At 33 she was the oldest cast member to play a high school student, and Kleiser made her and the other actors playing students take a "crow’s feet test" to see whether they could pass for younger in close-ups. On race day, Kenickie is concussed by his own car door, so Danny takes the wheel, winning the race after Leo spins out.

So though he still loves her, Danny initially pretends he’s unimpressed with Sandy when he meets her again with his friends.As of 2023, a short-lived prequel television series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, debuted on Paramount+, with a prequel film, titled Summer Lovin ', currently in production.

In fact, those added songs were so popular, audiences who loved the movie and went to see the musical version were often disappointed to find out their favorite songs were not part of the stage production. Starting with an introduction from the director (0:17), the scenes consist of: "T-Birds Harass Eugene – Extended" (0:38), "Classroom Announcements - Extended" (2:36), "Pink Ladies and Sandy at Lunch – Extended" (0:46), "She's Too Pure to be Pink – Extended" (0:46), "Intro to Summer Nights – Deleted" (0:21), "Rydell Pep Rally – Extended" (0:59), "Kenickie and Danny Outside Frosty's – Deleted" (0:36), "The Stroll – Extended" (0:24), "National Bandstand – Alternate" (1:15), "At the Dance – Alternate/Extended" (1:22), and "Thunder Road – Deleted (0:12).Grease gets a new 4K transfer and a brand-new audio track in this 40th Anniversary release, although – assuming one isn't wired for 4K – picking up this Blu-ray version is going to depend largely on if one already owns the prior release and what one thinks of the "new look" that this version provides. There are no front-loaded trailers on either the Blu-ray or the DVD; however, Blu-ray users will be asked to make a language selection before the disc goes to the main menu. 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. The race was filmed at the Los Angeles River, between the First and Seventh Street Bridges, where many other films have been shot.

Grease was originally released in the United States on June 16, 1978, and was an immediate box-office success.Some of the songs were not present in the film; songs that appear in the film but not in the soundtrack are " La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens, " Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Jerry Lee Lewis, "Alma Mater", "Alma Mater Parody", and "Rydell Fight Song". Two songs from the musical, "Shakin' at the High School Hop" and "All Choked Up", were left off both the film and the soundtrack.