Saturday Night Fever

1977
R
1h 58m

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6.8/10

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Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local... Read allAnxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

90K

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POPULARITY

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 14 nominations total

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Trivia
John Travolta had worked hard on the "You Should Be Dancing" sequence and threatened to quit the film when the studio suggested it should be shot in close-up instead of full-body.

Goofs
When Tony is walking with Stephanie to get coffee, a girl's scream is heard. A group of girls was watching them film the scene and they would scream when they saw John Travolta.

Quotes
Tony Manero: Would ya just watch the hair. Ya know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair.

Crazy credits
When the title appears on screen, it is done in the style of a neon sign. The word "Fever" is blinking.

Alternate versions
In 2002, AMC (American Movie Classics) showed a new print of 'Fever' with scenes not in the theatrical release nor home version:
1) After Tony's first night at the disco, he and his buddies cruise the bridge, where the song 'Jive Talkin'' can be heard in the background. He gets out of the car, and begins to caress the bridge's structure with his fingertips.
2) After asking Doreen to dance, Tony and Doreen dance to 'Disco Duck'.
3) Tony takes Stephanie back to her Bay Ridge home, where they kiss in the car.
4) Tony signs for a telegram that tells his father has been asked to go back to work.
5) After getting out of the subway, Tony buzzes Stephanie's apartment building.

Connections
Featured in Les rendez-vous du dimanche: Episode dated 16 April 1978 (1978)

Soundtracks
How Deep Is Your Love
Courtesy of RSO Records, Inc., Stigwood Music, Inc. (Unichappell Music, Inc.) BMI and Bros. Gibb, B.V.
Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
Performed by The Bee Gees

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Living Vicariously Through the Weekends.

An uneducated Brooklyn teen (John Travolta, in an Oscar-nominated role) lives in a dream world over the weekends as the king of a disco dance floor. Disillusioned, quietly upset with where his life is, Travolta finds solace by dancing in public to Bee Gee's music and finds love with his newest dance partner (Karen Lynn Gorney). The duo practice for an upcoming contest that could mean total success at last for Travolta and the opportunity to get discovered doing what he really loves. Travolta and his friends seem destined to go down a path of destruction though as a soap opera develops for all the key people found within. "Saturday Night Fever" is a total over-achiever as it could have fallen to exploitation tactics of the 1970s, but becomes one of those iconic films that still stands the test of time. Travolta is a revelation in arguably his greatest role. The other players are adequate and the screenplay is deceptively smarter than it appears on the surface. The movie also works as a time capsule to a part of contemporary American history where discos and bell-bottoms were all the rage. Still one of the finer films of the time period. 4.5 out of 5 stars.