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MOVIE REVIEWS - Saturday Night Fever Reviews
1977 ‧ Drama/Romance ‧ 1h 58m
Tony Manero (John Travolta) doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the weekends, when he and his friends go to the local disco and dance the night away. When a big dance competition is announced, he wrangles the beautiful and talented Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) to be his partner. As the two train for the big night, they start to fall for each other as well.
Release date: December 12, 1977 (USA)
Director: John Badham
Film series: Saturday Night Fever Series
Screenplay: Norman Wexler
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When they shot the first bridge scene, director John Badham kept secret from Donna Pescow the fact that when the guys "fell off" the bridge, they actually landed on a platform a few feet below. Badham and the other actors did not tell her about the platform because they wanted a genuine look of horror and anger on Annette's face when Tony, Double J. and Joey appeared to fall off. Therefore, Donna's reaction to them falling, and her facial expressions turning from horror and shock to outright anger, were real, and her next line, "You fuckers!", was not scripted.
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John Travolta ran two miles a day and danced for three hours daily to get in shape for this film. In the end, he dropped 20 pounds.
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John Travolta's sister Ann Travolta appears as the pizza lady, and his mother Helen Travolta appears as the woman for whom he gets the paint.
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When Tony's dad hit him in the back of the head the third time during dinner, his retort of "Just watch the hair!" and then his complaint about being hit on the hair after he had worked on it for so long was John Travolta's own reaction and not scripted, but since it was so in character for Tony Manero to say, it was left in.
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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.
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Filming was almost interrupted when a local Mafia group tried to extort protection from the crew. In fact, the nightclub where the film was shot was hit with a small firebomb.
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According to the DVD commentary, John Travolta used two suits in the climax of the film; he had to switch suits between takes because one would become heavily soaked with sweat and had to be dried while he was wearing the other one for subsequent takes.
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The movie was originally called "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", the title of the "New York" Magazine article that inspired it. 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. However, when The Bee Gees submitted the soundtrack, one of the songs, "Night Fever", was thought to embody the film's spirit better than the original. Director John Badham added the word "Saturday" and it replaced the original title.
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Production had to be briefly halted so that John Travolta could attend the funeral of his girlfriend Diana Hyland. The couple had earlier appeared in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), their only joint venture. It was Hyland who encouraged Travolta to take the role of Tony Manero.
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This was the first mainstream Hollywood movie in which the term "blow job" was used. John Travolta had previously starred in Carrie (1976), which features a scene of him receiving one.
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According to John Travolta, The Bee Gees weren't involved with the film at the very beginning. "I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs."
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Allan Carr designed the ad campaign for the film. It was so successful that producer Robert Stigwood asked him to help him produce his next film, Grease (1978).
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When John Travolta first saw the rushes, he was greatly upset that his solo dance was cut in close-up. He called Robert Stigwood and relayed his concerns. It didn't seem right, he explained, that he had worked so hard to get in shape and learn a complex dance just to see the sequence cut down in the editing room. It was important to Travolta for audiences to see his work and to know without a doubt that he was doing his own dancing. Stigwood agreed and told Travolta to go back and sit with the editors and personally supervise a new cut of the solo sequence.
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The white polyester suit worn by John Travolta sold at auction for $145,000 and was purchased by movie critic Gene Siskel. Siskel often said that this was his favorite film and that he had watched it 17 times.
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One of the very first films to utilize the Steadicam, a camera-stabilizing device invented by Garrett Brown (who would win a 1978 Oscar for his invention).
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Norman Wexler's screenplay was adapted from the "non-fiction" magazine article written by Nik Cohn. Years later, Cohn admitted that the story, supposedly a fact-based account detailing the lives of Brooklyn teenagers in the early days of the disco craze, was a complete fabrication.
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The lighted wall and floor at Odyssey 2001 were not actually at the disco, but added in for the film. The "blinking light" effect on the wall was created by covering it in tinfoil and reflecting blinking Christmas tree lights off of it.
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In the episode of VH1's Behind the Music (1997) about the movie, John Travolta addressed the rumors that the below-the-waist shots of Tony in the opening title sequence were done by a body double. Travolta said that it was all him during the sequence except for the one shot where Tony stops and lifts up his shoe to compare it to the shoe in the corner window of the shoe store. That one shot upset him quite a bit because the body double was unsteady on his feet, and Travolta was anything but unsteady on his feet.
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The soundtrack album sold over 20 million copies and was the top-selling album in history until it was topped by Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" six years later.
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At first, Karen Lynn Gorney struggled to keep up with John Travolta when it came to their dancing scenes together.
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To try to throw off John Travolta's fans, John Badham and his team took to shooting exterior scenes as early in the morning as possible before people caught on - often at the crack of dawn. They would also generate fake call sheets. The tactics worked well enough that Badham was usually able to get the scenes done before significant crowds had time to gather.
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When John Travolta met John Badham he was surprised that the director knew so little about New York. He took it upon himself to show Badham Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, "maneiro" is a widely-used word, meaning "cool"; it was taken from this film's lead character, Tony Manero.
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The scene where Fran Drescher puts her hand on John Travolta's butt was not in the original script. Travolta and director John Badham thought that it would be something that a woman like Connie (Drescher's character) would do, however, so it was kept in.
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A group of Hasidic Jews, who were against the crew filming in their neighborhood, tried to disrupt filming and even tried to turn over one of the cars used in the production.
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John Travolta has said in interviews that he thought this was a retro/nostalgia-type spoof of the disco craze. He said most of his friends assumed the disco craze was from 1974 until about 1976 when it ended. He assumed this movie was supposed to be a humorous look back at the craze after it was over. He said once the movie came out that it kind of reignited the craze again. He said, "The movie came out, and it was if it was all starting for the first time again, as if it all had never happened. "
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The film was rated R when it was released in late 1977. The studio was so eager to attract more young people to the film--because they were buying the soundtrack album--that it was cut by a few minutes and the shorter version was given a PG rating. The PG version was released in 1978. Both versions were released on VHS but only the "R" version was released on DVD.
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Donna Pescow auditioned for the role of Annette six times, three for John G. Avildsen and three for John Badham. When she got the part, at 22, she said it was the first Christmas in years she wouldn't have to work at Bloomingdale's selling ornaments.
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There was some early grumbling about Karen Lynn Gorney when filming began. Certain crew members felt she was too old for the part, and that her dancing wasn't up to par (she had sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident a few years earlier).
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John Travolta originally wanted his disco suit to be black, until it was pointed out that in the darkened disco, his co-star's red dress would make her easier to see than him.
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More than 40% of the cast made their feature debuts in this film including, Joseph Cali, Shelly Batt, Denny Dillon, Fran Drescher, Donald Gantry, Adrienne King, Ellen March, Bruce Ornstein, Paul Pape, Lisa Peluso, Donna Pescow, Ann Travolta and mother Helen Travolta (her only feature cameo).
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In Tony's bedroom there's a poster for Rocky (1976), a film directed by John G. Avildsen. The sequel to this film, Staying Alive (1983), was written and directed by the star of "Rocky", Sylvester Stallone. In fact, Avildsen was the original director of this film but was fired by producer Robert Stigwood shortly before principal photography began due to "creative differences". John Badham was approached to fill in at the last minute. Tony also has a poster for Serpico (1973) on his wall. Avildsen was originally considered to direct that film as well, but left the project due to "creative differences".
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Donna Pescow was almost considered "too pretty" for the role of Annette. She corrected this by putting on 40 pounds (18 kilograms) and training herself back to her native Brooklyn accent, which she trained herself away from while she was studying drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After production ended, she immediately lost the weight she gained for the role and dropped the accent.
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After Tony's solo dance he goes to the doorman of the disco to ask if Stephanie has shown up. Behind him, you can see a poster for cover of the "New York" magazine that featured the story "Tribal Rights for the New Saturday Night"--the story on which this film was based.
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Originally, director John Badham filmed the dance rehearsal sequence with Tony and Annette's characters playing music in the background at the same time with the action and dialogue; a form of production not usually done. The song was "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs. However, after filming the scene, John Badham got word from Scaggs' people they did not want the song in the picture, and so the sequence was dubbed, with John Travolta and Donna Pescow recording their lines in a vocal booth, and in the end composer David Shire orchestrated an instrumental piece for the sequence; ultimately the song (the title still unknown to this day) was picked up by the National Football Leagues, and used to open and close NFL Monday Night Football (1970) for over 20 years.
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Letting off steam at the end of the shoot, John Travolta and members of the crew filmed a mock wedding at the disco, for laughs, with John dressed as the bride and one of the grips appearing as the groom.
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Opened in the US on December 14, 197,7 at the height of the disco era. Less than two years later, the disco era ended.
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Director John Badham claims in the DVD commentary that in exchange for featuring Trojan condom in one scene, he was given a lifetime supply-- and that he "donated" them all to someone else.
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There were no special effects in the film, except for the smoke rising from the dance floor. Bill Ward, the film's sole gaffer, explains that it wasn't from dry ice or a smoke machine but a toxic mix of burning tar and automobile tires, pinched from a Bay Ridge alley." It created such heat and smoke that at one point they had to wheel in oxygen for John Travolta. The filmmakers also went to great trouble and expense--$15,000--to put lights in the dance floor, designed to pulsate to the music. The walls were covered with aluminum foil and Christmas lights. When the club's owner saw the dailies for the first time, he said, "Holy shit, you guys made my place look great!"
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The film had the best-selling film soundtrack until The Bodyguard (1992).
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To research his character, John Travolta would sneak into 2001 Odyssey with Norman Wexler. So great was his popularity from Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) that he had to disguise himself in dark glasses and a hat. Before he was spotted, he watched the faces--the cool, aggressive dancers the article was based on--concentrating on every detail of their behavior. When he was recognized--"Hey, man! Hey, it's fucking Travolta!"--the actor noticed how the disco's alpha males kept their girls in line. Their girlfriends would come up, and they'd say, 'Hey, stay away from him, don't bug Travolta,' and they'd actually push the girls away. Tony Manero's whole male-chauvinist thing I got from watching those guys in the discos."
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Bobby's car is a 1964 Chevy Impala hardtop. While director John Badham insisted on the Impala as Bobby's car, he was later told by Brooklynites that they would only drive an old Cadillac--and never an Impala. Each Impala (there were two used) was purchased by the film company for $1200. The Impala hardtop (with no post) is difficult to find and would cost quite a bit more than the $1200 it did in 1977.
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When Robert Stigwood visited The Bee Gees in France to ask them to write the soundtrack, they were busy mixing a live album. The group declined an offer to read the script but said they already had several song titles in mind, such as "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever" and H"ow Deep Is Your Love?", but nothing else. Three days later a tape was delivered to Stigwood in London containing demo versions of all the songs. These were used as playback on set and to choreograph and shoot the dance sequences to. However, in post-production a major problem arose when the final versions of the songs were delivered and the editor found they were slower in tempo than the demos used on set and consequently the dance sequences were out of time with the new recordings. After much concern that the film was in jeopardy, a way was eventually found by the sound editors, to sync the footage accurately with the final soundtrack.
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Fran Drescher confessed later she was not wearing underwear when she did her scene with Tony just before his big solo dance.
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In 2010 this was added to the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress.
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An unedited version of "How Deep Is Your Love" remains in the vaults. It is featured when Tony walks aimlessly to the subway, and is riding over to Stephanie's apartment.
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Filming was frequently halted on the streets of New York City because teenage girl fans of John Travolta would scream when they saw him due to his popularity from the ABC sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975).
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John Badham got his inspiration for the disco's multi- colored lighted dance floor from dining at a well known establishment named "The Club" in Birmingham, AL, which had a similar floor.
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While filming on location in some of the rougher Brooklyn neighborhoods, some trouble briefly arose with some of the locals. According to Kevin Mccormick, at one point someone threw a firebomb at the 2001 disco. Fortunately, no one was injured and there was no serious damage to the club. When McCormick asked production manager John Nicolella why he thought it had happened, Nicolella said, "Well, you know, it's a neighborhood thing. They want us to hire some of the kids." The trouble didn't end there. "Then these two guys appeared on the set, pulled me off to the side [and said], Y'know, you're being disruptive to the neighborhood. You might need some security. And if you want to put lights on the bowling alley across, Black Stan really wants seven grand'," McCoormick recounted. To his astonishment, the tough guys were paid what they wanted, and the trouble stopped.
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The elevated subway line shown in the film, the West End line, is the same one used in the famous chase sequence in The French Connection (1971).
