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Release Date:
15 July 1983 (USA)
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Tagline:
Tony Manero knows the old days are over - But nobody's gonna tell him he can't feel that good again. more
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It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 5 nominations
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I'm Speechless...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Travolta | ... | Tony Manero |
 | Cynthia Rhodes | ... | Jackie |
 | Finola Hughes | ... | Laura |
| Steve Inwood | ... | Jesse |
| Julie Bovasso | ... | Mrs. Manero |
| Charles Ward | ... | Butler |
| Steve Bickford | ... | Sound Technician |
| Patrick Brady | ... | Derelict |
| Norma Donaldson | ... | Fatima |
| Jesse Doran | ... | Mark |
| Joyce Hyser | ... | Linda |
| Deborah Jenssen | ... | Margaret |
| Robert Martini | ... | Fred |
| Sarah M. Miles | ... | Joy (as Sarah Miles) |
| Tony Munafo | ... | Doorman |
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93 min | Argentina:96 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Iceland:L |
Spain:T |
Brazil:Livre |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Norway:11 |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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Originally Paramount wanted director Sylvester Stallone to also play the part of the Broadway stage director in the film. He declined, in part because the studio couldn't provide his then rock-bottom rate of $2 million but also not to take any attention away from Travolta's performance. He claimed "that is me up there on the screen" and therefore didn't feel any need to act in the film.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Tony is pacing the lobby waiting for the phone call to tell him he got the job, his mark is visible. You can see the tape on the floor where he is supposed to stop and turn around. When they show him from a farther distance, the tape is gone.
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Tony Manero:
Did you hear the way she talked? All intelligent like.
Jackie: Tony, an accent doesn't make you intelligent. If it did, you'd be Einstein.
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Jackie: Tony, an accent doesn't make you intelligent. If it did, you'd be Einstein.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Evil Laugh (1988)
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Soundtrack:
Far From Over
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Watching "Staying Alive" will do that to you. A truly perplexing movie it raises all sorts of questions like "Why was this thing made?" and "Why would Travolta do this?" I guess those were pretty lean years for Barbarino, so we should cut him some slack. Now Sylvester Stallone, he should have known better.
"Staying Alive" is the sequel to the hit, and FAR superior movie, "Saturday Night Fever." This film is hardly a sequel people were crying out to see, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that it's a very obscure movie.
Travolta reprises his "Fever" role, as Tony Manero, the big-haired, tight-clothes, bad-accented dancer from Brooklyn. On his own and trying to make it as a dancer, he works his hardest to become a big star. Does he make it? Well you have to watch, and let me tell you it's a riveting ride.
Or not. "Alive" is a terribly funny movie, for all the wrong reasons. The play Tony ends up in is a particular highlight. Called "Satan's Alley," it's a man's descent into hell, full of laser lights, mist, and scantily clad women. This is the first Broadway movie I had heard of that was totally dancing, no singing, speaking, or character development. Kudos to the fact checker for the film, who had obviously seen a lot of Broadway shows. Even "Cats" was more coherent than that piece of crap.
But the real highlight is Travolta himself. As directed by Stallone, he bears more than a passing resemblance to Rambo in almost every scene of consequence. Every single time the guy dances in the movie one of two things happen. Either A) he gets really sweaty and greasy, or B) you get tons of shot of his disgusting package. Those dance pants are WAY too tight.
"Staying Alive" is a bizarre movie. You get the feeling Stallone and the rest of the crew thought they were making an incredible movie. It shows in every self-obsessed frame of this film; it takes itself way too seriously and ends up looking absolutely ridiculous. Recommended for fans of ridiculously poor movies.