Grease 2 (1982)

Director:

Patricia Birch

Writer:

Ken Finkleman

Release Date:

11 June 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Grease is still the word!

Plot:

An English student at a 1960's American high school has to prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.

Plot Keywords:

Pink Ladies | School | Greaser | High School | 1960s

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Maxwell Caulfield	...	Michael Carrington
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Stephanie Zinone
Lorna Luft	...	Paulette Rebchuck
Maureen Teefy	...	Sharon Cooper
Alison Price	...	Rhonda Ritter
Pamela Adlon	...	Dolores Rebchuck (as Pamela Segall)
Adrian Zmed	...	Johnny Nogerelli
Peter Frechette	...	Louis DiMucci
Christopher McDonald	...	Goose McKenzie
Leif Green	...	Davey Jaworski
Didi Conn	...	Frenchy
Eve Arden	...	Principal McGee
Sid Caesar	...	Coach Calhoun
Dody Goodman	...	Blanche Hodel
Tab Hunter	...	Mr. Stuart
Dick Patterson	...	Mr. Spears
Connie Stevens	...	Miss Mason
Eddie Deezen	...	Eugene Felnic
Matt Lattanzi	...	Brad
Jean Sagal	...	Sorority Girl
Liz Sagal	...	Sorority Girl
Dennis Stewart	...	Balmudo (as Dennis C. Stewart)
Brad Jeffries	...	Preptone
Vernon Scott	...	Henry Dickey
Steve M. Davison	...	Cycle Lord
Richard Epper	...	Cycle Lord
Pat Green	...	Cycle Lord
Freddie Hice	...	Cycle Lord
Steve Holladay	...	Cycle Lord
Gary Hymes	...	Cycle Lord
Michael Runyard	...	Cycle Lord (as Mike Runyard)
Scott Wilder	...	Cycle Lord
Helena Andreyko	...	Girl Greaser
Ivy Austin	...	Girl Greaser
Lucinda Dickey	...	Girl Greaser
Sandra Gray	...	Girl Greaser
Vicki Hunter	...	Girl Greaser
Donna King	...	Girl Greaser
Evelyn Tosi	...	Girl Greaser
Dallace Winkler	...	Girl Greaser
Dennis Daniels	...	Boy Greaser
John Robert Garrett	...	Boy Greaser
Bernie Hiller	...	Boy Greaser (as Bernardo Hiller)
Roy Luthringer	...	Boy Greaser
Charles McGowan	...	Boy Greaser
Aurelio Padrón	...	Boy Greaser
Andy Tennant	...	Boy Greaser
Tom Villard	...	Boy Greaser
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hillary Carlip	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Clark	...	'Windshield' man in gas station (uncredited)
Mary Ann Hay	...	Dancer / Girl in lab (uncredited)
Jenifer Newman	...	Dancer (uncredited)
USC Trojan Marching Band	...	(uncredited)
Tom Willett	...	Bowling Alley Manager (uncredited)

Directed by
Patricia Birch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ken Finkleman

Produced by
Allan Carr	....	producer
Neil A. Machlis	....	associate producer (as Neil Machlis)
Bill Oakes	....	executive producer
Robert Stigwood	....	producer

Original Music by
Louis St. Louis

Cinematography by
Frank Stanley

Film Editing by
John F. Burnett

Casting by
Sally Dennison
Geoffrey Johnson

Production Design by
Gene Callahan

Set Decoration by
Lee Poll

Costume Design by
Robert De Mora

Makeup Department
Del Acevedo	....	makeup artist
Jan Cook	....	hair stylist
Charles H. Schram	....	makeup supervisor
Vivienne Walker	....	hair styles supervisor

Production Management
Neil A. Machlis	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Arntzen	....	second assistant director
Gary Daigler	....	first assistant director
Venita Ozols	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Matty Azzarone	....	assistant property master
Nigel A. Boucher	....	leadman
Kent H. Johnson	....	property master
Robert Krume	....	construction coordinator
Robby Vandermark	....	painter

