ok i thought im in the mood to watch a musical and i put on grease cuz i havent seen it for a while and i got into a convosation with my housemate about what year the film was based, was it based during the time it was made in 1978, she recon its during the 50's but i think it looks more like the 60's era, im not sure i love to hear your answers!!! thanks!!
2007-02-26 15:30:34 · 16 answers · asked by Syndicate 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
While Grease was released in 1978, it was about the Ridell High School class of 1959. Hope that's what you were looking for! Great movie!
2007-02-27 08:09:38 · answer #1 · answered by Laura B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the 50
2007-02-26 15:33:01 · answer #2 · answered by Space Ace 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was filmed in 1978 to be like highschool in the 50's
Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.
Based on the High school subcultures of 1950s America, it takes its name from the "tough guy" working-class greasers of the era. The musical, set in fictional Rydell High in Chicago, tackles such social issues as teenage pregnancy and gang violence; its themes include love, friendship, rebellion and sexual exploration during adolescence, and, to some degree, class consciousness/class conflict.
The show premiered in 1971 as "a play with music"[1] at the Kingston Mines Theater in the Old Town section of Chicago. Producers Ken Waissman and Maxine Fox saw it and suggested to the playwrights that it might work better as a musical, and told them if they were willing to rework it and they liked the end result, they would produce it off-Broadway. The team headed to New York City and after additional collaboration and refinements, Grease which opened at the Eden Theatre in downtown Manhattan on February 14, 1972. Excellent reviews and brisk box-office business prompted the producers to move it uptown.
The Broadway production, directed by Tom Moore and choreographed by Patricia Birch, opened June 7, 1972 at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for five months before transferring to the Royale. It remained there for more than seven years before moving to the Majestic, where it closed on April 13, 1980, after 3,388 performances.
The original cast included , Barry Bostwick (as Danny), Carole Demas (as Sandy), Adrienne Barbeau, Timothy Meyers, and Walter Bobbie.
The show went on to become a West End hit, a hugely successful film, a popular 1994 Broadway revival, and a staple of regional theatre, summer stock, community theatre, and high school drama groups. A new Broadway production, directed by Kathleen Marshall, is scheduled for June 2007 and is being cast via NBC's new show "Grease: You're The One That I Want". Also, the songs from the 1978 movie that were not featured in the original musical will be featured in the 2007 revival.
2007-02-26 15:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by mojo09226 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's based in the late 50's or early 60's.
2007-02-26 15:38:48 · answer #4 · answered by robee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Back in the 70's everyone was interested in the 50's. Grease is about the 50's even though it was released in '78.
2007-02-26 15:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by coverotherollingstone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the summer of 1958, Danny Zuko (Travolta), a member of Rydell High School's boy gang the T-Birds in the United States, meets Sandy Olsson (Newton-John), an innocent girl from Australia, at the beach and they fall in love. When autumn nears, Sandy tells him she must return to Australia.
So 1958 - 59
2007-02-26 15:34:13 · answer #6 · answered by Abi 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Definitely set in the 50's! Those "poodle" skirts, the pompador hair cuts, the cars, Sandra Dee, etc. etc. - could only be the 50's!
2007-02-26 15:39:04 · answer #7 · answered by Jack Rabbit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its late 50's 1959 to be exact.
2007-02-26 15:39:49 · answer #8 · answered by Jayson Kane 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Wikipedia, it's 1959.
2007-02-26 15:34:17 · answer #9 · answered by delight0211 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'Grease' is the Rydell High Class of 1959.
'Grease 2' is the Rydell High Class of 1961
2007-02-26 16:06:49 · answer #10 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