Can't Stop the Music (1980)

This is a pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.

Director:

Nancy Walker

Writers:

Bronte Woodard (as Bronté Woodard), Allan Carr

Stars:

Ray Simpson, David Hodo, Felipe Rose

4 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ray Simpson	...	Village People: Policeman
David Hodo	...	Village People: Construction Worker
Felipe Rose	...	Village People: Indian
Randy Jones	...	Village People: Cowboy
Glenn Hughes	...	Village People: Leatherman
Alex Briley	...	Village People: G.I.
Valerie Perrine	...	Samantha
Caitlyn Jenner	...	Ron White (as Bruce Jenner)
Steve Guttenberg	...	Jack Morell
Paul Sand	...	Steve Waits
Tammy Grimes	...	Sydne Channing
June Havoc	...	Helen Morell
Barbara Rush	...	Norma White
Altovise Davis	...	Alicia Edwards
Marilyn Sokol	...	Lulu Brecht

Storyline

In this pseudo audio biography of the Village People, Jack Morell (a thinly disguised caricature of the group's founder, Jacques Morali) is a struggling composer desperate to gain fame with his songs, but all he needs is a group to sing them. With the help of his roommate Samantha and a lawyer named Ron, Jack forms a group of six "macho men" from his Greenwich Village neighborhood, and the rest of the film details their rise to fame from New York City to a climatic concert in San Francisco.

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Plot Keywords:

male full frontal nudity | male rear nudity | song | composer | new york city | 

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Taglines:

The Movie Musical Event of the 80's

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Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Musical

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Discoland

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$2,000,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

EMI Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (35 mm prints) 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Caitlyn Jenner's feature film debut. Her only film roles since then have been cameos in A Man Called Sarge (1990) and Jack and Jill (2011) (which, like this film, won a Razzie for Worst Picture), though she has worked extensively in television.

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Goofs

In Sam's apartment, Jack's bottle of Dr. Pepper turns into a can in the next room.

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Quotes

Samantha: I should have know that you could sing. But when you see someone everyday, you just don't know what they have. I mean, counting out exercise is sort of singing, right?
Randy: Yeah, I think it is. It's sort of like...
[singing]
Randy: Got the back bone connected to the hip bone, and the hip bone connected to the thigh bone, and the thigh bone connected to the leg bone
[normal voice]
Randy: How's that? Is that a star or is that a star?
Samantha: Bing! Tonight it is. Be at my place at eight o'clock. You bring the voice, and I'll ...
[...]

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Connections

Featured in When Disco Ruled the World (2012)

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Soundtracks

The Sound of the City
Music by Jacques Morali
Lyrics by Henri Belolo and Phil Hurtt
Performed by David London

User Reviews

Funniest P*O*S in History

This is the best bad movie of all time. Ofcourse that means Steve Guttenberg and disco music are in it. I saw this once, ten years ago and will never ever forget it. The construction worker of the Village People does a musical number about milk. The film was directed by the late Nancy Walker of "quicker picker upper" fame. Bruce Jenner stars. The bizzarre factoids surrounding this film never quit. Whoever can watch this and not repeatedly laugh out loud needs to check their pulse. I fear my compulsion to buy the dvd. God help me, the howling indian. Classic badness.