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Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Randal Kleiser and produced by Paramount Pictures.[2] It is based on Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs' 1971 musical of the same name about two lovers in a 1950s high school. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, and Jeff Conaway. It was successful both critically and at the box office. Its soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year in the United States, behind the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever, another film starring Travolta.[3] A sequel, Grease 2, was released in 1982, featuring few cast members reprising their roles. Contents 1 Plot2 Cast 2.1 Principal2.2 Minor 3 Production 3.1 Casting3.2 Filming locations3.3 Post-production 4 Soundtrack5 Release6 Reception 6.1 Box office6.2 Critical reception6.3 Awards6.4 American Film Institute Recognition 7 Sequel8 Notes9 References10 External links Plot In the summer of 1958, Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) meets local boy Danny Zuko (John Travolta) at the beach while on vacation and they soon fall in love. As the summer comes to an end, Sandy worries about returning home to Australia and never seeing Danny again, but he assures her that it is only the beginning for them. On the first day of their senior year at Rydell High, Danny, the leader of a greaser gang known as the T-Birds, arrives with his friends Kenickie (Jeff Conaway), Sonny (Michael Tucci), Doodie (Barry Pearl) and Putzie (Kelly Ward), and they all catch up on what they did over the summer. Danny briefly mentions that he met a girl but brushes it off as nothing special. Meanwhile, their group's counterpart, the Pink Ladies, consisting of Rizzo (Stockard Channing), Frenchy (Didi Conn), Jan (Jamie Donnelly) and Marty (Dinah Manoff) also arrive and soon meet Sandy, who is enrolling at Rydell after her parents decided not to return home. She befriends Frenchy who tries to fit her in with the group, but Rizzo, the group's leader, is initially skeptical, noting that she looks "too pure to be pink". At lunch, Sandy tells them about meeting a boy over the summer and falling in love ("Summer Nights") and, when Rizzo realizes she is speaking of Danny Zuko, her ex-boyfriend, she arranges a surprise meeting at a pep rally in order to cause drama. Despite his initial excitement, Danny acts indifferently in an effort to protect his cool reputation and spurn Sandy's affections, causing Sandy to run off in disgust. To cheer her up, Frenchy invites her over to her house to join the rest of the girls for a slumber party that night. Rizzo starts to mock Sandy ("Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee") and the other girls join in, until Sandy overhears and goes downstairs to be alone where she laments missing Danny ("Hopelessly Devoted to You"). Meanwhile, the T-Birds show up to crash the party and Rizzo goes off to be with Kenickie, and they start casually dating. They are interrupted by the Scorpions, a rival greaser gang led by Leo (Dennis Stewart), who damages Kenickie's car. The boys then work with Kenickie to get his heap back in shape ("Greased Lightning"). After realizing he still cares for Sandy, who has begun seeing football player Tom Chisum (Lorenzo Lamas), Danny asks Coach Calhoun (Sid Caesar) to help him find a sport to impress Sandy. After trying basketball, wrestling, and baseball, he eventually discovers an aptitude for track and rekindles his relationship with Sandy. They attempt to go on a date to the Frosty Palace but it is crashed by both the Pink Ladies and the T-Birds, who are gradually pairing off. Kenickie and Rizzo have an argument and the two groups depart, leaving Frenchy alone to ponder the wisdom of dropping out of high school to attend beauty school after a mistake in hair dying class turned her hair bubblegum pink. She is then visited by her guardian angel, Frankie Avalon, who urges her to return to high school ("Beauty School Dropout"). A few weeks later, the school dance arrives. Rydell High has been picked for a live national TV broadcast on National Bandstand, hosted by DJ Vince Fontaine (a fictional version of Alan Freed), who flirts with Marty throughout the night. Rizzo and Kenickie attempt to score off one another by bringing Leo and his on-and-off girlfriend Cha-Cha (Annette Charles) respectively as their dates, while Danny and Sandy go together. During the final dance, Danny and Cha-Cha (who were also once boyfriend and girlfriend) perform together and win the national dance-off ("Hand Jive"), which hurts Sandy's feelings; she leaves alone. Days later, Danny takes her to a drive-in movie and gives Sandy his class ring to apologise, but then makes advances on her that she is not ready for and sends her running again ("Sandy"). At the drive-in, Rizzo tells Marty in confidence that she thinks she might be pregnant. This is overheard and quickly relayed to Kenickie, who is the potential father. He attempts to make things right with Rizzo, offering to marry her as was the custom at the time in this situation. However, the way he phrases it offends her and she tells him it