From USA Today-Grease is a movie made in the ’70s and based on a stage musical about the ’50s. And 32 years later, the story of a high school romance between a good girl and a renegade boy- starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta- will reclaim summer nights nationwide as the Grease: Sing-A-Long is released in theaters.

The movie, which Paramount Pictures has released for a two-week engagement in 12 markets (five more markets opened July 15), is the same as the 1978 version- but with a twist. During the musical numbers, lyrics appear at the bottom of the screen along with playful animations (floating hearts during Summer Nights and Hand Jive how-to’s, for example).

It has also been digitally enhanced for brighter and sharper color.
“The whole idea of Grease was to make it bigger than life,” says the film’s director, Randal Kleiser.

“It looks much better and like the way we would have done it if we had the technology back in ’77.”

Newton-John, who played the wholesome Sandy, is looking forward to seeing the film herself as soon as she can “get a day off.” She also plans to sing along.

“I’ll find a quiet corner, of course, and wear a hat or something,” she says. “The group ones where everybody harmonizes, I’m looking forward to, like We Go Together at the end. Those are going to be the fun ones to do with an audience.”

During a screening at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Kleiser saw his film reborn in a way that reminded him of seeing The Rocky Horror Picture Show in college.

An audience of 18,000 (many dressed as T-Birds and Pink Ladies) was given props to use during certain scenes. Bubbles filled the air during Beauty School Dropout, and thousands of yellow flags waved to kick off the drag-race scene.

“There are very few directors who go through something like that in their career,” Kleiser says.

“It was just so exciting to be surrounded by 18,000 people loving this movie more than 30 years later.”