Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Director:

John Badham

Writers:

Nik Cohn (magazine article "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night")
Norman Wexler (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 December 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

A Brooklyn youth feels his only chance to get somewhere is as the king of the disco floor.

Plot Keywords:

Day In Title | 1970s | Male Female Relationship | 8 Track | Class Differences

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

John Travolta	...	Tony Manero
Karen Lynn Gorney	...	Stephanie Mangano
Barry Miller	...	Bobby C.
Joseph Cali	...	Joey
Paul Pape	...	Double J.
Donna Pescow	...	Annette
Bruce Ornstein	...	Gus
Julie Bovasso	...	Flo Manero
Martin Shakar	...	Frank Manero Jr.
Sam Coppola	...	Dan Fusco (as Sam J. Coppola)
Nina Hansen	...	Grandmother
Lisa Peluso	...	Linda Manero
Denny Dillon	...	Doreen
Bert Michaels	...	Pete
Robert Costanzo	...	Paint Store Customer (as Robert Costanza)

Also Known As:

Saturday Night (USA) (working title)
Tribal Rites of Saturday Night (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, sexuality/nudity and some drug content. (2002 version)

Runtime:

118 min | USA:113 min (PG version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Iceland:L | Spain:18 | Netherlands:16 (orginal rating) | Italy:VM14 (uncut) | UK:A (re-rating) (1979) (cut) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (re-rating) (2002) | Australia:PG (cut) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:G (Quebec) (edited US version) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (cut) | USA:PG (edited version) | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (edited US version) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

221 79th Street, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO)

Trivia:

An unedited version of "How Deep is Your Love" remains in the vaults. It is featured when Tony walks aimlessly to the subway, and is riding over to Stephanie's.

Goofs:

Continuity: Just before the guys crash into the Barracudas' hangout with Bobby C's car, the car windows are down. After they crash, they open the doors, and the windows are up. When they get back in the car, the windows are down again.

Quotes:

Tony Manero: Why are you such a cock-tease?
Stephanie: Don't you call me no goddam cock-tease!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Wog Boy (2000)

Soundtrack:

Boogie Shoes

Stayin' Alive

Who doesn't remember that song?¿? ah ah ah stayin' alive stayin' alive. Yeah! this movie was a classic!.If we are here to compare it with such movies as The Godfather,Apocalypse Now or Gone with the wind,of course most of the people or cinema critics will think this movie as a joke.But it isn't.Saturday Night Fever was considered in 1977 for liberal or funky people an icon movie such as Rebel Without A Cause was for young people in the 1950's.Today it can even be considered a cult movie.Of course that's only my opinion,but i can tell u i'm also a fan of The Godfather.John Badham made a great job directing this movie.He didn't made only a serious discomusic movie about,but also a movie where problems of young people were having on those days.John Travolta made the lead character of one of those young guys.With his ups and downs during the whole movie Travolta expresses a guy who have urges on being "someone" in this world,and yeah,he did a great job.So good that he was even nominated that year for Best Lead Actor.Need to say more...