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Revived as a midnight show in a Pasadena (CA) movie theater in 1993 to compete with The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). The "PG" version of the film was initially shown (as this was the only print available at the time), but audience response to the midnight showings was so positive that Paramount agreed to strike a new "R"-rated print version from an original negative. These midnight showings were expanded to Los Angeles and New York thereafter, and continued for the next few years in various cities throughout the US.
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The bridge that Tony knows all about is the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge that connects Brooklyn to Staten Island.
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One piece of music from the soundtrack, "Manhattan Skyline" by David Shire, became very popular as background instrumental music. It has been played in movie trailers, promotional films and commercials. It's the piece that Stephanie is dancing to when Tony invites her to coffee.
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Nina Hansen, who played the grandmother, improvised all her lines in the dinner table scene. Originally not given a speaking part, this didn't sit well with her and, according to director John Badham, she decided to utter "Basta! Mangia! Mangia!" ,which translates to English as "Enough! Eat! Eat!" He decided to leave it in the final cut.
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This movie inevitably gets compared to Grease (1978), the other big John Travolta musical from the '70s. Addressing the comparisons, Roger Ebert said, "The movie ["Grease"] is worth seeing for nostalgia, or for a look at vintage Travolta, but its underlying problem is that it sees the material as silly camp: It neuters it. Romance and breaking up are matters of life and death for teenagers, and a crisis of self-esteem can be a crushing burden. 'Grease' doesn't seem to remember that. 'Saturday Night Fever'' does."
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While Deney Terrio has been credited with teaching John Travolta how to dance disco, members of the crew, and Travolta himself, credited choreographer Lester Wilson with helping Travolta develop Tony's swagger for the role. "Deney Terrio did show John the moves, and I give him credit for that. But I don't think Lester Wilson got nearly the credit that he deserved," Paul Pape, who played Double J, told "Vanity Fair" in 2007. "The movie was Lester."
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After being shortened from "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" (the title of the "New York Magazine" article that inspired it), the working title of the film was "Saturday Night". When The Bee Gees added a song to the soundtrack called "Night Fever", the word "Fever" was added to the film title. This is the second time a John Travolta project had the title altered due to a song; the other was Welcome Back, Kotter (1975).
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Five additional instrumental cues by David Shire were recorded for the film: "Barracuda Hangout", "Tony and Stephanie", "Near the Brooklyn Bridge", "Death on the Bridge" and "All Night Train". However, only one was credited, and all remained unreleased.
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Ray Liotta and David Caruso auditioned for the role of Joey.
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Two additional songs for the film ended up not being used. One was The Bee Gees singing their self-penned version of "If I Can't Have You", and Samantha Sang's "Emotion". The latter was recorded by Destiny's Child in 2001--t the song was played on radio playlists after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the New York City World Trade Center.
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Jessica Lange, Kathleen Quinlan and Carrie Fisher were all considered for the role of Stephanie Mangano. Amy Irving was one of the finalists for the role.
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Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American Movies.
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The iconic poster with John Travolta in a white suit, chest out, one arm pointing up, one arm pointing down was not a "planned" shot; in fact, it was an afterthought at the end of a long day. "It was 14- or 15-hour day and the photographer said, 'Do you have anything else in you?' And I said, 'Oh geez. Okay, how about this? '" remembers Travolta. "The next thing I know was I'm looking at photographs about three months later for poster ideas and I said, 'Oh my God, I can't believe they picked that shot.' I didn't know it would create the iconic figure that it ultimately did."
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A dance sequence between Tony and Stephanie was choreographed and shot to the song "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs, which was a hit at the time of filming. However, when the producers subsequently approached Scaggs' management for clearance to use the song in the film and on the soundtrack album, they refused. Composer David Shire had to compose a new piece of music with the exact same tempo in order for it to sync with the dance as shot. It was later estimated that the decision to refuse permission for use of the song in the film and on the album cost Scaggs around $5 million in royalties.
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Tony Manero was originally named Vincent.
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The name of the big club in this movie is "2001 Odyssey"; named for the seminal science-fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). In 1976 that was still considered a cool, futuristic name since the movie was a recent release at that point.
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Independent film director Lloyd Kaufman nearly dropped out of the film as a production assistant when longtime friend and associate John G. Avildsen left the project.
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Included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. He added it not long after longtime partner and friend Gene Siskel, who often cited this as his favorite film, passed away. Ebert talked about Siskel, what he said of the film and what it meant to him, in his "Great Movies" review , and the review and addition of the film was likely a way to honor his friend's memory.
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Originally rated "R", it was re-released late in 1977 as a "PG" to get a bigger audience; it worked. The movie eventually had a $237-million gross on a $2-million budget.
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Some VHS releases of this movie had the songs "Dr. Disco", "Disco Duck" and "K-Jee" replaced with a generic disco song due to royalty disputes.
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Karen Lynn Gorney is actually nine years older than John Travolta, and 12 years older than her character, Stephanie.
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Both in this movie and in Grease (1978) the John Travolta character wins a big dance contest.
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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"Entertainment Weekly" recently named Staying Alive (1983) as the worst sequel ever.
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Originally the producers had intended to use Boz Scaggs' song "Lowdown" in the film. However, when they asked Columbia Records for permission to use the song they were refused due to the label's parent company, Columbia Pictures, intending to use the song in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Interestingly, had RSO--the label that released the soundtrack--gotten permission to use the song it was estimated that Scaggs would have earned an additional $3 million in royalties due to the fact that the soundtrack album was such a huge seller.
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John Travolta and the other actors were not actually dancing to The Bee Gees when they filmed the dance sequences. The disco Bee Gee music was added in post-production; they were actually dancing to Stevie Wonder and other Motown hits of the time; Some of the film's most iconic scenes involve Tony and Annette dancing to Bee Gees mega-hits including "You Should Be Dancin'" and "More Than a Woman"--but the Bee Gees had no involvement in the film during production. "We were recording our new album in the north of France. And we'd written about and recorded about four or five songs for the new album when [producer Robert Stigwood] rang from L.A. and said, 'We're putting together this little film, low budget, called "Tribal Rites of a Saturday Night". Would you have any songs on hand?'" remembered Robin Gibb in the book "The Bee Gees". "And we said, 'Look, we can't. We haven't any time to sit down and write for a film.' We didn't know what it was about." Eventually the brothers agreed, and wrote most of the soundtrack in a single weekend. So if Travolta wasn't dancing to the Bee Gees, what music was backing his monster moves? In a later interview he revealed, "Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs."'
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In one scene, Stephanie asks Tony if he's ever heard of actor Laurence Olivier, which he hadn't. Two years later Olivier would star in Dracula (1979), which was also directed by John Badham.
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The soundtrack album was later parodied for the Sesame Street (1969) album "Sesame Street Fever", with Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster posing like The Bee Gees, and Grover on the dance floor posing like John Travolta.
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Nancy Boyle, niece in law of model Margie Boyle, was an uncredited dancer in this movie.
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Val Bisoglio (Frank Sr.) and Donna Pescow (Annette) both appeared in The Sopranos (1999).
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The trivia item below may give away important plot points.
In the board game "Trivial Pursuit", the bridge that Bobby C. falls from is incorrectly identified as the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge was of course the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn with Staten Island.
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Audio/visual unsynchronised
(at around 1 min) In the first scene that Tony gets picked up by the boys in front of the candy store to head to the disco, it is clearly seen that the driver of the '64 Impala is in fact a stuntman instead of Bobby C, whose voice is dubbed in and then appears as the driver in the interior car shots.
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When Tony and Stephanie go to dance to Tavares' version of "More Than a Woman", Tony places the needle on the record, and the arm skips all the way to the end, revealing that the record player is broken and the music dubbed in later.
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When Bobby asks Frank (the former priest) about getting a papal dispensation for an abortion, the camera angle changes so that the side of Bobby's face is shown and all of Frank's can be seen. Frank answers Bobby and then Bobby says "Well maybe you can, maybe you could do it for me." At this point, Bobby's mouth is clearly not moving except once, which indicates that his retort was dubbed in over a one word retort.
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Boom mic visible
When Tony interrupts a dance class to ask the instructor about Stephanie, you can see the boom mic reflected in the mirror towards the right.
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When Father Frank Jr. is leaving the Manero house, when Tony, Father Frank Jr. and the driver load the bags into the car, a boom mic shadow is visible on the top portion of the car.
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When Tony talks with Stephanie in her apartment after the "lonesome subway ride" scene.
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When Frank Jr. leaves the family home, as Tony and Frank Jr. approach the car door, the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the tree trunk.
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Character error
When Tony is walking with Stephanie to get coffee you can hear a girl scream. This is because there was a group of girls watching them film the scene and they would scream when they saw John Travolta.
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The sign on the roof of the 2001 Odyssey disco misspells the word "Odyssey" as "Oddyssey," although the vertical sign attached to the building wall spells the word correctly.
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Continuity
In the opening sequence, Tony walks down the street and it's visibly sunny and the pavement is dry. Then when he runs across the street toward the paint store, the street and sidewalk are wet from rain.
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On the first disco night, there is a shot of a bar, which we see a dancing women, bartender, three men sitting at the bar, and another man at the bar wearing a tan suit, he is reflected in the mirror behind the dancing lady. These same people are shown in the same place on the second disco night, both nights when we see them the song "If I Can't Have You" is being played.
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The night they take the priest to the club, Tony starts dancing solo (to the song "You Should Be Dancing") and the dance floor clears. His dance partner Connie (the woman in the green dress) is stood up by the stage and standing in place, as are the rest of the dancers off the dance floor as they watch him dance. The lady in the green dress briefly disappears and reappears between shots.
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Upon entering the discotheque in the beginning of the movie, Tony greets the same man (in blue shirt) twice.
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The required (white square) NYS safety-inspection sticker appears and then disappears and then reappears from the lower driver's corner of the windshield of the 1964 Chevrolet Impala that the boys drive.
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At the White Castle Burger restaurant Joey jumps on the table and a lady customer with a green hat walks quickly away from the counter. In the next shot, she is back where she started and walks away again.
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When the one Barracuda girl hits Tony from behind with a chair, one can clearly see it break when it hits Tony, but in the next shot when she throws the chair behind her, it is all in one piece.
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When Tony is walking down Brooklyn's 86th Street with the paint can, he walks toward the Benson theater marquee. After he hassles the young lady, he walks away from the Benson, back the way he was coming from.
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Stephanie's hair is jaw length in some scenes and shoulder length in other scenes.
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In the opening scene where Tony is walking on the side walk carrying a gallon can of paint, he walks by the same Ford Econline van twice.
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When the (former) Father Frank Jr is leaving the Monero household to go to a settlement home in the first shot, the car he is about to enter is a Ford Country Squire (full size) station wagon. In the next shot when he gets in the car and it pulls away, it is a different car: a Ford LTD II (mid size) station wagon.
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At two different times, same establishing shot of car approaching Verrazano Bridge is used, even though position of passengers and their clothing should be different since scenes took place on different nights.
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When Tony first enters 2001 Odyssey, the doorman (gray vest, glasses) stamps his hand and Tony greets him. In the next shot, when Tony moves into the main hall, the doorman is already standing there and Tony shakes his hand.
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Just before the guys crash into the Barracudas' hangout with Bobby C's car, the car windows are down. After they crash, they open the doors, and the windows are up. When they get back in the car, the windows are down again.
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When Tony asks his boss for an advance on his pay as they are closing the paint store, it is dark outside. In the next shot, when he is running down the street to his house after work, it's still early afternoon.
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During the Night Fever line dance, Joey is to the right of Tony, but in the previous shot, he had just gone outside to hook up with a girl in the car.
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At the final bridge scene when Bobby C is climbing up the cables of the bridge, he has on white sneakers. Moments later when he's talking to Tony on bridge's beam he does a headstand and he has on black shoes.
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Just after the opening sequence, Tony is dealing with a customer who is painting his room. When the camera is focused directly on the customer's face it is clean, whereas when the camera is focused on Tony and we see a side angle of the customer there are paint smudges on his face and neck.
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Near the end of the movie, Stephanie lets Tony into her apartment. Tony walks in and stops in front of a yellow chair and in front of the first window. In the next shot, he is behind the yellow chair and in front of the second window.
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After their initial dancing practice as Tony and Stephanie are walking down the sidewalk, Stephanie's purse moves from her right shoulder to her left shoulder then right again.
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When Tony and Annette are making out in the car she is wearing a blue dress. When they drive to the bridge and she runs to the rail to see them her dress is brown.
