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Summary: THROBBING, PULSATING DISCO FEVER
Review: SNF became the movie of the disco generation, propelling John Travolta to fame and giving the BeeGees a new incarnation. There's a certain nervous rhythm to this story of a group of friends on the disco beat and the romance and tragedy that ensue. Travolta's swaggering walk sticks in the mind, but really, the soundtrack makes the movie: Staying Alive, Jive Talking, Disco Inferno and even Yvonne Elliman's If I Can't Have You. It's perhaps a sanitised view of the disco era, unlike Thank God It's Friday which provides a more inclusive view. Nevertheless still enjoyable after all these years.
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Summary: Stayin' alive, stayin' alive...
Review: A lot of people call this movie a classic and a period piece. And it should be. I watched this on a plane ride from Australia to Hongkong, and I enjoyed it tremendously. Sure, the movie's a bit old, but it's not sugar-coated and unapologetic of Brooklyn in the 70s. Even as early as back then, neighborhoods were fueled by the paradoxical dichotomy of family and gangs. Enter 19-year-old Tony Manero, a disco-god on the dance floor on Saturday nights. He works at a paint store, hangs out with his gang of underachievers, and still lives with his parents. When one of his friends gets beaten up, they take revenge on a rival gang without verifying the facts. When Tony's brother decides to quit the priesthood, and their mother blames Tony he immediately lashes out at her saying "There! You happy? Now you have two losers for sons." But family is family, and he sobbingly apologizes. There's also the requisite love triangle between Tony, Annette and Stephanie. Annette's love for Tony is unrequited. Tony's crush on Stephanie is frustrated by the fact Stephanie wants to move up in the world, while Tony remains an unsophisticated boy destined to remain in his social caste. What brings them together? Dance. Disco-dancing to be more precise. This film is probably what created the genre of dance movies like "Strictly Ballroom" and the Japanese "Shall We Dance." In all these films, the dance floor becomes a world of its own. A world far away and far different from the chaos that surrounds our protagonists' daily lives. On the dance floor, there is no social ladder to climb, no enemies to beat up, no worries to weigh them down. Yet at the same time, it isn't the real world. And it only exists between 5 minute intervals of song. In the real world, people look up to Tony. But Tony is too full of himself to take an occasional glance down. Listening to Stephanie talk about important people at work, and what she's doing with her life has made Tony want to quantum leap out of his situation. That doesn't happen, and it takes the death of a friend to finally snap him out of his youthful pride and rage of "I'm better than all of you!" So he slowly learns to start over and make himself better. Truly a gem of a movie. I highly recommend this film. If nothing else, you get to see what launched John Travolta's career.
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Summary: The Pioneer of Disco.
Review: This is a movie that is very much long over due. It's a stand alone classic that started it all. It changed the music industry that was going nowhere at that time. Travolta is amazing in this movie, he displays a dance talent that no one would have ever expected from him. I'm proud to say I own the VHS tape and the LP album. And for those who have made fun of this movie, the laugh is on you it's still Alive and very much a movie treasure worth owning.
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Summary: What a CLASSIC!!
Review: I'm so-o-o-o glad Saturday Night Fever is being released on DVD!!! Now I can toss the video!!! John Travolta is such a good dancer, I'm envious :) & the music is TOPS!
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Summary: snf dvd
Review: it is finally coming out on dvd. just read in entertainment magazine that it will be coming out on oct. 8th! woohoo can't wait
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Summary: Saturady Night Fever!
Review: "Well you can tell by the way John Travolta walks, he's a woman's man, no time to talk..." Released at the pinnacle of disco fever, John Badham's Saturday Night Fever is a nostalgic look at the late 70s, with John Travolta as Tony Manero, the main man at the discotech, where he shows off his dancing moves to the BeeGees songs. It's entertaining to sit back and watch a film that was once considered the "groovy" thing, and now is seen for what it actually is, a so-so film with excellent dancing moves, but then again, most musicals do the old "make a musical and attach a hackneyed plot of sorts and see if it gels." Thankfully, it does better than the shocking "Stayin' Alive". It's no easy watch, with sex scenes, nudity and violence not quite fitting together. Director Badham (file name under "where are they now?") gives too much attention to the outside world of drugs, sex and suicide, when it would work much more fluidly without the jarring tone changes. It's a curious throwback to the days of disco-groove, and John Travolta is effortlessly cool, but when you take out the disco, it's a combination of sleaze and violence that's hardly cohesive. But the classic BeeGees music and some great dancing from Travolta push it further than what the film itself deserves.
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Summary: Good til the last song!
Review: Saturday Night Fever is a movie that can never get old. Sure we live now in an era that's not-so-dependent on Disco clubs (after all we have successfully lived through 2001!), but this movie changed the world of Disco music FOREVER! It's an amazing portrayal of the lives of our teenaged adolescents during 1977. The people were stylin' and the music was smokin'. Times were golden and all we wanted to do was dance! I never get tired of watching this movie. I have recently found out the good news for all you fellow DVD fans out there that Saturday Night Fever AND Grease will be arriving on DVD this FALL! In fact, this year marks the 25th Aniversary of Saturday Night Fever. 25 years, and we're all still "Stayin' Alive"!
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Summary: How Men Abuse Women
Review: This is one of the worst film's to come out of that era. This film treats women like objects and not human beings with feelings and emotions. The film's only point of view is from the perspective of John Travolta and if he can win the prize. And what is the prize? Not clear! That does not say much for the spirit of man.
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Summary: When is this coming out on DVD?
Review: Does anyone know if and when this Disco classic will be coming out on DVD. I can't believe it hasn't hit the stores. It would be a big seller.
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Summary: You Should Be Dancing - YEAH!
Review: This cult-classic put both John Travolta and The Bee Gees on the map. Focusing on the NYC Disco Scene, the story centers around John Travolta's character, a working-class "dude", whose life revolves around being the star of the disco scene. Nothing much seems to matter in his life. He doesn't think about his future, his responsibilities or anything else; only his favorite shirt, his perfect hair and his new "slick moves on the dance floor". The word "shallow" understates the mood. -- If nothing else, the sound track featuring several great Bee Gees tunes and other Disco Classics, makes this film well worth the watching. Also, look for a walk-on appearance of a young Fran Drescher ("The Nanny").****
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