Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. While in the disco Tony is the king, and the visits help him to temporarily forget the reality of his life: a dead-end job, clashes with his unsupportive and squabbling parents, racial tensions in the local community, and his associations with a dead-beat gang of friends.

Versions and sequel

The unsentimental depiction of the subculture of the main characters contrasts with another Travolta film, the sanitized Grease (a 1978 Travolta movie about the teenage subcultures of the 1950s).

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Grease - 1950s

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There were two theatrically-released versions of the film: the "original" R version and the PG "edited version". The R-rated version is 119 minutes. The PG-rated version was released in 1978 as an attempt to attract a more youthful audience. It is 112 minutes, with profanity dubbed over and several scenes shortened or cut. Both theatrical versions were released on VHS, but only the R-rated version is available on DVD. Additionally, a network television version, based primarily on the PG version, contains several minutes of outtakes deleted from the theatrical releases.

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VHS - DVD

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The R-rated version contains scenes of strong language, nudity and a scene where guys takes turn to rape Tony's girlfriend, perhaps trying to get her pregnant.

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A sequel, Staying Alive, was released in 1983; this sequel also starred John Travolta reprising his Tony Manero role from the first movie.

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Staying Alive - 1983

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