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After Tony and Stephanie go out for coffee/dinner for the first time, they walk down the sidewalk together and it's dry out. Just minutes later, Tony drives down the street with his friends and drops one of them off, and the streets are wet.
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While Tony and Stephanie are sitting at the windows in Stephanie's apartment, she reaches out and grasps Tony's left hand with her left hand; but when the camera jumps back, she's holding his left hand with her right hand.
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When Tony wakes up after the first night at the disco, he sits up. He has nothing in his hands after scratching himself. After a moment he stands and the scene cuts to a shot of the mirror. In the mirror you can see smoke and briefly a cigarette in his hand that had not been there. He then puts the lit cigarette in an ash tray on his dresser.
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After Tony leaves the "Disco Duck" dance lesson, he introduces himself to Stephanie. He asks her if she is practicing to be a bitch. She turns her head to him, then the camera angle changes. She is facing away and turns around to face him.
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While Tony does his solo dance, Connie is standing in the background. During the dance, between camera shots, she disappears for a moment and then reappears at the same spot a few seconds later.
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At the dinner table after Frank Junior has left the priesthood, Tony is eating and his fork changes from left to right and back several times before he screams at his mother.
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The guys drive the car into the Barracuda's hideout through the closed garage door. In the shot from the inside shortly afterwards, the upper part of the garage door that the car didn't blast through is shown rolling downwards. In subsequent shots of the opening, that part of the garage door has completely disappeared, even though at bare minimum, Bobby should have driven right through it when he fled to escape the one gang member attacking him.
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Crew or equipment visible
When Tony is first picked up in the Impala, as the boys review their inventory of pills and alcohol, the camera rigging can be easily seen reflected in the passenger window where Tony sits, especially as a lighted "TRAVEL" sign passes by.
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Reflected in the mirror in the studio as Tony and Stephanie are practicing their "More Than a Woman" routine.
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When Tony is walking with Bobby C. by the paint store, a crowd is reflected on the last window they pass before they reach the corner.
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Camera shadows in some scenes, such as on the group's car.
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Errors in geography
Just before Tony gets off the subway train the first time, "45th Street" station signs are visible from inside the car. After he's gotten off the train, he is waiting for a train at "53rd Street". Neither station is a transfer point in the NY subway.
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Factual errors
The song "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees is misidentified as "Staying Alive" in the opening credits sequence.
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When the title appears on screen, it is done in the style of a neon sign. The word "Fever" is blinking.
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Connie: So tell me, are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?
Connie: [a few minutes later, after having danced together] So when is Connie going to get her answer?
Tony Manero: You know, Connie, if you're as good in bed as you are on the dance floor, I'll bet you're one lousy fuck.
Connie: Then how come they always send me flowers the next morning?
Tony Manero: 'Cause most guys don't know a lousy fuck when they've had one. Or I dunno. Maybe they thought you was dead.
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Fusco: You can save a little, build a future.
Tony Manero: Oh fuck the future!
Fusco: No, Tony! You can't fuck the future. The future fucks you! It catches up with you and it fucks you if you ain't planned for it?
Tony Manero: Look, tonight is the future, and I am planning for it! There's this shirt I gotta buy, a beautiful shirt.
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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.
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Tony Manero: There's ways of killing yourself without killing yourself.
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Tony Manero: You know, you and I got the same last initial.
Stephanie: [sarcastically] Wow. Does that mean when we get married I won't have to change the monogram on my luggage?
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Tony Manero: You make it with some of these chicks, they think you gotta dance with them.
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Frank Sr: [commenting on Tony's four dollar raise in salary] Four dollars? You know what four dollars buys today? It don't ever buy three dollars!
Tony Manero: I don't see no one givin' you a raise down at unemployment.
Frank Sr: Four dollars? Shit!
Tony Manero: I knew you'd piss on it. Go on, just piss on it, alright? A raise says like you're good, you know? You know how many times someone told me I was good in my life? Two! Twice! Two fuckin' times! This raise today, and dancing at the disco!
[Gets up and walks out of the room]
Tony Manero: You sure as fuck never did! Asshole!
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Tony Manero: Al Pacino! Attica! Attica! Attica!
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Bobby C.: My girlfriend, she loves the taste of communion wafers.
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Tony Manero: Hey, you know you assholes almost broke my pussy finger.
Gus: Oh yeah, you wouldn't know which one it was.
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Bobby C.: I have a friend. He's a very good friend, and he got a girl pregnant. And I wanted to know: if you had to make a choice between getting an abortion and having to get married, what would you do?
Stephanie: Well, who would I have to marry?
Bobby C.: You'd have to marry me.
Stephanie: I think I'd get an abortion.
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Doreen: [to Tony] Can I wipe your forehead?
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Tony Manero: She can dance, you know that? She's got the wrong partner of course, but she can dance.
Joey: So then why don't you ask her?
Tony Manero: Fuck you.
Joey: Which position?
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Tony Manero: Are you a nice girl or are you a cunt?
Annette: Can't I be both?
Tony Manero: No. It's a decision a girl's gotta make early in life, if she's gonna be a nice girl or a cunt.
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Tony Manero: Why are you such a cocktease?
Stephanie: Don't you call me no goddamned cocktease!
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Girl in Disco: [Tony Manero makes his way onto the dance floor at 2001 Odyssey, dancing with two girls] Kiss me.
[Tony ignores her request]
Girl in Disco: KISS ME!
[Tony kisses her]
Girl in Disco: Ohh, I just kissed Al Pacino!
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Frank Manero Jr.: Tony, the only way you're gonna survive is to do what you think is right, not what they keep trying to jam you into. You let 'em do that and you're gonna end up in nothing but misery!
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Double J.: [to a girl he just got done having sex with] What did you say your name was?
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Stephanie: You know all about the bridge, don't you?
Tony Manero: I know everything about that bridge.
Tony Manero: Know what else? There's a guy buried in the cement
Stephanie: Really?
Tony Manero: Know how it happened? While they were working on it, pouring the cement, he slipped off on the upper part of the bridge and, you know, fell in... Dumb fuck.
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Tony Manero: I'll dance with you, but it's not like you're my dream girl or nothin'.
Annette: You want a dream girl? Then go to sleep and have a nightmare.
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Tony Manero: If you put your dick in a spic, does it get bigger than a nigger?
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Stephanie: Nice move. Did you make that up?
Tony Manero: Yeah, well I saw it on TV first, then I made it up.
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Annette: Ain't ya gonna ask me to sit down?
Tony Manero: No, 'cause you would do it.
Annette: Bet you'd ask me to lay down.
Tony Manero: No, you would not do it.
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Joey: Hey Tony, Double J's been in the car twenty-five minutes with some chick!
Tony Manero: So?
Joey: So, I can't get the selfish prick out!
Tony Manero: [to Annette] These guys can't do nothin' without me.
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Tony Manero: I gotta have an afternoon off, and I'm takin' it.
Fusco: If you do, you're fired.
Tony Manero: I'm DOIN' it!
Fusco: Then you're FIRED!
Tony Manero: Then fuck you, asshole!
Fusco: ...And the horse you rode in on.
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Flo: [to Tony as he walks in the house] Where you been?
[he doesn't answer]
Frank Sr: Your mother wants to know where you been. Where you been?
Flo: Your father's askin' ya! Where you been?
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[Annette just had rough sex with both Joey and Double J and is now regretting it]
Tony Manero: Is THIS what you wanted? You proud of yourself? Now you're a CUNT!
[Annette runs out of the car crying]
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Tony Manero: You know what Gus, I feel like breaking your broken legs!
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Double J.: [after Bobby falls into the water] "Anda Santani" Italian for "You go to the saints"
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Tony Manero: [after looking at a shirt display, he walks into the store and talks to the salesperson] Hey, you guys do layaway?
Haberdashery Salesman: [Not looking, doing his inventory] So long as it don't turn into a 20-year mortgage.
Tony Manero: Alright, look, I wanna put down five dollars for the blue shirt in the window
[Puts a fiver on the guy's clipboard]
Tony Manero: Hold it for me.
Haberdashery Salesman: [as Tony turns to go] Hey, wait for your receipt.
Tony Manero: [still walking out] I trust you.
Haberdashery Salesman: Please, no, don't trust me.
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Joey: You had coffee with Joe Namath?
Stephanie: Yeah! He asked me what it was like to be 21, and I told him I didn't know, 'cause I was just twenty.
Joey: Then what?
Stephanie: That's all.
Tony Manero: [with his mouth full] Ain't that enough?
Joey: Hey, don't you never chew, Tony? Don't you never chew?
Tony Manero: [annoyed] Hey, when my mother dies, I'll give you the job, all right?
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Tony Manero: [Bringing a can of paint to a customer] Okay, how much painting you planning on doing?
Paint Store Customer: After these two rooms, I wouldn't paint my wife's ass purple.
Tony Manero: What color is it now?
Paint Store Customer: [Offended] You wanna know what color my wife's ass is?
Tony Manero: [Undeterred] You brung it up.
Paint Store Customer: [Backs off, and snickers a bit] Well, actually it ain't got no color. Just stripes. Them stretched stripes. What about those brushes?
Tony Manero: [Pointing] Here, you see that second display counter? Over there.
[the customer pats him like, "You're a good kid." before heading over there]
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[Tony is in Stephanie's apartment]
Stephanie: It's the first time I've ever let a known rapist in my apartment.
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Detective: [after Bobby fell to his death off the Verrazano Narrows Bridge] You guys think maybe he killed himself?
Joey: No.
Double J.: No man.
Tony Manero: [after a brief pause] There's ways to killing yourself without killing yourself.
Detective: Alright, you guys can go.
Joey: [as Double J, Joey, and Annette go back to the car, Tony thinks for a bit and walks right by them] Ton? Hey, Tony?
[He doesn't respond and keeps on walking]
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Stephanie: I'm sick of guys who ain't got their shit together!
Tony Manero: Well, all ya need is a salad bowl, and a potato masher,
[he mimics stirring in a bowl]
Tony Manero: and you got your shit together!
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[repeated line]
Tony Manero: Aw, Jesus...
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[first lines]
Pizza Girl: Hi ya, Tony. Two or three?
Tony Manero: Two. Two. Give me two. That's good.
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Joey: [after he says he wasn't sure it was the gang they beat up on his behalf] Hey, what are you talking about? You said it was.
Gus: No. I said it *probably* was.
Tony Manero: Don't be pulling our legs now...
Double J.: Wait a minute. Wait.
[They quiet down a bit]
Double J.: You said it probably was...
Joey: That's right! That's what you told us!
Gus: I said probably 'cause I wasn't sure, you know. I mean it could've been the Spanish...
Bobby C.: [Punches the metal cabinet on the wall] You stupid fuckin' bastard! We almost got our heads busted in!
Double J.: [Turns on Bobby] Oh yeah? Not you, lover.
[Exposing him as the one who didn't fight]
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Tony Manero: [after Bobby leaves the room, he turns back on Gus] You know, you got some fuckin' pair of balls on you, you know that, Gus?
Gus: Hey, c'mon. I had to say something, right? I had to lay somebody out for it.
Tony Manero: What are you, stupid? You can't see who hurt you, right?
Gus: Oh God, if I told them I didn't know who it was, they would've gotten off!
Tony Manero: Yeah, well fuck you, Gus! You know what I feel like doing? I feel like breaking your broken leg! That's what I feel like doing!
Gus: [Tony knocks stuff off his tray and they leave] Hey, come on!
[Drops his head back on the pillow, quietly]
Gus: Oh God I can't believe this fuckin' shit.
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Fusco: [as Tony comes in the back door, referring to the paint he has] What did he charge you?
Tony Manero: [Walks past him] Seven nighty-eight.
Fusco: Oh that fuckin bum. Wait'll he runs out of something. Listen, do you know what to tell her?
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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.
There's a relatively recent print released in 2002 for limited release. This version, using the original R-rated version, however has slight changes: the 1954 VistaVision Paramount mountain fading into a light blue background was replaced with the newer 2002 Paramount CGI mountain.
