Grease (1978)

Regisseur:

Randal Kleiser

Drehbuchautoren:

Jim Jacobs (musical) and
Warren Casey (musical) ...

Premierendatum:

16. Juni 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Musical | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Grease is the word

Plot:

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

Plot Keywords:

School | Elvis Presley | Nostalgic | Loss Of Virginity | First Love

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Disco Hound Dog

Besetzung

John Travolta	...	Danny Zuko
Olivia Newton-John	...	Sandy Olsson
Stockard Channing	...	Betty Rizzo
Jeff Conaway	...	Kenickie
Barry Pearl	...	Doody
Michael Tucci	...	Sonny
Kelly Ward	...	Putzie
Didi Conn	...	Frenchy
Jamie Donnelly	...	Jan
Dinah Manoff	...	Marty Maraschino
Eve Arden	...	Principal McGee
Frankie Avalon	...	The Teen Angel
Joan Blondell	...	Vi
Edd Byrnes	...	Vince Fontaine
Sid Caesar	...	Coach Calhoun

Alternativ:

Grease - Schmiere (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

110 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (original release) | DTS (re-release) (1998) | Dolby Digital (re-release) (1998) | Dolby (35 mm prints) (original release)

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1998) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | East Germany:(Banned) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 (20th anniversary edition) | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Norway:12 (1978) | Norway:7 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Drehorte:

Burbank, California, USA

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

Rizzo's hickeys were real. Stockard Channing said in an interview that Jeff Conaway insisted on applying them himself.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: During Summer Nights, Rizzo's shades repeatedly jump between her face and her hand between shots.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Sandy: I'm going back to Australia; I might never see you again.
Danny: Don't... don't talk that way, Sandy.
Sandy: But it's true! I've just had the best summer of my life, and now I have to go away. It isn't fair.
[Danny starts kissing her]
Sandy: Danny, don't spoil it!
Danny: It's not spoiling it, Sandy, it's only making it better.
Sandy: Danny... is this the end?
Danny: Of course not; it's only the beginning.

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Soundtrack:

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING

Disco Hound Dog

Well golly gee whiz, I don't even know where to begin with this one. To its credit, it does have energy ... lots of high voltage zing and zest, hyper kinetic hubbub, in that optimistic spirit of high school days, with all that singing, dancing, and chattering like magpies. And the production design and costumes are colorful and splashy.

"Grease" also has two terrific songs that function as musical bookends. At the beginning, we get to hear "Grease (Is The Word)", sung by Frankie Valli. I've always liked that song. And near the end, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John dazzle and electrify with the snappy, pulsating sounds of "You're The One That I Want" ... "oo-oo-oo, honey". Marvelous.

Trouble is, both those songs engender a 1970's disco flavor into a film ostensibly about the 1950s. So where are all those really great oldies-but-goodies? Sha-na-na sings a few oldies, like Elvis' "Hound Dog". But the missed musical opportunities are striking.

The film's story, about high school romance, is not original. And the plot is choppy, and lacks scene transitions, or any sense of logical progression or flow. Plot points seem placed almost in random order, a result of poor script structure.

Although the film is a comedy, the jokes aren't really funny. The writers are trying too hard, and the humor comes across as forced and unnatural.

One of the worst elements of "Grease" is the "Greased Lightning" segment, which has John Travolta acting like a jerk, as he struts and prances in an auto garage. Wearing too much makeup, he comes across as a poor imitation of 1970's singer Freddie Mercury, from the 1970's rock band "Queen".

The film's casting is terrible. Most of them look too old to be high school seniors. Not for a microsecond did I think Stockard Channing was 17 years old.

What's good about this film is really, really good. And what's bad is really, really bad. But overall, "Grease" fails to engender a sense of the 1950s. Instead, it looks, sounds, and feels like an homage to the 1970s disco era.