John travolta stars as a local disco kingpin at the peak of his popularity. Once a week, after six full days of work in a brooklyn paint store, tony travolta. Ethan potter tells of meeting julian, a new boy in town, and attending his tea parties, where the four souls became friends. Its about a bunch of brooklyn kids who arent exactly delinquents but are fearsomely tough and cynical and raise a lot of hell on saturday nights. A comprehensive database of saturday night fever quizzes online, test your knowledge with saturday night fever quiz questions. Home movie memorabilia saturday night fever memorabilia. Though this movie helped put disco and star john travolta on the map, the original theatrical version is full of strong language, sex, and violence. Parents need to know that saturday night fever is a more mature film than the catchy disco soundtrack would have you believe. But the problem was ethan didnt want julian to sit with him. Travolta rose to fame during the 1970s, appearing on the television series welcome back, kotter 197579 and starring in the box office successes saturday night fever 1977 and grease 1978. Hes an uberarrogant 19yearold italian kid from brooklyn. Saturday night fever is a 1977 american dance drama film directed by john badham. The view from saturday the view from saturday the view from saturday the view from saturday the view from saturday the view from saturday the view from saturday.
John travolta rehearsing for saturday night fever, 1977. The third person omniscient viewpoint is used to relate the thoughts and feelings of all the characters. Disco is dead, but saturday night fever is stayin alive. John travolta and karen lynn gorney in saturday night fever 1977. Saturday night fever nyt watching the new york times. Olinski appoints noah, nadia, ethan, and julian to be on her academic bowl team. The blockbuster film has since become a classic that will get the feet moving, even decades after its release. Saturday night fever analysis by catherine whaley on prezi. Olinski feels a sense of loss after her academic team is victorious. After a tense series of competitions, the epiphany middle school has made it all the way to the final round of the new york state academic bowl.
Provided to youtube by believe sas night fever remix by julian b disco fever tribute to bee gees remix. Only the dancing has dated in this classic, but travoltas sense of helplessness and despair is. In john badhams saturday night fever, we meet tony manero. Supported by a bestselling movie soundtrack and and instantly iconic leading man in john travolta, saturday night fever. Saturday night fever is a working class tale but the movies power is enhanced by the excellent acting and timeless music that together with a compelling story make this movie something special, not just another commercial product but a work of art, a true classic. Photographer julian wassers monograph captures 20thcentury. Almost thirty years later she won the newbery medal once again for the view from saturday. Find great deals on ebay for saturday night fever song books when you shop the largest online selection at.
By the time saturday night fever began filming in midmarch 1977, disco had been ascendant for at least three years. Saturday night fever was gene siskels favorite movie, and he watched it at least 17 times. Saturday night fever stayin alive by jar nil on youtube. The photography of julian wasser w magazine womens fashion. Song stayinalive radio edit from saturday night fever music inspired by the new musical artist julian perreta, francesco yates, man zelmerlow. Girlnextdoor cynthia rhodes flashdance, dirty dancing and vampy finola hughes general hospital, all my children compete for tonys heart. John joseph travolta born february 18, 1954 is an american singer, actor, and dancer. Hes got a walk that makes women swoon, a perfectly blowdried head of hair, and a dead end job at a hardware store selling paint to old ladies. We all have movies like that, titles that transcend ordinary categories of good and bad, and penetrate straight to our hearts. Saturday night fever by john badham john badham, john.
Tony manero swaggers along 86th street, bay ridge, brooklyn. Saturday night fever is an especially hardedged case and a very good movie. Saturday night fevera film that captures the essence of the disco craze that flowered in the 1970s, saturday night fever 1977 is arguably the quintessential document of an era that came, a decade later, to be one of the most ridiculed periods of the twentieth century. Other gems include shots of john travolta, which originally ran in time, during dance rehearsals for saturday night fever. When julian went to school on the first day he sat with ethan. Olinski for a few lines, until its time for the next question and julians story. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the newbery medal and a newbery honor in the same year. The producer robert stigwood came calling, and, in december 1977, cohn found himself attending the premiere of saturday night fever at graumans chinese theater with the. The shoes, the swagger, the bee gees soundtrack all part of the unforgettable opening.
Julian obviously never got the memo about sixth grade, because its like hes begging. John travolta graduated from minor celebrity to superstar with saturday night fever. Staying alives takes saturday night fevers tony manero out of brooklyn to broadway. Saturday night fever 40th anny super deluxe vinyl 2 lp 2cd book, poster, pri see more like this. Saturday night fever 1977 film summary and movie synopsis. But in the darkness, away from the strobe lights and glitter ball, is a tragic story of disillusionment, violence and heartbreak. Five sexy holiday party looks inspired by saturday night. Ive hated saturday night fever since the first time i saw it in 1977. Get the imdb app view full site help site index imdbpro imdb tv box office mojo press room advertising jobs conditions of use privacy policy. These are movies that represent what i yearned for at one time in my life, and to. By amina lake abdelrahman, good housekeeping institute. The view from saturday opens with the souls, a sixth grade team competing in the academic bowl. Provided to youtube by universal music group night fever from saturday night fever soundtrack bee gees saturday night fever.
