Grease [1978] | ![Grease [1978]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31XKFRAFHNL._SL160_.jpg)
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| Director: Randal Kleiser
Actors: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-john, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 437
Format: Dubbed, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Arabic (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), German (Dubbed)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437823038
ASIN: B00006FI2Z
Theatrical Release Date: June 16, 1978
Release Date: September 23, 2002
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Grease was a phenomenal hit with its target teenage audience when it was released in 1977. The songs dominated the pop charts and brought heady success for its lead actors, John Travolta (Danny) and Olivia Newton-John (Sandy) despite the fact that--as with their energetic co-stars--their own teenage years were some way behind them. As they seize the chance to relive their schooldays, their verve and enthusiasm explodes from the screen. The real class, though, comes from Stockard Channing as feisty Rizzo and, in a couple of cameos, wisecracking silver screen actresses from yesteryear Eve Arden and Joan Blondel. Based on the 1972 stage show and adding several new numbers, Grease is at heart a rites-of-passage movie with plenty of feel-good moments and a euphoric buzz. "You're the One That I Want", "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Summer Nights" became the soundtrack for a generation of high-school students on the cusp of adulthood. Today, it looks like a pastiche of those 1950s Connie Francis rock & roll beach films. But the steady stream of double entendres and knowing body language render it more accessible to the less innocent late 1970s. It's overwhelming nostalgia for anyone in the vicinity of 40. On the DVD: The 25th anniversary special edition of Grease rolls back the years: the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation transports you instantly back to fifth-form heaven in the local fleapit. The Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound ensures that the songs--ever the staple of MOR radio--complete the nostalgia trip with real zip. The main extra is a short series of fond reminiscences from the actors and director Randal Kleiser, actually filmed for the 20th anniversary. --Piers Ford
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 Axle grease! June 24, 2008
Mark Grindell (Shipley,West Yorkshire)
Every so often; and it isn't nowadays that frequent, 'cause the industry is in decline, and the mould on the window frames so bad you know they are never going to fix it, in a room far below ground and away from the public, sits a cabal of evil record executives. They have the kinds of faces you normally associate with sharks with borderline personality disorders who have never spared even one orphan middle aged sea captain, and there they sit, the dust gathering on their Saville Row lapels.
One of them moves slowly; and speaks in a gravely, cracked voice.
"Let's have another Grease revival"
The other execs cackle, their emaciated bodies heaving with satisfaction and the anticipation of yet more easy prey.
And so it is. What is it now? DVDs? Blue Ray? Ultra high definition quantum tunnelled giga crystals?
Who cares. It's the far, far future, long years since the rotting bones of Fonzie have crumbled and fed the dandelions of a happier era.
My kids got this, and I spent the rest of the day chewing my mobile phone in self loathing and digust.
THis stuff was from MY generation! MINE! I... I had to put with this! I spent the whole of my ADULT LIFE (OK, I pass) escaping this abomination! And it's here! In my HOUSE!
This was the rough equivalent of finding out that the zombies got in through that window in the roof that you forgot to board up, and damn, you've run out of petrol for that lawn mower.
I give up.
Stomps off stage (in his leather jacket).
[Post note]
I found out that the reason my daughter had this is that SHE IS NOW starring in the local production of Grease.
I really like this musical!
I do!
It's just the sort of thing that I...
What do you mean, "hypocrite"? "Over rating, self ..." what?
That's it - I'm outa here...
 GET THE GEL OUT September 24, 2007
Nevs (uk)
I can't believe you haven't seen Grease!! A classic you can watch time after time and enjoy it every time. A fresh faced duo of John Travolta and Olivia Newton John will have your feet tapping throughout.
In a violent, bloodthirsty world this is escapism for all. Enjoy
Grease, simply the best musical in the world September 12, 2007
C. Lewis
I recently purchased grease in the summer because i always wanted to have my own copy on DVD. When it arrived i watched it straight away. i love all the songs but my favourite is the song "We go together" i love this song and i'm always singing it. The whole story of grease is totally amazing and i love Danny Zuko because he is soooo funny and i love Marty from the pink ladies. my favourite scene is the dancing competition because i love all the dance moves. i would watch it everyday if i could but i'm back at college so i can't.
How could anyone NOT love Grease? August 19, 2007
K. S. Bell (Western Isles, Scotland)
This just has to be one of the top films ever made. Great acting, storyline, music and everything else.
The sogns are addictive, you will end up singing them for days afterwards, but thats fun!
Buy it, you know you want to!
An enduring classic July 19, 2007
ChezzyD (Swindon, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The film that turned John Travolta from a superstar into a megastar... Grease is also the first album I ever bought and the first film I saw at the cinema, so this film is about more than music and dancing, it's nostalgia. Strangely, nostalgia was one of the overriding factors in its success - it was a fond look back at the 50's from the 70's, deliberately using older actors so that older viewers would be able to relate. And this is the strange thing - the film actually has some quite 'adult' content and themes, yet was considered a family film. As a child I didn't quite get all the references but even I sussed there was something fishy going on with that hotdog bun and something a little 'adult' about going to 'flog your log'. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are the perfect foils for each other and the rest of the gang are not 'filler' they are all distinctive and handled with affection. The songs are legendary and will likely outlast all of us. John Travolta and the Bee Gees could do no wrong back then - and unless you were there it's hard to imagine just how huge they were and just how vicious the backlash against them was. Grease tackles age-old themes: virginity, peer pressure, teenage pregnancy, image, the school dance and the trials and tribulations of High School. Everyone can relate to it in some way, and even if you couldn't, it would still likely get your foot-tapping. You really should have this in your collection.
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