Grease 2 (1982)

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

Director:

Patricia Birch

Writers:

Ken Finkleman, Jim Jacobs (characters)

Stars:

Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maxwell Caulfield	...	Michael
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Stephanie
Lorna Luft	...	Paulette
Maureen Teefy	...	Sharon
Alison Price	...	Rhonda
Pamela Adlon	...	Dolores (as Pamela Segall)
Adrian Zmed	...	Nogerelli
Peter Frechette	...	DiMucci
Christopher McDonald	...	Goose
Leif Green	...	Davey
Didi Conn	...	Frenchy
Eve Arden	...	Miss McGee
Sid Caesar	...	Coach Calhoun
Dody Goodman	...	Blanche
Tab Hunter	...	Mr. Stuart

Storyline

Return to rockin' Rydell High for a whole new term! It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors - and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie Zinone? He's surely going to try!

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Plot Keywords:

diner | year 1961 | school | pink ladies | leather jacket | 

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Taglines:

Grease is still the word!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 June 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Son of Grease

Filming Locations:

The Pink Motel & Cadillac Jack's Diner, 9457 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,645,411, 13 June 1982, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$15,171,476

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matt Lattanzi had a bit part in Xanadu (1980), where he met Grease (1978) star Olivia Newton-John. Whilst this film was being made, he was Olivia Newton-John's boyfriend. On Xanadu (1980), the two formed a romance which led to marriage.

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Goofs

Michael isn't mentioned after he disappears before the talent show, but he's shown at the luau twice before Balmuda and company appear; eating cotton candy in front of the pool during the day, then back on the far side carrying a float into the pool.

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Quotes

The Pink Ladies: The Pink Ladies Pledge to act cool, to look cool and to be cool, till death do us part, Think Pink!

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Alternate Versions

• The first time Michael falls off the motorbike when he is trying to ride it he says "Bollocks" but it has been omitted.

Although the film is normally shown in the daytime, even after 9pm the film remains cut.

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Connections

Referenced in Monster-in-Law (2005)

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Soundtracks

Brad
Music and Lyrics by Christopher Cerf

User Reviews

The producers did not care!

Film was made with little love with the goal being to cash in on unsuspecting original GREASE movie fans.The idea was ok but the movie was dne so carelessly.The directing,screenplay,script,music and choreography was all poor.Too bad because the movie could realy be enjoyed more due to it's great setting and genre.The lead actors did their best but to no fault of theirs,they could not save this debacle.The movie will still be enjoyed by big high school life genre fans and big fans of the lead actors although they will be swallowing a lot of bad sequences just to justify their fanatisism......