Grease 40th Anniversary 4K/Blu-ray

I've bought many variations of the movie Grease on home video. From my initial laser disc to a remastered LD, all the DVDs with mini-jackets and such. When the initial blu-ray came out I was hoping we’d finally get the surround track I heard in the theater on its original run. Sadly, we didn’t.

Well, I just checked the 4K disc and it’s on there!!! It sounds awesome! I thought I’d never hear it that way again. I quickly checked the blu-ray and it’s audio has been updated too though it doesn’t appear to sound quite as punchy but maybe that was just first impressions.

 

The proper mix is back!

I have a pretty decent surround set-up in my front projection theater and it pays dividends on releases such as this. For the record, the image is hit and miss. The studio could have done a better job, but overall it's nice.

Aren't there any fans of this film or at least the soundtrack? Was hoping more would chime in.

 

I think most folks don’t notice such detail. It’s certainly haunted me for decades! Every release I kept hoping for that beautiful surround mix I originally heard. I was starting to believe that perhaps the movie theater I saw it in had the surround set wrong and it just sounded cool.

It’s a real thrill to finally hear it that way again. They must have done a remix for home video and never changed it all these years until now.

In the early days of video they didn’t even know that the Dolby surround tracks were even passing through to the stereo tracks on laser discs. It was a happy accident.

 

Members are talking about the new (4k & blu) and old (1998 remix) audio mixes in this existing thread: "Grease" - the pre-1998 audio mix?

 

Thanks! I just read through that.

I don’t think folks realize the difference between the surround mix that was used in the theaters and the various mixes on Home video. The theatrical surround has never, to my knowledge, made it to home video. It’s a MAJOR difference.

I’ve got the original LD and it’s not on there. I don’t believe VHS had stereo in the early days but I could be wrong there.

All the same, the surround track on the 4K is sensational, at least for this long time fan.

 

I got mine today...both the 4K and the Yearbook. They are still shrink wrapped but plan to open soon, I don't have a 4K set up but I will play the blu-ray on each one to see if they sound the same. The Yearbook looks cool from the outside with a fake embossed feel to the outside making it seem like a real book. I can't tell if the features on the blu-ray are exactly the same for each release, they look the same just mixed up in different orders. Not sure though. Hoping mine has the Barry Gibb demo of Grease.

 

I’m curious about the yearbook packaging. Let me know what you think of it. I’m on the fence ordering it and/or the steelbook triple feature.

 

Growing up with the blurry, desaturated DVD version of "Grease" - seeing it look so bright and colorful was a revelation. It was like rediscovering the movie.

Shame about "Grease 2" though; they went a little hard on the contrast, so the movie looks noticeably darker than usual, at least compared to the DVD.

 

What's the steelbook set like? Cheap packaging?

I bought the Yearbook edition but I also want Grease 2 and from the pictures, the steelbook looks nice, but would like to know if it's worth getting in addition to the Yearbook.

 

I finally opened the yearbook blu-ray edition and I really like it. I tried to avoid watching any of the you tube video of the un boxing so I would be surprised. It looks cool and it's textured/embossed on the cover to mimic a real book while fake it's still cool looking and it's filled with some nice glossy photos with a really cool one under the discs of the car at the end with John & Olivia. I think they did a great job on the packaging. I haven't had time to watch the blu ray yet but will soon, the theater experiences are still fresh in my mind.

I'm not sure if I mentioned before but I really wanted an original 40th poster as it was presented in the theaters but at my first showing I spoke to the manager who said they never got the poster. I called another theater about 20 miles from me and they also did not get the poster. So I wrote to Fathom events the week the movie was shown and asked if they had any extra posters...I got a reply that they did not have any but if one showed up they would send me one. So almost 3 weeks later I get a fed ex delivery and I got a mint copy of the 40th Grease poster. Since I never saw one at the theaters I wasn't sure what it was going to look like...I had hoped it might be the original with Olivia on the car holding John's leg but it's the DVD cover. While it's not my favorite cover it will be great for my Grease collection as I have several other Grease posters in storage and of course all my other Olivia memorabilia. I'm happy to own an original 40th poster. Seeing it this large 27 x 40 gives it a bit of an art deco feel. If you notice it only has the 2 days listed, I guess the 3rd day they added was done after the posters were printed.

 

Bought the steelbook edition - it's really cool and comes in hot pink!

 

That’s a pretty awesome poster! Very nice of them to do that.

 

Frenchy reveals more tidbits from Grease!! It's still hard to believe during the entire film of Grease (officially released) they only kissed once. I didn't know about this "Summer School" movie follow up that was suggested to Paramount.

Grease's Didi Conn reveals John Travolta's crush on Olivia Newton-John | Daily Mail Online

 

Who didn’t have a crush on Olivia?

 

I had a crush on Didi Conn.

 

I guess I’m not the only one who considered this might all be a dream. New article posted today.

John Travolta addresses 'Grease' fan theory that claims Sandy is dead

 

When I was a young boy I preferred Betty Rizzo! Damaged goods!

 

There are worse things you could do!!

 

Grease was released 40 years ago....it was released on June 16th 1978 (Friday)
here is an article about the Grease cast THEN and NOW

John Travolta as Danny Zuko - The Cast of 'Grease,' Then and Now


Pretty Cool article check out the billboard with the huge Grease advert...anyone remember billboards on the road promoting the movie back then?

June 16, 1978: Grease is Released in American Movie Theaters - The Musical Time Machine

 

Happy 40th Grease!!

Where’s the cake?

 

Is the original theatrical audio on this?

 

It has the original 70mm mix. I read a comment on two somewhere noting there were a few minor placement switches within the mix, though I'm not sure if that is true or not, or if so, just in relation to placements on the 35mm mix.

 

Basically, yes. It’s as close as we’ll ever get to it. If you’ve seen the film in its initial theatrical run, you should be happy. It sounds great to me and as I remember it.

 

Nice. I hated the remix. Loved the original. So they use the different version of the title track and not the single?

 

Attention all Grease fans....People Magazine has issued a special 40th anniv full color magazine on sale now. I found it at a local grocery store, Publix. It costs $14.00 but well worth it for the content and basically every page is in color. Some nice rare shots as well. It also contains Grease 2. The quality of this is very nice.

So how about a sneaky peek to get the party going?