Olivia Newton-John was our first choice to play Sandy, but she was nervous about acting, whether she would feel comfortable with us and could pull it off at all.

In London Kleiser directed the comedy Getting It Right (1989) starring Lynn Redgrave Helena Bonham Carter Jane Horrocks and Sir John Gielgud. His television films include The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) with John Travolta the Emmy-Award-winning The Gathering (1977) and Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976). During 2006 in Lisbon this movie was released for its debut at the 1st International Digital Cinema Festival.