Loughrey, Clarisse (January 28, 2016). "Carrie Fisher almost played Sandy in Grease". The Independent . Retrieved June 25, 2021. Venevisión estrena 'Somos tú y yo, un nuevo día, inspirada en Grease' ". Archived from the original on June 22, 2017 . Retrieved July 30, 2016. Topel, Fred (May 15, 2020). " 'Grease Sing-A-Long' airing June 7 on CBS". UPI. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020 . Retrieved May 15, 2020. Director Randal Kleiser took numerous liberties with the original source material, most notably moving the setting from an urban Chicago setting (based on William Howard Taft High School [10]), as the original musical had been, to a more suburban locale, reflecting his own teenage years at Radnor High School in the suburbs of Philadelphia. [8] He had little control over the musical aspects of the film; his choice of theme song, a composition by Charles Fox and Paul Williams, was overruled when Robert Stigwood and Allan Carr commissioned a song from Stigwood's client Barry Gibb at the last minute. [11] [12] Casting [ edit ]

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Grease was released in the US on VHS by Paramount Home Video in 1979, 1982, 1989, 1992 and 1994; the last VHS release was on June 23, 1998, and was titled the 20th Anniversary Edition following a theatrical re-release that March. The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014 . Retrieved October 31, 2011. a b c d e f g Callahan, Michael (January 26, 2016). "How Grease Beat the Odds and Became the Biggest Movie Musical of the 20th Century". Vanity Fair . Retrieved June 4, 2021. Grease' Returning to AMC Theatres for Charity, in Honor of Olivia Newton-John". Variety. August 18, 2022 . Retrieved August 18, 2022. Grease: 40th Anniversary Edition - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Ultra HD Review | High Def Digest". ultrahd.highdefdigest.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018 . Retrieved May 4, 2018.

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BFI Statistical Yearbook (PDF) (2012ed.). London: British Film Institute. 2013. pp. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 28, 2013 . Retrieved July 11, 2022. Grease 2 (1982) stars Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. While several of the Rydell High staff characters reprise their roles, the sequel focused on the latest class of graduating seniors, hence most of the principals from Grease did not appear. Patricia Birch, the original film's choreographer, directed the sequel. The original musical's cocreator Jim Jacobs, who was not involved in the making of Grease 2, has disowned the film. Hermanns, Grant (October 14, 2020). "Grease Prequel Series Shifting Gears from HBO Max to Paramount+". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020 . Retrieved October 14, 2020. DVD Savant: GREASE and the Curse of Product Placement". Dvdtalk.com. August 18, 1998. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009 . Retrieved August 16, 2010.Grease review - Travolta and Newton-John's summer lovin' still a blast". The Guardian. April 18, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020 . Retrieved January 31, 2020. The Best Movies of 1978 by Rank". Films101. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016 . Retrieved August 16, 2010. Film locations for Grease (1978)". Movie-locations.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012 . Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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Grease (1978)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. July 7, 1978. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014 . Retrieved September 1, 2021. Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film written by Bronte Woodard and directed by Randal Kleiser. It is based on the 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Getlen, Larry (July 4, 2010). "Tales of Ancient 'Grease' ". New York Post. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012 . Retrieved April 27, 2012. 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".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 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.

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Weekend Records Through the Years". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018 . Retrieved March 24, 2018. Falcone, Dana Rose (January 27, 2016). "Grease: 10 things you didn't know about the 1978 hit film". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 27, 2021. Champlin, Charles (June 16, 1978). "'50s as Seen Through 'Grease'". Chicago Tribune. Part IV, p. 30. It remained the highest-grossing live-action musical until 2012 when it was overtaken by Les Misérables, [42] and it remained the US champion until 2017 when it was surpassed by Beauty and the Beast. [43] Discounting inflation, Grease is now the seventh-highest-grossing live-action musical worldwide. [42] Grease Filming Locations – part 1". Seeing-stars.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011 . Retrieved October 9, 2011.