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Overview

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Director:
Nancy Walker
Writers:
Allan Carr (writer)
Bronte Woodard (writer)
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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)

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Someone please stop the music... 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:
Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | USA:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987)
Company:
EMI Films more

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This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John WIlson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIEŽ MOVIE GUIDE. more
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Continuity: While the friends talk in the street, before the YMCA song, the Indian appears behind Samantha, then walk being behind the cowboy and then he appears again behind Samantha before they keep on walking. more
Quotes:
Lulu: Oh, the Indian is hot. I go for exotic types, especially when they're half-naked.
Samantha: Lulu!
Lulu: You tell him I'll make up for all the indignities they suffered in "Roots."
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Referenced in "Favouritism: Boy George's Queerest TV Moments (#1.1)" (2005) more
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Can't Stop the Music more

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16 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Someone please stop the music..., 26 June 2005
Author: Todorojo-1 from United States

Boy, where to start? My memory might fail me, but how about Steve Gutenberg rollerskating down the streets of New York, dancing to his transistor radio and wearing his corduroy OP short shorts and an Izod shirt with the collar flipped up? The mirroring camera "tricks" are sophomoric and silly, and the entire sequence sets the tone for the implausible film that follows. I wouldn't be surprised if that scene took months to film as Gutenberg was probably beaten up a multitude of times and they needed to splice together bits and pieces of footage. It isn't exactly Rocky running through the warehouse district of Philly, is it? No... No it's not. How about the brilliant decision to cast Bruce Jenner, fresh off the crowd-pleasing performance on a box of Wheaties? The best moments of the film are of the Village People following closely behind Jenner in his bare midriff t-shirts with cozy little smiles on their faces. Not even Jenner's classic method acting style was enough to help the rest of the cast rise to the ankle-level material here. I seem to recall a scene where they decide on a name for the band... "Hey... We're all from the Village, so why not The Village... PEOPLE?" Then the Village Person dressed as the Indian chief showed his approval by employing the classic Indian war call; hooting while popping his hand over his mouth. I nearly fell out of my chair.

And what about the fellow who comes to the band "try-outs" with the flaming batons? I think there was a message in there somewhere...

This film is hysterical for a million different reasons and therefore, a complete failure. Surely a must-see in order to provide acute awareness of the bad taste high-water mark.

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