In tribute, the following are 20 lesserknown facts about the epic film. Gere outglamorized the dutiful female lead in the film. Saturday night fever is a 1977 film starring john travolta in the role that made him a superstar. Under badhams direction, his acting is adequate but his physicality and. Julian wassers monograph the way we were is a time capsule of. Clearly, even though saturday night fever does not have today a huge and fervent fan following as the star wars saga does, it is also true that very few people ever dressed up. Julian singh invites nadia to sillington house for tea, and nadias life changes forever. Staying alive saturday night fever sequel home facebook. Konigsburg writes the view from saturday in shifting points of view.
They hang their gold chains around their necks and put on the new shirts they. Its the only hollywood movie that offends me as an italianamerican. Saturday night fever was considered in 1977 for liberal or funky people an icon movie such as rebel without a cause was. Saturday night fever analysis in addition, tony stops more than once to admire women who are passing by which suggests his interest in women and the idea that he could possibly be a player. Martin shakar was born on january 1, 1940 in detroit, michigan, usa.
Karen lynn gorney, nik cohn s account of social rituals which itself turned out to be fictitious is transformed into the disco hit of the seventies. The world of the view from saturday is a little idealized and a lot more full of surprisingbut somehow, totally normalseemingcoincidences. Well, the souls arent exactly a normal sixthgrade academic bowl teamand we wouldnt want them to be. The photography of julian wasser w magazine womens. Following hits with saturday night fever, grease, and urban cowboy, he faded into obscurity until quentin tarantino rediscovered him. As a wannabe dancer struggling to make it on the stage, john travolta is at his sexy, sizzling best. John travolta reveals two hidden details from saturday. American gigolo, about highclass stud and phallic martyr julian kaye.
Despite its silly and happy ending, it leaves us with a. Saturday night fever is a 1998 jukebox musical based on the 1977 film saturday night fever. He is an actor, known for saturday night fever 1977, uptown girls 2003 and against the current. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the john badhamdirected movie via subscription can. He notes in the book that the crowd included jack nicholson, peter fonda, artist david. Our online saturday night fever trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top saturday night fever quizzes.
Pulp fiction, grease, look whos talking, faceoff, wild hogs, saturday night fever. It stars john travolta as tony manero, a workingclass young man who spends. Frankweiler won the newbery medal and jennifer, hecate, macbeth, william mckinley, and me, elizabeth was named a newbery honor book. Like disco, however, travoltas early career was a flashinthepan. The second women he sees, we witness a tracking shot focusing on her body as she walks. If there was ever a time to break out your bellbottoms, its now, because disco is officially back, baby. Leaving aside any social commentary that the film does not address, this saturday night is not safe from reproducing wellknown cliches.
The third person limited omniscient viewpoint focuses on, and is limited to, mrs. Stuck with a deadend job and a family that hassles him all the time. December marks the 40th anniversary of the cultclassic film saturday night fever. Saturday night fever only added to his fame, at least shortterm. Even though john travolta, saturday night fever, and the genre of disco will always share memorable ties. Noah, nadia, ethan, and julian are a misfit group of friends who call themselves the souls. David thomson, from his book sleeping with strangers. The film centers around tony manero, a young italianamerican from brooklyn who likes to spend nights dancing at a local nightclub. Its book is by nan knighton in collaboration with arlene phillips, paul nicholas, and robert stigwood, and the songs mostly consist of songs that were featured in the films soundtrack, which in turn were mostly written and performed by the bee gees. On rotten tomatoes the film has an approval rating of. He used to live on a cruise ship and he went to a boarding school. Without a doubt, travoltas performance made him a hollywood legend, but saturday night fever is more than just a movie that defined the music and fashion of a generation. John travolta revealed two hidden details from saturday night fever on kelly and ryan kelly ripa was stunned.
Saturday night fever, based on the story by nik cohn 9. His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a. The characters take part in gang fights as well as racist and sexist behavior, and theres a disturbing gang rape scene. Travolta plays tony manero, a brooklyn paintstore clerk whod give anything to break out of his deadend existence. The alluring darkness beneath saturday night fevers disco. Every saturday, bookish sixth graders noah, nadia, ethan, and julian meet at julians house over tea and cake and talk and bond over. Tougher and more foulmouthed than you might remember, it also launched the.
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