'Grease' (Randal Kleiser, 1978)

Title: 'Grease'

Release Year: 1978

Director: Randal Kleiser

Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newon-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway.

Plot: After a marvelous and romantic summer together, Sandy Olsson and Danny Zucko separate because she's going back to Australia. When she eventually does not return (due to her parents' decision), her path and Zucko's one cross one more time.

Review: 'Grease' is one of the most famous musicals ever made and its songs are widely known nowadays. Using the Rock 'n' Roll fever of the 50s Travolta and Newton-John delivered an entertaining and curious love story, still remembered nowadays.

Different versions of the same love story

Famous 'Greased Lightning'

After so much drama, it was a delight having the chance to see a comedy, better; a musical. The music numbers (contrary to what happened with 'Cabaret') are appealing, funny and have rythm and the leading characters are enourmously talented, outstanding Travolta for his Danny Zucko, a childish senior (with very childish friends) that feels for Sandy more than what his status allows him to show. The rest of the film constitutes a coming-of-age story with many of them facing the typical (and not so typical) problems of their age, like the doubts over and unknown professional future or the possibitily of being pregnant without having even ended highschool.

All this happens around Snady and Danny's love story, which changes from musical number to musical number (as well as the other plots), eventually leading to her transformation from innocent lambs to ultimate femme fatale to get the man that she wants (although he finally desires to be with her no matter what).

'You're the one that I want': Travolta and Newton-John's final song together