.
Personally, I don't find the 1950s era all that interesting. All I'veseen are leather jackets, greasy hair and a superficial gangster typeof attitude with the bad boys.
But Kleiser takes all of those elements, which ultimately was writtenby Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey and Allan Carr and Bronte Woodard, and hasa whole bunch of fun with them. That translates real well on thescreen.
Also contributing to the fun and energy of GREASE are its maincharacters, portrayed beautifully by John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John,Stockard Channing and Jeff Conaway.
The music is fantastic all around. All of the songs seem to capture anera gone by.
The choreography is one of the most amazing things about this movie,and it is by the very talented Patricia Birch.
July 11th, 2010
West Side Story this ain't. Yet Grease is probably more popular, withit's celebrity cast, bubblegum production design, catchy numbers andterrific joie de vivre. Danny and Sandy are the least likely of highschool sweethearts so when she turns up at his school, drama ensues asthey try and negotiate the treacherous playground politics to rekindletheir Summer Lovin'.
The almost indecently attractive central couple of John Travolta andOlivia Newton John as Danny and Sandy is truly wonderful – they notonly look good, they can sing and dance too. The spark though is theleader of the Pink Ladies Gang, (Betty) Rizzo, played by StockardChanning. Here is the imperfect leader, the female icon to which Sandyis expected to aspire if she or any other girls wants their man. YetRizzo's complicated, melancholy at having given too much of herselfaway to achieve her status. It's a great performance that gives thewhole bundle of fun some real weight. 6/10
July 11th, 2010
Grease – the absolute terror of 1978 how was this a hit? this is theworst of film of 1978 there were so many better movies that year likeSuperman, Jaws 2 and Halloween, we had to watch the entire film becausewere doing a play for it and I despise this film so much! I wouldrather watch a pig pee on somebody whose asleep than watch this crapthere are other musicals better than this like Bugsy Malone now that isgenius while Grease on the hand is horse dung. And the ending is so gay
A FLYING CAR WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? its so cheesy and stupid and thesongs sucks
THIS MOVIE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!