Saturday Night Fever
- Director: John Badham
- Writer: Nik Cohn; Norman Wexler
- Producer: Milt Felsen; Kevin McCormick
CGiii Comment
Quite possibly...the weirdest portrayal of alpha-male-ism and toxic masculinity ever to be put on the silver screen...or, on a disco-dancing floor!
It's camp. It's vain. It's dated.
But...it made a packet at the box office and propelled Mr Travolta & The Bee Gees into the stratosphere of fame and fortune.
Amazing what tights pants, coiffured hair and a screeching voice can achieve.
A classic of its time.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the club, thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his family's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end job at a small paint store. However, things begin to change when he spies Stephanie Mangano in the disco and starts training with her for the club's dance competition. Stephanie dreams of the world beyond Brooklyn, and her plans to move to Manhattan just over the bridge soon change Tony's life forever.
Cast & Characters
John Travolta as Tony Manero;
Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie;
Barry Miller as Bobby C.;
Joseph Cali as Joey;
Paul Pape as Double J.;
Donna Pescow as Annette;
Bruce Ornstein as Gus;
Julie Bovasso as Flo;
Martin Shakar as Frank Jr.;
Sam Coppola as Dan Fusco;
Nina Hansen as Grandmother;
Lisa Peluso as Linda;
Denny Dillon as Doreen;
Bert Michaels as Pete;
Robert Costanzo as Paint Store Customer