Grease Day USA (1978)

The star-studded premiere party for "Grease," featuring numerous unrelated musical performances.

Director:

Glen Swanson

Writers:

Bob Booker, Joe Foster

Stars:

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Debby Boone

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Travolta	...	Self
Olivia Newton-John	...	Self
Debby Boone	...	Self
Elayne Boosler	...	Self
John Byner	...	Self
Allan Carr	...	Self
Chevy Chase	...	Self
Linda Clifford	...	Self - Performer
Alice Cooper	...	Self
Yvonne Elliman	...	Self
Jodie Foster	...	Self
Leif Garrett	...	Self
Andy Gibb	...	Self - Performer
Dody Goodman	...	Self
Robert Hegyes	...	Self

Storyline

This was a televised version of the "Grease" premiere party at the Graumann's Chinese Theater. This special featured all the major stars of the movies, musical clips from the movie, fabulous 70's stars arriving (Chevy Chase, Penny Marshall, Leif Garrett, et al), interviews and a live musical performance from Frankie Valli ("Grease"). This special also featured two musical performances NOT from the movie - Andy Gibb & The Spinners.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Did You Know?

Trivia

This was televised on VH1 in March 1998 for the 20th anniversary & re-release of Grease (1978). The re-broadcast in 2002 featured a new intro and close from Olivia Newton-John.

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Connections

References The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)

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Soundtracks

Summer Nights
(uncredited)
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Performed by John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Barry Pearl, Dinah Manoff, Didi Conn, Jeff Conaway, Kelly Ward, Stockard Channing, Jamie Donnelly and Michael Tucci

User Reviews

Spinners??

I swear the O'Jays performed on this special instead of the Spinners. I do not recall hearing any Spinners tunes only O'Jays songs. For example one of the songs the O'Jays did was their classic hit "She Used to Be My Girl". Nope, no Spinners to my knowledge.

Frankie Valli completed his comeback by singing the title track GREASE to open the show.

Nice to see some of the cast of Kotter arrive to support John Travolta at this premiere.

Also this special aired originally for one hour, not 30 minutes.

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 1978 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Booker Foster Productions, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min 60 min 30 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1