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Can't Stop the Music (1980)

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Overview

Director:
Nancy Walker
Writers:
Allan Carr (writer)
Bronte Woodard (writer)
Release Date:
20 June 1980 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Musical Comedy Smash of the 80's! more
Plot:
This is a Pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Arrest Warrant Issued for Village People Policeman (From WENN. 25 October 2005)
User Comments:
Glorious trainwreck of a film more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Alex Briley ... Alex the G.I.
David Hodo ... David the Construction Worker
Glenn Hughes ... Glenn the Leatherman

Randy Jones ... Randy the Cowboy
Felipe Rose ... Felipe the Indian
Ray Simpson ... Ray the Police Officer

Valerie Perrine ... Samantha Simpson
Bruce Jenner ... Ron White

Steve Guttenberg ... Jack Morell
Paul Sand ... Steve Waits
Tammy Grimes ... Sydney Channing
June Havoc ... Helen Morell
Barbara Rush ... Norma White
Altovise Davis ... Alicia Edwards
Marilyn Sokol ... Lulu Brecht
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Discoland: Where the Music Never Stops (USA) (working title)
You Can't Stop the Music! (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
124 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | USA:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987)
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Company:
EMI Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bruce Jenner turned down the titular role in Superman (1978) to appear in this film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the beginning of the "You Can't Stop the Music" song finale, the Village People are shown from the front and the cop is on the far left of the lineup next to the cowboy. In the very next shot, as they're being shown from the back, the cop has moved down the line and is standing between the Indian and the Leatherman. more
Quotes:
Alicia Edwards: Alexander, you're so shy that people just forget. Listen, you've got to come out of your shell or you'll be leading that singing group in Washington Square for the rest of your life and everything else will just pass you by.
Alex the G.I.: That's why I took a job as a stagehand in a local theater.
Alicia Edwards: That's your first strategic career mistake.
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Referenced in 1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV) more
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26 out of 29 people found the following comment useful:-
Glorious trainwreck of a film, 6 March 2004
Author: lauralogic from NY

I urge everyone to buy a bottle of booze and see this movie immediately.

If only for the Construction Worker's song "I love you to death" in which girls ride atop giant pistons and sprinkle glitter all over his jeans. Or maybe the Leatherman's rousing version of "Danny Boy" atop a table in a Board Room. Or, maybe the gigantic musical busby berkley dance numbers with added "onion skin" rainbow graphics of naked men jumping into swimming pools. Or, maybe the worlds most bizarre milk commercial starring the Village People singing about how a milkshake goes with your sandwich too.

Be warned though, the songs are kind of decent. Maybe even better than decent. And theres a great performance by the otherwise mediocre Ritchie Family. Seriously, i love this movie. Everyone i have shown it to has remembered it, and maybe hates me for it. But its definitely an original.

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