ComedyMusic

Can't Stop the Music

- The movie musical event of the 80's!

A loose biography of seminal disco hit-makers The Village People and their composer Jacques Morali.

Release Date : 1980-06-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : EMI FilmsAllan Carr ProductionAssociated Film Distribution

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Village People: G.I.

Original Name : Alex Briley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village People: Construction Worker

Original Name : David Hodo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village People: Leatherman

Original Name : Glenn Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village People: Cowboy

Original Name : Randy Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village People: Indian

Original Name : Felipe Rose

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village People: Policeman

Original Name : Ray Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samantha Simpson

Original Name : Valerie Perrine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ron White

Original Name : Caitlyn Jenner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jack Morell

Original Name : Steve Guttenberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Waits

Original Name : Paul Sand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sydney Channing

Original Name : Tammy Grimes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Helen Morell

Original Name : June Havoc

Gender : Female

Character Name : Norma White

Original Name : Barbara Rush

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alicia Edwards

Original Name : Altovise Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lulu Brecht

Original Name : Marilyn Sokol

Gender : Female

Character Name : Richard Montgomery

Original Name : Russell Nype

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benny Murray

Original Name : Jack Weston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claudia Walters

Original Name : Leigh Taylor-Young

Gender : Female

Character Name : Record Store Manager

Original Name : Dick Patterson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Breadwoman

Original Name : Bobo Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Stick-Up Lady

Original Name : Paula Trueman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Law Office Receptionist

Original Name : Portia Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Williams

Original Name : Selma Archerd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Slatkin

Original Name : Murial Slatkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Reporter

Original Name : Aaron Colt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ritchie Family

Original Name : Vera Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ritchie Family

Original Name : Jacqui Smith Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ritchie Family

Original Name : Dodie Draher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singing Vendor

Original Name : Greg Zadikov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stewardess in Record Store

Original Name : Danone Camden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mime

Original Name : Rasa Alileen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mime

Original Name : Gabriel Barre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Relief DJ

Original Name : Don Blanton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disco Photographer

Original Name : Roger LeClaire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean Harlow

Original Name : Cindy Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marilyn Monroe

Original Name : Maggie Brendler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Betty Grable

Original Name : Bradley Bliss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wino

Original Name : William Bartman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buster Sirwinski

Original Name : Victor Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Construction Commercial Director

Original Name : William L. Arndt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ventriloquist

Original Name : Jerry Layne

Gender : Male

Character Name : James the Flame

Original Name : Terry Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Waits' Secretary

Original Name : Maria Roosakos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milk Commercial Director

Original Name : Michael Battlesmith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Recording Technician

Original Name : Richard Bruce Friedman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moped Rider

Original Name : Bill Anagnos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Debbie Ash

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Wade Collings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Jane Eve

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Edyie Fleming

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Roy Hamlyn Gayle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Virginia Francis Hartley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Alison Jane Hierlihy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Richard King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Kim Elizabeth Leeson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Perri Lister

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Sarah M. Miles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Gene Montoya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Floyd Anthony Pearce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Blane Savage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Peter Tramm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Robert Warners

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Christine Ann Wickman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Press Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Baron

Gender : Male

Reviews

adorablepanic

@adorablepanic

2021-06-23

CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC (1980) - It's interesting to note that disco - a much-maligned and often marginalized style of music - once served as a dynamic catalyst for a serious, streetwise drama about working class dreams and realities; propelled in equal measure by a star entering his absolute zenith as a dramatic actor and sex symbol, as well as the efforts of veteran singers and songwriters who were able to tap into all of disco's strengths while keeping the material intelligent and relevant beyond the dance floor. That film, of course, was SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977). This film is what happens after you pop a little too much amyl nitrate and start to operate under the delusion that crossing Busby Berkeley with the Continental Baths has blockbuster written all over it. Nominally a pseudo-factual relating of the formation of the Village People, there are several other story threads, one which somehow involves the American Dairy Association (don't ask). Now obviously, no one is here for plot development; they're here to camp away a few hours - and in that regard, the "Y.M.C.A." sequence delivers: Acres of well-oiled male flesh in startlingly-brief man-Dukes; slow-motion examinations of new techniques in pommel horse; dozens of soapy young men crowding the shower, getting clean before having a good meal or doing whatever they feel (all strategically sudsed to maintain that PG-rating). Otherwise, it's over two hours of mostly cringe-worthy thesping (as actors, the Village People make Bruce Jenner look like the Village People); cringe-worthy dialogue; and yawn-inducing attempts at narrative. And yes, this runs in excess of two hours (even longer than this review). It starts to feel like you've plopped yourself down in front of von Stroheim's uncut GREED (1924) if that film were a gay sitcom. Oh well, at least we'll always have ROLLER BOOGIE (1979) around for credibility.