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Saturday Night Fever
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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)
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Release Date:
16 December 1977 (USA) more
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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
User Comments:
Dazzling. 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)
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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)
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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)

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Trivia:
When Tony's dad hit him in the back of the head the third time during dinner, his retort of "Just watch the hair!" and then his complaint about being hit on the hair after he had worked on it for so long was John Travolta's own reaction and not scripted, but since it was so in character for Tony Manero to say, it was left in. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: When Tony is walking with Bobby C. by the paint store, a crowd is reflected on the last window they pass before they reach the corner. more
Quotes:
Tony Manero: Al Pacino! Attica! Attica! Attica! more
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Soundtrack:
How Deep Is Your Love more

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31 out of 33 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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