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Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:13 PM
It has been 30 years since Tony Manero boogied his way on screen and Disco exploded like never before. The movie wasn't released until December 16th, 1977, but why not burn baby burn!

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:15 PM
OH SWEET JESUS!!!!!! THIS IS MY THREAD!!!:D :D :D :D :D It is abt my man John Travolta. I have had the hots for him since Welcome Back Kotter. *heart is skipping a beat...plus other parts*:D

God, I remember when I went to see Saturday Night Fever at the theatre. Damn!!!! I had a great time.

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:16 PM
OH SWEET JESUS!!!!!! THIS IS MY THREAD!!!:D :D :D :D :D It is abt my man John Travolta. I have had the hots for him since Welcome Back Kotter. *heart is skipping a beat...plus other parts*:D

God, I remember when I went to see Saturday Night Fever at the theatre. Damn!!!! I had a great time.


One of the greatest soundtracks EVER!

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2S29gXTUBk

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2S29gXTUBk

THANK U BRIAN. OH MY GOD, JOHN IS GYRATING AND MOVING THAT HOT BODY OF HIS....YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO ME!!!;)

I have that album. It is in my closet.
It is one of the best albums ever!!!!!!

TVFactFan
06-01-2007, 11:21 PM
Still would like to see this movie one day. I heard John Travolta kicked It-lol

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:23 PM
Still would like to see this movie one day. I heard John Travolta kicked It-lol

You NEVER saw it?!?

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:23 PM
Still would like to see this movie one day. I heard John Travolta kicked It-lol
What do you mean? You have never seen it???? Good Lord, WHY NOT!!??? :confused:


Oh my God, this is my movie, my man...I told my boyfriend if I had a chance to have John Travolta, I would cheat on him IN A HEARTBEAT for John.!!!!!!!!:D

TVFactFan
06-01-2007, 11:25 PM
You NEVER saw it?!?


Nope. I was thinking of trading for a copy of it but it slipped my mind

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:27 PM
Nope. I was thinking of trading for a copy of it but it slipped my mind
WHY ON EARTH HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN IT???? That is a classic movie.

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:28 PM
My baby moves at midnight
Goes right on till the dawn
My woman takes me higher
My woman keeps me warm

What you doin on your back aah
What you doinon your back aah?
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah

Shes juicy and shes trouble
She gets it to me good
My woman gives me power
Goes right down to my blood

What you doin on your back aah
What you doinon your back aah?
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah

My baby moves at midnight
Goes right on till the dawn
My woman takes me higher
My woman keeps me warm

What you doin on your back aah
What you doinon your back aah?
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:29 PM
WHY ON EARTH HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN IT???? That is a classic movie.


We have got to get him a copy...Solomon's Saturday Night Fever!!!

TVFactFan
06-01-2007, 11:29 PM
WHY ON EARTH HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN IT???? That is a classic movie.


When I was younger i didn't care, then once I started watching WBK i became interested in seeing it

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:30 PM
When I was younger i didn't care, then once I started watching WBK i became interested in seeing it


This one movie brought disco into serious mainstream and put Travolta forever on the map!

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:31 PM
We have got to get him a copy...Solomon's Saturday Night Fever!!!
Oh yeah, I can see it now. Solomon walking down the street carrying DVD's of Good Times. :D :cool:

ANOTHER PIC OF MY MAN JOHN:

TVFactFan
06-01-2007, 11:33 PM
Oh yeah, I can see it now. Solomon walking down the street carrying DVD's of Good Times. :D :cool:

ANOTHER PIC OF MY MAN JOHN:


DVD's of CPO Sharkey-lol

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:34 PM
Oh yeah, I can see it now. Solomon walking down the street carrying DVD's of Good Times. :D :cool:

ANOTHER PIC OF MY MAN JOHN:


:lol:

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:34 PM
Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burnin'!

To mass fires, yes! One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y’all gettin' down on the roof - Do you hear?
(the folks are flaming) Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!

Satisfaction (uhu hu hu) came in the chain reaction
(burnin') I couldn't get enough, (till I had to self-destroy) so I had to
self destruct, (uhu hu hu)
The heat was on (burnin’), rising to the top, huh!
Everybody's goin' strong (uhu hu hu)
And that is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down, yoh!
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!

Up above my head I hear music in the air - I hear music!
That makes me know there's (somebody) a party somewhere

Satisfaction came in a chain reaction - Do you hear?
I couldn't get enough, so I had to self destruct,
The heat was on, rising to the top
Everybody's goin' strong
That is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno! (Aah yeah!)
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno, yeah!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno! (Aah yeah!)
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno, yeah!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin’!

I just can't stop
When(till) my spark gets hot
Just can't stop
When my spark gets hot

Burning, burning, burning, burning...

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:35 PM
Check out the goofs/bloopers from Saturday Night Fever:

http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1112

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:37 PM
The Infamous "White Suit!"

catlover79
06-01-2007, 11:38 PM
How Deep Is Your Love - one of the most beautiful ballads to come out of the 1970s. All the Bee Gees stuff was great - not to slight the rest of the music. There were classic performances by Yvonne Elliman, Tavares, Kool & The Gang...Of the instrumental cuts - I loved "Fifth of Beethoven" and "K-Jee" the most. The latter was performed by Philadelphia International's house band, MFSB.

My favorite scenes are all the dancing ones - especially Tony and Stephanie dancing and spinning around to the Tavares version of "More Than A Woman". The classic opening scene to Travolta strutting down the street with "Stayin' Alive" playing was parodied brilliantly on The Simpsons years later.

I never saw Stayin' Alive - the sequel directed by Sly Stallone (:eek:). Has anyone else here seen it? To be fair, I liked the songs the Bee Gees did for it (two or three of the SA songs are on the Tales From The Brothers Gibb boxset).

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:38 PM
The Bee Gees hit GOLD with the soundtrack. They followed up with a succesful summer tour and record-setting album sales:

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:39 PM
Check out the goofs/bloopers from Saturday Night Fever:

http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1112


That's some good stuff! :thumbsup:

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:40 PM
The Infamous "White Suit!"
YES!

Gene Siskel of Siskel & Ebert fame purchased that suit at an auction.

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:41 PM
I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
And its me you need to show

Chorus:
How deep is your love
I really need to learn
cause were living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
Youre the light in my deepest darkest hour
Youre my saviour when I fall
And you may not think
I care for you
When you know down inside
That I really do
And its me you need to show

Chorus
Repeat and fade

TVFactFan
06-01-2007, 11:41 PM
That's some good stuff! :thumbsup:


What city was the movie based in?

catlover79
06-01-2007, 11:42 PM
What city was the movie based in?
New York City!! :cool:

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:42 PM
How Deep Is Your Love - one of the most beautiful ballads to come out of the 1970s. All the Bee Gees stuff was great - not to slight the rest of the music. There were classic performances by Yvonne Elliman, Tavares, Kool & The Gang...Of the instrumental cuts - I loved "Fifth of Beethoven" and "K-Jee" the most. The latter was performed by Philadelphia International's house band, MFSB.

