At first, sandy didnt think he was the boy for her, just because he seemed like a trouble maker. Grease 1978 experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. They dont look greasy, but they better have applied sunscreen. This grease conspiracy theory will totally bum you out.
Romance and breaking up are matters of life and death for teenagers, and a crisis of selfesteem can be a crushing burden. Based on the hit broadway musical, grease tells the story of two lovestruck high school seniors, sandy olsen and danny zuko. The daughter of lester napier stockard, a welltodo shipping executive, and mary. John travolta is a big fan of that grease internet theory that went viral that costar olivia newtonjohns sandy is actually dead in the film. Barry gibbpenned disco theme aside, grease doesnt really belong to any one era. Before it moved to broadway and the subject matter and prickly nuanced characters were diluted to be more crowdpleasing, the original 1971 chicago musical grease was a dark story. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. An exchange student from australia, sandy meets danny at a beach during the summer and is surprised to run. The movies worth seeing for nostalgia, or for a look at vintage travolta, but its underlying problem is that it sees the material as silly camp.
The acting was so horrible that it couldnt keep me interested. The opening credits, set to the song grease, grease is the word, its got groove its got meaning depicts a cartoon character who looks like a young captain caveman transforming himself into john travolta with the aid of some hair grease. The tbirds wants to watch a scary movie, but thing is that putzie. John travolta, olivia newtonjohn, stockard channing, didi cohn, jeff conaway and so many more make this an allstar hit. Grease is a pure pop construct, fueled by movie star poses, hit songs, and persistent audience fantasies of being an acceptable kind of bad. In the movie, the central love story may be the point, but on stage the romance is just a device for making a larger, more interesting point.
Jan 24, 2018 women of a certain age will have watched it over and over again throughout their lives, sharing inside jokes with friends, family members, and colleagues. Barry gibb and frankie valli talk about creating the memorable theme. May 28, 2016 jeff conaway had a history with grease, having played the role of danny zuko in the broadway version for over two years. Thats how you know whats inside this little person. Sep 08, 2016 olivia newtonjohn as sandy and john travolta as danny in 1978s grease. A movie that was better and more lifechanging than it had any right to be. Rachel would have to kiss joey williams before the summer break as it was the beginning of june. A dark grease fan theory is racing across the internet, and the creepiest thing is how it goes together like ramma lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong. John michael graham is an actor, known for halloween 1978 and halloween. Sep 08, 2016 a grease fan has an explanation for the movies unlikely love story of a high school bad boy and his goodytwoshoes gal it was all a dream. Grease youre the one that i want lyrics metrolyrics. Grease was released on june 16, 1978 and audiences immediately fell in love with the films 1950s vibe, tbird bad boy danny zuko, played by john travolta who was hot off of. One of broadway and hollywoods cleverer talents who tends to shine a smart, cynical light on her surroundings, stockard channing was born susan williams antonia stockard on february, 1944, in new york city, to a catholic family, with english and irish ancestry.
Atomicbolt first shared the conspiracy theory back in 20. Weve got chills over this grease theory that sandy was. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Grease is a 1971 musical by jim jacobs and warren casey. I really loved the movie so i think that i made a good decision in picking a book that i love. Mhm podcast networks film summary and movie synopsis for grease 1978 which stars john travolta, olivia newtonjohn, and stockard channing. Grease 1978 film summary and movie synopsis on mhm. Jun 15, 2018 40 years on, grease is copping it for all the wrong reasons sexist, racist, regressive and downright offensive. A few things you may not know about the movie grease neatorama. T he post world war two era saw the birth of a new teen identity.
Heres a few facts you may not have known about grease plus a few of my own memories. Watching grease on tv, or even some of the older dvds, it looks horrible. What it will take to reopen everything, according to the who. When did hair gel grease became fat, greasy, junk, tuk and it isnt surely a lipstick. When summer ends, they part forever, they think, only to find themselves at the same school, where dannys toughguy image makes. This book is about a girl named sandy and a boy named danny who fall in love. The entire movie was a drowning womans coma fantasy. Grease 2 may be worst then the first but at least it has way better acting. Jul 06, 2018 grease movie celebrates 40th anniversary john travolta olivia newtonjohn. Getty images the entire movie was a drowning womans coma fantasy, the reddit post said. In a wideranging vanity fair piece about the movie, published ahead of foxs grease live premiere on sunday, cast members of the iconic flick, including john travolta olivia newtonjohn and. A recently resurfaced and very dark fan theory about the 1978 hit musical movie grease speculates that sandy was actually dead the entire time and the whole story takes place in her head. But its still a fun movie, with many of the same endearing characteristics as its predecessor.
