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Randal Kleiser
Director 80 years old

Randal Kleiser

Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA

John Randal Kleiser (born July 20, 1946) is an American film director and producer, perhaps best known for directing the 1978 musical film Grease.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

13 titles
Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

Randal Kleiser 2006 1h 24m 2.0

A retelling of the classic tale, with Red as a psychotic vigilante.

Love Wrecked

Love Wrecked

Randal Kleiser 2005 1h 27m 5.8

On a Caribbean cruise, Jenny (Bynes) is marooned on a beach with her rock and roll idol. Deliriously in love with the idea of time alone with him, she manages to hide the fact that they're a stones throw away from their resort.

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

Randal Kleiser 1998 1h 43m 4.0

An attorney (Melanie Griffith) uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

Randal Kleiser 1992 1h 29m 4.7

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working.

White Fang

White Fang

Randal Kleiser 1991 1h 47m 5.7

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

Randal Kleiser 1988 1h 26m 5.5

Paul Reubens stars as Pee-Wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-Wee, along with a outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, put on the best show ever.

Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator

Randal Kleiser 1986 1h 30m 6.6

In Flight of the Navigator, 12-year old David Freeman (Joey Cramer) goes missing in 1978, only to reappear in 1986. In the eight years that have passed, he hasn't aged. It's no coincidence that at the time he comes back, a flying saucer is found. David feels inexplicably connected to the fantastic machine...

Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

Randal Kleiser 1984 1h 37m

With only a week left before graduation, a young dreamer itches to renounce an uninspiring scholarship, stand up to his despotic father and pursue a career in oceanography. But, has anyone ever spread his wings away from Grandview, U.S.A.?

Summer Lovers

Summer Lovers

Randal Kleiser 1982 1h 38m

Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner.

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon

Randal Kleiser 1980 1h 44m 6.2

During the Victorian period (1837 to 1901), two preteen cousins (9 year old Richard and 6 year old Emmeline) are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and enjoy a simple life together until puberty complicates matters.

Grease

Grease

Randal Kleiser 1978 1h 50m 7.4

Grease is the successful cult film based on a Musical of the same name starring Olivia Newton and John Travolta as high school sweethearts in this 60’s musical fairytale. Newton and Travolta actually sun the songs that became a part of America’s pop culture.

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

Randal Kleiser 1976 1h 36m 6.0

Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.

Peege

Peege

Randal Kleiser 1973 28m

An ailing elderly woman is paid a perfunctory visit by her family while she sits despondently in a nursing home. Nobody can get through to her except for her young grandson, who talks to her about the happy times they shared between the two of them when she was well.

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