My favorite scenes are all the dancing ones - especially Tony and Stephanie dancing and spinning around to the Tavares version of "More Than A Woman". The classic opening scene to Travolta strutting down the street with "Stayin' Alive" playing was parodied brilliantly on The Simpsons years later.

I never saw Stayin' Alive - the sequel directed by Sly Stallone (:eek:). Has anyone else here seen it? To be fair, I liked the songs the Bee Gees did for it (two or three of the SA songs are on the Tales From The Brothers Gibb boxset).
Yvonne Elliman's song is so beautifully sung. I can't help but think of the movie when I hear it. I also remember that it was played during that scene where that chick is dancing on the stage and eventually removes her top. :eek: :lol:

I hated STAYIN' ALIVE. God, how awful. What a stupid and pathetic sequel. Sly should have been shot for that piece of crap!:mad:

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:44 PM
.

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:46 PM
I hated STAYIN' ALIVE. God, how awful. What a stupid and pathetic sequel. Sly should have been shot for that piece of crap!:mad:


The Horrendous sequel! ;)

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:48 PM
The Horrendous sequel! ;)
God, John's body is definitely hot...but the movie is NOT!

catlover79
06-01-2007, 11:50 PM
The Horrendous sequel! ;)
Looks like a Harlequin cover. :lol:

Ireneparalegal
06-01-2007, 11:51 PM
Looks like a Harlequin cover. :lol:
OMG IT DOES! :brent

catlover79
06-01-2007, 11:54 PM
OMG IT DOES! :brent
It's either a Harlequin cover or the last toga party at Ohio State! :brent

Brian Damage
06-01-2007, 11:56 PM
Tony Manero

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 12:00 AM
Tony Manero
I want to jump them bones! ;)

catlover79
06-02-2007, 12:05 AM
I want to jump them bones! ;)
*hoses Irene down* :rofl:

Janice
06-02-2007, 12:10 AM
I was almost obsessed with this movie when it hit the theaters. That soundtrack, wow. My favorite song is Night Fever. To this day, I can listen to it over and over. I still listen to the CD. I saw the Trammps perform live. The movie and music were the rage. These were my days. I graduated high school in 1976. I was a disco queen, baby.

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 12:14 AM
*hoses Irene down* :rofl:
:rofl:

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 12:38 AM
I was almost obsessed with this movie when it hit the theaters. That soundtrack, wow. My favorite song is Night Fever. To this day, I can listen to it over and over. I still listen to the CD. I saw the Trammps perform live. The movie and music were the rage. These were my days. I graduated high school in 1976. I was a disco queen, baby.


Janice, the Disco Queen!!!


I LOVE IT!

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 12:40 AM
People Magazine

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 12:49 AM
The Gang

Nighthawk76
06-02-2007, 01:06 AM
This is a great thread. :)

Saturday Night Fever is one of my favorite movies. The soundtrack is my favorite soundtrack (see my current avatar) and my fifth favorite album period. I first saw the movie in 1992 when I was a sophomore in high school. I became totally obsessed with it. I used my allowance from one week to buy the VHS tape of the film and my allowance from the following week to by the soundtrack CD. This was a couple of years before the film and the soundtrack became "cool" again with a lot of people and I remember many of my friends giving me a hard time about liking the movie and the music so much.

I think John Travolta's performance in this film is the best that he has ever given. "Night Fever", "Stayin' Alive" "How Deep Is Your Love" and "More Than A Woman" are four of the greatest songs ever. Hearing them never gets old.

The sequal, Staying Alive, is terrible. Even though two of the Bee Gees' songs-"I Love You Too Much" and "Someone Belonging To Someone"-are good.

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:15 AM
Tony Manero

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:16 AM
Stephanie Mangano

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:18 AM
Double J

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:20 AM
Annette

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:22 AM
Joey

Nighthawk76
06-02-2007, 01:22 AM
An interesting fact that some of you may not know is that Karen Lynn Gorney is eight years older than John Travolta.

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:23 AM
Frank Manero Jr., Tony's brother

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:24 AM
An interesting fact that some of you may not know is that Karen Lynn Gorney is eight years older than John Travolta.


She definitely looked older than him back then. Maybe it was just me? :confused:

Nighthawk76
06-02-2007, 01:26 AM
She definitely looked older than him back then. Maybe it was just me? :confused:


Karen was born in 1946 (which made her 31 when the movie came out) and John was born in 1954 (which made him 23).

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:29 AM
Gus

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:39 AM
Domestic Total Gross in 1977: $94,213,184

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saturdaynightfever.htm)

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:44 AM
YES!

Gene Siskel of Siskel & Ebert fame purchased that suit at an auction.

Saturday Night Fever'' was Gene Siskel's favorite movie, and he watched it at least 17 times. We all have movies like that, titles that transcend ordinary categories of good and bad, and penetrate straight to our hearts. My own short list would include ``La Dolce Vita,'' ``A Hard Day's Night'' and ``The Third Man.'' These are movies that represent what I yearned for at one time in my life, and to see them again is like listening to a song that was popular the first summer you were in love.

Although ``Saturday Night Fever'' appealed to him primarily on an emotional level, Siskel spoke about it in terms of its themes, and there are two central ones. First, the desire of all young people to escape from a life sentence of boring work and attain their version of the beckoning towers of Manhattan. Second, the difficulty that some men have in relating to women as comrades and friends and not simply sex facilitators.

There is a scene in the movie where the hero, Tony Manero, sits on a bench with Stephanie, the girl he loves, and tells her all about one of the bridges out of Brooklyn: Its height, length, how many cubic yards of concrete went into its making--and you can taste his desire to cross that bridge and leave Brooklyn behind. Earlier, Stephanie has described him in a few brutal words: ``You live with your parents, you hang with your buddies and on Saturday nights you burn it all off at 2001 Odyssey. You're a cliche. You're nowhere, goin' no place.'' Tony senses that she is right.

The theme of escape to the big city is central to American films and literature, and ``Saturday Night Fever'' has an obvious predecessor. Both the lure of Manhattan and the problems with women were treated 10 years earlier in Martin Scorsese's ``Who's That Knocking at My Door?'' (1967), which also has a hero who suffers from what Freud called the Madonna-Whore Complex. (The complex involves this logic: I love you so much I want to sleep with you, after which I cannot love you any more because you are the kind of woman who has sex with men.) By the end of the film, Tony has left his worthless friends behind and made the first faltering steps to Manhattan and to a more enlightened view of women, and so the themes have been resolved.

But I suspect that ``Saturday Night Fever'' had another kind of appeal to Siskel, one that reflects the way the movies sometimes complete the unfinished corners of our lives. In a way, Tony Manero represented the kind of adolescence Gene didn't have, just as Marcello, the hero of ``La Dolce Vita,'' led the kind of life I once lusted for. The most lasting images are its joyous ones, of Tony strutting down a sidewalk, dressing for the evening and dominating the disco floor in a solo dance that audiences often applaud. There's a lot in the movie that's sad and painful, but after a few years what you remember is John Travolta on the dance floor in that classic white disco suit, and the Bee Gees on the soundtrack.