For the PG version some of the language replacement goes as follows: 1. Near the beginning when Tony and his boss are shutting up shop, his boss says to him to 'save his money, build a future', and Toni's response being 'oh fuck the future'. The PG version replaces it as 'to hell with the future'. The entire sequence plays out with the word 'hell' instead of 'fuck' when they talk, it seems like it's an entirely different take shot especially for this version. But also it's a lot darker, you can't see as much compared to the uncut version as if they've maybe darken it so their mouths aren't obvious which may suggest they re-dubbed it but using the same take. 2. When Tony and Annette walk down the stairs to the dance studio and Tony asks if she's 'a nice girl or a c**t?' but the PG version changes it to 'a nice girl or a pig?' 3. When the guys jump off the bridge and Annette runs to the side to look over she yells at them 'you fucker's', the PG version changes it to 'you fakers'. 4. The scene after Tony and Stephanie win the dance contest and Tony doesn't believe they should have won seems to be a different take in the PG version as a boom can briefly be seen at the top of the frame, plus the swearing is replaced, but in the uncut version the boom can't be seen.
The American PG version was also submitted for a film classification in the UK in 1979. The film was awarded an 'A' rating (broadly equivalent to the UK's modern PG rating), but only after the British censors cut the film down even further to remove sexual dialogue, drugs references, and violence. This censored 'A' version was later released on video in Britain with a PG rating. All other versions of the film released in the UK are the uncut R-rated version, and are rated 18 (the original theatrical release was rated X).
In 2017, a "Director's Cut" version of the films was released in theaters by Fathom Events, which was later released on Blu-ray. This version of the movie reincorporates two of the deleted scenes from old home video release, including the scene where Tony's dad gets his job back. It is roughly four minutes longer than the theatrical cut, though the Blu-ray includes both theatrical and director's cuts.
Saturday Night Fever has two ratings: The R-rated version is 119 minutes, it had contained the offensive language, nudity, and sexual content. In 1978, the film was re-issued as a 109 minute PG-rated version with extensive edits. This print removed all uses of 'fuck', 'cunt', 'shit', 'assholes', 'Jesus' and sexual dialogue references, as well as editing shots of the topless dancer, sex scenes in the car (notably the repeated rape of Annette), a groin kick and a head beating during the fight sequence, a shot of Tony waking and scratching his groin, and a closeup shot of a woman's breast on the poster in Tony's bedroom.
The scene in the car that has Tony's friends talking about the drugs they have and Tony complains about how old Bobby's-8 tracks are is usually cut when the film is shown on network TV. The same goes for the scene that has the stripper in the backround.
Another TV version shown on ABC in the '80s added more outtake footage, with the PG-rated print as its primary source.
In later VHS releases, which carry a Dolby Surround soundtrack, some of the music has been altered (probably for copyright problems). Most annoying is the replacement of K-JEE by M.F.S.B., during the dance by the Puerto Rican couple in the contest, by some generic sounding music. This same music is also played instead of "Disco Duck" in the brief glimpse of the dance studio owner giving lessons to a group of people, and also instead of "Dr. Disco" when 2001 Odyssey is shown for the first time. Starting with the DVD release the entire theatrical soundtrack is restored.
In Belgium, due pressure from younger audiences, the 'rape' scene was cut. This permitted people younger than 16 to go and watch the movie. This happened a few months after it's initial release, giving Saturday Night Fever a second life.
Version being aired on TNT Network (as of Jan 2002) lists K-JEE in the musical credits. Disco Duck is still not played, however, replaced with generic studio music.
The following deleted scenes appear on the DVD:
Tony and Stephanie talking in a car.
Tony's dad gets his job back.
A scene where Tony goes to Stephanie's apartment.
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Staying Alive (1983)
References
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Stephanie discusses the movie
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The disco place Tony frequently goes is named "2001 Odyssey"
Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
A poster of Bruce Lee is seen on Tony's wall
Serpico (1973)
Poster on Tony's wall
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Tony imitates Al Pacino shouting "Attica! Attica!"
Saturday Night Live (1975) (TV Series)
Billy Crystal's catch phrase "Can you dig it? I knew that you could," is used repeatedly in the film.
Wonder Woman (1975) (TV Series)
Poster on Tony's wall
Network (1976)
Movie name on a cinema marquee.
Rocky (1976)
Poster on Tony's wall
Referenced in
Saturday Night Live: Art Garfunkel/Stephen Bishop (1978) (TV Episode)
Gilda sings 'Staying Alive' during 'Looking for Mr. goodbar leepy time playset' ad
The Incredible Hulk: Terror in Times Square (1978) (TV Episode)
The Hulk runs past a cinema showing this film
Saturday Night Live: Buck Henry/Sun Ra (1978) (TV Episode)
Referenced during The Nerds go to the prom
Grease (1978)
John Travolta points in the air (his signature dance move).
Grease Day USA (1978) (TV Movie)
"Staying Alive" is playing when John Travolta arrives; mentioned in interview.
Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
Disco scene.
The Bay City Rollers Show: Episode #1.1 (1978) (TV Episode)
Weenie tells Pufnstuf, "You've got a fever... and it's not the Saturday night type!"
The Muppet Show: Helen Reddy (1978) (TV Episode)
Miss Piggy and the Muppets perform "Stayin' Alive."
Like Mom, Like Me (1978) (TV Movie)
Poster in Jennifer's room.
American Fever (1978)
Title knock-off disco movie.
Odds and Evens (1978)
Bud talks about John Travolta, that disco dude.
Welcome Back, Kotter: A Little Fright Music (1978) (TV Episode)
Mr. Woodman imitates the dance move from the movie while singing "Staying Alive". This is meant to be an inside joke as that movie made former cast member John Travolta a star.
Las que empiezan a los quince años (1978)
A poster of this film can be seen
Hawaii Five-O: Number One with a Bullet: Part 1 (1978) (TV Episode)
soundtrack and costumes
Eighteen and Anxious (1978)
Photo of John Travolta from the film seen on bedroom wall.
Terror (1978)
Hawaii Five-O: Number One with a Bullet: Part 2 (1979) (TV Episode)
soundtrack and costumes
L'infermiera di notte (1979)
referenced in several disco scenes
Family: Disco Queen (1979) (TV Episode)
Julia claims to have danced in the film.
L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe (1979)
Poster on Lino Banfi's wall
The Jeffersons: Every Night Fever (1979) (TV Episode)
the title is a reference as George becomes a disco dancer
El Super (1979)
Poster in Aurelita's bedroom.
Luna (1979)
Talking Pictures: Episode #1.1 (1979) (TV Episode)
Mentioned.
The Bitch (1979)
La supplente va in città (1979)
A picture of John Travolta from that movie can be seen as well as various disco scenes are modeled after this movie.
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo: The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco! (1979) (TV Episode)
Characters attend the premiere of "Hair Grease Fever" starring Travolta. Music apes The Bee Gees at times.
The Journalist (1979)
Disco dance sequence with "Staying Alive" music sung by The Bee Gees. This film was released within a couple of years of Saturday Night Fever debuting.
Sneak Previews: Take 2: The Best Films of the '70s (1979) (TV Episode)
A still is shown. The movie makes Gene Siskel's list of the best movies of the 1970s.
Dizengoff 99 (1979)
Poster
Frat House Frolics (1979)
Photos of John Travolta from the mainstream film are seen in a poster.
Tutti a squola (1979)
During final musical number, Pipo Franco moves like and mentions John Travolta
Minder: Monday Night Fever (1980) (TV Episode)
Title reference
Rising Damp (1980)
Rigsby has a Travolta/Newton-John fantasy.
Spetters (1980)
In the disco the dj says something about the Dutch John Travolta.
Pick-up Summer (1980)
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
There is a close-up of a villager in the marketplace wearing a t-shirt featuring Tony Manero.
Blank Generation (1980)
movie marquee seen
Times Square (1980)
A small poster is visible in the radio station.
Not the Nine O'Clock News: Miss World 1980 (1980) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned in "I Believe" musical numer.
Scanners (1981)
L.P. Soundtrack seen in basement of record store.
WKRP in Cincinnati: Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1 (1981) (TV Episode)
The cardboard cutout of Johnny for the TV show has his head pasted on John Travolta's body from the movie.
The Jackals (1981)
The movie title was going to be originally titled "O Giorgos o Travolta (Giorgos Travolta)". The movie is heavily inspired by Saturday Night Fever and Giorgos is a Greek early 1980's wannabe Tony Manero.
Saturday Night Live: Jr. Walker & the All-Stars (1981) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned by me, Al Franken on Weekend Update.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: John Travolta/Erma Bombeck (1981) (TV Episode)
Johnny mentions John Travolta's earlier movie
Danger Mouse: Rogue Robots (1981) (TV Episode)
DM copies Travolta's dance moves to defeat Big Tom
Neighbors (1981)
Staying alive plays on the soundtrack as Earl spruces up for his "date" with Ramona.
Fear in the City (1981)
Title on theatre marquee.
The Best of Sex and Violence (1982)
The Saturday Night Fever album cover is visible in the Disco Godfather trailer.
The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982) (TV Special)
Chan Is Missing (1982)
The Golden Dragon cook was wearing a Samurai Night Fever shirt.
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour: To Ork or Not to Ork (1982) (TV Episode)
When Mindy says she's "just acting", Mork asks, "You mean like John Travolta in Saturday Night Pneumonia?"
They Call Me Bruce (1982)
Johnny Yune walking down the street like John Travolta's character, Tony Manero. Various camera angles are recreated. An Asianized musical soundtrack is even recreated.
S.W.A.L.K.: Saturday Night Fever (1982) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
The Verdict (1982)
The pinball machine that Frank plays
Charodei (1982) (TV Movie)
Ivan Puhov wears a white suit with a black collar identical to that worn by Tony Manero
10 to Midnight (1983)
In Saturday Night Fever, Tony' Manero's shown getting getting ready in front of a mirror in just a pair of bikini briefs;; in 10 to Midnight, Warren Stacy's shown doing the same.
Automan: Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever (1983) (TV Episode)
scenes are recreated
Behind-The-Scenes: 'Blue Thunder' (1983) (Video)
This movie is mentioned in relation to 'Blue Thunder' director John Badham.
Gimme a Break!: Valentine (1984) (TV Episode)
Nell mentions the title
Footloose (1984)
It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984) (TV Short)
Snoopy's big dance was partially inspired by Tony Manero's dance.
At the Movies: Body Rock/Irreconcilable Differences/A Soldier's Story/Love Streams (1984) (TV Episode)
Gene Siskel contrasts Lorenzo Lamas's performance in "Body Rock" (1984) with John Travolta's in this movie.
Night Patrol (1984)
Tony Baroni impersonates John Travolta from this movie
Moving Violations (1985)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Father Guido Sarducci/Siskel & Ebert/Robin Barnett (1986) (TV Episode)
Gene Siskel talks about how much he likes the movie
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Title on New York theater marquee
Knots Landing: Love In (1987) (TV Episode)
Al asks Lilimae, "Remember when John Travolta danced like this?" before imitating one of his dance moves from Saturday Night Fever (1977).
Out of This World: Blast from the Past (1988) (TV Episode)
Beano Froelich mentions this to Donna Garland as one of the things to look forward to in the future.
Valerie: Saturday Night Feverish (1988) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
At the Movies: UHF/Valentino Returns/Shag (1989) (TV Episode)
Referenced during the Video Pick of the Week segment about "The Experts".
ALF: Stayin' Alive (1990) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
Queens Logic (1991)
"Samurai Night Fever"
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Episode #3.16 (1991) (TV Episode)
One of the suggestions for 'theater styles'
Parker Lewis Can't Lose: Parker Lewis Can't Win (1991) (TV Episode)
Parker says that he thinks the school board president "knows all the lyrics to 'Saturday Night Fever' by heart."
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes (1991) (TV Episode)
Tom: "You can tell by the way I move my stuff I'm a woman's ape."
Growing Pains: The Kid's Still Got It (1991) (TV Episode)
Maggie: "They called him 'Saturday Night Seaver.'"
The Red Green Show: Practical Joke Week (1991) (TV Episode)
When Ranger Gord tries to play the Bee Gees "Stayling alive" on a guitar.
Parker Lewis Can't Lose: Goodbye Mr. Rips (1992) (TV Episode)
Referenced in a banner in Ms. Musso's flashback to the '70s
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Master Ninja I (1992) (TV Episode)
Tom (sings): "Stayin' a guy, stayin' a guy!"
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart (1992) (Video)
A man says "It's time for disco" and points his hand up like Travolta
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (1992) (TV Episode)
Tom sings part of "Stayin' Alive."
Bottom: Parade (1992) (TV Episode)
Tight mouthed Larry sings some lyrics from Staying Alive and Night Fever while doing John Travolta's dance moves.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge where Tony Manero (John Travolta) and his friends fake jump can be seen when Kevin is on the rooftop of the World Trade Center.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Beatniks (1992) (TV Episode)
Crow and Tom sing "Stayin' Alive" as a character walks down a street.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Human Duplicators (1992) (TV Episode)
Tom sings part of "Stayin' Alive."
