Grease

Grease

1978, PG, 112 min. Directed by Randal Kleiser. Starring Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., June 16, 2000

What’s four decades old and keeps on ticking? Or should that be sliding? The answer is Grease, the multigenerational phenomenon and one of the most widely seen movie musicals on the planet.

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Grease, Randal Kleiser, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn

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