Grease [DVD] [1978]

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Photo Galleries– A selection of four different photo galleries, consisting of: "Rydell High Year Book", "Production", "Premiere", and "Grease Day". The images are navigated using one's remote control. The 10 Best Movies of 1978". Film.com. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010 . Retrieved August 16, 2010.

Grease movie review & film summary (1998)". RogerEbert.com. March 27, 1998. Archived from the original on December 2, 2019 . Retrieved January 31, 2020.Getlen, Larry (July 4, 2010). "Tales of Ancient 'Grease' ". New York Post. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012 . Retrieved April 27, 2012. Thunder Roadsters (SD 5:22) – This segment takes the "Greased Lighting" sequence of the movie and turns it into a larger (and largely unrelated to the film) look at classic cars in general and the people who love them. Olivia Newtwon-John and Robert Stigwood "Grease Day" Interview (SD 2:06) – In another archival interview from 1978, Grease's other producer interviews its other star.

Grease was originally shot on 35 mm film using Panavision cameras with anamorphic lenses. Paramount’s new 40th Anniversary Edition Ultra HD release features a new 4K scan of the original negative, followed by an extensive digital clean-up and restoration process supervised by Kleiser himself. It’s also been given new color grades for both Dolby Vision and HDR10, and is presented here on UHD in the original 2.39:1 theatrical aspect ratio. The result is very good looking indeed, about as good as one could expect given the film’s age. The image is often optically soft, particularly around the edges of the frame, and a few scenes were shot with filters to give it additional romantic quality. But on the whole the transfer features lovely detail and nicely refined texturing, particularly in skin tones and facial details. There’s a steady wash of light-to-moderate film grain that looks organic and cinematic. Contrast is excellent, with dark shadows and bright highlights (seen in gleaming chrome, car headlights, and the like). But it’s the color that really shines here, with incredible accuracy and vibrance. The High Dynamic Range helps all of this to pop off the screen with an electric but still natural appearance that really enhances the the image.Grease 2 (1982) stars Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. While several of the Rydell High staff characters reprise their roles, the sequel focused on the latest class of graduating seniors, hence most of the principals from Grease did not appear. Patricia Birch, the original film's choreographer, directed the sequel. The original musical's cocreator Jim Jacobs, who was not involved in the making of Grease 2, has disowned the film.