The Travolta performance is a great cocky affirmation, and his performance is vulnerable and mostly lovable; playing a kid of 19, he looks touchingly young. The opening shots set the tone, focusing on his carefully shined shoes as he struts down the street. At home, he's still treated like a kid. When he gets a $4 raise at the hardware store, his father says, ``You know what $4 buys today? It don't even buy $3.'' But in his bedroom, with its posters of Al Pacino and ``Rocky,'' he strips to his bare chest, admires himself in the mirror, lovingly combs his hair, puts on his gold chains, and steps into his disco suit with a funny little undulation as he slides the zipper up. (``The peculiar construction of disco pants is a marvel of modern engineering,'' observes Scott T. Anderson, on a Web page devoted to the movie. ``So loose at the ankles, yet so tight in the groin.'') At the dinner table, his dad slaps him, and he's wounded: ``Would you just watch the hair? I work a long time on my hair, and you hit it!''

The home is a trap, presided over by the photo of Tony's older brother, Father Frank Jr. (Mrs. Manero crosses herself every time she utters the name). Freedom is represented by cruising the streets, and starring on the disco floor. The movie's plot involves his choice between Annette (Donna Pescow), the girl who loves him, and Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney), the girl who works in Manhattan and represents his dream of class. In the Scorsese film, the girl really was class (she was a ballerina), but Stephanie is simply a dressed-up version of Annette who got a typing job in an office where famous people (Paul Anka!) sometimes visit.

I've always thought Annette was a better choice for Tony than Stephanie, because Annette has fewer delusions. (``Why do you hate me so much,'' she asks him, ``when all I ever did was like you?'') But Tony can't see that because he can't really see women at all, and in the cruel closing scenes he makes a half-hearted attempt to rape Stephanie, and then sits in the front seat of a car while Annette is being raped in the back by two of his buddies. Of course, at that time, in that milieu, perhaps it wasn't considered rape, but only an energetic form of courtship.

The film is far from perfect and some of its scenes are awkward. Watching it again, I was struck by how badly the whole subplot of Father Frank Jr. is handled. Tony's older brother comes home, announces he is leaving the priesthood, has a peculiarly superficial conversation with Tony, accompanies him to the disco, smiles gamely, and then disappears from the disco and the movie. It's as if we're glimpsing a character passing through this movie on his way to another one (``The Priest,'' perhaps?). It's also interesting to see how little screen time the final disco competition really has, considering how large it looms in our memories.

It's odd, too, how the rape of Annette is misplaced as the movie gets sidetracked by the death of Bobby C (Barry Miller), who falls, halfway on purpose, off the bridge. The happy ending, as Tony and Stephanie sit on the window ledge and smile, evokes a hopeful future without finding closure on the problems of the immediate past. Tony, who has not gone to college and doesn't share Stephanie's typing skills, may indeed be able to get a job in Manhattan, but it's likely his new job won't be as interesting as the hardware clerking he's leaving behind.

So why, I wonder, did this movie mean so much to Gene Siskel? Because he saw it at a certain time, I imagine. Because Tony Manero's dreams touched him. Because while Tony was on the dance floor, his problems were forgotten and his limitations were transcended. The first time I saw ``La Dolce Vita,'' it represented everything I hoped to attain. Ten years later, it represented a version of what I was trapped in. Ten years after that, it represented what I had escaped from. And yet its appeal to me only grew. I had changed but the movie hadn't; some movies are like time machines, returning us to the past.

We all have a powerful memory of the person we were at that moment when we formed a vision for our lives. Tony Manero stands poised precisely at that moment. He makes mistakes, he fumbles, he says the wrong things, but when he does what he loves he feels a special grace. How he feels, and what he does, transcend the weaknesses of the movie he is in; we are right to remember his strut, and the beauty of his dancing. ``Devote your life to something you love--not like, but love,'' Siskel liked to say. ``Saturday Night Fever'' is about how Tony Manero does that.

***

Gene bought the famous white suit at a charity auction. I got to inspect it once. It came with a shirt that buttoned under the crotch, so it would still look neat after a night on the dance floor. I asked Gene if he'd ever tried it on. It was too small, he said. But it wasn't the size that mattered. It was the idea of the suit.

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:50 AM
Girl, To Be With You Is My Fav'rite Thing
Uh Huh
And I Can't Wait Til I See You Again
Yeah, Yeah
I Want To Put On My My My My My
Boogie Shoes
Just To Boogie With You, Yeah
I Want To Put On My My My My My
Boogie Shoes Just To Boogie With You,Uh Huh
I Want To Do It 'til The Sun Comes Up
Uh Huh, And I Want To Do It 'til
I Can't Get Enough, Yeah, Yeah
I Want To Put On My My My My My
Boogie Shoes
Just To Boogie With You, Yeah
I Want To Put On My My My My My
Boogie Shoes Just To Boogie With You
Uh Huh, Yeah Yeah
I Want To Put On My My My My My
Boogie Shoes
Just To Boogie, With You, Yeah
I Want To Put On My My My My My
Boogie Shoes Just To Boogie With You, Yeah

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:55 AM
RSO Records

Cactus Jack
06-02-2007, 01:56 AM
Ive seen it a few times, pretty good movie, great soundtrack, some of the only disco I like is from that.


Wasnt one of his friends also in Fame?


Its funny thinking of him then after he;s been in Pulp Fiction LOL. Travolta rules, for osme reason I've been moret he Grease person, I just love the 50s.

Now I know why they had Bee Gees week and LaKisha broke Travolta's legs with her rendition of Stayin Alive, menaing it was so bad he couldn;t walk to it,

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 02:00 AM
The Place where it all happened...

2001 odyssey

Cactus Jack
06-02-2007, 02:01 AM
The Place where it all happened...

2001 odyssey Named after the Stanley Kubrick movie?

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 02:07 AM
Named after the Stanley Kubrick movie?

Good question, the movie was made in 1968, so it is possible.

Cactus Jack
06-02-2007, 02:13 AM
Good question, the movie was made in 1968, so it is possible.
Yeah

Is it an actual place? Or was it just in that movie?

Cactus Jack
06-02-2007, 02:15 AM
Well fans of this movie will like Spider Man 3


Cause Peter Parker dances around like a fool on the street andi n a club in a couple scenes. it's cool, but just wasn;t needed in the final movie

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 02:15 AM
Yeah

Is it an actual place? Or was it just in that movie?


It is an actual place. It still exists in Brooklyn, NY. It changed names and owners several times, but it is a real club.

Cactus Jack
06-02-2007, 02:20 AM
It is an actual place. It still exists in Brooklyn, NY. It changed names and owners several times, but it is a real club.
Awesome!

catlover79
06-02-2007, 07:23 AM
Ive seen it a few times, pretty good movie, great soundtrack, some of the only disco I like is from that.


Wasnt one of his friends also in Fame?