Day of the Tentacle (1993) (Video Game)
A photo of John Travolta's character from that movie can be seen (and also the reference to the 'fever' when you look at it)
Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...: Travolta et moi (1993) (TV Episode)
Clarissa Explains It All: Educating Janet (1993) (TV Episode)
Marshall is holding the soundtrack disc of "Saturday Night Fever" and references some Bee Gees songs.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus (1993) (TV Episode)
Servo sings Staying Alive.
Justice Files: Get the Gun! (1993) (TV Episode)
The costume Yoshi wears is the one worn by John Travolta in the movie
Reality Bites (1994)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Opening shot
Weird Science: Cyrano De Brainiac (1994) (TV Episode)
Wyatt refers to the film.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Mia: "Warm, warmer, Disco."
True Lies (1994)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Code Name: Diamond Head (1994) (TV Episode)
Mike and Tom sing "Stayin' Alive."
The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land (1994) (TV Episode)
John Travolta behind bar, dressed the same
Charlie Rose: Quentin Tarantino (1994) (TV Episode)
Title is mentioned during interview.
The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Danger!! Death Ray (1995) (TV Episode)
Tom: "You can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man."
A Goofy Movie (1995)
The Bigfoot 'Stayin' Alive' scene.
To Die For (1995)
There is a poster of Tony Manero in Jimmy's bedroom.
Picket Fences: Pal Joey (1995) (TV Episode)
Matthew replies, "Saturday Night Fever."
WCW Monday Nitro: Halloween Havoc Hangover (1995) (TV Episode)
The back of Disco Inferno's pants reads, "Monday Nitro Fever."
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
Freakazoid!: The Chip: Part 2/Freakazoid Is History (1995) (TV Episode)
A take from the movie is shown during the Quantum Freak montage opening.
Coogan's Run: Thursday Night Fever (1995) (TV Episode)
Episode name "Thursday Night Fever" is a take on this.
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Flash Forward: House Party (1995) (TV Episode)
Tucker dresses up in a white disco suit and dances to a "Stayin' Alive"-esque song.
Dweebs: The Noreen Sleeps with Warren Show (1995) (TV Episode)
Todd does a John Travolta dance.
Liberty Street: Saturday Night Fever (1995) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
Beavis and Butt-Head: Gang of Two (1996) (TV Episode)
B&B watch a Lordz of Brooklyn video with the same title
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
Generation X (1996) (TV Movie)
Tresh poses in traditional John Travolta diso pose
Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
Very Important Pennis: Very Important Pennis: Part 2 (1996) (TV Episode)
Alice Cooper tells Dennis the only 8 track tape he has left is the soundtrack of this.
Swingers (1996)
A nightclub band covers Staying Alive. Jon Favreau said that Swingers was intended to be a Saturday Night Fever for the 1990s.
Du bist nicht allein - Die Roy Black Story (1996) (TV Movie)
After a concert "Roy Black" is dancing like John Travolta in the earlier movie and "Stayin' alive" is playing in the background
Saturday Night Live: Martin Short/No Doubt (1996) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in Celebrity Jeopardy
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Genre (1996) (Short)
pointing while dancing
The Simpsons: The Springfield Files (1997) (TV Episode)
Lenny's clothing and dance moves are copied from John Travolta's character.
The Simpsons: The Twisted World of Marge Simpson (1997) (TV Episode)
Disco Stu has a poster of Tony on his wall.
Beavis and Butt-Head: Nose Bleed (1997) (TV Episode)
Beavis and Butt-Head watch a Lordz of Brooklyn video with the same title.
Selena (1997)
Chris says that he will "put on my white shoes and black jacket and dance like John Travolta."
Mystery Science Theater 3000: I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1997) (TV Episode)
"Tony, you can dance! You can get out of here!"
Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The disco dancing in the "Success" montage. Eddie has posters of Bruce Lee and the movie Serpico in his bedroom just like Tony Manero. Also, Reed says "Let's go catch some of that Saturday night fever"
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made of (1997) (Video)
Kent walks down the street listening to Stayin' Alive
Boy Meets World: Last Tango in Philly (1997) (TV Episode)
Alan refers to the film.
Dawson's Creek: Dance (1998) (TV Episode)
Dawson mentions the film
The Nanny: Not Without My Nanny (1998) (TV Episode)
Fran strikes a Tony Manero dance pose and mentions the song "Stayin' Alive".
Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998)
A poster of this film can be seen
Star Wars Stop-Motion Theater part 3: The Houseguest (1998) (Video)
Lando and Chewbacca dance to You Should Be Dancing
That's the Way I Like It (1998)
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Hand (1998)
At the Movies: The Truman Show/The Last Days of Disco/A Perfect Murder/The Opposite of Sex/Hope Floats (1998) (TV Episode)
Referenced during the "The Last Days of Disco" review.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener (1998) (TV Episode)
Sabrina suggests this film for the dance theme.
Free Enterprise (1998)
Mentioned by Mark trying to buy a movie ticket.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Sabrina and the Beast (1998) (TV Episode)
The Slicery owners at the end are dressed as characters from the film.
ECW It Ain't Seinfeld (1998) (Video)
"The Big Don" Tommy Rich claims that Tracy Smothers won the "John Travolta Dance Award."
The Red Green Show: College Life (1998) (TV Episode)
When Harold enters the Lodge wearing a tan sweater, Red remarks that he "look[s] like that guy from Saturday Night Favor."
13 posterunek: Kalambury filmowe (1998) (TV Episode)
Title is mentioned
The Darwin Conspiracy (1999) (TV Movie)
Spin City: That's Entertainment (1999) (TV Episode)
Paul's strut to Stayin' Alive
Doug's 1st Movie (1999)
Funkytown disco has guy in white suit posed with a hand in the air like Travolta's famous dance move
Never Been Kissed (1999)
A student dresses up as Tony Manero for the prom.
Asunder (1999)
Travolta's dance move imitated
King of the Hill: Wings of the Dope (1999) (TV Episode)
One of the Arlen Community College students mentions having to watch this for a class.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet (1999) (TV Episode)
Servo: (singing) Night Fever, Night Fever, we know how to do it.
Mystery Men (1999)
pose on a dance floor
Detroit Rock City (1999)
Hope Island: Look One Way and Row Another (1999) (TV Episode)
Kevin refers to Jake as John Travolta when he sees him dance.
Action: Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington (1999) (TV Episode)
David Hasselhoff mentions the film.
ABCD (1999)
It's mentioned Raj liked to practice dancing after watching the movie.
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000)
The Wog Boy (2000)
characters use John Travolta in film as a role model for a "wogboy".
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (TV Mini-Series)
The trolls listen to the soundtrack from the movie.
An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) (Video)
The entire disco sequence.
At the Movies: Where the Heart Is/The Last September/The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas/Frequency/Time Code (2000) (TV Episode)
Referenced during the Video Pick of the Week segment.
The King Is Alive (2000)
spoken by cast along with other 2 references
The X-Files: Je Souhaite (2000) (TV Episode)
Jenn's previous master was compared to Tony Manero.
Chicken Run (2000)
Chickens dance similar to John Travolta's character
Freaks and Geeks: Discos and Dragons (2000) (TV Episode)
Ken says to Nick, "Gimme a call when you get over your Saturday Night Fever (1977)."
This Joint Is Jumpin' (2000) (TV Movie)
Jon Favreau mentions this
WCW Thunder: Episode dated 6 September 2000 (2000) (TV Episode)
Jeff Jarrett interrupts Mike Awesome's "The Lava Lamp Lounge" and accuses Awesome's "That 70s Guy" persona of being a mix of "John Travolta Saturday Night Live and Austin Powers."
The American Nightmare (2000)
It is referenced in the segment entitled: "Staying Alive/Staying Dead".
2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
the President mentions Travolta and briefly does his pointing dance move when talking about disco
Tucker: The Family Tree (2000) (TV Episode)
Claire refers to the film.
Popular: Coup (2001) (TV Episode)
Emory and later Josh, Harrison and Lily imitate Travolta from the movie.
Gaudi Afternoon (2001)
The movie is mentioned by the character played by María Barranco
Mondscheintarif (2001)
Gilmore Girls: Red Light on the Wedding Night (2001) (TV Episode)
At the drag bar during Lorelai's bachelorette party, Sookie teases Michel that he is ready to "strut Tony Manero", John Travolta's character in this film
Santa Maradona (2001)
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) (Video)
Smallville: X-Ray (2001) (TV Episode)
In 1977, the Smallville High School senior prom had a "Saturday Night Fever" theme.
The 100 Greatest Films (2001) (TV Movie)
Referenced by name
The Simpsons: A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love (2001) (TV Episode)
Mr. Burns and Gloria go dancing and wear outfits exactly like those worn by the couple in Satruday Night Fever.
Apata... ton plision sou!!! (2001) (TV Movie)
Dressing and dancing like Travolta.
The King of Queens: Dougie Nights (2002) (TV Episode)
Doug prepares for going out like Tony to 'Night Fever'
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002) (TV Movie)
Oz: Variety (2002) (TV Episode)
Schillinger does Travolta's dance move
Close to Leo (2002) (TV Movie)
Title seen on shirt
Son of the Beach: Saturday Night Queefer (2002) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
John Travolta's dance moves
Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002) (Video)
The Tuxedo (2002)
Porn 'n Chicken (2002) (TV Movie)
Saturday Night Beaver party
Comedian (2002)
A poster for the movie is on the wall in the comedy club dressing room at Levittown, Long Island.
Samurai Jack: Episode XXVI (2002) (TV Episode)
Opening scene referenced when Jack struts down the street in his new furry boots.
Gaydar (2002) (Short)
Uncle Vincent says "All of a sudden you're Saturday Night Fever?"
The Office: Charity (2002) (TV Episode)
Neil and Rachel copy a dance routine from this film
Saturday Night Live: Eric McCormack/Jay-Z (2002) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned during Game Night sketch.
Treasure Planet (2002)
B.E.N.'s Travolta-esque pose near the end.
Gilmore Girls: They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? (2002) (TV Episode)
Lane calls Jess a "Tony Manero wannabe."
Sex and the Teenage Mind (2002)
Dwayne tells Virgil to act like John Travolta on his date with Kellie
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Gilmore Girls: Dear Emily and Richard (2003) (TV Episode)
It is among the DVDs that Lorelai buys for Emily.
Anger Management (2003)
Galaxia sings 'You should be dancing ...'.
Gilmore Girls: Happy Birthday, Baby (2003) (TV Episode)
Jess and Rory plan to rent the film the following night.
The Fairly OddParents: Beddy Bye/The Grass Is Greener (2003) (TV Episode)
Timmy's Dad disco dances whilst wearing John Travolta's outfit from this film.
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
That's So Raven: Saturday Afternoon Fever (2003) (TV Episode)
title reference
I Love the '70s (2003) (TV Series)
Xhale (2003) (Short)
Dance steps in the animated dance sequence.
Dinner for Five: Episode #2.10 (2003) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in dialogue.
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' (2003) (Video)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) (TV Movie)
Referenced by name
Malcolm in the Middle: Malcolm Films Reese (2003) (TV Episode)
Reese says, "I have dreams where I sing really high, like that 'Saturday Night Fever' guy."
Freak Out (2003)
Dean and Wayne debate which film is better: Saturday Night Fever or Disco Godfather.
Plan (2004)
dialogue
Hush Hush Baby (2004)
Ap posing in front of the mirror in his underwear
Friday Night Fever (2004) (Short)
The title and the dance sequence both reference Saturday Night Fever.
Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004) (Video)
Mentioned by Laurette Spang
20:30:40 (2004)
Poster in the guitarist's studio
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: MaternoTron Knows Best/Send in the Clones (2004) (TV Episode)
When Jimmy clones himself so he can go into space, one of the clones that comes out has a outfit on similar to the one worn in Saturday Night Fever. He even does the same walk holding a can of paint while going down the sidewalk.
Footballers' Wives: Episode #3.8 (2004) (TV Episode)
Conrad dresses up as Tony for Tanya's club party.
A Matter of Hair (2004) (Short)
Paul's cool walk with his new hair
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004) (TV Special)
In the Roxbury segment, the three main characters pick up paint cans and strut down the street as "Stayin' Alive" is heard.
