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Grease was originally released in the United States on June 16, 1978, and was an immediate box-office success. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $8,941,717 in 862 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking at number 2 (behind Jaws 2 ) at the box office for the weekend [ 35 ] and with the all-time opening weekend records. [ 36 ]
In May of the same year, the project was retitled as Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. [26] In October 2020, it was announced that the series would be moving to Paramount+. [27] Paramount+ released the ten episodes of the series over the course of spring 2023 before abruptly removing the series from public view that June. [28]
"Grease" is a song written by Barry Gibb and recorded by Frankie Valli: it was released as a single in May 1978. It is the title song for the musical motion picture Grease of that year, which was in turn based on the 1971 stage play Grease. The song celebrates the greaser lifestyle.
Grease 2 is a 1982 American musical romantic comedy film, and a standalone sequel to the 1978 film Grease, adapted from the 1971 musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Originally titled More Grease , the film was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood , and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch , who choreographed ...
'Grease' (1978) "Grease" is the ultimate boomer movie that made everyone want to be a cool greaser or a sassy Pink Lady. ... Just one year after the movie's release, Boomers watched the moon ...
Grease is a musical, first staged in 1971, with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago [1] (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, [2] and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell [3]), the musical follows ten ...
The soundtrack was released on April 14, 1978, two months ahead of the film's release. [1] As with most musicals of the period, the vocal takes recorded for the album release–and in some cases the instrumental background as well–do not lock to picture but were recorded during entirely different soundtrack sessions often months prior or subsequent to the performances used for lip sync in ...
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway [1] (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) [1] was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in three television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in Taxi (1978-1982), Prince Erik Greystone in Wizards and Warriors, and security officer Zack Allan on Babylon 5.