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Grease 2

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Directed by Patricia Birch
Produced by Robert Stigwood
Allan Carr
Written by Ken Finkleman
Starring Maxwell Caulfield
Michelle Pfeiffer
Adrian Zmed
Lorna Luft
Music by Louis St. Louis
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) June 11, 1982
Running time 115 min. Patricia Birch is an American Choreographer and director for Musical theatre and Film. Robert Stigwood (born April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian -born Impresario and entertainment entrepreneur Allan Carr (born Allan Solomon on May 27, 1937 in Chicago Illinois, died June 29, 1999) was a American Ken Finkleman (born 1946 in Winnipeg Manitoba) is a Canadian television and film writer, producer and Actor. Maxwell Caulfield (born November 23, 1959) is a Scottish Actor known for his roles in film television and on stage Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( IPA: /mɪˈʃɛl ˈfаɪfɜr/ born April 29 1958 is an American Actress. Adrian Zmed (born March 4, 1954 in Chicago Illinois) is a Romanian-American Television and film actor Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952 in Santa Monica California) is an American television stage and film actress and singer Louis St Louis is an American Songwriter, famous for songs written for Grease. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E
Country Flag of the United States
Language English
Budget $13. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 2 million
Gross revenue Domestic
$11,608,405
Foreign
$3,563,071
Worldwide
$15,171,476
Preceded by Grease
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Grease 2 is the 1982 sequel to the 1978 smash hit Grease. Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs ' and Warren Casey 's musical, Grease Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs ' and Warren Casey 's musical, Grease The movie was strongly criticized by many as derivative of the original, and the film did poorly at the box office. In recent years, it has attained a cult following. A cult film is a Film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. It has surfaced on cable TV channels such as VH1 (which has shown it on their show Movies That Rock,), ABC Family, and Bravo. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television ABC Family is an American Cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama

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Plot

The movie starts in the fall (autumn) of 1961 (two years after the original) with a new group of students who are members of both the T-Birds, headed by Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed), and the Pink Ladies, headed by Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer). Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adrian Zmed (born March 4, 1954 in Chicago Illinois) is a Romanian-American Television and film actor Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( IPA: /mɪˈʃɛl ˈfаɪfɜr/ born April 29 1958 is an American Actress. He wants to keep dating her though her feelings for him are no longer there.

Meanwhile, Michael (Maxwell Caulfield), an exchange student from England arrives. Maxwell Caulfield (born November 23, 1959) is a Scottish Actor known for his roles in film television and on stage England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He is the cousin of Sandy Olsson, the character played by Olivia Newton-John in the first movie. Sandy Olsson is a Fictional character in the film Grease, a film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name. Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE (born September 26 1948) is a Grammy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated English-born Michael asks Stephanie out, but she does not feel like going out with grade-worried, good student Michael. Stephanie tells Michael she would like to date someone with a motorcycle, a "Cool Rider. "

Michael starts doing the T-Birds' homework for money, so he can buy his own bike and impress Stephanie.

A fight ensues between the T-Birds and their rivals, the Cycle Lords (headed by Balmudo Dennis C. Stewart, who had played the leader of the Scorpions gang from the original movie) after a game of ten-pin bowling. Born Dennis Cleveland Stewart on 29 July 1947 in Los Angeles County CA Ten-pin bowling is a competitive Sport in which a player (the “bowler” rolls a Bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic ( Polyurethane As the T-Birds are being beaten, a mysterious biker emerges and beats the Cycle Lords, embarrassing them and conquering Stephanie along the way. Now Michael has a dilemma: either keep on going as the mysterious biker, or take the risk of telling Stephanie that he is the biker who has her so impressed and maybe lose her forever.

Johnny is jealous of Stephanie and the Mysterious Biker (Michael). He vows to retaliate against the biker, threatening to Stephanie that he will hurt him the next time he sees him.

At the June Moon Talent Contest (as summer graduation 1962 approaches), the T-Birds chase the mysterious biker into a construction site ("Dead Man's Curve"), from where he is forced to jump into the night. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The T-Birds look around to try to find their victim. Everyone assumes he has died even though there is no real evidence to support the fact, and Stephanie is devastated. Later during the talent show, Stephanie "spaces out" (possibly due to grief) and turns up singing "Love Will Turn Back the Hands of Time" in the middle of the Calendar Girls' (Pink Ladies') performance. This appears to the audience to be a solo, but to Stephanie, it is a duet with her recently lost love, the mysterious biker, who now seems to be in Biker Heaven.

