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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 | |
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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.