Grease (film)

Grease
Grease
	Theatrical release poster
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;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$396.3 million

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 stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.^[3] 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.

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 musical film at the time.^[4] 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,^[5] 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".^[6]^[7]

A sequel, Grease 2, was released in 1982, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer as a newer class of greasers. Few of the original cast members reprised their roles. As of 2023, a short-lived prequel television series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, debuted on Paramount+, with a prequel film, titled Summer Lovin', currently in production.^[8]^[9]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Grase". American Film Institute. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Grease at Box Office Mojo
^ "Grease movie soundtrack earns its second #1 hit". History.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
^ Hofler, Robert (2010). Party Animals: A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 145. ISBN 9781459600072. Despite the fact that Grease was well on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie musical in the world, and eventually grossed over $341 million...
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^ McNary, Dave (December 14, 2020). "'Dark Knight,' 'Shrek,' 'Grease,' 'Blues Brothers' Added to National Film Registry". Variety. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
^ Alter, Rebecca (December 14, 2020). "Shrek Has Been Inducted Into the National Film Registry". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
^ Nick Vadala (October 17, 2019). "'Grease's' Rydell High, inspired by Radnor High School, is getting an HBO Max series". Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^ Kit, Borys (April 9, 2019). "'Grease' Prequel 'Summer Lovin'' in the Works With John August Writing (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.