Jun 01, 2018 100 things to do inside ways to jazz it up make your. Jun 15, 2018 grease follows a tradition of movie musicals that, beginning in the midtolate 50s, tended to move away from the artifice of sound stages and studio backlots and onto real locations. Travolta traded in disco duds for a cowboy hat in urban cowboy 1980, a corny love story about a workingman who breaks up with his girlfriend debra winger, then plays out their relationships turmoil inside a huge honkytonk called gilleys. This movie well illustrates what the 50s was all about.
Putzie is upset because he feels like everyone is gonna forget and leave him, so his best friend who is like a big brother to him danny zuko comforts him and tells him that he is not going anywhere. Olivia newtonjohn as sandy and john travolta as danny in 1978s grease. I preordered and kept my fingers crossed the grease 4k would be a improvement in terms of picture quality pq over the bluray and i was not disappointed. News sports entertainment life money tech travel opinion. There is just something about grease both music and actual story that lifts the spirits every time.
Secret meaning of the movie grease greek gods paradise. Like many others, i too find grease 2 a bit of a flop, especially considering the renown of the original. If it happened, amber would have to kiss max cambie. It also shows a cartoon olivia newtonjohn being dressed by birds, deer, and rabbits. One reason for the story s sustained popularity is determined in its structurealthough uneven at times, grease contains all four perspectives necessary to make a grand argument. Danny and sandy get in a car and fly off into the sky. Travolta, who played doody in the same show, was a much bigger star by the time the movie rolled around, so conaway was cast as another member of the tbirds, kenickie.
Grease, generally considered a trivial little musical about the fabulous fifties, is really the story of americas tumultuous crossing over from the 50s to the 60s, throwing over repression and tradition for freedom and adventure and a generous helping of cultural chaos, a time when the styles and culture of the disengaged and disenfranchised became overpowering symbols of teenage power and autonomy. Apr 10, 2017 in this post ill reveal the secret meaning of grease and tell you what that weird flying car scene at the end of the movie grease really meant. On june 16, 1978, one of the most beloved broadway shows of all time became one of the most beloved films of all time when grease hit cinemas to the most lucrative boxoffice reception in american moviemusical history. The boys do the greased lightning song fixing their trandem bike instead of a hot car, and we also see the boys do versions of summer nights tell me more tell me more and youre the one that i want at the disco. Grease 1978 a bun in the oven scene 710 movieclips. Olivia newtonjohn and john travolta star in grease. Grease is an infamous musicalplay turned film, adapted and produced by allan carr, chartering the summertastic rock n roll of the 1950s, centring on the highs and lows of a group of teenagers at highschool, rydell high. Being a romance, comedy, musical and so much more, makes it unique.
Grease fans shut this horrifying, viral conspiracy. The movie still peppers some casual roofie and rueful teen pregnancy jokes, but the musical was as much about social issues like bullying and peer pressure as it was. Named after the 1950s united states workingclass youth subculture known as greasers, the musical is set in 1959 at fictional rydell high school based on william howard taft school in chicago, illinois and follows ten workingclass teenagers as they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values, and love. That is the story of grease and the story of america the way sex was changing and the part rock and roll and cars and driveins played in that transformation. Your allies are inside the palace and ready to open the gates. Written by bronte woodard and directed by randal kleiser in his theatrical feature film debut, the film depicts the lives of greaser danny zuko and australian transfer student sandy olsson who develop an attraction for each other. This behindthescenes look at the making of grease is rocking my 10yearold brain. Jan 23, 2014 explore sharisse001s board grease hairstyles. In saturday night fever 1977, travolta plays tony manero, a 19yearold italian american from brooklyn who works in a humble paint store and lives with his family.
