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What this video is

Released June 16, 1978, by Paramount Pictures, Grease arrived at the apex of a 1950s nostalgia wave accelerated by TV's Happy Days and the success of American Graffiti (1973). Produced by Robert Stigwood and Allan Carr, the film capitalized on John Travolta's Saturday Night Fever stardom and Olivia Newton-John's pop crossover appeal. 'We Go Together,' originally written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey for the 1971…

Why it matters

As the closing number of the highest-grossing musical film of its era, 'We Go Together' represents the template for the large-scale, cast-wide pop-musical finale. Its doo-wop scaffolding filtered through late-1970s Hollywood production values created a hybrid nostalgia-pop genre that influenced…

The director

John Randal Kleiser (born July 20, 1946, Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American film and television director. A USC graduate, his award-winning Master's thesis film Peege (1973) launched his career. He directed TV movies including The Boy in the Plastic…