Grease
Directed By: Randal Kleiser
Produced By: Robert Stigwood, Allan Carr
Screenplay By: Bronte Woodard, Allan Carr
Based On: Grease By Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
Music By: Michael Gibson, Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
Cinematography: Bill Butler
Edited By: John F. Burnett, Robert Pergament
Production Company: RSO Records
Distributed By: Paramount Pictures
Release Dates: 16th June 1978
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $6 Million
Box Office: $394,955,690
John Travolta as Danny Zuko
Olivia-Newton John as Sandy Olsson
Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo
Jeff Conaway as Kenickie
Barry Pearl as Doody
Michael Tucci as Sonny LaTierri
Kelly Ward as Roger "Putzie"
Didi Conn as Frenchy
Jamie Donelly as Jan
Dinah Manoff as Marty Maraschino
John Travolta as Danny Zuko
Olivia-Newton John as Sandy Olsson
Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo
Jeff Conaway as Kenickie
Barry Pearl as Doody
Michael Tucci as Sonny LaTierri
Kelly Ward as Roger "Putzie"
Didi Conn as Frenchy
Jamie Donelly as Jan
Dinah Manoff as Marty Maraschino
Plot Summary- IMDB: Alex Schultz
A musical about teens in love in the 50's! Its 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 one 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 so they can be together.
A musical about teens in love in the 50's! Its 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 one 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 so they can be together.
When made in 1978, Grease's target audience were majority teenage girl as it was both a musical and a romantic comedy. However through the years many women have stayed connected to the film as is now targeted at women aged 20-30 years old as it reminisces of their youth.
Genre and Sub-Genre
- romantic comedy/ musical
- High school drama
Themes Raised in The Film
- Alcohol: Scenes of under age drinking. Light hearted and not out of control.
- Peer Pressure: Sandy is encouraged to drink, smoke and lose her virginity by the other girls. She changes these things at the end of the film to make her seem attractive to Danny
- Pregnancy: Rizzo fears she is pregnant .
- Sex: Discussions about sex, pregnancy and contraception. Not explicit. No sex shown.
- Smoking: A number of characters smoke which is not shown in a critical light in the film.
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