Saturday Night Fever - The Ultimate Disco Movie
John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-hit film. Bruno Tonioli goes through the disco steps that made movie history.
John Travolta and Barry Gibb star in Saturday Night Fever - The Ultimate Disco Movie, with Bruno Tonioli. This documentary celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1977 blockbuster dance movie, and sees Strictly Come Dancing's Bruno, who was a young dancer in New York in 1977, walk us through the steps that made the movie legendary. He also revisit the streets of New York where the film was shot and looks back at the success of a film that gave everyone disco fever.
Travolta, Gibb and other members of the cast and crew give gripping accounts of supreme success against a backdrop of setbacks and unexpected twists and turns. Bruno unpacks the skill, athleticism and dedication of Travolta, whose incandescent performance prompted a disco dance craze. We also hear about the potent influence of impresario Robert Stigwood, whose faith in Travolta, and a group who had hit a glitch in their career - The BeeGees, proved visionary.
With clips from the original movie, as well as astonishing access to those involved and rarely seen on-location archive, this programme retells the nail-biting evolution of a groundbreaking US film that originated in the work of a British journalist, saw a director fired, suffered mafia threats, filmed guerrilla style on the streets of Brooklyn, had a newcomer cast, benefited from disco hits written in a weekend and delivered a white suit and a performance from the man who wore it that have gone down in history.
Other interviewees include actors Karen Lynn Gorney, Donna Pesco, Joseph Cali and Paul Pape, producer Kevin McCormick, former head of RSO records Bill Oakes, writer Nik Cohn, director John Badham, dance instructor Denney Terrio, costume designer Patricia von Brandenstein and location manager Lloyd Kaufman.
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Music Played
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Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive
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Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive
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Bee Gees
You Should Be Dancing
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The Wurzels
It Wasn't Me
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Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
A Fifth Of Beethoven
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Bee Gees
Night Fever
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Marta Acuna & Chic
Dance, Dance, Dance
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War
The Cisco Kid
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Bee Gees
Massachusetts
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Van McCoy
The Hustle
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Robert Tepper
No Easy Way Out
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War
Four Cornered Room
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Kool & the Gang
Jungle Boogie
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Bee Gees
More Than A Woman
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Ralph MacDonald
Calypso Breakdown - From "Saturday Night Fever" Soundtrack
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The Funk Brothers
Mercy Mercy Me (Instrumental)
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Fela Kuti
Water No Get Enemy
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Fela Kuti
Water No Get Enemy
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Booker T. & The M.G.'s
My Sweet Potato
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Barry White
Honey Please, Can't Ya See
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The Trammps
Disco Inferno
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David Shire
Manhattan Skyline
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Bee Gees
You Should Be Dancing - Edit / From "Saturday Night Fever" Soundtrack
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Yvonne Elliman
If I Can't Have You - From "Saturday Night Fever"
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Bee Gees
You Should Be Dancing
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The Trammps
Disco Inferno
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The Detroit Spinners
I'll Be Around
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Ecstasy, Passion & Pain & Barbara Roy
Ask Me
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Isaac Hayes
Theme From "Shaft 2000"
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Hooverphonic
2 Wicky
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David Shire
Night On Disco Mountain
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Bee Gees
Night Fever
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Boz Scaggs
Lowdown
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Bee Gees
Night Fever
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Bee Gees
Night Fever
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War
Four Cornered Room
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Isaac Hayes
Walk On By
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Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Love I Lost
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Bruno Tonioli |
Executive Producer | Franny Moyle |
Director | Ian Denyer |
Production Company | IWC Media |
Broadcasts
- Fri 22 Dec 2017 21:00
- Wed 27 Dec 2017 00:00
- Sat 6 Jan 2018 02:55
- Fri 24 May 2019 21:00
- Sat 14 Mar 2020 23:15
- Sat 19 Dec 2020 22:20
- Fri 17 Dec 2021 21:00
- Sat 18 Dec 2021 02:00
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