Grease
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 1972 stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The film depicts the lives of 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.
Plot
In the summer of 1958, local boy Danny Zuko and vacationing Australian Sandy Olsson meet at the beach and fall in love. When the summer comes to an end, Sandy frets that they may never meet again, but Danny tells her that their love is "only the beginning".
Cast
- Alice Ghostley
- Andy Tennant
- Annette Charles
- Antonia Franceschi
- Barry Pearl
- Dennis Cleveland Stewart
- Didi Conn
- Dinah Manoff
- Dody Goodman
- Edd Byrnes
- Eddie Deezen
- Ellen Travolta
- Eve Arden
- Fannie Flagg
- Frankie Avalon
- Jamie Donnelly
- Jeff Conaway
- Joan Blondell
- John Michael Graham
- John Travolta
- Kelly Ward
- Lorenzo Lamas
- Michael Biehn
- Michael Tucci
- Olivia Newton-John
- Sean Moran
- Sha Na Na
- Sid Caesar
- Stockard Channing
- Wendie Jo Sperber
More details
| author | Allan Carr Bronte Woodard |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Randal Kleiser |
| editor | John F. Burnett |
| genre | action comedy romance |
| keywords | american bandstand begin best friend disturb drink greaser hand jive jock last day letterman national bandstand pajama party pep rally pierce school dance slumber party street racing win |
| musicBy | Barry Gibb John Farrar |
| producer | Allan Carr Robert Stigwood |
| productionCompany | Allan Carr Enterprises |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles Malibu |
| theme | dance high school musical musical comedy race romantic comedy romantic musical teen romance |