Sound Department
Don Cahn	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim Cook	....	sound re-recording mixer (as James Cook)
David W. Gray	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Robert Gutknecht	....	sound effects editor
Sean Hanley	....	dialogue editor
Robert L. Harman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Larry Jost	....	sound mixer (as Lawrence Jost)
Clyde McKinney	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Donald C. Rogers	....	sound (as Don Rogers)

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt coordinator (as Jim Arnett)
Gary Davis	....	stunt double: Michael
Richard Epper	....	stunts
Gregg Sawaya	....	stunt double
Jim Stephan	....	stunts
Jim Stephen	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Buddy Bowles	....	gaffer
Philip Caplan	....	camera operator
Ron Cardarelli	....	key grip
William N. Clark	....	camera operator
Ronald Vidor	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Matt Casella	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandy Berke Jordan	....	costume supervisor
Michael Dennison	....	costumer: men
Silvio Scarano	....	costume supervisor: men
Leslie Simmons-Potts	....	costumer: women (as Leslie S. Rich)

Editorial Department
Tim Board	....	assistant film editor
LaReine Johnston	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Artie Butler	....	conductor
Artie Butler	....	music arranger
Artie Butler	....	orchestrator
June Edgerton	....	music editor
Michael Gibson	....	orchestrator
Murray McFadden	....	music recordist
Louis St. Louis	....	music arranger

Transportation Department
Joel Marrow	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Todd J. Adelman	....	production medic
Helena Andreyko	....	assistant choreographer
Patricia Birch	....	choreographer
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Mauri Syd Gayton	....	production coordinator
Carol Green	....	unit publicist
Betty A. Griffin	....	script supervisor
Carol Jadiker	....	assistant: Bill Oakes
Michael John Meehan	....	location manager (as Mike Meehan)
Peggy Peterson	....	assistant: Patricia Birch
Greg Rosatti	....	assistant choreographer
Gini Smythe	....	assistant: Robert Stigwood

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1982) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Evergreen Recording Studios  music recorded at
• Johnson-Liff Associates  casting
• Modern Film Effects  opticals

Also Known As:

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:MG6 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Cadillac Jack's Cafe - 9400 block San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The film had a 58-day shooting schedule.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Michael reveals his face at the luau by removing his helmet, his hair is ruffled. In the next shot, his hair is perfect.

Quotes:

Johnny Nogerelli:That jacket you're wearing is T-Bird proeprty. You want to leave the party, leave the jacket at the door.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Little Britain: Episode #2.5" (2004)

Soundtrack:

BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN

Good at the time, but didn't age so well...

Depending on when you saw this film relative to when you saw the original "Grease," your viewpoints probably differ as to the quality of this movie.

I saw both within a month of each other at age 13. I hated the original and loved this one.

As I've gotten older, I've come to recognize that the original is a better piece of work, overall. The music from the original is better when taken as a whole. The supporting cast of the original has better players. The storyline doesn't seem as convoluted at times.

But there's something about this movie that holds on to you. It appeals much more to the age group pictured in the movie (i.e., junior-high and high-schoolers). The song "Cool Rider" and the scenes that accompany it in the movie rival anything in the original.

The dialog is better in places and the interplay between the male and female leads are better, I believe, than in the original. The original movie's pairing of Travolta and Newton-John gave us a dimwit trying to woo a goodie-two-shoes girl whose performance was oftentimes wooden and uncomfortable. This one gives us Caulfield and Pfeiffer, and the interplay between an intelligent, wise-beyond-his-years male lead and the "wild child" female lead.

Adrian Zmed's supporting performance as Johnny still cracks me up and is one of the few performances from this movie that still entertain me as an adult.

That's because outside of the performances of accomplished character actors Christopher McDonald, Eve Arden and Dody Goodman, the rest of this cast is just plain bad. Some of it is bad acting, some of it is miscasting and a lot of it is bad writing.

What we're left with today, 20-something years later, is a movie that made a really good attempt to build on the original, but in the end, was the soufflé that fell. It's still better than most want to admit, but it could have stood a couple of rewrites and a little more attention to detail in the prospective cast interview room.