With clubs like studio 54 welcoming outrageous dressers and glamorous celebrities, the only rule was to be glamorous. Saturday night fever the original movie soundtrack bee. The same group of people wearing the same clothes, including a dancer and bartender, are shown sitting around a bar on two different disco nights. Night fever is a song written and performed by the bee gees. The bee gees thought it was a dumb title, but they had already written a song called night fever. A discotheque club were tony and his friends all hang out every saturday night. The actor surprised us with two littleknown facts about one of his most iconic films, saturday night fever.
When this films predecessor saturday night fever was released in 1977, it was released with an r rating and included lots of sexual content, nudity and very strong language. Best mistakes best pictures new this month best comedy quotes most mistakes questions movie quote quiz imdb top 250 best of 2020 saturday night fever 1977 5 trivia entries. The fact that he did what he could to salvage a relationship with her was. Parents need to know that saturday night fever is a more mature film than the catchy disco soundtrack would have you believe. Karen lynn gorney as stephanie mangano, his dance partner and eventual confidante. He played the role of bobby c in the 70s classic film, saturday night fever, which starred a young john travolta. There were 15 million copies of the saturday night fever soundtrack sold in the u. We all have movies like that, titles that transcend ordinary categories of good and bad, and penetrate straight to our hearts. Things movie fans dont know about rotten tomatoes readers. After the movies release in 1977, disco ruled the dance floors, and a blowdried member of a tvsitcom ensemble became the hottest star in the country.
After the movie s release in 1977, disco ruled the. It first appeared on the soundtrack to saturday night fever on rso records. She took too many speed pills and got too carried away. They convinced stigwood to use that and change the films title to saturday night fever. Paramount wanted to attract the film to younger audiences and in march 1979 the film was rereleased with a pg rating with language either changed or removed and sexual. Never heard siskel wanted to be king of the dance floor. Producer robert stigwood wanted to call the film saturday night, but singer robin gibb expressed hesitation at the title. The alluring darkness beneath saturday night fevers disco. Dec 16, 2015 saturday night fever was the first mainstream hollywood movie to feature the phrase blow job. After the movie s release in 1977, disco ruled the dance floors, and a blowdried member of a tvsitcom ensemble became the hottest star in the country. Wondering about gene siskel saturday night fever 1977. The idea for the film that became saturday night fever started when our manager, robert stigwood, saw an article in new york magazine entitled tribal rites of the new saturday night by nik cohn, talking about teenagers going to dancing competitions.
The opening scene of manero swaggering down the street is on 86th street at bay 20th street in bensonhurst. A comprehensive database of saturday night fever quizzes online, test your knowledge with saturday night fever quiz questions. Saturday night fever was gene siskels favorite movie, and he watched it at least 17 times. See what you know about the film saturday night fever. John travoltas white threepiece suit from saturday night fever might be the best remembered disco getup, but there was.
In fact, other than stayin alive and night fever, every song that appeared in. Saturday night fever is wonderfully honest and completely accurate when it comes to depicting that stagnant environment that keeps young people like tony pinned down. Night fever topped the uk singles chart for two weeks, their third uk numberone, and in the us it remained the numberone billboard hot 100 single for over two months in 1978. Mccormick sent him the saturday night fever script and promptly flew. When they first started dance rehearsals for the film with john travolta, they were using. This sequel to saturday night fever is shockingly embarrassing. John travolta just shared two secrets from the set of. In the 1970s, the country succumbed to the dance craze known as disco and 1970s disco fashion was as much a part of the story as the music.
The films title was ultimately shortened to saturday night, as a direct reference to the fact that tony and his friends inhabited 2001 odyssey on saturday nights. Rent saturday night fever 1977 on dvd and bluray dvd. It stars john travolta as tony manero, a workingclass young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local brooklyn discotheque. The film saturday night fever was released 40 years ago this week, and soon became one of the biggest dance movies of all time. Apr 22, 2020 among the more famous of the duds is john travoltas staying alive, the 1983 sequel to the smash 1977 movie saturday night fever.
The biggest mistakes you never noticed in saturday night fever 1977. Saturday night fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film saturday night fever starring john travolta. Rent saturday night fever 1977 on dvd and bluray netflix. Rent saturday night fever 1977 starring john travolta and karen lynn gorney on dvd and bluray.
However, when the bee gees submitted the soundtrack, one of the songs, night fever, was thought to. In the movie saturday night fever, toni manero was the indisputable king at the disco, where he forgot about his deadend job. Jun 15, 2018 the actor surprised us with two littleknown facts about one of his most iconic films, saturday night fever. Stigwood liked the title night fever but was wary of marketing a movie with that name. How many songs from saturday night fever won academy awards. The title was ultimately shortened to saturday night, as a direct reference to the fact that tony john travolta and his friends inhabited 2001 odyssey on saturday nights. He faded from the limelight during the next decade but reemerged as one of hollywoods premiere. Although the bee gees sold millions of copies of their soundtrack album for the 1977 movie saturday night fever, their score earned no oscars.
