when was the movie grease released?
The movie âGreaseâ is released, starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John. The movie âGreaseâ was an adaptation of Jim Jacobâs 1971 musical about two high school lovers in the 1950s. Directed by Randal Kleiser, âGreaseâ starred John Travolta as greaser Danny Zuko and Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsson. The two meet while Sandy is vacationing and fall in love during the summer. It was on this day, June 16, 1978, that the movie âGreaseâ was released to favorable reviews.