Its funny thinking of him then after he;s been in Pulp Fiction LOL. Travolta rules, for osme reason I've been moret he Grease person, I just love the 50s.

Now I know why they had Bee Gees week and LaKisha broke Travolta's legs with her rendition of Stayin Alive, menaing it was so bad he couldn;t walk to it,
Hey Cactus Jack! :wave: You're right, Barry Miller (Bobby C) also played Raul Garcia aka Ralph Garcy in Fame. Most of his scenes in that movie were with Paul McCrane (who went on to become Dr. Romano on ER) and Maureen Teefy (Grease 2).

Barry Miller's first role was on a 1973 episode of The Waltons as the son of Gregory Sierra (:eyes: :heart: :eyes:). Ironically, Gregory Sierra and Barry's real life father, actor/director Sidney Miller, shared scenes on a 1975 episode of Barney Miller.

I have no idea what Barry Miller is doing today, but I'd love to see what he looks like. He did win a Tony in 1985 for Biloxi Blues. Brian, if you can find some info, that would be great!! :D

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 09:57 AM
Bobby C.

catlover79
06-02-2007, 10:31 AM
Bobby C.
Thank you Brian! He looks pretty much the same. :D

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 12:56 PM
Oh, girl Ive known you very well
Ive seen you growing everyday
I never really looked before
But now you take my breath away.

Suddenly youre in my life
Part of everything I do
You got me working day and night
Just trying to keep a hold on you.

Here in your arms I found my paradise
My only chance for happiness
And if I lose you now I think I would die.

Oh say youll always be my baby
We can make it shine, we can take forever
Just a minute at a time.

More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, oh, oh, oh.

There are stories old and true
Of people so in love like you and me
And I can see myself
Let history repeat itself.

Reflecting how I feel for you
Thinking about those people then
I know that in a thousand years
Id fall in love with you again.

This is the only way that we should fly
This is the only way to go
And if I lose your love I know I would die.

Oh say youll always be my baby
We can make it shine, we can take forever
Just a minute at a time.

More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, oh, oh, oh.

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:01 PM
Don't know why I'm surviving every lonely day
When there's got to be no chance for me
My life would end and it doesn't matter how I cry
My tears of love are a waste of time
If I turn away am I strong enough to see it through
Go crazy is what I will do
* If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you ah ah, I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby, if I can't have you ah ah

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try
I gave it all so easily to you my love
To dreams that never will come true
Am I strong enough to see it through
Go crazy is what I will do
(Repeat * till fade)

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:11 PM
The Dance Floor!

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 01:17 PM
The Amazing Choreography of Deney Terrio

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 02:21 PM
Tony Manero
THAT'S MY BABY!!!!!!!! OOOOO LA LA:D

Let's not forget John was nominated for BEST ACTOR for this role.

TVFactFan
06-02-2007, 04:55 PM
Can I get this movie from Best Buy?

catlover79
06-02-2007, 04:57 PM
Can I get this movie from Best Buy?
Oh, I'm almost positive you'd find it there.

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 05:03 PM
The Amazing Choreography of Deney Terrio
Denny hosts a show on Sirius Satellite radio. His show consists of what else? Dance/disco music. :D One of the many channels I love.


Bobby C. is looking fiiiiiiiine in that pic. He was such a dork in SNF.

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 05:03 PM
Can I get this movie from Best Buy?


Absolutely

Janice
06-02-2007, 05:08 PM
Can I get this movie from Best Buy?
I see it on tv every now and then. If you like disco, you'll like the movie. If you love disco, you'll love it.

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 05:13 PM
http://movies.virginmedia.com/player/default.asp?url=/film/fid3181/trailers/trid1315/wm/bb.asx&filmid=3181&trid=1315&partner=virgin&sec=trl&psec=

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 08:34 PM
I see it on tv every now and then. If you like disco, you'll like the movie. If you love disco, you'll love it.
SNF is one of those movies that I can't bear to watch on television. It has to be on cable or DVD (which I have) because hearing the profanity edited out and replaced with such stupid words makes it annoying to watch. Also, you need to see it uncut because it takes away from the movie.

The Godfather is another movie you can't watch on television. They aired it on Bravo last night and I was watching it to help me fall asleep, but it is not the same when you hear certain dialogue edited out/replaced. That scene where the movie director is cussing out Tom Hagen is a classic scene but all that dialogue is replaced.

Solomon, if you see it, see it UNCUT!

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 09:19 PM
Tony Manero: He hit my hair. I spend alot of time on my hair and he hits it, he hits my hair.

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 09:28 PM
The list of awards/nominations Saturday Night Fever received:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076666/awards

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 09:32 PM
The Nanny's Fran Drescher had a bit part in the movie?


This was her classic line...

Are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 09:45 PM
The Nanny's Fran Drescher had a bit part in the movie?


This was her classic line...

Are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?
Too bad she didn't LOOK AS GOOD then, as she does now. :lol:

I have always felt that if a man is good on the dance floor, then, he is just as good in bed.;)

Brian Damage
06-02-2007, 09:47 PM
Too bad she didn't LOOK AS GOOD then, as she does now. :lol:

I have always felt that if a man is good on the dance floor, then, he is just as good in bed.;)


Dang Right!

:dance:

catlover79
06-02-2007, 10:00 PM
Too bad she didn't LOOK AS GOOD then, as she does now. :lol:

I have always felt that if a man is good on the dance floor, then, he is just as good in bed.;)
If he's a great dancer, make sure he's not gay first. :lol:

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 10:31 PM
If he's a great dancer, make sure he's not gay first. :lol:
:rofl:

catlover79
06-02-2007, 11:29 PM
Irene, I've never seen Stayin' Alive before, but it can't be worse than Moment by Moment. I don't think there IS any other movie worse than Moment by Moment. Luckily for John, his next flick was Urban Cowboy.

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 11:38 PM
Irene, I've never seen Stayin' Alive before, but it can't be worse than Moment by Moment. I don't think there IS any other movie worse than Moment by Moment. Luckily for John, his next flick was Urban Cowboy.
OMG, Moment by Moment starring Lily Tomlin. A lady who looks almost like John's sister Ellen. :eek: That was the first thing that was too hard to swallow. Second, the age difference. I don't mind the age difference, but Lily looked waaaay tooooo old for John, not to mention she is fugly. :eek:

Urban Cowboy, now that is my second fave John movie. I have that on DVD too. Everyone in my family knows the love I have for John. I have told my daughters' their real dad is John Travolta. So whenever they see him on television they say, "Dad is on t.v. mom.":lol:

catlover79
06-02-2007, 11:46 PM
OMG, Moment by Moment starring Lily Tomlin. A lady who looks almost like John's sister Ellen. :eek: That was the first thing that was too hard to swallow. Second, the age difference. I don't mind the age difference, but Lily looked waaaay tooooo old for John, not to mention she is fugly. :eek:

Urban Cowboy, now that is my second fave John movie. I have that on DVD too. Everyone in my family knows the love I have for John. I have told my daughters' their real dad is John Travolta. So whenever they see him on television they say, "Dad is on t.v. mom.":lol:
I've only seen MBM once, which was more than enough! :lol: It aired years ago on the Sunday Afternoon Movie. It just screams 1970s. I was only 12 or 13 but I was roaring with laughter throughout the show.

