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Grease
Director:
Randal Kleiser
(Dir)
Release Date:
Jun 1978
Premiere Information:
New York and Los Angeles openings: 16 Jun 1978
Duration (in mins):
110 or 112
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Cast:
John Travolta
(Danny)
Olivia Newton-John
(Sandy)
Stockard Channing
(Rizzo)
Jeff Conaway
(Kenickie)
Summary:
Production Company:
Allan Carr Enterprises, Inc.
Stigwood Group, Ltd.
Distribution Company:
Paramount Pictures Corp.
(Gulf & Western Industries, Inc.)
Director:
Randal Kleiser
(Dir)
Producer:
Robert Stigwood
(Prod)
Allan Carr
(Prod)
Writer:
Bronté Woodard
(Scr)
Allan Carr
(Adpt)
Photography:
Bill Butler
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Phil Jefferies
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
John F. Burnett
(Ed)
Music:
Bill Oakes
(Mus supv)
Dance:
Patricia Birch
(Dances & mus seq stages & choreographed by)
MPAA Rating:
PG
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Composer:
Warren Casey
Jim Jacobs
Source Text:
Based on the musical
Grease
, book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, produced on the Broadway stage by Kenneth Waissman and Maxine Fox, in association with Anthony D'Amato (New York, 14 Feb 1972).
Authors:
Jim Jacobs
Warren Casey
Kenneth Waissman
Maxine Fox
Anthony D'Amato
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Paramount Pictures Corp.
20/10/1978
dd/mm/yyyy
PA16189
PCA NO:
25098
Physical Properties:
Sd:
Dolby System
col:
Metrocolor
Widescreen/ratio:
Panavision
Genre:
Musical comedy
Sub-Genre:
Teenage
Note:
Grease
was ranked 20th on AFI's list of the 25 Greatest Movie Musicals.
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Daily Variety
6 Jun 1978
p. 3.
Hollywood Reporter
6 Jun 1978
p. 4.
Los Angeles Times
16 Jun 1978
Section IV, p. 30.
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
16 Jun 1978
Section B, p. 1, 9.
Motion Picture Herald Product Digest
28 Jun 1978
p. 5.
New York Times
16 Jun 1978.
New Yorker
26 Jun 1978
pp. 90-91.
Newsweek
12 Jun 1978
p. 92.
Time
19 Jun 1978
pp. 78-79.
Variety
7 Jun 1978
p. 28.
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