Randal Kleiser

Randal Kleiser

1946-07-20 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 37 Credits

Biography

John Randal Kleiser is an American film director and producer, perhaps best known for directing the 1978 musical film Grease.

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Life After The Navigator

Life After The Navigator

2020

as Himself

7.9
Acting

A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer, and his roll...

Life After The Navigator

Life After The Navigator

2020

Executive Producer

7.9
Producing

A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer, and his roll...

The Fabulous Allan Carr

The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017

as Self

5.2
Acting

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A prod...

The Speech JFK Never Gave

The Speech JFK Never Gave

2017

as Self (uncredited)

Acting

The speech that John F. Kennedy was to have given on November 22, 1963, the day of his assassination.

The Speech JFK Never Gave

The Speech JFK Never Gave

2017

Director

Directing

The speech that John F. Kennedy was to have given on November 22, 1963, the day of his assassination.

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies

2006

as Self

Acting

From 1953 to 1969, Don Glut made amateur movies. Shot on 16mm, these films became "legendary" throughout the world.

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

2006

Director

5.6
Directing

Teenage Claire would rather hang out with her friends at the mall than to stay home with her brother Matt while Grandma babysits. Who wouldn't? Unfort...

Love Wrecked

Love Wrecked

2005

Director

5.1
Directing

18-year-old Jenny Taylor is ecstatic when she finds out that her favorite rock star, Jason Masters, is a guest at the tropical resort where she is wor...

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

2005

as Self

Acting

A Biography of George Lucas.

Circuit

Circuit

2001

as Doctor

5.7
Acting

The hunky John is a closeted small-town cop who moves to L.A., where he is quickly seduced into the gay life of workouts and dusk-to-dawn parties. Wit...

Susan's Plan

Susan's Plan

1998

as Doctor #1

4.8
Acting

Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed.

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

1998

Director

4.7
Directing

An attorney uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998

as Self

3.0
Acting

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does mar...

It's My Party

It's My Party

1996

Director, Writer, Producer

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function ...

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

1992

Director

5.3
Directing

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 machin...

Return to the Blue Lagoon

Return to the Blue Lagoon

1991

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a...

White Fang

White Fang

1991

Director

6.8
Directing

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...

Getting It Right

Getting It Right

1989

Director, Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva...

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

Director

4.9
Directing

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 ya...

North Shore

North Shore

1987

Writer

5.9
Writing

On a small stretch of coastline as powerful as a man's will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves. He found a woman who would show him how to survive,...

Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator

1986

Director

6.9
Directing

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to hav...

Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984

Director

5.8
Directing

Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to...

Summer Lovers

Summer Lovers

1982

Director, Screenplay

5.3
Directing Writing

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...

Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous

1981

as Literary Party Guest

5.4
Acting

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon

1980

Producer, Director

6.2
Producing Directing

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy...

Grease

Grease

1978

Director

7.4
Directing

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, wi...

The Gathering

The Gathering

1977

Director

3.7
Directing

When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of hi...

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

1977

Director

2.0
Directing

The story of a gentle and loving grandfather who encourages his grandson's ambition to be a painter.

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

1976

Director

5.6
Directing

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 compl...

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

1976

Director

5.4
Directing

15-year-old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to...

Street People

Street People

1976

Screenplay

4.9
Writing

A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian law...

All Together Now

All Together Now

1975

Director

Directing

Four orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. Based on a true story.

Peege

Peege

1973

Director

5.6
Directing

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 ...

Foot Fetish

1972

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A romantic encounter between two shoes, depicted in stop-motion animation.

Freiheit

Freiheit

1966

as Boy

5.7
Acting

This film shows a German student escaping across the Berlin Border and being shot to death, while on the soundtrack, various platitudes about dying fo...

Captain America vs. The Mutant

Captain America vs. The Mutant

1964

as Steve Rogers

Acting

A spacecraft lands on Earth. Steve Rogers (played by Randal Kleiser) observes the landing and investigates as Captain America.

SEGAL

SEGAL

N/A

as Self

Acting

From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary entertainer George Segal shares his life story.