Grease Movie Review 1978

Film version of the hit Broadway musical about summer love. Set in the 1950s, this spirited musical follows a group of high-schoolers throughout their senior year. The story offers a responsible moral: act like a tart and you'll get your guy; but, hey, it's all in fun anyway. Followed by a weak sequel.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, High School, Dance Fever, Adapted from a Musical, Teen Angst, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Top Grossing Films of 1978, Cheerleaders, Period Piece: 1950s, At the Drive-In, Carnivals & Circuses, Checkered Flag

Screenplay

Allan Carr

Cast

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Sid Caesar, Dinah Manoff, Joan Blondell, Alice Ghostley, Dody Goodman, Kelly Ward, Michael Tucci, Barry Pearl, Edd Byrnes, Susan Buckner, Lorenzo Lamas, Fannie Flagg, Eddie Deezen, Michael Biehn

Cinematography

Bill Butler

Director

Randal Kleiser

Music

John Farrar, Barry Gibb

Producer

Paramount Pictures