World of Warcraft (2004) (Video Game)
Choose to play as Human Male, then type '/dance' at any time in the game
Malcolm in the Middle: Pearl Harbor (2004) (TV Episode)
Malcolm and Reese dance like Travolta in this movie
Be Cool (2005)
When Edie asks Chili if he can dance, he replies "I'm from Brooklyn"; in Saturday Night Fever, Travolta played a young Brooklynite with a talent for dancing.
Whoopi: Back to Broadway - The 20th Anniversary (2005) (TV Special)
Goldberg references this in her show
Chicken Tikka Masala (2005)
Marlene suggests she and Vanessa can "dance the night away to 'Saturday Night Fever'."
100 höjdare: Världens roligaste ögonblick 30-21 (2005) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by name
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
Poster is shown.
The Last Detective: Towpaths of Glory (2005) (TV Episode)
Travolta's choreography is duplicated to the sound of "Staying Alive."
Killer7 (2005) (Video Game)
Dan Smith's 'Killer7 online' sprite is modeled after Tony Manero's famous pose.
FAQs (2005)
cartoon image on fridge of Travolta dressed in white disco suit with finger pointed in the air
Entourage: The Bat Mitzvah (2005) (TV Episode)
mentioned in dialogue
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
The way Alex feet are filmed before his dance scene
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (2005) (Video)
Referenced in The Nerds' Prom Night
Favouritism: Zippy and George's Puppet Legends (2005) (TV Episode)
Referenced by name
Vecinos: Venta de garage (2005) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by name by Silvia.
Madonna: Hung Up (2005) (Video)
Disco style and dance tribute.
Chicken Little (2005)
Runt starts singing "Staying Alive" and acting like John Travola
Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Greg (2005) (TV Episode)
Chris struts down the street and "Stayin' Alive" plays
Movie Music Mania (2005) (TV Special)
Referenced by name
Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005) (Video)
Talked about.
16 Blocks (2006)
pinball machine in background of bar has Travolta in his famous pose with one hand pointing in the air
That '70s Show: Spread Your Wings (2006) (TV Episode)
Fez asks Hilary to bring the Fever back into the Saturday Night.
Bet to Basic (2006)
during the song, one of the guys does Travolta's famous dance move
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006) (Video)
Mentoined by John Badham in interview
Supernatural: Provenance (2006) (TV Episode)
Do Not Disturb sign has a silhouette of a character pointing in the air like Travolta
Bob Sinclar & Cutee-B Feat. Dollarman & Big Ali & Makedah: Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) (2006) (Video)
the boy "performs" John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
Hard Luck (2006) (Video)
killer does Travolta's famous dance move
Totally Awesome (2006) (TV Movie)
Kipp says he was watching a John Travolta movie and someone incorrectly guesses this movie
Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
Saturday Night Live: Justin Timberlake (2006) (TV Episode)
Mentioned during The Barry Gibb Talk Show
The Foursome (2006)
at 80s Reunion, there is a guy who dresses in a white suit like Travolta's character and dances like him
Ugly Betty: Sofia's Choice (2007) (TV Episode)
Ignacio says he may have some Saturday Night Fever tickets lying around somewhere.
The New Worst Witch: Saturday Witch Fever (2007) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
Comedy Connections: Just Good Friends (2007) (TV Episode)
Referenced by name
Saturday Night Live: Rainn Wilson/Arcade Fire (2007) (TV Episode)
Referenced by the female Nuni
Shaun the Sheep: Saturday Night Shaun (2007) (TV Episode)
Title reference; Shaun sets up a disco inside the barn.
I Am Zombie Man (2007) (Short)
Zombie Man does the famous dance move in one scene.
ER: I Don't (2007) (TV Episode)
pointing while dancing
It Takes Two: Episode #2.5 (2007) (TV Episode)
Grant Denyer mentions at the start of the show that he hopes we have been innoculated against Saturday Night Fever, and Daniel Kowalski and Kate Ceberano parody a scene from this movie in the package of their rehearsal, and sing the song If I Can't Have You from the movie.
TV Land Confidential: Movies (2007) (TV Episode)
still pictures
Entourage: The Dream Team (2007) (TV Episode)
Drama struts around in his new hat as "Stayin' Alive" plays
The Cinema Snob: Savage Vengeance (2007) (TV Episode)
DVD is shown.
Star Stories: The Church of Scientology Presents... Being Tom Cruise: Why Scientology Isn't in Any Way Mental (2007) (TV Episode)
John Travolta is dressed like his Tony character
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell (2007) (TV Movie)
the soundtrack album cover is shown
Saturday Night Fever: A 30 Year Legacy (2007) (Video)
The cast and crew of Saturday Night Fever reflect on the making of and reaction to the film
Back to Bay Ridge (2007) (Video)
Joseph Cali returns to the locations used for the filming of "Saturday Night Fever"
Making Soundtrack History (2007) (Video)
The composer and songwriters from the film discuss the music and the process its creation
Legit: Night of the Lobster (2007) (TV Episode)
Fox says people used to call him "Sammy Night Fever".
Heroes Unmasked: The Director's Cut (2007) (TV Episode)
Referenced by name
The Simpsons: Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind (2007) (TV Episode)
Referenced in Homer's flashback
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008)
girl does Travolta's famous dance move
Disco (2008)
The lead character is hung up on John Travolta and the NYC disco scene depicted in Saturday Night Fever
Casualty: Saturday Night Fever (2008) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
The Fairly OddParents: Cheese & Crockers/Land Before Timmy (2008) (TV Episode)
Timmy wears John Travolta's outfit from this film to go to a disco party.
Tony Manero (2008)
The name of the film is the name of the character played by John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever". The protagonist is a big fan of the character, and the film is an integral part of the plot.
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008)
Theme played over clips about rampant sex.
WarGames: The Dead Code (2008) (Video)
picture of guy dancing like Travolta
Glow Ropes: The Rise and Fall of a Bar Mitzvah Emcee (2008)
poster seen
Lymelife (2008)
Mentioned in dialogue by Adrianna.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
still frame with dog posed like Travolta in white suit
High School Musical 3 (2008)
When the guys are dancing, they point their fingers up in the air like Travolta (one of them is even dressed like him).
Saturday Night Fever (2008) (Video Game)
Video game based on this movie.
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008) (TV Movie)
Still photos shown.
NCIS: Road Kill (2008) (TV Episode)
Ziva: "The 'Hustle'?" DiNozzo: "The 'Hustle'. 'Saturday Night Fever', Travolta..."
Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008) (TV Movie)
While looking through CDs for holiday songs, Nick says that he is searching for "Silent Night Fever."
Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: Bolt (2008) (TV Episode)
Hewy says John Travolta starred in this movie
True Jackson, VP: ReTRUEnion (2009) (TV Episode)
Ryan: (Looking at Amanda's high school photo) She looks like the main character from "Spooky Night Fever". This is a reference to the movie Saturday Night Fever.
Damages: Hey! Mr. Pibb! (2009) (TV Episode)
Michael and Phil his John Travola impression and mention the film during their conversation.
Come Dine with Me: Sunderland: Roy (2009) (TV Episode)
The song Night Fever is playing when nightclub owner Tony is being described.
Muchachada nui: Episode #3.4 (2009) (TV Episode)
Referenced by title in segment "Celebreties".
Saturday Night Live: Tracy Morgan/Kelly Clarkson (2009) (TV Episode)
Tracey Morgan poses as John Travolta in still coming back from commercial
Muchachada nui: Episode #3.5 (2009) (TV Episode)
Referenced by title in segment 'John Travolta y Tom Cruise Presentan Muchachada Nui'
Glee: Showmance (2009) (TV Episode)
Will instructs the glee club to use "John Travolta hands".
Cleanflix (2009)
DVD cover
Dancing with the Stars: Round Five (2009) (TV Episode)
Joanna Krupa mentions the film while rehearsing the hustle
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009) (Video Game)
The type of music used in Hercules and the dancing minigames.
Atop the Fourth Wall: 22 Brides #1 (2009) (TV Episode)
"...John Travolta during Saturday Night Fever?"
Aaron Stone: Saturday Fight Fever (2009) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
Runaway, a Twist of Fate (2009) (Video Game)
Mentioned in Marcelo's movie play
Jeopardy!: Episode #26.57 (2009) (TV Episode)
Subject of a $400 clue in the category "Nights"
The Jay Leno Show: Episode #1.56 (2009) (TV Episode)
John Travolta says that he was working on the film when Robin Williams was working on "Mork & Mindy"
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
Alvin sings "Stayin' Alive"
My Heart Beats (2009)
Saturday Night Fever is quoted by one of the characters in My Heart Beats.
Last Souls (2009)
recreated Travolta, walking comparing shoe to a shoe window display to "Staying alive" by the Bee Gees
Wheel of Fortune: Winter Holiday 2 (2010) (TV Episode)
Before and After puzzle "Saturday Night Fever Reducer"
The Bounty Hunter (2010)
Remixed version of "Stayin' Alive" played during golf course scene
Jeopardy!: Episode #26.159 (2010) (TV Episode)
John Travolta movie titles are used as first-round category titles
Parenthood: Perchance to Dream (2010) (TV Episode)
Adam tells Drew that people called him "Fever" as in Saturday Night Fever when he was in high school.
Meet Monica Velour (2010)
Monica Velour is the star of "Saturday Night Beaver"
The Kings of Mykonos (2010)
Steve and Frank dancing in a nightclub to requested Bee Gees-music
Toy Story 3 (2010)
During the credits scene, at the toys' disco party, Ken dressed in a white outfit like Tony Manero.
Despicable Me (2010)
Dance scene at end
Futurama: Rebirth (2010) (TV Episode)
Bender in white polyester suit at disco
Top Gear: Episode #15.4 (2010) (TV Episode)
The Stig plays the title song on his car stereo during a Power Lap run
Dancing with the Stars: Episode #10.5 (2010) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Daniel MacPherson during a discussion with George Houvardas during the opening segment.
Vampires Suck (2010)
characters pointing in the air as they dance "The Hustle"
Tabloid (2010)
Mentions Joyce attended the premier party.
Modern Family: Earthquake (2010) (TV Episode)
"Seder-day Night Fever"
NCIS: Cracked (2010) (TV Episode)
DiNozzo dresses as Tony from Saturday Night Fever
Battle of the Blades: Episode #2.11 (2010) (TV Episode)
Ron MacLean mentions movie and its song Stayin' Alive.
Trust Issues (2010) (Short)
The song "Stayin' Alive" is heard when Tony (Bobby Watson) crashes the bar in the finale
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.70 (2011) (TV Episode)
looking at a photo of his first appearance on "The Tonight Show," Seth Rogen says he stole John Travolta's suit from the film to wear on the show
The Simpsons: Homer the Father (2011) (TV Episode)
turkey dancing like Travolta
Funkytown (2011)
Male wearing white leisure suit doing John Travolta's signature dance move.
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Gribble says he has "Saturday Night Fever"
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
Chirag in white suit points in the air
The Vampire Diaries: The Last Dance (2011) (TV Episode)
outfit worn during dance (polyester shirt)
Atop the Fourth Wall: Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Parts 1-3 (2011) (TV Episode)
Linkara remarks how McCoy's new look makes him seem like an extra for this movie
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Party of One (2011) (TV Episode)
At the party near the end of this episode, when Spike is dancing with Rarity, he does the famous dance moves from this film.
Megan Is Missing (2011)
Quoted in dialogue
Alice in Wonderland - De Musical (2011) (Video)
The Dance performance of "Niet-verjaardagsfeest" looks like the famous dance performance from Saturday Night Fever
Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.6 (2011) (TV Episode)
Gene mentions that John Travolta starred in the film
Being Erica: Sins of the Father (2011) (TV Episode)
Amanda uses the term "the John Travolta" to describe the signature dance pose from the movie.
Saturday Night Live: Steve Buscemi/The Black Keys (2011) (TV Episode)
Referenced by Drunk Uncle on Weekend Update
2 Broke Girls: And the Upstairs Neighbor (2012) (TV Episode)
Sophie says it's her favorite movie.
Glee: Saturday Night Glee-ver (2012) (TV Episode)
Besides the title reference, it is a tribute episode to 'Bee Gees', who wrote music for the movie.
Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.72 (2012) (TV Episode)
Josh mentions the movie by name.
Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.73 (2012) (TV Episode)
Arden Myrin mentions the movie by name.
Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.74 (2012) (TV Episode)
T.J. Miller mentions the movie by name.
Dancing with the Stars: Episode #12.7 (2012) (TV Episode)
The professional dancers perform to a medley of songs from Saturday Night Fever as a tribute to Robin Gibb, who passed away in the previous week.