Here are some hilarious reviews: :brent
http://imdb.com/title/tt0077942/externalreviews

Was he still on Welcome Back Kotter at this point??

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 11:51 PM
I've only seen MBM once, which was more than enough! :lol: It aired years ago on the Sunday Afternoon Movie. It just screams 1970s. I was only 12 or 13 but I was roaring with laughter throughout the show.

Here are some hilarious reviews: :brent
http://imdb.com/title/tt0077942/externalreviews

Was he still on Welcome Back Kotter at this point??
:rofl: I actually read the book!!!! :eek: TERRIBLE.

Here is John's info...yes, he was on WBK while making MBM:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237/

catlover79
06-02-2007, 11:53 PM
:rofl: I actually read the book!!!! :eek: TERRIBLE.

Here is John's info...yes, he was on WBK while making MBM:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237/
They also wrote a MBM BOOK!?? :eek2: Scary.

Ireneparalegal
06-02-2007, 11:57 PM
They also wrote a MBM BOOK!?? :eek2: Scary.
Yep, sure did. I got a pile of used books from my sister when I was 14 and one of them was that book.

Let me say this abt John Travolta. There are so few people in Hollywood or in the acting industry in general, who have the reputation that John has. You don't hear bad things abt him. He is not an alcoholic, nor is he a drug user. He is no philanderer, he cherishes and respects his wife and kids. He hasn't been married and divorced several times. He is devout in his beliefs; he has a close and loving family....basically no skeletons in his closet. The only thing I ever heard bad abt him was in the 70's when it was rumored he was gay. :crazy: This man helps with charities and he adores children. God, I love that man. ;)

catlover79
06-03-2007, 12:04 AM
^ John Travolta does seem like a nice man, someone you could hang out with and have fun with. He isn't all over the tabloids and seems to shun the Hollywood party scene for the most part.

Didn't his relationship with Diana Hyland get a lot of press due to their age difference? I think that was around the time he started on WBK, and the pair were co-stars in Boy In The Plastic Bubble.

I do not agree with John regarding Scientology at all, but at least he hasn't shoved his beliefs down peoples' throats and made a mockery of himself like Tom Cruise. I wish the Travolta family nothing but the best.

Ireneparalegal
06-03-2007, 12:21 AM
^ John Travolta does seem like a nice man, someone you could hang out with and have fun with. He isn't all over the tabloids and seems to shun the Hollywood party scene for the most part.

Didn't his relationship with Diana Hyland get a lot of press due to their age difference? I think that was around the time he started on WBK, and the pair were co-stars in Boy In The Plastic Bubble.

I do not agree with John regarding Scientology at all, but at least he hasn't shoved his beliefs down peoples' throats and made a mockery of himself like Tom Cruise. I wish the Travolta family nothing but the best.
That relationship with Diana was in the magazines. I remember reading them and seeing the pictures of those two together. However, when she died, all that hoopla went silent. She happened to die while he was filming Saturday Night Fever. How terrible that must have been for him. :(

Brian Damage
06-03-2007, 12:23 AM
SNF Pics

Brian Damage
06-03-2007, 12:31 AM
Somebody Tell Solomon that "Fever" will be on VH1!

Nighthawk76
06-03-2007, 12:42 PM
SNF is one of those movies that I can't bear to watch on television. It has to be on cable or DVD (which I have) because hearing the profanity edited out and replaced with such stupid words makes it annoying to watch. Also, you need to see it uncut because it takes away from the movie.


I agree. Saturday Night Fever is one of those movies that has to be seen uncut.

Ireneparalegal
06-03-2007, 01:54 PM
Somebody Tell Solomon that "Fever" will be on VH1!
WHOO HOO SOLOMON IT WILL BE ON VH1!!!!!!!!!

However, seeing it all cut up is not the way to see it. However, if you see it on VH1, imagine how much better the movie will be when you get to see it uncut.

Brian Damage
06-03-2007, 03:10 PM
WHOO HOO SOLOMON IT WILL BE ON VH1!!!!!!!!!

However, seeing it all cut up is not the way to see it. However, if you see it on VH1, imagine how much better the movie will be when you get to see it uncut.


Yeah, I know it is better to see it uncut, but the best parts will still be in it and that is Travolta's dancing. :D

Ireneparalegal
06-03-2007, 06:48 PM
Yeah, I know it is better to see it uncut, but the best parts will still be in it and that is Travolta's dancing. :D
Oh God yes!!!! YES!!!! YES!!!!!!! *irene having thoughts* :drool:

Brian Damage
06-03-2007, 07:31 PM
Oh God yes!!!! YES!!!! YES!!!!!!! *irene having thoughts* :drool:


So I guess that saying about good dancers is true. :lol:

Ireneparalegal
06-03-2007, 09:44 PM
So I guess that saying about good dancers is true. :lol:
Honey, let me tell you, there are signs abt knowing who is good.

First, the dance moves. Gotta have them. If you can't dance, then step away so I can find someone who can. :D

Second, kissing. A man who can french real good, will know how to use that tongue. ;) if you know what I mean.

Brian Damage
06-03-2007, 11:57 PM
Honey, let me tell you, there are signs abt knowing who is good.

First, the dance moves. Gotta have them. If you can't dance, then step away so I can find someone who can. :D

Second, kissing. A man who can french real good, will know how to use that tongue. ;) if you know what I mean.

I gotcha! ;)

Ireneparalegal
06-04-2007, 09:51 PM
I gotcha! ;)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!:eek:

catlover79
06-04-2007, 11:13 PM
I gotcha! ;)
If I ever saw THAT coming at me, I'd run screaming for the hills!! :eek:

JT
06-05-2007, 02:06 AM
SNF = One of the best movies...EVER!

The first time I ever saw it was about a year or two ago. I'd seen bits and pieces before, and I loved the soundtrack, but never saw the whole movie. Well, it came on (I think) WGN one Saturday night...I was in complete 70s heaven, I swear. Alone in the darkness of my room, the disco music playing, the lights flickering...it was just a great feeling and an amazing movie. You take Travolta in his prime and Karen Lynn Gorney, during her time as one of the biggest soap stars on television, and you put them together...sparks!

Random comment, but I really really loved Stephanie's apartment for some reason. I loved the set-up of it...

dandelion wine
06-05-2007, 09:32 AM
Can you dig it? I knew that you could. One of the best movies ever, with one of the best soundtracks ever. Solomon, catch it this weekend on VH1!! And then, see this sucker un..cut.

:lol: One of my favorite scenes is when Tony first wakes up in the morning, walks out into the hallway and says, "Aaaaaalll Pacino!" He sees his grandmother looking at him, starts pumping his fist and says, "Attica! Attica!"

AB
06-05-2007, 05:08 PM
Great movie, I saw it at the movie theater way back in the day. Its pretty awesome on the big screen.

