Search - Grease [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1978 DVD Release: 09/24/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 50 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 70 Genres: Musical, Teen Movie, Rock Musical See Also: Grease [Fullscreen], Grease [Rockin' Rydell Edition], Grease: Rockin Rydell Edition [Letterman's Sweater Packaging], Grease: Rockin Rydell Edition [Black Leather Jacket Packaging], Grease [Rockin' Rydell Edition], Grease [Blu-ray]

"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 High and its cliques. As one of the bad boy T-Birds, Danny has to act cool for best pal Kenickie (Jeff Conaway) and their leather-clad mates Sonny (Michael Tucci) and Doody (Barry Pearl, in the role Travolta played on stage). Despite befriending Frenchy (Didi Conn), one of the rebel Pink Ladies, virginal Sandy is "too pure to be Pink," as the Ladies' leader Rizzo (Stockard Channing) acidly observes. Declaring their devotion in such ballads as "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Sandy," Sandy and Danny split, reconcile, and split again amidst a pep rally, dances, drive-ins, and a drag race, before deciding "You're the One That I Want" at the climactic carnival. With Travolta white-hot from Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease soundtrack singles climbed the charts and summer movie crowds poured in. With the presence of Joan Blondell, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes and Frankie Avalon appealing to grown-up memories, Grease became the highest grossing film of 1978, the highest grossing movie musical ever, and the third most popular film of the new blockbuster '70s after Star Wars (1977) and Jaws (1975). Its sequel, Grease 2, did not exactly set the world on fire in 1982. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

John Travolta - Danny Zuko
Olivia Newton-John - Sandy Olsson
Stockard Channing - Rizzo
Jeff Conaway - Kenickie
Didi Conn - Frenchy
Eve Arden - Principal McGee

One of the most successful musicals in movie history, Grease finally comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, and a French soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround as well. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer and a series of present-day interviews with the actors and filmmakers. Fans of this popular film should be thrilled with the picture and sound quality of this Paramount release. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide