Can't Stop the Music (1980)

Director:

Nancy Walker

Writers:

Allan Carr (writer)
Bronte Woodard (writer)

Release Date:

20 June 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

The Musical Comedy Smash of the 80's!

Plot:

This is a Pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People

Plot Keywords:

Disco | Lawyer | Pop Group | Gay Cowboy | New York City New York

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Discoland: Where the Music Never Stops (USA) (working title)
You Can't Stop the Music! (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

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)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

EMI Films

Trivia:

$10 million of the film's $20 million budget was spent on a lavish world-wide publicity campaign that included spectacular openings across the United States and Europe.

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.

Quotes:

Sydney Channing: I adore San Francisco! My favorite ex-husband lives there.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Last Horror Film (1982)

Soundtrack:

Samantha

Funniest P*O*S in History

This is the best bad movie of all time. Ofcourse that means Steve Guttenberg and disco music are in it. I saw this once, ten years ago and will never ever forget it. The construction worker of the Village People does a musical number about milk. The film was directed by the late Nancy Walker of "quicker picker upper" fame. Bruce Jenner stars. The bizzarre factoids surrounding this film never quit. Whoever can watch this and not repeatedly laugh out loud needs to check their pulse. I fear my compulsion to buy the dvd. God help me, the howling indian. Classic badness.