DVD-R Hell: Animalympics (2012) (TV Episode)
Brad notes how the alligator character is based off of John Travolta's character in this movie.
One Hit Wonderland: Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry (2012) (TV Episode)
Poster is shown.
Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out' (2012) (Video)
poster shown
Happily Divorced: The Back-Up Fran (2012) (TV Episode)
Jan does an impression of Connie.
Dave's Old Porn: Lisa Lampanelli/Herschel Savage (2012) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned by Dave Attell
After Tiller (2013)
video cassette on shelf
The Cinema Snob: Moment by Moment (2013) (TV Episode)
also produced by Robert Stigwood
Bob's Burgers: Lindapendent Woman (2013) (TV Episode)
Linda points in the air as disco plays
RuPaul's Drag Race: Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black? (2013) (TV Episode)
A number of the contestants do Tony Manero's dance moves during the mini challenge.
The Cleveland Show: Brownsized (2013) (TV Episode)
references Travolta's famous dance scene
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013) (Video Game)
Space mission achievement titled "Saturday Night Fever
The Trouble with Barry (2013)
Q. Trevor's web-series is an almost shot-for-shot plagiarism of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER.
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
The low shot of Gru's feet walking on the pavement, after his date with Lucy.
Wednesday Night Fever (2013) (TV Series)
Title reference
At the Movies: Episode #10.22 (2013) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Jason di Rosso at the end of the classic movie segment as the classic movie that he and Judith Lucy will look at in the following episode.
That Music Show: 2005 vs. 1995 (2013) (TV Episode)
Mentioned as an incorrect answer by Alex James.
The Queen Latifah Show: John Travolta/Alicia Keys (2013) (TV Episode)
While interviewing with John Travolta, Queen Latifah mentions this movie by name
The Comix Scrutinizer: Honkytonk Sue (2013) (TV Episode)
Scrutinizer says that Honkytonk Sue is a spoof of Saturday Night Fever
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #22.7 (2013) (TV Episode)
Jay says "Don Jon" is like a "Saturday Night Fever" for the current generation
Supernatural: Heaven Can't Wait (2013) (TV Episode)
Tony Manero mentioned
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Jordan mentions Brooklyn side of Verrazano as "Saturday Night Fever" country
Family Guy: Peter Problems (2014) (TV Episode)
When Peter struts down the street
The Cinema Snob: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2014) (TV Episode)
Snob says Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band played off the success of this movie
Life Itself (2014)
Movie listed on website.
Come Dine with Me Canada: Newfoundland: Krista Lee Hynes - Block 9 (2014) (TV Episode)
The narrator mentions the movie by name.
The Cinema Snob: Fatal Games (2014) (TV Episode)
"Make it? Make what, a spin-off TV series based off Saturday Night Fever?"
Phelous & the Movies: Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2014) (TV Episode)
The movie is mentioned.
Ctvrtá hvezda: Hodina H. (2014) (TV Episode)
Scene with Stayin' Alive song is visually evoked.
Toy Hunter: Toy Touchdown (2014) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Jordan.
Rio 2 (2014)
Referenced in the "I Will Survive" number
MovieBerto: Fiebre del sábado noche (2014) (TV Episode)
Discussed film of the episode
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014)
Title mentioned.
Atop the Fourth Wall: Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos #2 (2014) (TV Episode)
"It's like Saturday Night Fever..."
The Sugarcube Critic: Look Before You Sleep (2014) (TV Episode)
Nook says "Eat your heart out, John Travolta" when Rarity worries about her hair getting wet.
Midnight Screenings: Saturday Night Fever (2014) (TV Episode)
movie is reviewed
Deadly Eyes: An Interview with Joseph Kelly (2014) (Video)
mentioned once
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: James Franco/Chadwick Boseman/Jenny Lewis (2014) (TV Episode)
One of the titles of the 5-Second Summaries game
Discin' (2014)
Walking sequence before date scene
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets Smackle (2014) (TV Episode)
Farkle wears a "Saturday Night Fever" T-shirt.
Dancing with the Stars: Memorable Moments Night (2014) (TV Episode)
In a backstage interview with David Rodan and Melanie Hooper after their Samba, Edwina Bartholomew mentions John Travolta and talks about "Tuesday Night Fever".
The Middle: Major Anxiety (2014) (TV Episode)
Frankie does Travolta's dance move
Black Dynamite: American Band Standoff or The Godfather of Soooul Train or Get on Your Goodfellas (2014) (TV Episode)
Deney Terrio teaching John Travolta how to dance for this movie mentioned by Cream Corn.
Travolta Song (2014) (Video)
Parody
42nd Street Forever: The Peep Show Collection Vol. 8 (2015) (Video)
Loop title reference.
Forever: Memories of Murder (2015) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in dialogue.
Growing Up Smith (2015)
Smith says that it is his favorite movie; he also imitates John Travolta's white-suit dance.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night (2015) (Video Game)
Cover art features characters posing like John Travolta
Palak Pe Jhalak: Saturday Afternoon Fever (2015) (TV Episode)
Title reference.
Cinematic Excrement: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2015) (TV Episode)
"Holy Saturday Night Fever, Batman!"
Wicked City: Pilot (2015) (TV Episode)
mentioned by Vicki
Night City (2015)
White suit in Disco scene
The Chase Australia: Episode #1.38 (2015) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Donna as the movie that had Staying Alive as its sequel in her Cash Builder round.
Project X Zone 2 (2015) (Video Game)
Xiaomu: "Oh, so your goal is to create a literal Saturday-night fever, huh?"
The Lure (2015)
Poster seen on wall.
The Big Bang Theory: The Empathy Optimization (2016) (TV Episode)
The song Disco Inferno is heard.
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
mentioned in documentary
The Oscars (2016) (TV Special)
"Stayin' Alive" played when Chadwick Boseman and Chris Evans arrived on stage
Everything Wrong with...: Everything Wrong with Madagascar in 12 Minutes or Less (2016) (TV Episode)
The movie is mentioned.
Máme rádi Cesko: Episode dated 19 March 2016 (2016) (TV Episode)
Mentioned.
Tvoje tvár má známý hlas: Episode #1.2 (2016) (TV Episode)
Famous choreography reenacted by Ondrej Sokol.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Hugh Laurie/Senator Ted Cruz/Future (2016) (TV Episode)
Reference to the opening sequence in the Hashtags sequence, and Jimmy imitates John Travolta, saying "Don't touch the hair"
WatchMojo: Top 10 Horrible Movie Titles That Almost Happened (2016) (TV Episode)
"Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", the original title for Saturday Night Fever, is #3.
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
The shot of Max's feet as he walks on the sidewalk, set to a remix of "Stayin' Alive".
The Cinema Snob: Bushwhacked (2016) (TV Episode)
"What the hell was with 1995 and their Saturday Night Fever references?"
Late Night with Seth Meyers: Victoria Beckham/Jussie Smollett/Colson Whitehead/Matt Garstka (2016) (TV Episode)
Joe Biden's face is superimposed on John Travolta in the poster
Copycat (2016)
Mentioned in dialogue.
Tvoje tvár má známý hlas: Episode #2.10 (2016) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Ondrej Sokol.
Stan Against Evil: Life Orr Death (2016) (TV Episode)
Deputy references the movie.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Queen Latifah/Fred Armisen/The Flaming Lips (2017) (TV Episode)
Jimmy imitates one of John Travolta's dance movies
Blackcatloner Reviews: Moment by Moment (2017) (TV Episode)
Blackcatloner mentions that the fact that John Travolta appeared in this movie led to him being cast in Moment by Moment. Also Blackcatloner mentioned that this movie was the number one movie the day he was born as well as the fact that the theme song was the number one song on that day.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return: Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (2017) (TV Episode)
Tom sings "Stayin' Alive" as a character's footsteps on the ground are shown. Tony Manero is also mentioned.
Saturday Night Live: Jimmy Fallon/Harry Styles (2017) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned in Celebrity Family Fued: Time Travel Edition.
Sean in the Wild: Sean Evans Takes a Brooklyn Pizza Tour with Paulie Gee (2017) (TV Episode)
The title is mentioned and a poster is shown.
Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive (2017) (TV Special)
Tracy's suit and music.
The Loud House: Back Out There/Spell It Out (2017) (TV Episode)
The title card to "Back Out There" is referencing the beginning of the film where John Travolta's character is carrying a bucket of paint.
The Cinema Snob: Sex and the City (2017) (TV Episode)
"This movie's Staying Alive to the show's Saturday Night Fever!"
Cash Trapped: Episode #2.12 (2017) (TV Episode)
Question subject.
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
Gloria asks Peter if he has seen this
Cannonball: Episode #1.5 (2017) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Ryan.
Mixxxer Show: Mikolas Josef (2017) (TV Episode)
Referenced by Fancy.
Captain Sharif: La fièvre du vendredi soir (2018) (TV Episode)
Title reference
Ready Player One (2018)
In a nightclub in the Oasis, two characters start dancing the film's de facto theme song "Stayin' Alive" as they create a multi-colored light floor to dance on.
Family Guy: 'Family Guy' Through the Years (2018) (TV Episode)
"A Fifth of Beethoven" plays
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: John Travolta/Sophia Bush/Dierks Bentley (2018) (TV Episode)
John Travolta refers to his earlier movie being filmed in Brooklyn
The Angry Video Game Nerd: Dirty Harry (2018) (TV Episode)
The Nerd - "So now Dirty Harry turns into John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever".
Zoe Ball on ...: Sunday 11 (2018) (TV Episode)
Rowan Coleman discusses the influence the setting of the movie had on her novel.
Back in Time for Dinner: The 1970s (2018) (TV Episode)
Carlo mentions the movie by name.
AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Incredible New Record (2018) (TV Episode)
Brought up in discussion.
The Cinema Snob: Rock Around the Clock (2018) (TV Episode)
The Snob mentions it.
The Deuce: Our Raison d'Être (2018) (TV Episode)
Vincent sarcastically calls Frankie "Tony Manero".
Strictly Come Dancing: Week One (2018) (TV Episode)
The "Stayin' Alive" dance scene was referenced by judges.
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten: Der letzte Lude (2018) (TV Episode)
mentioned by Rütten, recalling parodies in this movie, accidently calling the movie "Saturday Night Live"
The Cinema Snob: 10 Awesome Things About Battlefield Earth (2019) (TV Episode)
The Snob mentions it and an image is shown.
Pose: What Would Candy Do? (2019) (TV Episode)
The newscast says that all people in the 70s wanted to dance like John Travolta in this movie.
De slimste mens ter wereld: Episode #14.12 (2019) (TV Episode)
Answer to a question
De slimste mens ter wereld: Episode #14.27 (2019) (TV Episode)
Subject of a question
Films Under Constant Critique: Star Wars (1977) (2019) (TV Episode)
"Because it was disco. Disco was really popular at the time. Saturday Night Fever had come out the same year as Star Wars."
The Cinema Snob: High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2019) (TV Episode)
The Snob mentions it and a poster is shown.
Jay Leno's Garage: Sky's the Limit (2019) (TV Episode)
pictures of John Travolta in the film are shown
WatchMojo: Top 10 Actors Who Destroyed Their Careers with One Movie (2020) (TV Episode)
The movie is mentioned.
Lights Out with David Spade: Episode #1.104 (2020) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned by David Spade.
Brotherly Love 2 Charlie's Trainers (Short)
Line quote
Featured in
That's Dancing! (1985)
Precious Images (1986) (Short)
Short Circuit (1986)
Words (1987) (Short)
Clips shown
At the Movies: Tom Cruise: The Star Next Door (1990) (TV Episode)
Clips are shown of movies, including this one, that feature stars that Gene Siskel compares to Tom Cruise.
At the Movies: Our Favorite Scenes (1993) (TV Episode)
The "Night Fever" dance is one of Gene's picks.
A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back (1993) (TV Special)
Features clips from the film
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV Short)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
100 Greatest Dance Songs of Rock & Roll (2000) (TV Mini-Series)
clips shown throughout
The 100 Greatest Films (2001) (TV Movie)
Clips are shown
When Disco Ruled the World (2002) (TV Movie)
Clips and discuss
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV Movie)
Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (2002) (TV Movie)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002) (TV Movie)
Evolution: The Evolutionary Arms Race (2002) (TV Episode)
A clip is shown.
I Love the '70s: 1977 (2003) (TV Episode)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) (TV Movie)
Clips are shown
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) (TV Movie)
Stayin' Alive is #9.
