John travolta, barry gibb and the saturday night fever cast and crew tell the story behind the megahit film. However, when the bee gees submitted the soundtrack, one of the songs, night fever, was thought to embody the films spirit better than the original. John travolta gives a sensual and intelligent performance as the troubled tony manero brooklyn paint store clerk by day and undisputed king of the dance floor by night. Saturday night fever john travolta bee gees youtube. Check out the official saturday night fever 1977 traile starring john travolta. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. See the sellers listing for full details and description of any imperfections. Saturday night fever 1977, starring john travolta video. When asked about saturday night fever, images of john travolta dancing in a white suit, above a lit up dance floor but beneath a shining disco ball, whilst the bee gees play are immediately. It stars john travolta as tony manero, a workingclass young man who. Brilliant filmed and executed that is easily equal to the mgm musicals in many ways.
By day, 19yearold tony manero is a paint store clerk, but at night hes a polyesterclad stallion who rules a brooklyn disco in this iconic film. Watch saturday night fever starring john travolta in this drama on directv. Saturday night feverstaying alive dvd 19771983 john. Below you find an overview of all movies and series with john travolta on netflix. Saturday night fever quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Not many movies are genuine cultural phenomena, and john badhams saturday night fever is without doubt one of the most memorable. Karen lynn gorney as stephanie mangano, his dance partner and eventual confidante. Bbc iplayer saturday night fever the ultimate disco movie.
Saturday night fever is one of those movies that comes along and seems to change the cultural temperature in a flash. Stayin alive bee gees is the opening scene soundtrack for saturday night fever john travolta. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Queen latifah performs saturday night fever on the queen. John travolta is disco dancer tony maneroin in the 1977 hit saturday night fever. Girlnextdoor cynthia rhodes flashdance, dirty dancing and vampy finola hughes general hospital, all my children compete for tonys heart. John travolta gives a sensual and intelligent performance as the troubled tony.
Travolta has been a practitioner of scientology since 1975 when he was given the book dianetics while filming the movie the devils rain in durango, mexico. All actors john travolta, karen lynn gorney, barry miller, joseph cali, paul pape, donna pescow. Watch saturday night fever online stream full movie nowtv. Travolta first became well known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series welcome back, kotter 19751979 and starring in the box office successes saturday night fever and grease. As a wannabe dancer struggling to make it on the stage, john travolta is at his sexy, sizzling best. Night fever is a disco song, written and performed by the bee gees. Saturday night fever was the first mainstream hollywood movie to feature the phrase blow job. While his quick study under denny terrio for those dance sequences showed a great deal of determination, travolta s tony manero shines in so many other way. Saturday night fever is a 1977 american dance drama film directed by john badham. We all have movies like that, titles that transcend ordinary categories of good and bad, and penetrate straight to our hearts. John travolta stars as a local disco kingpin at the peak of his popularity. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone.
After the movie s release in 1977, disco ruled the. Gibb, maurice ernest gibb, robin hugh gibb, barry alan my baby. John travolta, first guest on the queen latifah show. John travolta received an oscar nomination and became a sensation for his breakthrough role in this 1977 film. It also shot travolta to fame and further solidified the bee gees. Saturday night fever poster movie e 11x17 john travolta. Saturday night fever 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. As a result, many people might never recognize saturday night fever as perhaps one of the best movies ever made about class struggles among white ethnics. Saturday night fever released 1977 bee gees you should be dancing john travolta disco dancing hd 1080 with lyrics songwriters. In saturday night fever speelt travolta een arbeidersjongen in een.
Saturday night fever was gene siskels favorite movie, and he watched it at least 17 times. Tony manero john travolta doesnt have much going for him during the weekdays. Heres a fun double feature of john travolta movies on dvd. Gibb, maurice ernest gibb, robin hugh gibb, barry alan my. These are movies that represent what i yearned for at one time in my life, and to. Dancefloors were never the same after john travolta became a hipswivelling. Widescreen collection john travolta saturday night fever anniversary dvd edition contains over 212 hours of bonus featuresrated r 1977color188 minwidescreen.
Recorded april 1977 in chateau dherouville, france and 1977 september criteria studios, miami, florida, united states. Directed on location with gritty realism by john badham saturday night fever is a working class tale but the movie s 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. Saturday night fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film saturday night fever starring john travolta. This version of the movie reincorporates two of the deleted scenes from old home video release, including. This documentary celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1977 blockbuster dance movie, and sees strictly come dancings bruno, who was a young dancer in new york in 1977, walk us through the steps that made the movie legendary. John travolta saturday night fever 1977 vhs movie vcr tape. Bruno tonioli goes through the disco steps that made movie history. Queen latifah performs saturday night fever on the queen latifah show. Directors cut starring john travolta in this drama on directv. John travolta graduated from minor celebrity to superstar with saturday night fever. John travolta and barry gibb star in saturday night fever the ultimate disco movie, with bruno tonioli.
His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in pulp fiction, and he has since starred in films such as faceoff, swordfish, wild hogs, and hairspray. John travolta karen lynn gorney barry miller joseph. John travolta saturday night fever video dailymotion. It is one of the bestselling albums in history, and remains the biggest selling soundtrack of all time selling around 54 million copies worldwide double disc album. Saturday night fever makes good moviemaking seem easy. John travolta biography, movie highlights and photos. Saturday night fever john badham, john travolta, karen. In the wake of hylands death, travolta s first major feature film, john badhams saturday night fever 1977, emerged in the fall of that year. But saturday night fever really holds up and is just a wonderful movie that has a great story and also has some moments of brilliant filmmaking the dance sequence with night fever may be on of the best choreographed dance sequences i have ever seen. Once a week, after six full days of work in a brooklyn paint store, tony travolta. Watch saturday night fever online stream full movie directv. Pulp fiction, grease, look whos talking, faceoff, wild hogs, saturday night fever.
John travolta and karen lynn gorney in saturday night fever 1977 john travolta in saturday night fever 1977. Staying alives takes saturday night fever s tony manero out of brooklyn to broadway. The title was ultimately shortened to saturday night, as a direct reference to the fact that tony john travolta and his friends inhabited 2001 odyssey on saturday nights. The film saturday night fever was released 40 years ago this week, and soon became one of the biggest dance movies of all time. John travolta, karen lynn gorney, barry miller, joseph cali en paul pape.
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