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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Nik Cohn (magazine article "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night")
Norman Wexler (screenplay)
Release Date:
16 December 1977 (USA) 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
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(62 articles)
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User Comments:
Living Vicariously Through the Weekends. more (172 total)
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) |
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)
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Runtime:
118 min | USA:113 min (PG version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Spain:18 | Canada:14A (re-rating) | 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: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 (original rating)
Filming Locations:
221 79th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA more
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Trivia:
Norman Wexler's screenplay was adapted from the "non-fiction" magazine article written by Nik Cohn. Years later, Cohn admitted that the story, supposedly a fact-based account detailing the lives of Brooklyn teenagers in the early days of the disco craze, was a complete fabrication. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the dinner table after father Frank has left the priesthood, Tony is eating and his fork changes from left to right and back several times before he screams at his mother. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Powerpuff Girls: Boogie Frights/Abracadaver (#1.5)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
A Fifth Of Beethoven more
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An uneducated Brooklyn teen (John Travolta, in an Oscar-nominated role) lives in a dream world over the weekends as the king of a disco dance floor. Disillusioned, quietly upset with where his life is, Travolta finds solace by dancing in public to Bee Gee's music and finds love with his newest dance partner (Karen Lynn Gorney). The duo practice for an upcoming contest that could mean total success at last for Travolta and the opportunity to get discovered doing what he really loves. Travolta and his friends seem destined to go down a path of destruction though as a soap opera develops for all the key people found within. "Saturday Night Fever" is a total over-achiever as it could have fallen to exploitation tactics of the 1970s, but becomes one of those iconic films that still stands the test of time. Travolta is a revelation in arguably his greatest role. The other players are adequate and the screenplay is deceptively smarter than it appears on the surface. The movie also works as a time capsule to a part of contemporary American history where discos and bell-bottoms were all the rage. Still one of the finer films of the time period. 4.5 out of 5 stars.