See more ideas about saturday night fever, night fever and saturday night. 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. Saturday night fever is a 1977 american dance drama film directed by john badham. John travolta in saturday night fever 1977 by mort. The host for the episode is jack burns, and the musical guest is santana. I hope all of the straight people in that nightclub knew they were watching a fey gay man strut his stuff around the dancefloor. The script was based on an article called tribal rites of the new saturday night which appeared in new york magazine article in 1976. Peter finch, faye dunaway, and beatrice straight all win oscars for their performances in network for best actor, best actress, and best supporting actress, while jason robards wins for best supporting actor for his performance in all the presidents men. John travolta earned an academy award nomination for his leading role as tony manero, a streetwise new yorker who reigned supreme in white polyester while gliding across a technicolor dance floor. With jack burns, santana, dan aykroyd, john belushi. Weekly sketch comedy program, conceived by lorne michaels, debuted on nbc in 1975.
Unfollow record albums saturday night fever to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. John travolta, karen lynn gorney, barry miller, joseph call and paul page. March 28 at the 49th academy awards, rocky picks up the academy award for best picture. Piled up passions were exploded on saturday night, and the effect of a weeks monotonous graft in the factory was swilled out of your system in a burst of. Im 20, so im always glad to step back in time with a great movie, and saturday night fever does a great job at taking me back to the 70s. John travolta graduated from minor celebrity to superstar with saturday night fever.
Saturday night fever 1977 updated february 11, 2017 infoplease staff. Travolta strutted into stardom, all attitude and sexuality, to define the disco era in. Jack burns gets to touch himself during the opening monologue. Saturday night fever 1977 journeys in classic film. The farbers invite the coneheads over for drinks and dinner. The men seemed to pay as much attention to him as the ladies. Saturday night fever 1977 saturday night fever, 118min, united states. It told about the kings of the disco dance floor and was presented as a report, but the author nik cohn revealed he. Saturday night fever still walks the walk the boston globe. As the soundtrack plays one bee gees hit after another including stayin alive, we watch whitesuited tony strut his stuff. Fever displayed issues not atypical for films of its era and budgetary restrictions. The disco blockbuster saturday night fever premiered in theaters on dec.
The 1978 movie which so defined the disco decade, is still considered the standard of. Saturday night fever is an especially hardedged case and a very good movie. Heck, i was too young to get into rrated movies like saturday night fever in 1977, and even i remember those things because they caused a. The soundtrack is great and the choreography is welldone, but thats it. The original movie sound track 1977 youtube bee gees too much heaven 1979 duration.
Saturday night fever soundtrack from 1977, composed by various artists, walter murphy, david shire. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Tony is hard working young man whos desire is dancing through the. Saturday night fever influenced many of the dancesoundtrack musicals of the 1980s such as flashdance 1983, footloose 1984 and dirty dancing 1987. Saturday night fever the original movie sound track. Watch saturday night live highlight five easy pieces cold open on. The majority of motion picture soundtracks are a mere thematic extension of the films characters and the audiences feelings, but a minority, such as saturday night fever, can actually exceed its source, pervade the public consciousness and redefine the musical landscape. Saturday night fever appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1. Incidentally, this was the first episode that actually carried the title saturday night live. In her routines, radner specialized in parodies of television stereotypes, such as advice specialists and news anchors, and in 1977, she won an emmy award for her performances on the show. With john travolta, karen lynn gorney, barry miller, joseph cali. Saturday night live jack burnssantana tv episode 1977.
They hang their gold chains around their necks and put on the new shirts they. Whats important is that in 1977 people could go see this movie and find a bit of the real 70s in it. Boasting a smart, poignant story, a classic soundtrack, and a starmaking performance from john travolta, saturday night fever ranks among the finest dramas of the 1970s. For it was saturday night, the best and bingiest gladtime of the week, one of the fiftytwo holidays in the slowturning big wheel of the year, a violent preamble to a prostrate sabbath. Live from new york, celebrity hosts join an ensemble cast to perform comedy on saturday nights. Saturday night fever opened at 700 theaters with a saturation ad campaign immeasurably helped by the release of the doublelp soundtrack album that. Overall, i felt the transfer seemed very good, as most of my concerns related to the original photographic elements. December 16, 1977 john badems saturday night fever opened wide on this day. Saturday night live 1977 dan aykroyd, john belushi, al franken, bill murray, lorne michaels, chevy chase, tom davis, michael odonoghue, anne beatts, john head on. Travolta plays tony manero, a brooklyn paintstore clerk whod give anything to break out of his deadend existence. John travolta recalls his saturday night fever, face.
Saturday night fever 1977 john badham, randal kleiser. Saturday night fevers huge success grew meteorically thanks to the towering popularity of its soundtrack. In 1976, nbc bought the rights to the name, and this became its official title on march 26, 1977. The original show aired under the name nbcs saturday night, this was due to the fact that rival network abc had the snl title with howard cosell. Tony manero travolta is a 1970s teen who yearns for saturday nights when he can dance with his friends at the club 2001 odyssey. John badham, john travolta, karen lynn gorney, donna pescow, barry miller, robert costanzo, fran drescher, donald gantry, ann travolta, martin shakar, adrienne king. Anxious about his future after high school, a 19yearold italianamerican from brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco. John belushi holds the network hostage and has to be tricked into saying the opening lines. Released by rhino records in 2007 containing music from saturday night fever 1977. Karen lynn gorney as stephanie mangano, his dance partner and eventual confidante. Following the cancellation of abcs saturday night live with howard cosell, nbc changed the name of the show from nbcs saturday night to its current title, saturday night live in the episode hosted by jack burns in 1977.
R23, i commented on some saturday night fever video or clip a long time ago, and the fraus attacked me for implying jt was gay. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The following are screen shots and summaries from jack burnss sketches when he hosted saturday night live on march 26, 1977. The book celebrates 40 years of the late night staple with over 2,300 images from the snl archives, an exclusive interview with lorne michaels, an illustrated breakdown of the snl work week, and a complete reference guide to 40 seasons worth of cast members. Rent saturday night fever 1977 on dvd and bluray dvd. Rent saturday night fever 1977 starring john travolta and karen lynn gorney on dvd and bluray.
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