Ireneparalegal
06-05-2007, 07:12 PM
When I seen it in the theatre, the ladies were standing up and dancing and screaming at certain scenes. It was like being at a concert! :lol:

Cactus Jack
06-05-2007, 08:02 PM
When I seen it in the theatre, the ladies were standing up and dancing and screaming at certain scenes. It was like being at a concert! :lol:
Did the ushesr have to come in and tell them to sit down and stuff?

Ireneparalegal
06-05-2007, 08:11 PM
Did the ushesr have to come in and tell them to sit down and stuff?
No. :lol: No one seemed to mind or care. It just made the movie experience more enjoyable.

Cactus Jack
06-05-2007, 08:14 PM
No. :lol: No one seemed to mind or care. It just made the movie experience more enjoyable.
LOL ah

That would be a differnet reaction nowadays

Dr. Thong
06-10-2007, 05:07 PM
What I remember most is really wanting to go to the movies to see it, but my Father wouldn't let me. I was eleven and he was concerned about the bad language and sex scenes in an R-rated movie. I was frustrated, but there wasn't much I could do about it.

A year later, a PG version was released to theaters so that kids like me could see it on the big screen, which I did. I can't remember anything like this happening since then.

A couple of years after that, we got cable TV and I finally got to see the original version on HBO.;)

It took me a while, but I got there.

Dr. Thong
06-10-2007, 05:14 PM
* The movie's original title was Saturday Night. It was reported as such in fan magazines while the movie was in production.

* Not all of the Bee Gees' songs were written with the movie in mind: The group was at work on a new studio album when their manager (and SNF producer) Robert Stigwood heard their new songs and decided to use them in the movie instead. One of those songs was "Night Fever," which is why the movie was renamed.

*The Bee Gees' studio album ended up morphing into the movie's soundtrack album and sold a gazillion copies. Probably a lot more than if those songs had just come out on a regular Bee Gees album.

* John Travolta was slated to host Saturday Night Live in late 1977, but backed out at the last minute, which upset the show's production schedule as they scrambled to find a replacement host. It was speculated that Travolta's advisors felt that appearing on the show would hurt his chances of winning an academy award.

* Seventeen years later, Travolta finally hosted SNL. In one skit, he's seen walking around the SNL offices looking for someone. Everytime he's walking down the hall by himself, "Stayin' Alive" plays in the background, but as soon as he goes inside someone's office, the music abruptly stops. He visits quite a few offices, so the gag is really funny.

* There was a skit called "Samurai Night Fever" on a 1977 SNL, which put John Belushi's Samurai character in a disco setting, parodying the movie. But I believe that happened before Travolta was supposed to appear. At any rate, it happened on a show hosted by O.J. Simpson. This was back when O.J. Simpson was an all-American football hero, long before...you know.

Ireneparalegal
06-10-2007, 07:19 PM
* The movie's original title was Saturday Night. It was reported as such in fan magazines while the movie was in production.

* Not all of the Bee Gees' songs were written with the movie in mind: The group was at work on a new studio album when their manager (and SNF producer) Robert Stigwood heard their new songs and decided to use them in the movie instead. One of those songs was "Night Fever," which is why the movie was renamed.

*The Bee Gees' studio album ended up morphing into the movie's soundtrack album and sold a gazillion copies. Probably a lot more than if those songs had just come out on a regular Bee Gees album.

* John Travolta was slated to host Saturday Night Live in late 1977, but backed out at the last minute, which upset the show's production schedule as they scrambled to find a replacement host. It was speculated that Travolta's advisors felt that appearing on the show would hurt his chances of winning an academy award.

* Seventeen years later, Travolta finally hosted SNL. In one skit, he's seen walking around the SNL offices looking for someone. Everytime he's walking down the hall by himself, "Stayin' Alive" plays in the background, but as soon as he goes inside someone's office, the music abruptly stops. He visits quite a few offices, so the gag is really funny.

* There was a skit called "Samurai Night Fever" on a 1977 SNL, which put John Belushi's Samurai character in a disco setting, parodying the movie. But I believe that happened before Travolta was supposed to appear. At any rate, it happened on a show hosted by O.J. Simpson. This was back when O.J. Simpson was an all-American football hero, long before...you know.

The actual original title of the movie was TRIBAL RITES OF A SATURDAY NIGHT. :crazy: Saturday Night Fever was much better.

I recommend that everyone see the R rated version rather than the PG version. That movie was meant to be viewed as is.

I remember when reading the magazines and this talk abt a disco dance movie with John Travolta. Never did I expect this movie to have made such an impact with the public the way it did. I never thought I'd be here posting my views on one of my favorite movies of all time 30 years later. :eek: :D

TVFactFan
06-10-2007, 07:25 PM
The actual original title of the movie was TRIBAL RITES OF A SATURDAY NIGHT. :crazy: Saturday Night Fever was much better.

I recommend that everyone see the R rated version rather than the PG version. That movie was meant to be viewed as is.

I remember when reading the magazines and this talk abt a disco dance movie with John Travolta. Never did I expect this movie to have made such an impact with the public the way it did. I never thought I'd be here posting my views on one of my favorite movies of all time 30 years later. :eek: :D


the guy who fell off the bridge reminded of HORSHACK, same height, same personality, and same hairstyle-lol

Ireneparalegal
06-10-2007, 07:26 PM
the guy who fell off the bridge reminded of HORSHACK, same height, same personality, and same hairstyle-lol
Funny you mentioned that, I felt the same thing too when I first seen this movie. :lol:

At least that actor grew up into a handsome looking man. "Horseshack" still looks like "horsesh*t". :lol:

Brieannas21
06-10-2007, 07:27 PM
One of my all time favorite movies, I remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was 12.

Ireneparalegal
06-10-2007, 07:32 PM
One of my all time favorite movies, I remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was 12.
What are your favorite parts of the movie?

Brieannas21
06-10-2007, 07:49 PM
What are your favorite parts of the movie?

My favorite parts were Stephanie and Tony first dance together in the dance studio alone, also when he was helping her move and he was telling her the story about how the Brooklyn bridge came about, that part showed his sweet side. Also in the beginning when Tony dance for the first time when he was in his famous white suit.

Ireneparalegal
06-10-2007, 07:53 PM
My favorite parts were Stephanie and Tony first dance together in the dance studio alone, also when he was helping her move and he was telling her the story about how the Brooklyn bridge came about, that part showed his sweet side. Also in the beginning when Tony dance for the first time when he was in his famous white suit.
I loved that scene too where they danced alone in the studio.

The bridge scene where he talks abt how it was made is a great scene. Very touching. It shows that he is not all abt girls and dancing. He has smarts but just doesn't show it or express it. Those around him don't seem to care what it is he has. His father treats him like dirt. His mother is more concerned abt her eldest son. His friends have no goals and are all abt dancing and getting laid. He is surrounded by people who have no interest in what interests him. Here is this lady who has goals, who made something of herself, takes care of herself and he wants to do that also. He finally has someone who "listened" to him.

