Talk:Saturday Night Fever

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Saturday Night Fever (musical)

SNF is also now a Musical Play. The original Production, Directed and Choreographed by Arlene Phillips opened at the London Palladium on 21st April 1998. Produced by Robert Stigwood, David Ian and Paul Nicholas and featuring the original songs by The Bee Gees, it has also been produced on Broadway, Germany, Australia, and Korea.

Should I expand on this ? --Martin TB 14:13, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I think it should have its own article. It really is a different entity from the film. Asa01 08:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Let's do a better story description!

The short 1 paragraph story description really doesn't do the movie any justice. I mean, it touched upon all the characters but it was so matter-of-fact that it read like VCR instructions. I myself haven't seen the movie in years, but a few things that should be included in the story are: John Travolta and his friends breaking into a rival gangs hang out and trashing it, only to find out it might have been the wrong gang. The death of the really nerdy friend who dances on the Brooklyn Bridge (iconic scene!). The White Castle scene. The scene where Tony complains when his dad hits his hair. "I work all day on my hair and he hits it. He hits my hair." Also, for something really special, when explaining the story why not include the BeeGee songs at the appropriate moments of the story. Lastly, definitive mention of John Travolta's famous 'strut' should really be hammered here. Come on Wikipedians, let get in gear!!! Fadedroots 04:18, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uh...if YOU want this stuff in, then YOU can add it right now! You don't have to ask us for permission! Don't just kvetch about it, do something about it! Fix it yourself! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.159.111.98 (talk) 07:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's certainly not one paragraph anymore. Instead it reads like an abhorrent critical essay written by a somewhat damaged 12-year-old. I don't particularly mind, but I had thought that both overlong and analytical plot summaries were discouraged by Wikipedia's guidelines. 86.139.27.103 (talk) 12:53, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the plot description is incomplete. Particularly describing Stephanie. I thought she was living with her much older manager because she wanted to move up in society. Sorry I don't have access to this movie. 98.113.222.37 (talk) 23:59, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PLOT is our watchword here; an overly-detailed description of every little event in the film borders on copyright violation. What should be aimed for is an overview of the whole film, describing its most important plot points. From memory, I don't think much is ever made of Stephanie's background, other than that she is clearly in a different social class from Tony Manero, and that is perhaps already made plain. So, I don't think that the details of that matter that much. Unless commentators have made a point of mentioning it, I would regard it as a detail. Rodhull andemu 00:06, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday Night Beaver

Should we mention "saturday ahahahhahnight beaver", a parody I noticed in GTA Vice City video game?

I would say no. The point of an article is to provide information about the subject of the article, not random information about other things that reference the subject of the article, if you can see the difference. The only way the parody would be relevant would be in the context of discussing how much of an enduring impact on pop culture SNF has had; given the apparent minor and obscure nature of the thing you noticed, I think there are probably much better examples to make that point. Jgm 14:39, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

World of Warcraft also nods to this movie, with the dance emote that human and dwarf males do. - Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.237.54.130 (talk) 18:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Persons referenced

There is a discussion taking place at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Films#References_in_Popular_Culture_Project about such sections, to which you are all invited to contribute. The JPS 12:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Test of time

This is one of those movies that when you saw it, you thought it was great. Years later you watch it and you think to yourself, "WTF, I once thought this movie was good ?"

I'd say its stood the test of time more than most films. Ok its really disco based but certainly the storyline and acting held up better than most films - noticeably Grease.

Markmorgan10 17:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you posting a film review here? This page is to comment on the wikipedia article Vauxhall1964 (talk) 15:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think that you are missing the point here entirely. This film can now be seen as a cultural and musical history lesson of the late 1970s period. For that reason alone it is a classic movie. The themes within the film are timeless, it's only the outer 'skin' that is dated, and so it should be. That's why it's historical...

This movie does not stand the test of time. It is really bad. I know of no one who watched it in the last 20 years and thought it was a good movie. I've heard it mentioned in radio programs as a movie that does not hold up. I cannot believe that this movie is available on DVD and Sometimes a Great Notion isn't.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:07, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

best soundtrack of all time???

This article says that the soundtrack was the best selling soundtrack of all time: "A huge commercial success, the movie significantly helped to popularize disco music around the world and made Travolta a household name. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, featuring disco songs by the Bee Gees, became the best selling soundtrack of all time..." I have no trouble believing this, yet another Wikipedia article for Whitney Houston: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston states that the soundtrack to "The Bodyguard" became the best selling soundtrack of all time: "Houston continued her success into the 1990s, starting with the box office hit The Bodyguard. The soundtrack to the movie is the best-selling soundtrack of all time ... "

So which one is the "best selling soundtrack of all time" ??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.10.77.69 (talk) 05:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I will change to "among" the best selling.....Stetsonharry (talk) 12:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide page claims the Dirty Dancing soundtrack as having sold more than Saturday Night Fever (with 42 million worldwide). Some clarification would be good. Brettpam (talk) 23:07, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What about CED?

According to a section in the article, Both the R-rated and PG-rated versions were released on VHS whereareas Laserdiscs and DVDs only feature the R-rated one. I wonder, what was featured on Capacitance Electronic Disc (aka CED)? The movie was also featured in that format.121.58.218.241 (talk) 14:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Versions and sequel

The parenthetical information in the fifth paragraph of this section is either very poorly written or it's plain old vandalism...not sure which.... PurpleChez (talk) 22:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. An IP just added to that section, and though it is poorly written, I hesitate to copy-edit it since I know nothing about the versions and releases of the movie. I also hesitate to remove it because it could actually be true...just very poorly written. MarianKroy (talk) 05:26, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]