Accents pescow spent two years training at the american academy of dramatic arts before she landed. Karen lynn gorney bio, facts, family famous birthdays. The alluring darkness beneath saturday night fevers disco floor. It is one of the bestselling albums in history, and remains the 2nd biggest selling soundtrack of all time selling over 40 million copies worldwide double disc album. Wow, saturday night fever premiered 40 years ago already in honor of the iconic movie reaching this big milestone, click through the gallery below to see john travolta and the rest of the cast then and now and find out what theyve been up to since 1977. However, when the bee gees submitted the soundtrack, one of the songs, night fever, was thought to embody the films spirit better than the original. Saturday night fever is one of those films you look back on and then look to the. John travolta reveals two hidden details from saturday.
The building is an actual night club from the 70s which was demolished in 2005. In fact, the nightclub where the film was shot was hit with a small. Pizza from lennys pizza, 1969 86th street, bay ridge, brooklyn maneros neighbourhood is bay ridge, southwest brooklyn. American actress best known for playing stephanie mangano in saturday night fever. The characters take part in gang fights as well as racist and sexist. She wanted both joey and double j to make tony jealous after tony ignores and leaves her for stephanie. When the movie saturday night fever hit theaters in december 1977, the song was used in a famous scene from the movie where john travolta takes over the dance floor an appropriate choice since the song is specifically about dancing. On the first disco night we see them when tony leaves the bar to go outside after being informed by joey, what double j is doing in the car. Saturday night fever was the first mainstream hollywood movie to feature the phrase blow job. Stigwood wanted travolta to star in the movie version of grease, the. John travolta reveals two hidden details from saturday night. John travolta, in full john joseph travolta, born february 18, 1954, englewood, new jersey, u.
He performed the song, old folks at home swanee river for the soundtrack to the 1980 movie, fame. Saturday night fever saturday night fever quiz questions. Dec 20, 2017 during the dance movie craze of the 80s, there were plenty of titles you could choose from. He said it brought him back to a precious moment in his youth when he and his friends were all engaged in an activity, like a line dance, and he was loving feeling one with his group. The movie became a classic, telling a comingofage story in the disco era. Its members were three brothers, barry gibb born 1 september 1946, and twins maurice gibb 22 december 1949 12 january 2003 and robin gibb 22 december 1949 20 may 2012. In addition to saturday night fever, the song has also appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for mystery men. You should be dancing was included on the soundtrack along with. Dirty dancing, saturday night fever, and footloose all ushered in a genre that we previously had no idea we totally wanted. It took 15 years for it to be supplanted by the bodyguard.
However, when the bee gees submitted the soundtrack, one of the songs, night fever. Saturday night fever quizzes online, trivia, questions. We see these people again at the start of the second disco night, both nights when we see. Even though john travolta, saturday night fever, and the genre of disco will always share memorable ties. She attended carnegie mellon university and brandeis university. Saturday night fever 1977 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Joey even told her that she had enough before handling more to her. During the dance movie craze of the 80s, there were plenty of titles you could choose from. Widescreen collection john travolta saturday night fever anniversary dvd edition contains over 212 hours of bonus featuresrated r 1977color188 minwidescreen. Filming was almost interrupted when a local mafia group tried to extort protection from the crew. One of the most iconic entries in the genre was 1983s flashdance, a movie which made every girl cut the collars off their sweatshirts and decide to invest in spandex and dance. She also released three albums of her own original music. The movie was originally called tribal rites of the new saturday night, the title of the new york magazine article that inspired it. Our online saturday night fever trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top saturday night fever quizzes.
It remained number one on the billboard charts for most of 1978 and stayed on the charts until 1980. He became one of hollywoods premiere leading men after starring in the 1994 cult classic pulp fiction. Saturday night fever is one of those movies that comes along and seems to change the cultural temperature in a flash. She has been a panelist on the popular gameshow hollywood squares. Though this movie helped put disco and star john travolta on the map, the original theatrical version is full of strong language, sex, and violence.
The characters take part in gang fights as well as racist and sexist behavior, and theres a disturbing gang rape scene. Saturday night fevers huge success grew meteorically thanks to the towering popularity of its soundtrack. They are most famous for their album, saturday night fever, the soundtrack for the movie of the same name. These are movies that represent what i yearned for at one time in my life, and to. They had a younger brother, andy gibb 19581988, who was also a singer. Saturday night fever was an instant hit when it was released in december 1977, quickly becoming one of the highestgrossing movies of the year. John travolta and karen lynn gorney in saturday night fever, 1977. Saturday night fever is a 1977 american dance drama film directed by john badham. It remains the second bestselling soundtrack of all time with over 45 million units sold, behind the bodyguard. John travolta, american actor and singer who was a cultural icon of the 1970s, especially known for roles in the tv series welcome back, kotter and the film saturday night fever. Among the more famous of the duds is john travoltas staying alive, the 1983 sequel to the smash 1977 movie saturday night fever. It stars john travolta as tony manero, a workingclass young man who.