Brieannas21
06-10-2007, 08:13 PM
I loved that scene too where they danced alone in the studio.

The bridge scene where he talks abt how it was made is a great scene. Very touching. It shows that he is not all abt girls and dancing. He has smarts but just doesn't show it or express it. Those around him don't seem to care what it is he has. His father treats him like dirt. His mother is more concerned abt her eldest son. His friends have no goals and are all abt dancing and getting laid. He is surrounded by people who have no interest in what interests him. Here is this lady who has goals, who made something of herself, takes care of herself and he wants to do that also. He finally has someone who "listened" to him.

Exactly, also at the end when he finally accept that he and Steph will only be friends and nothing more. He was so use to just having any girl he wanted and then here’s a girl who didn't want him for sex or just because he could dance. She was someone who he could talk to, even though she was uppity most of the time LOL

Ireneparalegal
06-10-2007, 08:16 PM
Exactly, also at the end when he finally accept that he and Steph will only be friends and nothing more. He was so use to just having any girl he wanted and then here’s a girl who didn't want him for sex or just because he could dance. She was someone who he could talk to, even though she was uppity most of the time LOL
She was on a different level than all the girls he knew, but like Annette, she was annoying too. :rofl:

I hated how she tried too hard in that scene when they had coffee together. She felt she was better than him. She was right that he was a "cliche" however, he was still a young guy. He still had some growing up to do. Had he been 30 years old still doing what he was doing than I could see him going nowhere in life. But he had his dream and he believed in it.

Nighthawk76
06-10-2007, 08:48 PM
My favorite scene in the movie is when Tony and Stephanie dance at the 2001 Odyssey dance contest. "More Than a Woman" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written and with the way the scene is lit when Tony and Stephanie embrace and then kiss, it is just a very romantic and beautiful scene.

My favorite non-dance scene is actually the scene in the coffee house. Sure, maybe Stephanie was being a little snotty, but I think she was right about how she said that Tony was "Nowhere on his way to no place". Tony knew she was right too. I think it is just a well done dramatic scene.

TVFactFan
06-11-2007, 12:28 AM
One of my all time favorite movies, I remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was 12.


The dance scene with John Travolta by himself was just TOO CLASSIC. He put the K in KICKING IT-LOL

Ireneparalegal
06-11-2007, 12:30 AM
The dance scene with John Travolta by himself was just TOO CLASSIC. He put the K in KICKING IT-LOL
Oh hell yeah. I remember when the movie AIRPLANE spoofed that scene. Hilarious. :rofl:

Like I said, a man who has moves on the dance floor, has got to be HOT in the bedroom. :cool:

TVFactFan
06-11-2007, 12:30 AM
Exactly, also at the end when he finally accept that he and Steph will only be friends and nothing more. He was so use to just having any girl he wanted and then here’s a girl who didn't want him for sex or just because he could dance. She was someone who he could talk to, even though she was uppity most of the time LOL


And she wassn't even CUTE, so Friends sounded like a Good Deal. She annoyed me in this movi

Ireneparalegal
06-11-2007, 12:31 AM
And she wassn't even CUTE, so Friends sounded like a Good Deal. She annoyed me in this movi
You think she was not pretty in this movie? Hmmmmm...then don't look at her now. :eek:

Brian Damage
06-11-2007, 12:33 AM
The dance scene with John Travolta by himself was just TOO CLASSIC. He put the K in KICKING IT-LOL


He was a dancing MACHINE in that movie!!! Travolta could "Kick it!" LOL

TVFactFan
06-11-2007, 12:35 AM
He was a dancing MACHINE in that movie!!! Travolta could "Kick it!" LOL


They should have called him not TONY but

MR. BOOGALOO!!!!! He was dancing ass-lol

Ireneparalegal
06-11-2007, 12:37 AM
They should have called him not TONY but

MR. BOOGALOO!!!!! He was dancing ass-lol
And what a lovely, tight ass he had going on in that movie. Strut that stuff baby...;) :cool: :D

catlover79
06-11-2007, 01:19 AM
^ Down girl...easy girl...*hoses Irene down* :D

Dr. Thong
06-11-2007, 04:56 PM
The actual original title of the movie was TRIBAL RITES OF A SATURDAY NIGHT. :crazy:

That was the title of the magazine article that inspired the movie. I doubt that was ever considered for the movie's title. It would have sounded like a PBS documentary.

Ireneparalegal
06-11-2007, 07:24 PM
^ Down girl...easy girl...*hoses Irene down* :D
There are not enough cold showers that could cool me down. :D :cool: :lol:

Sharop
06-11-2007, 07:29 PM
The Bee Gees RULE!

catlover79
06-11-2007, 07:48 PM
The Bee Gees RULE!
:yeahthat

dandelion wine
06-12-2007, 02:55 PM
The dance scene with John Travolta by himself was just TOO CLASSIC. He put the K in KICKING IT-LOL

Hell yeah.. he was fantastic!!

I can't imagine that particular scene being cut out of the movie, as they had originally planned on doing. He busted his ass in rehearsals and I don't blame him at all for being so upset with them.

Ireneparalegal
06-12-2007, 08:38 PM
Denny Terrio, the man who taught John Travolta to dance, went on to fame with his show DANCE FEVER. I loved that show. It was no longer fun to watch when he was replaced by Adrian Zmed. Terrio later sued show creator MERV GRIFFIN for sexual harrassment. I remember when Denny appeared on the Howard Stern television show (he had just started becoming popular) and talked abt this harrassment. Howard's sidekick, Gary D. had a mask on his face of Merv Griffin and he pretended to try to molest and rape Denny. It was HILARIOUS! :rofl: That was my first look at this man called Howard Stern.

Also, one of the girl dancers, Janet Jones, went on to marry hockey great, Wayne Gretzky.

Ireneparalegal
06-14-2007, 02:57 PM
DON'T LET THIS THREAD DIE!!!!!!!!!!

dandelion wine
06-14-2007, 10:47 PM
My favorite scene in the movie is when Tony and Stephanie dance at the 2001 Odyssey dance contest. "More Than a Woman" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written and with the way the scene is lit when Tony and Stephanie embrace and then kiss, it is just a very romantic and beautiful scene.

My favorite non-dance scene is actually the scene in the coffee house. Sure, maybe Stephanie was being a little snotty, but I think she was right about how she said that Tony was "Nowhere on his way to no place". Tony knew she was right too. I think it is just a well done dramatic scene.

She at least made him think about his future and that he could be more. She made him think, to be a little more serious, to realize that Brooklyn wasn't the only place in the world. I think he also did the same for her, helping her to realize that while she was older and had more experience, one doesn't always have to be so serious.. they can loosen up sometimes. He was just 19, she was 20. When she's talking about the camera and he says, "'Cause you got one of those already, right? :lol: You sly fox, you." I loved it. There was something very sweet and charming about him, in my opinion. She came off pretty snooty and I didn't think it was necessary for her to come out and tell him he was a nobody on his way to no place.. but I did see two young people who wanted to impress each other.