The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV Movie)
number 68
When Disco Ruled the World (2005) (TV Movie)
discussed
Movie Music Mania (2005) (TV Special)
Clips are shown
20 to 1: Greatest Songs of All Time (2006) (TV Episode)
Some clips from this movie are shown in a segment on the song Stayin' Alive, which is part of this movie's soundtrack.
Best! Movies! Ever!: Dance Sequences (2007) (TV Episode)
clips are shown to illustrate the best dance sequences in films
20 to 1: Party Songs (2007) (TV Episode)
Clips from the opening sequence shown in a segment on the song Stayin' Alive.
Saturday Night Fever: A 30 Year Legacy (2007) (Video)
Clips of the film are shown throughout the documentary
Famous: John Travolta (2007) (TV Episode)
Still photos
The O'Reilly Factor: Episode dated 1 April 2008 (2008) (TV Episode)
Clips of this film were featured in 'The Great American Culture Quiz' segment.
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008) (Video)
clip(s) shown, film discussed
Tony Manero (2008)
Raul goes to see this film twice.
20 to 1: Adults Only 20 to 01: Hottest Stars on the Planet (2009) (TV Episode)
Clips shown in a segment on John Travolta.
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009) (Video)
clips shown, film discussed
20 to 1: Greatest Aussie Chart Toppers (2010) (TV Episode)
Clips shown in a segment on The Bee Gees.
FanboyFlicks, Bad Movies!: Spiderman 3 (2011) (TV Episode)
Footage of this movie is shown.
Todd's Pop Song Reviews: Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 1976 (2011) (TV Episode)
Clips used in review.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.131 (2011) (TV Episode)
a clip is shown in a montage of John Travolta films
Zomergasten: Episode #24.3 (2011) (TV Episode)
A fragment is shown.
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
Clip shown.
Hollywood's Top Ten: Super Soundtracks (2011) (TV Episode)
#5
Hollywood's Top Ten: Hit the Dance Floor (2011) (TV Episode)
#4
Nostalgia Critic: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2012) (TV Episode)
Stayin' Alive plays when Bones appears, wearing a suit identical to Travolta's character.
WatchMojo: Top 10 John Travolta Performances (2012) (TV Episode)
Tony Manero is #1.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Dance Movies (2012) (TV Episode)
Saturday Night Fever is #3.
Casting By (2012)
fragment with John Travolta
At the Movies: Episode #10.23 (2013) (TV Episode)
Clips shown in a segment reviewing classic movies.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Movie Theme Songs (2013) (TV Episode)
"Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees is #4.
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies: Pop Goes the Soundtrack (2013) (TV Episode)
clips shown and title/theme music discussed
The Roth Show: The New York City Way (2014) (TV Episode)
clip of family around the dinner table shown
1,001 Movies You Must See (Before You Die) (2014) (Short)
Clip is presented
The Cinema Snob: Two of a Kind (2014) (TV Episode)
"Don't show God Moment by Moment, show him Saturday Night Fever!" Other references are made and the dance scene is shown.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Epic Movie Entrances (2015) (TV Episode)
The entrance of Tony Manero gets an honorable mention.
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
Footage shown.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Movie Soundtracks (2015) (TV Episode)
The soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever is #1.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Soundtracks Better Than the Movie (2015) (TV Episode)
The soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever is #6.
The Cinema Snob: Staying Alive (2015) (TV Episode)
Snob praises the original
Being George Clooney (2016)
clip shown
WatchMojo: Top 10 Scenes with the Perfect Music (2016) (TV Episode)
The opening scene, accompanied by "Stayin' Alive", is #3.
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees (2017) (TV Special)
Use footage. 40th Anniversary.
Honest Trailers: Face/Off (2017) (TV Episode)
Clip is shown
The Toys That Made Us: Barbie (2017) (TV Episode)
A clip is featured.
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie (2017) (TV Movie)
clips shown
The Oscars (2018) (TV Special)
90 Years of Oscar montage
WatchMojo: Top 20 Most Parodied Movie Scenes (2019) (TV Episode)
That Opening Walk is #20.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Cocktails Made Famous by Film and TV (2020) (TV Episode)
7&7 gets an honorable mention.
Spoofed in
Saturday Night Live: O.J. Simpson/Ashford & Simpson (1978) (TV Episode)
Samurai Night Fever sketch
Foul Play (1978)
The Benny Hill Show: Show 33 (1978) (TV Episode)
Parodied as "Friday Night Fever".
The Face with Two Left Feet (1979)
The Journalist (1979)
Disco dance sequence with Jack Thompson struggling to disco dance well to the "Staying Alive" music as John Travolta had.
Scooby Goes Hollywood (1979) (TV Movie)
The Goodies: Saturday Night Grease (1980) (TV Episode)
Two scenes epitomising Saturday Night Fever are shown here with Tim spoofing Travolta, from the strutting down the footpath holding a tin of paint scene to the getting dressed in front of the mirror scene, all with a Goodies version of Bee Gees songs in the background.
Sanford: Cal's Diet: Part 2 (1980) (TV Episode)
A white-suited man enters the bar disco dancing like Travolta and is immediately ejected by the bouncer.
Airplane! (1980)
dancing scene in a club under "Stayin' Alive"
The Christmas Raccoons (1980) (TV Movie)
A poster of a raccoon dressed up as John Travolta doing the pose is a spoof of the famous image from the movie.
Fei yue de cai hong (1980)
mention of John Travolta and iconic disco move
Wacko (1982)
Teen Wolf (1985)
En vivo (1985) (Video)
Travolta's dance moves spoofed while Staying Alive plays.
Saturday Night Beaver (1986)
The titles...
Ricky 1 (1988)
Ricky's surname and parts of his background reference Tony Manero.
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
The cover of Buddy Young Jr.'s "Disco Jew" album
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Animaniacs: The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special (1994) (TV Episode)
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot upstage a disco competition and dance to a song parody of "Stayin Alive"
The Simpsons: Bart's Girlfriend (1994) (TV Episode)
Bart struts down the street with the same camera angle and similar costume to Staying Alive by the Bee Gees.
Bushwhacked (1995)
The whole intro with the song "Stayin' Alive" is a spoof of this movie.
Virtuosity (1995)
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: Paranormal Press/Another Spooky and Poil Moment/Deadstock (1996) (TV Episode)
In order to scare the ghost hippies out of Whipstaff, the Trio perform a parody of "Stayin' Alive" entitled "Stop Bein' Alive" at the end of "Deadstock."
Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1996) (TV Episode)
Opening scene spoofed during The Roxbury Guys sketch.
BeetleBorgs: The Root of All Evil (1996) (TV Episode)
Flabber dons an all white suit when dancing to disco theme music.
Hang Time: Green-Eyed Julie (1996) (TV Episode)
While wearing a white suit, Danny imitates Tony Manero's dance moves at the 1970s theme dance.
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
The Simpsons: The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (1997) (TV Episode)
Apu is seen dancing in a disco with women like John Travolta in the film.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener (1998) (TV Episode)
Dashiell, dressed as Tony, dances in Sabrina's locker.
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
The Powerpuff Girls: Boogie Frights/Abracadaver (1998) (TV Episode)
The way The Boogie Man and his gang act.
Baby Geniuses (1999)
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain: Hooray for Meat (1999) (TV Episode)
In this episode's cold open, Brain struts down the street to a song that parodies "Stayin' Alive."
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) (TV Movie)
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (2000) (Video)
"Hey Ladies" recreates many scenes
House of Mouse: Big Bad Wolf Daddy (2001) (TV Episode)
Goofy is dressed like John Travolta and holds a similar disco pose
Shrek (2001)
Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (Video Game)
A stage show called "Saturday Night Beaver" is mentioned on the Lips 106 radio station.
Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002) (Video)
The Stella Guys strut down the street to the song "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees in the sketch called "Pizza".
Bugi Fiction (2003) (Video)
Dance scene.
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XIV (2003) (TV Episode)
Frink's father struts down the road to Staying Alive just like in this film.
Freak Out (2003)
Tim mimics the iconic strut camera angle, which is followed by a Disco Diva saying, "I love watching you dance!"
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
The disco club scene and dance announcer.
Turma da Mônica em Cinegibi: O Filme (2004)
Is spoofed in the opening
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (2004) (Video Game)
Adult movie at store: "Saturday Night Beaver"
Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
Churchill ("Hollywood" version) poses like Tony Manero when dancing.
Madagascar (2005)
Marty is strutting down a NYC street to the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive"
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005) (TV Special)
Spoofed in Samurai Night Fever
Kronk's New Groove (2005) (Video)
Kronk's dance moves mimic Travolta's.
Hoodwinked! (2005)
Dance sequence
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) (Video)
guy dressed as the Fisherman does Travolta's famous dance move with his hook hand
Beerfest (2006)
Spoofs the famous Travolta entrance scene
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Peter Parker struts down the streets of NYC like Tony Manero; the music is a send-up of "Stayin' Alive."
Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) (TV Short)
Lobot dances like Travolta's character to the Star Wars disco theme
Es bello vivir (2008) (TV Movie)
"Es bello vivir" contains a sketch about "Saturday night fever"
Tuesday Night Fever (2009) (Short)
The title and disco suit of the main character.
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) (Video)
Beasto dancing in his white leisure suit
6Teen: Role Reversal (2010) (TV Episode)
when Wayne dances trying to embarrass himself.
Robot Chicken: Star Wars III (2010) (TV Movie)
when Vader dances
Les Mythos (2011)
Hero performs the famous Travolta's finger-up-to-the-sky pose.
Saturday Night Fever XXX: An Exquisite Films Parody (2011) (Video)
Porn parody
Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (2011)
title reference
Flashback (2011)
Mr. Thomas' son experiences a virtual reality version of this movie..
Ted (2012)
John dances in a flashback to Staying Alive, this in turn is an 'homage' to Airplane! which has a similar flashback.
Christopher Walken Takes John Travolta to Dr. Pacino (2012) (Short)
The character, Johnny T. is based on his character in this film.
How to Do Impressions (2013) (Video)
John Travolta character: "they hit my hair"
Canada's Worst Driver: Slip and Slide (2014) (TV Episode)
Andrew does a spoof of the famous Tony Manero disco dance.
The Anderssons Rock the Mountains (2014)
The dancing scene
Gravity Falls: Stanchurian Candidate (2015) (TV Episode)
Grunkle Stan struts down the streets of Gravity Falls in a scene the parodies the opening sequence of "Saturday Night Fever."
The Loud House: Heavy Meddle/Making the Case (2016) (TV Episode)
When Lincoln struts down to meet Ronnie-Anne, music similar to the movie's theme is playing in the background.
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Johnny English disco dances in a white suit on a light-squared disco dance floor.
Soundtrack Credits
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
Night Fever
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
Staying Alive
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
More Than a Woman
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
If I Can't Have You
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 Yvonne Elliman
More Than a Woman
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 Tavares
Manhattan Skyline
Composed and Arranged by David Shire
Barracuda Hangout
Composed and Arranged by David Shire
Salsation
Composed and Arranged by David Shire
Night On Disco Mountain
Adapted by David Shire
based on "Night On Bald Mountain" written by Modest Mussorgsky
Courtesy of RSO Records, Inc., Stigwood Music, Inc. and Ensign Music Corp. BMI
K-Jee
Courtesy of Philadelphia International Records Inc., Dunbar Music Inc. and Rutri Music, Inc.
Written by Harvey Fuqua and Charlie Hearndon
Performed by MFSB (as M.F.S.B.)
A Fifth of Beethoven
Courtesy of Private Stock Records, Ltd. and RFT Music Publishing Corp.
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven and Walter Murphy
Performed by Walter Murphy
Disco Inferno
Written by Leroy Green and Ron Kersey
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation and Six Strings Music
Performed by The Trammps
Open Sesame
Courtesy of Delite Records and Delightful Music Inc.
Written by Ronald Bell and Kool & The Gang
Performed by Kool & The Gang (as Kool and the Gang)
Dr. Disco
Courtesy of RSO Records, Inc. and Stafree Music
Performed by Rick Dees
Disco Duck
Courtesy of RSO Records, Inc. and Stafree Music
Written and performed by Rick Dees
Boogie Shoes
Courtesy of TK Records and Sherlyn Publishing Company, Inc.
Written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
Performed by KC & The Sunshine Band (as K.C. and the Sunshine Band®)
You Should Be Dancing
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
Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.2
(uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin (as Frederick Chopin)

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