The film also received five nominations at the 36th Golden Globe Awards, including for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and two for Best Original Song, for ' Grease' and 'You're the One that I Want'. Its soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best-selling album of the year in the United States, only behind the soundtrack of the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, which also starred Travolta, and the song ' Hopelessly Devoted to You' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 51st Academy Awards. The film was successful both critically and commercially, becoming the highest-grossing musical film at the time.
Grease was released in the United States on June 16, 1978, by Paramount Pictures. The film depicts the lives of greaser Danny Zuko ( John Travolta) and Australian transfer student Sandy Olsson ( Olivia Newton-John), who develop an attraction for each other during a summer romance. Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by Allan Carr, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.