By the way, why do you think the filmmakers wanted to end the movie grease in this bizarre way, with sandy olivia newtonjohn and danny zuko john travolta flying through the sky in their flying car. How grease beat the odds and became the biggest movie musical of the 20th century as fox preps a fortv revival, michael callahan looks at what made grease lightning in. The movie s worth seeing for nostalgia, or for a look at vintage travolta, but its underlying problem is that it sees the material as silly camp. Now, another generation is discovering the movie, and the stage show from which it was adapted, thanks in at least small part to grease. A grease fan has an explanation for the movie s unlikely love story of a high school bad boy and his goodytwoshoes gal it was all a dream. Inside grease background and analysis by scott miller the year is 1959, a pivotal moment in american cultural history, when rock and roll was giving birth to the sexual revolution and everything in america culture was about to be turned upside down. The movie grease which is based upon the broadway hit musical celebrates this teenage culture. Pq is astounding and there is much more detail to be seen over the older bluray versions. With its current rerelease, the film and its soundtrack are certain to bebop right into the year 2000. Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s.
Grease is a 1978 american musical romantic comedy film based on the 1971 musical of the same name by jim jacobs and warren casey. This story will contain extended versions of scenes from grease. A story based of the classic movie and musical grease. Jacobs and casey wrote the grease ending to mock the fake finales to popular exploitation rock n roll movies where the moody leatherjacketed rebel. Jan 26, 2016 the decor inside his benedict canyon mansion was gaudy, lacquered, and more than a tad narcissistic. Danny and sandy finally get their movieending grease kiss, 40. The reddit theory says that danny never saved her and she actually did drown in the ocean, only dreaming that she fell in love with the. The main character is sandy, played by olivia newton john. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of grease, the most successful movie. I got chills, theyre multiplying and im losing control cause the power, youre supplying its electrifying. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of grease, the most successful movie musical of all time. The story, smoothed out and set in southern california, involves a greaser named danny travolta who has a sweet summertime romance with sandy, an australian girl olivia newtonjohn.
Grease the travolta dvd collection collects three films from the beginning of john travoltas career after he was plucked from the cast of the tv sitcom welcome back, kotter. Now at the end of the movie, farquaad has been assassinated and the military leadership is in disarray. Sandy kills herself towards the end of the movie and the entire last scene is her dying thoughts andor a dream sequence of some kind. Sandy tells danny that shell have to go back to australia soon, but danny assures sandy it isnt the end of their romance. Dec 02, 2010 jacobs and casey wrote the grease ending to mock the fake finales to popular exploitation rock n roll movies where the moody leatherjacketed rebel inexplicably becomes wholesome and virtuous.
Jun 24, 2019 after the success of the first movie its the topgrossing musical in the us to date grease was supposed to have three sequels. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. I have a similar one to this which makes it so its not just a complete all in her head theory. Grease is the wordbut its a word we havent yet heard as we watch danny zuko and sandy olsson frolic on a beach. Jim jacobs and warren caseys original 1971 musical was so popular it was adapted into a movie just seven years after its inception. Duloc, once your racist oppressor, is now helpless. Sadly, the passing of the great sid caesar last week on february 11 brought back many memories of the movie grease, filmed way back in the happy, innocent summer of 1977.
Entire families were cruelly separated and murdered ie. So grease is the word, except when those words are horribly inappropriate in a modern context mia freedman watched it with her kids and she said its really funny watching a 70s movie through a modern lens, and then trying to explain some of the more inappropriate themes and moments to your kids. Weve got chills over this grease theory that sandy was dead the whole time. This behindthescenes look at the making of grease is.
Grease is a timeless classic, that almost everyone loves. After the success of the first movie its the topgrossing musical in the us to date grease was supposed to have three sequels. Sid, who passed away at 91, was the oldest surviving cast member of grease. Since then, the timelessly funny story of 1950s teen love, cliques. May 21, 2018 100 things to do inside ways to jazz it up make your own. From our partners womens work my hair, my story whats working. How grease beat the odds and became the biggest movie. Go back to high school with pink lady sandy olivia newtonjohn, leader of the badboy tbirds, danny john travolta, and a rockin and rollin allstar cast. A slew of iconic films were filmed at john marshall high school. Saturday night grease 1980 tv episode tims in love with olivia newton john so grease is also spoofed here. Actresssinger olivia newtonjohn was born on september 26, 1948, in cambridge, cambridgeshire, england. See more ideas about grease hairstyles, grease and grease movie. How grease beat the odds and became the biggest movie musical. Oct 06, 2011 the movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web.
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