Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Director: John Badham  Starring: John Travolta  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Format: N/A
UPC: 00097360111347
Buy.com Sku: 204854506
Item#: RYF9R9
Category Keywords: Dance  Essential Cinema  Nightlife  Personal Triumph  Racy  Recommended  Romance  Theatrical Release 
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Editor's Note

Director John Badham's hit film propelled John Travolta to stardom, made white polyester suits an instant fashion craze, and garnered praise for its portrayal of blue-collar life. Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero (Travolta) lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the club, thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his family's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end job at a paint store. However, things begin to change when he spies Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) in the disco and starts training with her for the club's dance competition. Stephanie dreams of the world beyond Brooklyn, and her plans to move to the big city just over the bridge soon change Tony's life forever. This portrait of young Brooklyn natives struggling to escape their sheltered lives for freedom and adventure in the big city of Manhattan defined a generation of disco dancers and 1970s youths rebelling against the more traditional expectations of their parents. Set to the popular dance music of the Bee Gees, this instant cinematic sensation revealed the fashions and aspirations of an underground culture to the world.


Plot Summary

The film that made John Travolta a household name is set in Brooklyn to the popular dance music of the Bee Gees. Tony Manero (Travolta) is a paint-store clerk who becomes the king of the discotheque when he puts on his polyester and gets down, with a little help from a social-climbing Manhattan secretary (Karen Lynn Gorney). This definitive portrait of a generation of disco dancers in the 1970s skyrocketed its young star to fame and further propelled the disco inferno infatutation.

 
Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 1.85
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround - English
Dolby Digital Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes (3)
Highlights From VH1's BEHIND THE MUSIC
Audio Commentary: John Badham - Director
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
Interactive Menus




 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Release Date: 6/18/2007
Running Time: 118 minutes
Original Release Date: 1977
Catalog ID: 011134
UPC: 00097360111347
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Bruce Ornstein
Denny Dillon
Julie Bovasso
John Travolta
Sam Coppola
Donna Pescow
Karen Lynn Gorney
Barry Miller
Barry Gibb - Composer
David Rawlins - Editor
Maurice Gibb - Composer
Robert Stigwood - Producer
Charles Bailey - Production Designer
David Shire - Composer
Ralf D. Bode - Director of Photography
Norman Wexler - Screenwriter
Robin Gibb - Composer
John Badham - Director

 
Memorable Quotes
"Would ya watch the hair! Ya know, I spend a long time on my hair and he hit it----he hit my hair."----Tony Manero (John Travolta) to his family

"Maybe if you ain't so good, I ain't so bad."----Tony Manero to Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney)


 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...Travolta is deft and vibrant and he never condescends to the character....The music moves with a real spring it is step, and the movie does too." 12/16/1977 p.C10

USA Today
"...Among the definitive time-capsule pics of any era....It looks and sounds snappy..." 10/11/2002 p.7E

Entertainment Weekly
"...Travolta melds brute machismo and hidden yearning; it's little surprise FEVER made him a superstar and earned him an Oscar nomination..." 10/18/2002 p.95

Premiere
"[G]iven a subtle sweetness and vulnerability by Travolta's layered performance." 04/01/2004 p.58

Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "[The film] still plays like an impossibly bleak slice of kitchen-sink realism..." 11/01/2007 p.152

Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Travolta] pure, chest-out charisma. The camera loves him -- and he loves it right back." 11/01/2007 p.202

Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] mesmerizing portrait from Travolta ensures it stays evergreen." 12/01/2007 p.95

  
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