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Grease (1978) is the name of a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical, Grease. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Jeff Conaway and Stockard Channing.

Plot summary

In the summer of 1956, Danny Zuko (Travolta), member of Rydell High School's boy gang the T-Birds, meets Sandy Olsson (Newton-John), an innocent girl from Australia, at the beach and they fall in love. When autumn nears, Sandy must return to Australia.

However, Sandy's plans are changed and she ends up attending Rydell High as an exchange student. She meets a group of girls named the Pink Ladies and quickly befriends them. Not knowing what has happened, both Danny and Sandy let their friends know of their scandalous affair over the summer.

Eventually, Danny and Sandy are re-introduced by Betty Rizzo (Channing), the leader of the Pink Ladies, and they decide to revive their romance, but not without constant interference from the T-Birds, Pink Ladies and a rival gang, The Scorpions.

Danny and Sandy are separated again at the school dance contest. Although they arrive together, the T-Birds conspire to get Danny back together with his old girl friend and dance partner, Cha-Cha DiGregorio. They succeed and Danny and Cha-Cha go on to win the contest. Feeling betrayed, Sandy leaves the dance in disgust.

In an effort to reconcile with Sandy, Danny asks her to "be his girl" and offers her a ring. She initially accepts but feels he only wants her for sex. Sandy throws his ring back at him and again leaves in disgust.

But at the end of the school year graduation carnival, a new, badder looking Sandy emerges. She seems to have decided to "loosen up" in an effort to be with Danny. Meanwhile, Danny has received a letterman's sweater in track in an effort to impress Sandy. The two meet in the middle and Danny and Sandy fly off arm in arm in a shiny roadster, turning the film into somewhat of a fantasy.

Effects

Although Travolta was already famous for the movie Saturday Night Fever
, Grease reconfirmed his status as a superstar. Newton-John's fame also reached new heights after the movie released. The movie received five Golden Globe Award nominations in 1979. The film was re-released to theaters in 1998 for the film's 20th anniversary.

The movie's soundtrack was a number one album in many different countries. In the United Kingdom, the two Travolta/Newton-John duets, "You're The One That I Want" and "Summer Nights" were both number one hits and appear eighth and 21st respectively in the official all-time UK best-selling singles list issued in 2002. The song "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was nominated for an Academy Award (1979) for Best Music - Original Song. The movie's title song was also a number one hit single for Frankie Valli.

Grease spawned a sequel, Grease 2
(1982 with an entirely different cast) which was much less successful.

Main cast

John Travolta
- Danny Zuko
Olivia Newton-John
- Sandy Olsson
Stockard Channing
- Betty Rizzo
Jeff Conaway
- Kenickie
Didi Conn
- Frenchy
Jamie Donnelly - Jan
Dinah Manoff
- Marty Maraschino
Michael Tucci - Sonny LaTierri
Barry Pearl - Doody
Kelly Ward - Putzie
Sid Caesar
- Coach Calhoun
Eve Arden
- Principal McGee
Dody Goodman - Blanche
Alice Ghostly - Mrs Mursdoc
Edd Byrnes - Vince Fontaine
Frankie Avalon
- Teen Angel
Annette Charles - Cha Cha DiGregorio
Eddie Deezen
- Eugene Felnic
Lorenzo Lamas
- Tom Cushin
Dennis Steward - Leo
Joan Blondell
- Viola

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Movies - Grease

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