was someone else (although it appears that she says it more out of bitterness than truth). Rizzo becomes subject to rumors and whispering around school ("There Are Worse Things I Could Do"). Sandy finds her and offers her support, and the two finally become friends. At a challenge race between Leo and Kenickie to settle who is the better greaser, Kenickie is inadvertently concussed by his car door after Putzie carelessly opens it into him. Realizing he cannot get behind the wheel in his condition, he asks Danny to take his place while Sandy watches from afar. Danny outdrives Leo and wins the race, but he cannot celebrate completely because Sandy is still mad at him. Meanwhile, Sandy realizes she loves Danny despite everything that has happened, and decides to change herself in order to be with him ("Sandra Dee (Reprise)"). As the school year comes to a close, the students attend a carnival held on school grounds. Rizzo and Kenickie reunite after she finds that she is not pregnant after all. He proposes again, and this time is accepted. Danny has earned a letter in Track, having become a jock to impress Sandy. She turns up dressed in skintight black clothing, which stuns everyone. Now with the bad girl image, she and Danny share a dance together while proclaiming their love for each other ("You're the One That I Want") until they come to the end of the carnival and climb into Greased Lightning, which takes flight while everyone is singing ("We Go Together"). Sandy and Danny turn back to wave at their friends as they soar away into the sky. Cast Principal John Travolta as Danny ZukoOlivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsson[4][note 1][5]Stockard Channing as Betty RizzoJeff Conaway as KenickieBarry Pearl as DoodyMichael Tucci as Sonny LaTierriKelly Ward as Roger "Putzie"Didi Conn as FrenchyJamie Donnelly as JanDinah Manoff as Marty Maraschino Minor Eve Arden as Principal McGeeDody Goodman as Blanche HodelSid Caesar as Coach CalhounEddie Deezen as Eugene FelsnickSusan Buckner as Patty SimcoxLorenzo Lamas as Tom ChisumDennis C. Stewart as Leo BalmudoAnnette Charles as Charlene "Cha-Cha" DiGregorioJoan Blondell as ViEllen Travolta as WaitressFrankie Avalon as Teen AngelEdd Byrnes as Vince FontaineSha-Na-Na as Johnny Casino and the GamblersAlice Ghostley as Mrs. MurdockDarrell Zwerling as Mr. LynchDick Patterson as Mr. RudieFannie Flagg as Nurse Wilkins Production Casting Singer Olivia Newton-John, cast at Travolta's urging,[6] had done little acting before this film. She appeared in the 1970 film Toomorrow, a science fiction musical that predated her initial chart success with 1971's "If Not for You". Cast with Newton-John and three male leads in an attempt by Don Kirshner to create another Monkees, the film was never released commercially. This led Newton-John to demand a screen test for Grease to avoid another career setback. The screen test was done with the drive-in movie scene.[7] Henry Winkler was once considered for a lead in the film. Winkler, who was playing Fonzie on Happy Days, was originally chosen to play Danny, but having twice already played similarly leather-clad 1950s hoods in 1974's The Lords of Flatbush as well as Happy Days, turned down the role for fear of being typecast, so actor John Travolta (who had recently completed Saturday Night Fever), cast the role of Danny. adult film star Harry Reems was originally signed to play Coach Calhoun;[8] however, executives at Paramount nixed the idea due to Reems' previous work in pornography,[9] and producers cast Sid Caesar instead. Caesar was one of several veterans of 1950s television (Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell, Edd Byrnes, Alice Ghostley, Dody Goodman) to be cast in supporting roles. Randal Kleiser directed John Travolta (who requested him for Grease)[10] and Kelly Ward in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble two years prior to Grease. Additionally, he had previously worked (as an extra) alongside Frankie Avalon in 1966's Fireball 500.[citation needed] Filming locations The car race in the film took place at the Los Angeles River. The opening beach scene was shot at Malibu's Leo Carrillo State Beach, making explicit reference to From Here to Eternity. The exterior Rydell scenes, including the basketball, baseball, and track segments, were shot at Venice High School in Venice, California, while the Rydell interiors, including the high school dance, were filmed at Huntington Park High School. The sleepover was shot at a private house in East Hollywood. The Paramount Pictures studio lot was the location of the scenes that involve Frosty Palace and the musical numbers "Greased Lightning" and "Beauty School Dropout". The drive-in movie scenes were shot at the Burbank Pickwick Drive-In (it was closed and torn down in 1989 and a shopping center took its place). The race was filmed at the Los Angeles River, between the First and Seventh Street Bridges, where many other films have been shot.[11] The final scene where the carnival took place used John Marshall High School.[12] And due to budget cuts a short scene was filmed at Hazard Park (Los Angeles, California).