Forty years ago the movie “Saturday
Night Fever” the movie debuted on December 14, 1977. This movie is a phenomenon
that everyone has known about for decades. I love to dance for years since I
was a kid always aspired to be a ballerina or an entertainer. These
movies, were two of my sources
that inspired me to get into music further and really enjoyed entertainment. I
have grown up watching and seeing many movies, television shows, and many live
concerts. These two movies definitely inspired me growing up wanting to learn
more about music, songs, and this period of the 1970s the Disco Era. I remember
I became so entranced with the movie. I remember giving all of my friends in
junior high school the nicknames and character names of the movie “Grease” that’s how much I loved it too.
One of my cousins introduced me to the movie first I was about 11 going on 12
when she showed me and I was hooked actually. She always knew from our parents I was interested in the
arts, movies, and a creative field.
The first movie “Saturday Night
Fever” is an absolute classic for New Yorkers who love this movie because it
was filmed and shot right here in New York City in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
There was no stage set or production set everything was very authentic to the
city from street names, destination signs, and landmarks were well noted
including the opening shot of the former twin towers.
The movie stars “Blue Eyes” with a
cleft in his chin and charismatic dance moves and the ability to charm every
woman in a nightclub is 19-year-old, Tony Manero who is a paint store clerk who
lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family. He works very hard in the paint store
but he feels a restless when he’s there. He knows there is something more to
just selling paint every day to customers. He would rather be on the dance
floor. He works hard and convinces his boss to even give him a raise.
He goes every weekend with his
friends and he loves to turn up the fire on the dance floor. He has a strong
presence but lacks one thing he doesn’t quite have the perfect dance partner
yet. Many women throw themselves at him. They are all vying for his affections
and attention. He eventually crosses paths with Stephanie on the dance floor
and spots her he realizes he wants her and that she has just that special
quality and dance technique he needs on the dance floor. They eventually begin
competing with each other and also start developing feelings for one another in
the film.
This movie has a soundtrack that is
legendary and one of my favorites. The hit group of 1970s and 80s were “The Bee
Gees” made up of Robin, Barry, and
Maurice Gibb. They had phenomenal hit songs from the 1970s you couldn’t
ask for a better time and period of music too. They produced hits and wrote,
“Stayin’ Alive”, “How Deep is your Love”, “Night Fever”, and “More than a
woman”. These are songs that everyone knows and who grew up with during that
time love and admire. I know many
millennials many not be familiar with these songs are timeless and well worth
knowing too. So to the wonderful cast of the film dedicate this post to you and
Happy 40th Anniversary love this movie and if it’s remade or
rewritten I know thry will have to top a classic.
Also in 2018 will be the 40th
anniversary of this classic film, “Grease” on June 16th, next year.
I wanted to include it now because I figured lets keep the Travolta Train going
and honor him and the cast of Grease he along with Olivia Newton-John, Stockard
Channing, Didi, all
were apart of the film and were apart of this classic I can tell you as a kid I
probably watched the movie 1,000 times growing up. I think I even remember
running home just to watch the movie from school. This movie I will definitely
go into depth more as we get closer to the anniversary but I just wanted to add
this one in too. Love the movie and cannot wait to see what the cast and everyone
will have in mind of celebrating this one.
For more information make sure you
watch the film it’s a classic restored and probably on dvd everywhere.
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| The Bee Gees in the 1970s were at the height of their career when the produced, composed, wrote the soundtrack of "Saturday Night Fever" in 1977. |
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| I will follow up closer to the anniversary date-the movie debuted June 16, 1978 at the height of the disco era but the film was based in the 1950s. |
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| The original cast of Grease |
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| Jeff Conaway, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, and Stockard Channing |
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