Speaking of their dance together - More Than a Woman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fol53z5uxjs&mode=related&search=)

Ireneparalegal
06-14-2007, 11:22 PM
That cafe scene annoys me in another way. The way Stephanie chomps her gum with her mouth open looks like a cow chewing hay. DISGUSTING. For someone who thinks she is soooo above Tony and others, she sure is classless when it comes to chewing gum.

dandelion wine
06-15-2007, 12:24 AM
That cafe scene annoys me in another way. The way Stephanie chomps her gum with her mouth open looks like a cow chewing hay. DISGUSTING. For someone who thinks she is soooo above Tony and others, she sure is classless when it comes to chewing gum.

It wasn't until the end, when Tony goes to her and she asks him if he can stand being friends with a woman, that I warmed up to her. Otherwise, she was just a little too pretentious for me.

Ireneparalegal
06-15-2007, 12:26 AM
I always wondered, why in the movie posters and other pics we see Stephanie wearing a RED dress for that famous slow dance scene rather than the WHITE one she does wear in that scene? ANYONE?????


I am watching SNF right now, it is on VH1...although I do like the movie uncut instead.

Brian Damage
06-15-2007, 10:12 AM
I always wondered, why in the movie posters and other pics we see Stephanie wearing a RED dress for that famous slow dance scene rather than the WHITE one she does wear in that scene? ANYONE?????


I am watching SNF right now, it is on VH1...although I do like the movie uncut instead.


I've noticed that myself, I have no idea why. Perhaps to showcase Travolta more in the infamous "White Suit."

Ireneparalegal
06-15-2007, 10:41 PM
I've noticed that myself, I have no idea why. Perhaps to showcase Travolta more in the infamous "White Suit."
Sounds like that may be the case. I have always wondered abt that. Add that to one of life's mysteries that I need to find out. ;)

Ireneparalegal
06-20-2007, 11:22 PM
JOHN IS NOT GAY!!!!!!! :lol: Just had to put that.

Brian Damage
06-23-2007, 08:53 PM
JOHN IS NOT GAY!!!!!!! :lol: Just had to put that.


Are we sure???




























I kid! ;)

Janice
06-23-2007, 09:27 PM
I think someday we may be celebrating the 30th anniversary of this thread. :lol:

Brian Damage
06-23-2007, 09:39 PM
I think someday we may be celebrating the 30th anniversary of this thread. :lol:


:lol:

Ireneparalegal
06-23-2007, 10:01 PM
I think someday we may be celebrating the 30th anniversary of this thread. :lol:
Well, the anniversary is really later this year, so this thread needs to continue until at least then. ;)


This thread should be stickied!:D

Brian Damage
06-23-2007, 10:09 PM
Well, the anniversary is really later this year, so this thread needs to continue until at least then. ;)


This thread should be stickied!:D


We've got till December to keep this thread going. LOL

Ireneparalegal
06-23-2007, 10:10 PM
We've got till December to keep this thread going. LOL
And it shall...:D :cool:

*ROGER*
06-24-2007, 01:09 AM
It has been 30 years since Tony Manero boogied his way on screen and Disco exploded like never before. The movie wasn't released until December 16th, 1977, but why not burn baby burn!
I remember seeing that film at the movie theatre with some people. :lol:

It's still one of my favorite movies. :cool:

Dr. Thong
06-24-2007, 10:40 AM
There's been speculation about Travolta's sexuality on this thread. Now, I'm not saying he is or he isn't, but the fact of the matter is that unless these celebrities are our close personal friends, we don't really "know" them.

What they say in interviews is the public image they want to project. Based on that, we get an impression that they're this way or that way. That's called PR. How many times has a public figure projected a certain image and years later, we find out that behind the scenes, things were different?

All I care about now is their performance in shows and films. If the movie's good and they do a good job acting in it, that's all that matters. Sure, there's a lurid tabloid aspect to their private lives that can be interesting, but I think the work they do is more important from my perspective.

In all likelihood, I am never going to meet John Travolta and if I did, I would say I've enjoyed his films (well, some of them;)) and keep it to that. I like the fact that Travolta keeps the Scientology talk to a minimum in his interviews.

Films like Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction endure. And that's what it's all about.;)

Scoobiedoo30
06-24-2007, 12:24 PM
30 Year's already where does the time go

Brian Damage
12-15-2007, 03:30 PM
The "Official" Anniversary is tomorrow!

Ireneparalegal
12-15-2007, 04:05 PM
WHOO HOO...:cheers: Thank you for bumping this thread!!!

catlover79
12-16-2007, 12:03 AM
^ Great cartoon, Irene! Thanks for sharing! :D I was just watching the Bee Gees' This is Where I Came In documentary on DVD again, and found their comments on working on the soundtrack and the huge impact it had on the public very interesting. SNF came out a couple of years before I was born, but it was interesting to learn how much SNF affected the culture at the time.

Brian Damage
12-16-2007, 12:06 AM
^ Great cartoon, Irene! Thanks for sharing! :D I was just watching the Bee Gees' This is Where I Came In documentary on DVD again, and found their comments on working on the soundtrack and the huge impact it had on the public very interesting. SNF came out a couple of years before I was born, but it was interesting to learn how much SNF affected the culture at the time.


It certainly helped bring Disco to the mainstream.

Nighthawk76
12-16-2007, 12:06 AM
It is hard to believe that when Saturday Night Fever was released I was only a year and a half old. :eek:

Brian Damage
12-16-2007, 12:45 PM
Today is the day...


Happy 30th Anniversary!!!

Ireneparalegal
12-16-2007, 06:14 PM
This thread needs to

STAY ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Nighthawk76
12-23-2007, 07:29 PM
:)

catlover79
12-23-2007, 11:29 PM
One of my favorite pics of the Bee Gees, in the SNF era:

catlover79
09-11-2008, 09:31 PM
At my 10-year high school reunion in July, I danced with my friend Bob to the Bee Gees' version of "More Than a Woman". He takes swing dance classes, and me, well, I kept stepping on his feet (in high heels). :o :eek: He took it all in stride. So I guess I had my very own SNF moment, being dipped and twirled around just like Karen Lynn Gorney. Here we are during the dance (sorry the scan came out so dark):

Nighthawk76
09-12-2008, 01:23 PM
At my 10-year high school reunion in July, I danced with my friend Bob to the Bee Gees' version of "More Than a Woman". He takes swing dance classes, and me, well, I kept stepping on his feet (in high heels). :o :eek: He took it all in stride. So I guess I had my very own SNF moment, being dipped and twirled around just like Karen Lynn Gorney. Here we are during the dance (sorry the scan ca
me out so dark):

You are no worse of a dancer than me, Monika. :lol: ;)

catlover79
09-12-2008, 01:57 PM
I'm not going to be on Dancing With the Stars any time soon. :eek: :lol:

Nighthawk76
09-12-2008, 06:29 PM
I'm not going to be on Dancing With the Stars any time soon. :eek: :lol:

Me neither. :lol: