Grease

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Grease
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PG,1hr 50min
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Released:
June 1, 1978
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Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: "Grease," said the poster and the Barry Gibb song, "is the word." Transferring its setting from Chicago to sunny California, and adding a dash of disco to the ersatz '50s score, producer Allan Carr and director Randal Kleiser turned this long-running Jim Jacobs - Warren Casey Broadway smash into the biggest blockbuster of 1978. 1950s teens Danny (John Travolta) and Australian transfer Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) spend their "Summer Nights" falling in love, but once fall comes, it's back to Rydell ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
GREASE is not really the 1950's teen-age movie musical it thinks it is, but a contemporary fantasy about a 1950's teen-age musical—a larger, funnier, wittier and more imaginative-than-Hollywood movie with a life that is all its own. It uses the Eisenhower era — the characters, costumes, gestures and particularly, the music—to create a time and place that have less to do with any real 50's than with ... Full Review
Metascore
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70
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Danny Zuko
Sandy, Sandy Olsson
Kenickie
Photos
Jenny McCarthy attends the 20th anniversary re-release premiere of "Grease" at Mann's Chinese...
Rosie O'Donnell (fifth from the left) appears in a curtain call after a performance of "Grease" at...
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in a promo shot for "Grease"
Actor Cheyenne Jackson and the cast of Grease perform at The Visa Signature TONY Awards Preview...
Actors Kerry Butler (right center), Cheyenne Jackson (center) and the cast of Grease perform at The...
Actors Kerry Butler (right) and Cheyenne Jackson (r. center) and the cast of Grease perform at The...
Olivia Newton-John, 60, Sept. 26: The lovely Aussie singer got her start in the '60s and scored her...
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