[citation needed] Post-production Scenes inside the Frosty Palace contain obvious blurring of various Coca-Cola signs.[13] Prior to the film's release, the producer Allan Carr had made a product-placement deal with Coca-Cola's main competitor Pepsi (for example, a Pepsi logo can be seen in the animated opening sequence). When Carr saw the footage of the scene with Coca-Cola products and signage, he ordered director Randal Kleiser to either reshoot the scene with Pepsi products or remove the Coca-Cola logos from the scene. As reshoots were deemed too expensive and time-consuming, optical mattes were used to cover up or blur out the Coca-Cola references. The "blurring" covered up trademarked menu signage and a large wall poster, but a red cooler with the logo could not be sufficiently altered so was left unchanged. According to Kleiser, "We just had to hope that Pepsi wouldn't complain. They didn't."[14][15] In the 2010 sing-along version (see below), the blurred Coke poster has been digitally removed. In its place is more of the wavy wall design that surrounded it.[citation needed] John Wilson did the animated title sequence for the start of the film.[citation needed] Soundtrack Main article: Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture The soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year in the United States, exceeded only by another soundtrack album, from the film Saturday Night Fever, which also starred Travolta.[3] The song "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music—Original Song. The song "You're the One That I Want" was released as a single prior to the film's release and became an immediate chart-topper, despite not being in the stage show or having been seen in the film at that time.[16] Additionally, the dance number to "You're the One That I Want" was nominated for TV Land's award for "Movie Dance Sequence You Reenacted in Your Living Room" in 2008.[17] In the United Kingdom, the two Travolta/Newton-John duets, "You're the One That I Want" and "Summer Nights", were both number one hits and as of 2011 are still among the 20 best-selling singles of all time (at Nos. 6 and 19 respectively).[18] The movie's title song was also a number-one hit single for Frankie Valli.[19] The song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" references Sal Mineo in the original stage version. Mineo was stabbed to death a year before filming, so the line was changed to refer to Elvis Presley instead. The Troy Donahue reference is in the original stage version. Coincidentally, this scene, and the scene before and after that were filmed on August 16, 1977, the date of Elvis Presley's death.[20] 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 Shaking Going On" by Jerry Lee Lewis, "Alma Mater", "Alma Mater Parody", and "Rydell Fight Song". "Alone at a Drive-in Movie (instrumental)", "Mooning", and "Freddy My Love" are not present in the film, although all three are listed in the end credits in addition to being on the soundtrack. The songs appear in the film in the following order: "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing""Grease" – Frankie Valli"Alma Mater""Summer Nights" – Danny, Sandy, Pink Ladies and T-Birds"Rydell Fight Song" – Rydell Marching Band"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" – Rizzo and Pink Ladies"Alma Mater Parody" – T-Birds"Hopelessly Devoted to You" – Sandy"Greased Lightnin'" – Danny and T-Birds"La Bamba" - Ritchie Valens"It's Raining on Prom Night" - Cindy Bullens"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" – Jerry Lee Lewis"Beauty School Dropout" – Teen Angel and Female Angels"Rock n' Roll Party Queen" – Louis St. Louis"Rock n' Roll Is Here to Stay" – Johnny Casino and the Gamblers"Those Magic Changes" – Johnny Casino and the Gamblers; Danny sings along onscreen"Tears on My Pillow" – Johnny Casino and the Gamblers"Hound Dog" – Johnny Casino and the Gamblers"Born to Hand Jive" – Johnny Casino and the Gamblers"Blue Moon" – Johnny Casino and the Gamblers"Sandy" – Danny"There Are Worse Things I Could Do" – Rizzo"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)" – Sandy"You're the One That I Want" – Danny, Sandy, Pink Ladies, and T-Birds"We Go Together" – Cast"Grease (Reprise)" – Frankie Valli Release Grease was originally released to theaters on June 16, 1978. It premiered for the first time on American television in 1981 on ABC-TV. It was released in the US on VHS during the 1980s; the last VHS release was on June 23, 1998 and titled the 20th Anniversary Edition following a theatrical re-release that March. On September 24, 2002, it was released on DVD for the first time. On September 19, 2006, it was re-released on DVD as the Rockin' Rydell Edition, which came with a black Rydell High T-Bird jacket cover, a white Rydell "R" letterman's sweater cover, or the Target-exclusive Pink Ladies cover. It was released on Blu-ray Disc on May 5, 2009. The film was re-released on August 16 & 19, 2015, as part of the "TCM Presents" series by Turner Classic Movies.[21] Reception Box office Commercially, Grease was an immediate box office success during the summer of 1978. