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Genre: musical comedy

Grease

vs

The commitments

A profile on Grease

Year of release: 1978 Production company: paramount

pictures Director: Randal kisser Writer: Jim Jacobs Screenplay: warren Casey Genre: musical romantic comedy Dates of filming: June 1977 until

September 1977

Then and now

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More facts about Grease

Awards: 1 Oscar nominee for music Also grease had five golden globe

nomination Cast: john Travolta, Olivia Newton john,

stochard channing, Jeff Conway, Frankie Avalon

Filming locations: Venice ,Burbank and l.a. All in California

Film budget: $ 6 , 000 , 000

Grease

This is story of high school friends and there romances and feuds in rydell high school .

The t – birds led by Danny zucco and the pink ladies led by Rizzo .

And about the coming of the new girl and eventual leader of the pink ladies sandy.

The movie propelled john Travolta and Olivia Newton john to mega stardom.

Some shots from the motion picture

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A profile on the Commitments

Year of release: 1991 Production company: dirty hands

productions Director: Alan parker Writer: roddy Doyle Screenplay: dick clement Genre: musical comedy Filmed between June 90 and October

90

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More facts about the Commitments

Awards: 1 Oscar nomination for best editing

Also the movie got 2 bafta awards for best film and best screenplay.

Cast: Andrew strong , colm meaney , Robert arkens, adrea corr, bronagh Gallagher and Maria Doyle.

Box office grossing: 15 , 000 , 000 dollars in the u.s.a.

The commitments

It was about a young man and his attempts to bring soul music to Dublin.

Jimmy rabbit had a vision of bringing soul to the north side of Dublin he brought together the band naming them the commitments.

Alan parker directed the film he was best known previously for making the much acclaimed musical fame so he was the right man for the challenge.

The origin

The book that the commitments was based on was written by roddy Doyle, the book was the first instalment of the Barry town trilogy which also included the snapper and the van.

Verdict: Grease vs the Commitments

Rock n roll vs soul. American 50s teen humour vs irish 80s

teen humour. Big budget hollywood vs small budget

British and Irish cinema. My personal opinion is that there both

equally great films but considering the budget differences the commitments has to come out on top.

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