Johnny and Stephanie are crowned king and queen of the talent show. At the Rock-a-Hula Luau the next day, however, the Cycle Lords reappear, threatening to destroy everything within sight. Out of nowhere, the mystery biker reappears, to Stephanie's relief and happiness. He finally reveals himself as Michael.

While Stephanie is shocked, she also realizes at that moment that the man she had loved all along was Michael, so she goes over to him and expresses her love to him with a long, passionate kiss and soon begin to slow dance to "We'll Be Together". Johnny was shocked too. Admiring Michael for the way in which he had beaten their arch-rivals the Cycle Lords twice, he decides to make Michael a member of the T-Birds by handing him a T-Bird jacket. The film concludes with graduation and poses for the yearbook (similarly to the first movie).

Cast

Musical numbers

  1. "Back to School Again" - The Kids feat. Connie Stevens (born August 8 1938) is an American actress and Singer. Eddie Deezen (born March 6, 1958) is an American Actor and Voice actor, primarily known for playing Nerd roles in Born Dennis Cleveland Stewart on 29 July 1947 in Los Angeles County CA Jean Sagal (born 9 October 1961 is an American Television Actress and Director. Liz Sagal (born Elizabeth Sagal 9 October 1961 is an American Television professional active as an Actress, a writer and an Editor The Four Tops
  2. "Score Tonight" - Cast
  3. "Brad" - Twin Sorority Girls
  4. "Cool Rider" - Stephanie
  5. "Reproduction" - Mr. The Four Tops are an American vocal Quartet, whose repertoire has included Doo-wop, Jazz, Soul music, R&B, Disco Stuart and the Kids
  6. "Do It for Our Country" - Louis and Sharon
  7. "Who's That Guy?" - The T-Birds, the Pink Ladies, the Cycle Lords, and Kids
  8. "Prowlin'" - The T-Birds
  9. "Charades" - Michael
  10. "Girl for All Seasons" - The Pink Ladies
  11. "Love Will Turn Back the Hands of Time" - Stephanie and Michael
  12. "Rock-a-Hula Luau (Summer is Coming)" - Cast
  13. "We'll Be Together" - Stephanie, Michael, and Cast

Musicians

Recorded at Evergreen Recording Studios, Burbank by Murray McFadden and Gary Luchs

Criticism

Grease 2 was considered a flop to critics and audience members. It did not live up to the hype as the previous movie had. Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs ' and Warren Casey 's musical, Grease Along with criticism, most of the songs that were sung such as Score Tonight, Do It For Your Country and Reproduction did not connect with the storyline at all. The most significant milestone for which this movie would be remembered was that it was Michelle Pfeiffer's first major role. Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( IPA: /mɪˈʃɛl ˈfаɪfɜr/ born April 29 1958 is an American Actress. While the music was catchy, the songs did not reflect the times in which the movie was set as its predecessor did. Grease brought a wave of nostalgia for 1950s music and featured some old standards sung by Sha Na Na. Sha Na Na is a well-known Rock and roll revival act Announcing themselves as "from the streets of New York" and outfitted in gold lame leather jackets and Elvis Grease 2 had no songs from the early 1960s, except perhaps for a strain of "Our Day Will Come" playing on a radio in the Bowl-A-Rama. " Our Day Will Come " ( 1963) is a Popular song composed by Bob Hilliard and Mort Garson and was first recorded by Ruby & The Romantics

Box Office and Business

Grease 2 earned just over $15 million worldwide. Part of this failure can be attributed to the fact that it opened in the same weekend as the blockbuster E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. This article is about the 1982 film For the term "ET" which redirects here see ET.

Cult Status

Grease 2 is still considered by a small following as better than the original. Many who like Grease 2 say this is because the lead cast of Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer gave credible performances considering their young age and that it is more sentimental than Grease. Maxwell Caulfield (born November 23, 1959) is a Scottish Actor known for his roles in film television and on stage Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( IPA: /mɪˈʃɛl ˈfаɪfɜr/ born April 29 1958 is an American Actress. There is also a nostalgia attached to the film. While many remain loyal to the original, it has attained cult status when seen as a supplement rather than a rival to it.

Trivia

See also

External links

Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs ' and Warren Casey 's musical, Grease Box Office Mojo is a Website that tracks Box office Revenue in a systematic way
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