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $8,941,717 in 862 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking at No. 2 (behind Jaws 2) at the box office.[22] Grease has grossed $188,755,690 domestically and $206,200,000 internationally, totaling $394,955,690 worldwide. In the United States, it is the No. 1 highest-grossing musical, to date.[23] Critical reception Grease received mostly positive reviews from movie critics[24] and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1978.[25][26][27][28] As of October 2015, Grease held an 78% "Certified Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes with a consensus that reads "Grease is a pleasing, energetic musical with infectiously catchy songs and an ode to young love that never gets old."[29] It holds a score of 70/100 on a similar website Metacritic.[24] Vincent Canby called the film "terrific fun", describing it as a "contemporary fantasy about a 1950s teen-age musical—a larger, funnier, wittier and more imaginative-than-Hollywood movie with a life that is all its own"; Canby pointed out that the film was "somewhat in the manner of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which recalls the science-fiction films of the '50s in a manner more elegant and more benign than anything that was ever made then, Grease is a multimillion-dollar evocation of the B-picture quickies that Sam Katzman used to turn out in the '50s (Don't Knock the Rock, 1956) and that American International carried to the sea in the 1960s (Beach Party, 1963)."[30] Grease was voted the best musical ever on Channel 4's 100 greatest musicals.[31] In 2008, the film was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.[32] Grease was re-released to theaters in 1998 to mark the 20th anniversary; this re-release contained (before and after the mastering) the old Viacom variation of the 1986 logo with the fanfare used on Black Rain, Wayne's World, The Accused, Pet Sematary, and Fatal Attraction; in turn this is similar to how the original master began with its original theme (accompanied with 1975 logo), which seems to be a horn re-orchestration of the intro to "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing".[citation needed] That version is shown on TV to this day, however a few select Viacom networks run the original master instead. The film was also ranked number 21 on Entertainment Weekly‍ '​s list of the 50 Best High School Movies.[33][34] Sequel Grease 2 (1982) was a sequel to Grease starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. As mentioned, only a few cast members from the original movie such as Dody Goodman, Sid Caesar, Eddie Deezen, Didi Conn, Dennis Stewart and Eve Arden reprise their respective roles. Dick Patterson returned, playing a different character. It was not nearly as successful, grossing just $15 million on its $13 million budget. Patricia Birch, the original movie's choreographer, directed the ill-fated sequel. It would be the only movie that she would direct. After the success of the original, Paramount intended to turn Grease into a multi-picture franchise with three sequels planned and a TV series down the road. However, the disappointing box office performance of Grease 2 prompted the producers to scrap all the plans.[35] On July 8, 2010, a sing-along version of Grease was released to select theaters around the U.S.[36] A trailer was released in May 2010 with cigarettes digitally removed from certain scenes, implying heavy editing; however, Paramount confirmed these changes were done only for the film's advertising,[37] and the rating for the film itself changed from its original PG to that of PG-13 for "sexual content including references, teen smoking and drinking, and language."[38] The movie was shown for two weekends only; additional cities lobbied by fans from the Paramount official website started a week later and screened for one weekend.[39] On March 12, 2013, Grease and Grease 2 were packaged together in a Double Feature DVD set from Warner Home Video. John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954)[1][2] is an American actor, dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease. His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction, and he has since starred in films such as Face/Off, Swordfish, and Wild Hogs. Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty. In 2014, he received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema.[3] Contents 1 Early life2 Career 2.1 Early career2.2 1970s stardom2.3 Downturn2.4 Resurgence2.5 2000–present 3 Personal life 3.1 Relationships3.2 Son's death3.3 Religion3.4 Pilot 4 Filmography5 Discography 5.1 Albums5.2 Singles 6 See also7 References8 Further reading9 External links Early life Travolta, the youngest of six children,[4] was born[1] and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of New York City. His father, Salvatore Travolta (November 1912 – May 1995),[5] was a semi-professional American football player[citation needed] turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company.[1] His mother, Helen Cecilia (née Burke, January 1912 – December 1978),[5] was an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a high school drama and English teacher.