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• In 2002, AMC (American Movie Classics) showed a new print of 'Fever' with scenes not in the theatrical release nor home version:
  • 1) After Tony's first night at the disco, he and his buddies cruise the bridge, where the song 'Jive Talkin'' can be heard in the background. He gets out of the car, and begins to caress the bridge's structure with his fingertips.
  • 2) After asking Doreen to dance, Tony and Doreen dance to 'Disco Duck'.
  • 3) Tony takes Stephanie back to her Bay Ridge home, where they kiss in the car.
  • 4) Tony signs for a telegram that tells his father has been asked to go back to work.
  • 5) After getting out of the subway, Tony buzzes Stephanie's apartment building.
  
  
  
• Saturday Night Fever has two ratings: The R-rated version is 119 minutes, it had contained the offensive language, nudity, and sexual content. In 1978, the film was re-issued as a PG-rated version with the offensive language, sex, and the GO GO dancer were removed, and replaced them with milder footage. The PG rated film is 113 minutes which was shorter than the original R rated film that was six minutes longer.
  
  
• An alternate PG-rated version removes explicit language and substitutes milder footage in some sequences. This version is the one routinely used for television showings and is 11 minutes shorter than the original R-rated one.
  
  
• The scene in the car that has Tony's friends talking about the drugs they have and Tony complains about how old Bobby's-8 tracks are is usually cut when the film is shown on network TV. The same goes for the scene that has the stripper in the backround.
  
  
• Another TV version shown on ABC in the '80s added more outtake footage, with the PG-rated print as its primary source.
  
  
• In the latest VHS release, which is in surround, some of the music has been altered (probably for copyright problems). Most annoying is the replacement of K-JEE by M.F.S.B., during the dance by the Puerto Rican couple in the contest, by some generic sounding music. This same music is also played instead of "Disco Duck" in the brief glimpse of the dance studio owner giving lessons to a group of people.
  
  
• In Belgium, due pressure from younger audiences, the 'rape' scene was cut. This permitted people younger than 16 to go and watch the movie. This happened a few months after it's initial release, giving Saturday Night Fever a second life.
  
  
• Version being aired on TNT Network (as of Jan 2002) lists K-JEE in the musical credits. Disco Duck is still not played, however, replaced with generic studio music.
  
  
• The following deleted scenes appear on the DVD:
  • Tony and Stephanie talking in a car.
  • Tony's dad gets his job back.
  • A scene where Tony goes to Stephanie's apartment.
  
  
  
• The version shown on AMC (American Movie Classics) is apparently a new (2002) print, with new end credits with black background and and white text. Several scenes have been edited or shortened for commercials.
  
  

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