Production Trivia |
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| A fantastic time warp: Now In the beginning of
2000's, we're watching adults playing, in the late '70s, kids of the
late '50s. |
Stockard Channing was 34 when
 was being
made, and she was supposed to be playing a teenager. She was also
the oldest of the main cast members. |
| Marty does not dance in the movie because Dinah
Manoff (who played her in the film) could not dance in real life
because she is a bad dancer. |
| "Summer Nights" took two weeks to film. |
| "You're the One that I Want" took an afternoon to
film. |
| The zipper broke on the tight black pants that
Olivia Newton-John weared during the shot of "You're the One that I
Want", so they sewed it on her. |
| Sha Na Na portrayed Johnny Casino & The Gamblers. |
| The original premiere date was proclaimed as
"GREASE DAY". |
| At the 1978 London premiere, crowds were so large
that John and Olivia used a firetruck to leave the theater. |
| On January 8, 1979, "You're the One that I Want"
went double platinum. |
|
was released under the title "Vaselina" in
Mexico. |
|
was released under the title "Brilliantina"
in Italy. |
 Remember our
old friend Bucky ? |
| School scenes were taken in at least three actual
high schools. |
Exterior school building scenes were shot at
Venice High School because it looked like a typical school from the
50's.
(at 13000 Venice Boulevard, in the beachfront Los Angeles
neighborhood of Venice, CA) |
The interior classroom scenes and the big dance
contest were shot at Huntington Park High School.
(at 6020 Miles Ave, in Huntington Park, CA) |
The carnival scenes at the end of the movie were
shot at John Marshall High.
(at 3939 Tracy St., in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles) |