[6] His siblings, Joey, Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam Travolta, have all acted.[6] His father was a second-generation Italian American and his mother was Irish American;[7][8] he grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood and has said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture.[9][10] He was raised Roman Catholic, but converted to Scientology in 1975.[8][11] Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School, but dropped out as a junior at age 17 in 1971.[12] Career Early career Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino in the ABC comedy Welcome Back Kotter, c. 1976 After attending Dwight Morrow High School,[13] Travolta moved across the Hudson River to New York City and landed a role in the touring company of the musical Grease and on Broadway in Over Here!, singing the Sherman Brothers' song "Dream Drummin'".[14][15] He then moved to Los Angeles to further his career in show business. Travolta's first California-filmed television role was as a fall victim in Emergency! (S2E2), in September 1972,[16] but his first significant movie role was as Billy Nolan, a bully who was goaded into playing a prank on Sissy Spacek's character in the horror film Carrie (1976).[17] Around the same time, he landed his star-making role as Vinnie Barbarino in the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), in which his sister, Ellen, also occasionally appeared (as Arnold Horshack's mother).[18] The show aired on ABC. 1970s stardom Travolta had a hit single entitled "Let Her In", peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1976.[19][20][21] In the next few years, he appeared in two of his most noted screen roles: Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and as Danny Zuko in Grease (1978).[6] The films were among the most commercially successful pictures of the decade and catapulted Travolta to international stardom.[22] Saturday Night Fever earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[23] At age 24, Travolta became one of the youngest performers ever nominated for the Best Actor Oscar.[24] His mother and his sister Ann appeared as extras in Saturday Night Fever and his sister Ellen appeared as a waitress in Grease. Travolta performed several of the songs on the Grease soundtrack album.[25] In 1980, Travolta inspired a nationwide country music craze that followed on the heels of his hit film, Urban Cowboy, in which he starred with Debra Winger.[26] Downturn Travolta in 1983 After Urban Cowboy, Travolta starred in a series of financial and critical failures that sidelined his acting career. These included Perfect, co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and Two of a Kind, a romantic comedy reteaming him with Olivia Newton-John. During that time he was offered, but turned down, lead roles in what would become box office hits, including American Gigolo[27] and An Officer and a Gentleman, both of which went to Richard Gere.[28] Resurgence Travolta in 1997 In 1989, Travolta starred with Kirstie Alley in Look Who's Talking, which grossed $297,000,000, making it his most successful film since Grease. Travolta continued to the two sequels Look Who's Talking Too (1990) and Look Who's Talking Now (1993). But it was not until he played Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, that his career revived.[6][29][30] The movie shifted him back onto the A-list, and he was inundated with offers. Notable roles following Pulp Fiction include a movie-buff loan shark in Get Shorty (1995), an FBI agent and terrorist in Face/Off (1997), a desperate attorney in A Civil Action (1998), a Bill Clinton-esque presidential candidate in Primary Colors (1998),[6] and a military investigator in The General's Daughter (1999). 2000–present Travolta also starred in and co-produced Battlefield Earth (2000), based on a work of science fiction by L. Ron Hubbard, in which he played the leader of a group of aliens that enslaves humanity on a bleak future Earth. The film received almost universally negative reviews and did very poorly at the box office.[31] Travolta's performance in Battlefield Earth also earned him two Razzie Awards. In 2007, he starred in Wild Hogs and played Mrs. Edna Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray, his first musical since Grease.[32] In 2008 he lent his voice for the film Bolt, in which he played the title role. Similarly, he is to play the voice of Gummy Bear in an animated film release scheduled for late 2015, Gummy Bear the Movie 3D, a film that may be noted more for its associated merchandise revenues. Personal life Relationships Travolta dancing with Diana, Princess of Wales, at the White House, November 9, 1985. She is wearing her Travolta dress. Travolta was in a relationship with actress Diana Hyland, whom he met while filming The Boy in the Plastic Bubble; Hyland died of breast cancer in 1977.[33] Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. The couple had a son, Jett (April 13, 1992 – January 2, 2009).[34] Their daughter, Ella Bleu, was born in 2000 and a third child, a son named Benjamin, was born in 2010 in Florida.[35] Travolta and Preston have regularly attended marriage counseling; Travolta has stated that therapy has helped the marriage.