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Saturday Night Fever

- Where do you go when the record is over...

Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.

Release Date : 1977-12-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Robert Stigwood OrganizationParamount PicturesSNF Productions

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Fiebre de Sabado por la noche

Cast

Character Name : Tony Manero

Original Name : John Travolta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stephanie

Original Name : Karen Lynn Gorney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bobby C.

Original Name : Barry Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joey

Original Name : Joseph Cali

Gender : Male

Character Name : Double J.

Original Name : Paul Pape

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annette

Original Name : Donna Pescow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gus

Original Name : Bruce Ornstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flo

Original Name : Julie Bovasso

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank, Jr.

Original Name : Martin Shakar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fusco

Original Name : Sam Coppola

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandmother

Original Name : Nina Hansen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Linda

Original Name : Lisa Peluso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doreen

Original Name : Denny Dillon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pete

Original Name : Bert Michaels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paint Store Customer

Original Name : Robert Costanzo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Becker

Original Name : Robert Weil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Disco

Original Name : Shelly Batt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Connie

Original Name : Fran Drescher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jay Langhart

Original Name : Donald Gantry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Haberdashery Salesman

Original Name : Murray Moston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : William Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pizza Girl

Original Name : Ann Travolta

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lady in Paint Store

Original Name : Helen Travolta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Ellen March

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Deejay

Original Name : Monti Rock III

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank, Sr.

Original Name : Val Bisoglio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)

Original Name : John Badham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Adrienne King

Gender : Female

Reviews

Cat Ellington

@CatEllington

2021-06-23

One of my all-time favorite films, Saturday Night Fever is a cult classic! It never ages. And yes, my mother took my big brother and me directly to the record store afterwards, where she purchased the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. We played the needle through it when we got home. (Laughs) Dynamite soundtrack. Dynamite film.

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

Great snapshot of the disco era with compelling characters and story RELEASED IN 1977 and directed by John Badham, "Saturday Night Fever" is a drama/musical detailing events in Brooklyn where a group of Italian-American youths led by Tony Manero (John Travolta) work dead-end jobs, rumble with Hispanics and meet babes at the local discothèque where Tony is a champion dancer. Donna Pescow plays his needy wannabe girlfriend while Karen Lynn Gorney plays his dance partner for a big contest. This was a huge hit in its day and the catalyst for disco fever throughout the world. To this day you’ll see people mimic Travolta’s iconic dance stance with one arm pointing upward and the corresponding leg out. John was in the prime of his life at 22 during shooting (a great inspiration for guys to get in shape) and already popular due to TV’s Welcome Back Kotter. “Saturday Night Fever” shot him to stardom, making him a household name. The movie’s hit status was deserved because of its emphasis on the ordinary, but interesting protagonists and their entertaining drama, not to mention the dynamic dance sequences and popular soundtrack featuring the Bee Gees. There are several quality scenes, including one with the magnificent Brooklyn Bridge as a backdrop. Watch for 19 year-old Fran Drescher making her acting debut in a glorified cameo. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 58 minutes and was shot in Brooklyn, New York City. WRITERS: Nik Cohn (story) and Norman Wexler (screenplay). GRADE: A-/B+

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-04

I was but ten years old when this was released, so never saw it at the cinema at the time - but boy was it big news. John Travolta was fêted all around the world as the white-suited hipster "Tony Manero" who almost glided around the city streets - and the dance floor. Determined to improve his lot, he enters a disco competition which he thinks will change his life and what ensues for about two hours is his story. Sadly, it's not much of a story. He's not a very engaging fellow; treats women badly, has a mouth on him that could strip paint and is constantly at loggerheads with his hard working, decent, old man. Things take a turn for the more complicated when the apple of everyone's eye - his priest brother "Frank" (Martin Shakar) returns home announcing his intention to give up the priesthood for a life that doesn't require celibacy. Luckily, "Tony" teams up on the dance floor with the spunky "Stephanie" (Karen Lynn Gorney) - a woman even more ambitious for a clean start than him - and that is where the film eventually takes off. On the dance floor, with the disco ball working it's magic and a collection of superb Bee Gees tracks that cannot fail to get your toes tapping. "Night Fever"; "Staying Alive"; If I Can't Have You" and the more slow tempo'd "How Deep Is Your Love" make the soundtrack way, way, more memorable than this otherwise tawdry, tacky look at life in New York in the mid 1970s. Travolta is the star, his walk and his cocky style stand him apart from the rest of this rather depressingly anodyne story - but in the end it's a film about aspiration, dancing and the Bee Gees, and the latter elements are well worth watching.