Fun, frivolity and freedom the sweeping silhouette made famous in the era of saturday night fever is back in full swing. The film significantly helped to popularize disco music around the world and made travolta, already well known from his role on tvs welcome back, kotter, a household name. It also shot travolta to fame and further solidified the bee gees. A musical collage of the filming locations then and now. It was recognisable for years but has recently been given a thorough. Saturday night fever was gene siskels favorite movie, and he watched it at least 17 times. We still look at saturday night fever as symbolic of bay ridge, said ted general, a trustee of the bay ridge historical society and a local journalist. Avildsen, and directing travolta in the sequel was stallone one of tonys idols, whom manero does a. It was a rough place, and the production started to have some neighborhood problems. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Saturday night fever 1977 movies, tv, celebs, and more. We all have movies like that, titles that transcend ordinary categories of good and bad, and penetrate straight to our hearts.
Heres what the saturday night fever house looks like today. Filming in brooklyn brought a whole new set of challenges. For better or worse saturday night fever best defines the groovy music and fashion era of the 70s. Saturday night fever is on roger eberts great movies list. Saturday night fever was the first mainstream hollywood movie to feature the phrase blow job. Director john badhams new cut of saturday night fever. Saturday night fever was considered in 1977 for liberal or funky people an icon movie such as rebel without a cause was. Other ingredients travolta and the bee gees helped make saturday night fever a masterpiece. While there, we scoped out some of the locations used in saturday night fever.
Saturday night fever and studio 54 may have caught the worlds attention but many of the original scenesters thought the film and the club had caught the disco wave just as. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. When the 1977 film beginswith john travoltas tony manero strutting down the street, flares swinging along to bee gees stayin. Travel guide to filming locations for saturday night fever 1977, around new york. It stars john travolta as tony manero, a workingclass young man who.
Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Brooklyn home made famous in saturday night fever is for. Nyc film locations for saturday night fever untapped new york. Saturday night fever always manages to deceive the viewer. We revive disco and take a look at whats happened to these film locations.
Saturday night fever follows young john travolta throughout bay ridgebensonhurst, brooklyn. See inside the house where saturday night fever was shot 40. Despite having one of the biggest selling soundtracks of all time, none of the songs that the bee gees contributed were nominated for best song. An interesting group of photos and narration about the movie locations and how they look today. Saturday night fever movie locations part 1 youtube. The disco blockbuster saturday night fever premiered in theaters on dec. Filming locations for saturday night fever 1977, around. The film saturday night fever was released 40 years ago this week, and soon became one of the biggest dance movies of all time. John travolta celebrates saturday night fever milestone. It was recognisable for years but has recently been given a thorough makeover. Saturday night fever is a 1977 american dance drama film directed by john badham. Saturday night fever film locations 40 years later. John travolta recalls his saturday night fever, face.
The alluring darkness beneath saturday night fevers disco. Super fans boogied the night away at the very location where those dance scenes were shot at 2001 odyssey disco. By the time saturday night fever began filming in midmarch 1977, disco had been ascendant for at least three years. They came up with the title staying alive, and wexler wrote a script. Movie location scenes for the movie saturday nigtht fever. Saturday night fever 1977 filming locations, brooklyn, john travolta, karen lynn gorney, barry miller, joseph cali, paul pape, donna pescow. A new show looks at how saturday night fever transformed dance in the 1970s and made john travolta a star but there were a couple of times the film was almost abandoned. How the mafia almost scuppered saturday night fever. John travolta is bloody and unrecognizable filming new. John travolta celebrates saturday night fever milestone amid creepy role in forthcoming film moose. Its also a great coming of age film with travolta excellent dancing in ridiculous clothing. Nyc film locations for saturday night fever untapped new.
The manero home is 221 79th street, bay ridge, in a smart middle class area of the borough. Saturday night fever 1977 filming locations the movie district. All the details from the filming of the disco classicfrom producer robert stigwoods casting bet to john travoltas famous stayin alive strut. These are movies that represent what i yearned for at one time in my life, and to. Saturday night fever introduced bay ridge to the world. Saturday night fever was a huge commercial success. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Saturday night fever producer and writer robert stigwood and norman wexler started planning a sequel soon after the original film came out in 1977, due to the film s success. Saturday night fever filming locations during our latest trip to nyc, we decided to spend more time in brooklyn.