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Overview

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6.7/10   20,264 votes
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Director:
John Badham
Writers:
Nik Cohn (magazine article "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night")
Norman Wexler (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 December 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
Where do you go when the record is over... more
Plot:
A Brooklyn youth feels his only chance to get somewhere is as the king of the disco floor. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(47 articles)
Saturday Fright Fever
 (From New York Post. 2 July 2009, 9:59 PM, PDT)

Night Fever: The World of Obsessive Fan Movies
 (From IFC. 2 July 2009, 7:50 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Dazzling. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Travolta ... Tony Manero

Karen Lynn Gorney ... Stephanie
Barry Miller ... Bobby C.
Joseph Cali ... Joey

Paul Pape ... Double J.
Donna Pescow ... Annette
Bruce Ornstein ... Gus
Julie Bovasso ... Flo
Martin Shakar ... Frank Jr.
Sam Coppola ... Dan Fusco (as Sam J. Coppola)
Nina Hansen ... Grandmother
Lisa Peluso ... Linda

Denny Dillon ... Doreen
Bert Michaels ... Pete
Robert Costanzo ... Paint Store Customer (as Robert Costanza)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Saturday Night (USA) (working title)
Tribal Rites of Saturday Night (USA) (working title)
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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 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Spain:18 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Italy:VM14 (uncut) | Iceland:L | Netherlands:16 (orginal rating) | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:A (re-rating) (1979) (cut) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (re-rating) | Australia:R | 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) (Canadian Home Video rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Travolta's sister Ann Travolta appears as the pizza lady, and his mother Helen Travolta appears as the woman for whom he gets the paint. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the (former) Father Frank Jr is leaving the Monero household to go to a settlement home in the first shot, the car he is about to enter is a Ford Country Squire (full size) station wagon. In the next shot when he gets in the car and it pulls away, it is a different car: a Ford LTD II (mid size) station wagon. more
Quotes:
Tony Manero: You know what Gus, I feel like breaking your broken legs! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
How Deep Is Your Love more

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30 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
Dazzling., 4 March 2002
Author: Devyalento Latchford Deschanel from London, England

I suppose you could say that Saturday Night Fever is John Travolta, and vice versa. You couldn't have anyone else playing Tony Manero and have the same impact that the film has. This film, which on the surface doesn't seem to have much in the way of a plot, is a dazzling piece of cinema, made so by Travolta and the legend he created. But it's also a very sad story, one of a young man and his confusion and frustration about living a life he's not happy with. Dancing at the local discotheque is all that Tony has to make himself feel special and wanted, as he doesn't get it from his family. The arrival of Stephanie, an older woman who is just as good a dancer as he is, lights a fire inside Tony and he sees his life as having a purpose. But things don't turn out as he had envisioned. Saturday Night Fever is a phenomenal film, with so many different aspects that make it so. Of course, there is Travolta, sizzling across the screen as the main attraction. But there's also some nice supporting turns from Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie, Barry Miller as Bobby C. and Donna Pescow as Annette. They all bring their characters to life, and they make you want to know what happens to them as well, not just Tony. But, in the end, Saturday Night Fever is John Travolta, and vice versa, and sitting there, mesmerised at the screen, watching Travolta shimmy across that dancefloor to that funky disco music, makes you realise that this film is like no other. It is, quite simply, amazing.

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