[36] Travolta and wife Kelly Preston at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. In May 1991, Time magazine published a cover story entitled "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power". In the article, former Church of Scientology Executive Director William Franks alleged that Travolta was wary of leaving the faith because he feared the Church would publish detailed revelations of his private life, to include homosexual behavior.[37] These claims were reiterated by Franks and other Scientology defectors in Lawrence Wright's 2013 book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, and former Church official Marty Rathbun claimed that he worked with Travolta's attorneys several times to keep allegations about Travolta's homosexuality out of the press and resolve lawsuits against the star.[38][39] In May 2012, an anonymous masseur filed a lawsuit against Travolta citing claims of sexual assault and battery. A lawyer for Travolta said that the allegations were "complete fiction and fabrication" and someone wanting their 15 minutes of fame. Travolta's counsel also stated that his client would be able to prove that he was not in California on the day in question and asserted that Travolta would "sue the attorney and Plaintiff for malicious prosecution" after getting the case thrown out.[40] A second masseur later joined the lawsuit making similar claims.[41][42] Both lawsuits were subsequently dropped by the complainants and dismissed without prejudice.[43] A judge ruled to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against Travolta and his attorney Marty Singer by writer Robert Randolph. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Malcolm Mackey dismissed the case on September 27, 2012, because he found that a letter, written by Singer in response to allegations in a book by Randolph, had free speech protection.[44] In September 2014, Travolta denied claims made in January 2014 by his former pilot, Douglas Gotterba, that they had shared a sexual relationship while working for Travolta's aircraft company, Alto, for six years before leaving voluntarily in 1987. Gotterba argued that he was not bound by any confidentiality agreement during his term in the position.[45] Son's death In 2009, Travolta's son, Jett, died while on a Christmas vacation in The Bahamas.[46][47] A Bahamian death certificate was issued, attributing the cause of death to a seizure.[48] Jett, who had a troubled history of seizures, reportedly suffered from Kawasaki disease at the age of two.[49][50] Travolta confirmed speculation that his son had autism and suffered regular seizures and immediately made his public statements while giving testimony after a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against him in connection to his son's death.[51] After a mistrial, Travolta dropped the charges and has credited his immediate family and faith in helping him survive the premature death of his son and in moving forward with his film career.[52][53][54] Religion Travolta has been a practitioner of Scientology since 1975 when he was given the book Dianetics while filming the movie The Devil's Rain in Durango, Mexico.[55] After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, joining other celebrities in helping with the relief efforts, Travolta flew his Boeing 707 full of supplies, doctors, and Scientologist Volunteer Ministers into the disaster area.[56] Pilot Travolta in 2002, in the cockpit of his Boeing 707 Travolta is an accomplished private pilot, with multiple certifications and extensive experience.[57][58] He owns five aircraft, including an ex-Qantas Boeing 707-138 airliner that bears the name Jett Clipper Ella in honor of his children.[59] Pan American World Airways was a large operator of the Boeing 707 and used Clipper in its names. The 707 aircraft bears the marks of Qantas, as Travolta acts as an official goodwill ambassador for the airline wherever he flies.[60] His $4.9 million estate in the Jumbolair subdivision in Ocala, Florida, is situated on Greystone Airport with its own runway and taxiway right to his house, with two outbuildings for covered access to planes.[57][61][62] On November 24, 1992, Travolta was piloting his Gulfstream N728T at night above a solid undercast, when he experienced a total electrical system failure, while flying under instrument flight rules into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. During the emergency landing, he almost had a mid-air collision with a USAir Boeing 727, an event attributed to a risky decision by an air traffic controller.[63] Travolta was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation in 2007 and acts as the award show's official ambassador.[64] On September 13, 2010, during the first episode of the final season of her talk show, Oprah Winfrey announced that she would be taking her entire studio audience on an 8-day expenses-paid trip to Australia, with Travolta serving as pilot for the trip. He had helped Winfrey plan the trip for more than a year.[65] He is the author of the book Propeller One-Way Night Coach, the story of a young boy's first flight.[66]     ebay3106