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On this day, Friday, December 16, 1977, "Saturday Night Fever" was released.
Go out and perform CPR on somebody.
Maybe this is the date, and maybe it isn't. The actual date of release is debatable. This Day in Rock, which has been defunct for a few years, said it was December 14. So does the footnoted article at History.com. History.com says the premiere was in Los Angeles. Further, This Day in Rock says the premiere was in New York. Maybe the widescale nationwide release was two days later, on the 16th. I don't know. Pick a date you like and make it that one.
From This Day in Rock for December 14 (the link no longer works):
1977 – THE FILM ‘SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER’ STARRING JOHN TRAVOLTA
Posted on 1:01 PM by STU SWEATMAN
The Bee Gees
1977 – The film ‘Saturday Night Fever’ starring John Travolta premiered in New York. This movie catapulted an already successful career for the BEE GEE’s.
Posted on 1:01 PM by STU SWEATMAN
The Bee Gees
1977 – The film ‘Saturday Night Fever’ starring John Travolta premiered in New York. This movie catapulted an already successful career for the BEE GEE’s.
Saturday Night Fever
Theatrical release poster
Directed by: John Badham
Produced by: Robert Stigwood
Screenplay by: Norman Wexler
Based on: Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night by Nik Cohn
Release date: December 16, 1977 [2]
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance musical drama film directed by John Badham. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a working-class young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local Brooklyn discothèque; Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie Mangano, his dance partner and eventual confidante; and Donna Pescow as Annette, Tony's former dance partner and would-be girlfriend. While in the disco, Tony is the champion dancer. His circle of friends and weekend dancing help him to cope with the harsh realities of his life: a dead-end job, clashes with his unsupportive and squabbling parents, racial tensions in the local community, and his general restlessness.
The story is based upon a 1976 New York magazine article by British writer Nik Cohn, "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night"; in the mid-1990s, Cohn acknowledged that he fabricated the article. A newcomer to the United States and a stranger to the disco lifestyle, Cohn was unable to make any sense of the subculture he had been assigned to write about; instead, the character who became Tony Manero was based on an English mod acquaintance of Cohn.
Saturday Night Fever was a huge commercial success. The film significantly helped to popularize disco music around the world and made Travolta, already well known from his role on TV's Welcome Back, Kotter, a household name. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, featuring disco songs by the Bee Gees, is one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time. The film showcased aspects of the music, the dancing, and the subculture surrounding the disco era: symphony-orchestrated melodies; haute couture styles of clothing; pre-AIDS sexual promiscuity; and graceful choreography. A sequel, Staying Alive, also starring Travolta was released six years later, but was panned by critics. In 2010, Saturday Night Fever was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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[2] http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saturday-night-fever-gets-its-world-premiere-and-launches-a-musical-juggernaut
Theatrical release poster
Directed by: John Badham
Produced by: Robert Stigwood
Screenplay by: Norman Wexler
Based on: Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night by Nik Cohn
Release date: December 16, 1977 [2]
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance musical drama film directed by John Badham. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a working-class young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local Brooklyn discothèque; Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie Mangano, his dance partner and eventual confidante; and Donna Pescow as Annette, Tony's former dance partner and would-be girlfriend. While in the disco, Tony is the champion dancer. His circle of friends and weekend dancing help him to cope with the harsh realities of his life: a dead-end job, clashes with his unsupportive and squabbling parents, racial tensions in the local community, and his general restlessness.
The story is based upon a 1976 New York magazine article by British writer Nik Cohn, "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night"; in the mid-1990s, Cohn acknowledged that he fabricated the article. A newcomer to the United States and a stranger to the disco lifestyle, Cohn was unable to make any sense of the subculture he had been assigned to write about; instead, the character who became Tony Manero was based on an English mod acquaintance of Cohn.
Saturday Night Fever was a huge commercial success. The film significantly helped to popularize disco music around the world and made Travolta, already well known from his role on TV's Welcome Back, Kotter, a household name. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, featuring disco songs by the Bee Gees, is one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time. The film showcased aspects of the music, the dancing, and the subculture surrounding the disco era: symphony-orchestrated melodies; haute couture styles of clothing; pre-AIDS sexual promiscuity; and graceful choreography. A sequel, Staying Alive, also starring Travolta was released six years later, but was panned by critics. In 2010, Saturday Night Fever was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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[2] http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saturday-night-fever-gets-its-world-premiere-and-launches-a-musical-juggernaut
Saturday Night Fever (Opening Credits)
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The post won't be done until I've added this:
Saturday Night Fever (Disco Inferno The Trammps) John Travolta dancing HD 1080 with Lyrics
1,547,308 views • Sep 1, 2012
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Saturday Night Fever (Disco Inferno The Trammps) John Travolta dancing HD 1080
Songwriters: GREEN, LEROY / KERSEY, TYRONE
Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burnin'!
To mass fires, yes! One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y'all gettin' down on the roof - Do you hear?
(the folks are flaming) Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!
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1,547,308 views • Sep 1, 2012
stufal69
5.7K subscribers
Saturday Night Fever (Disco Inferno The Trammps) John Travolta dancing HD 1080
Songwriters: GREEN, LEROY / KERSEY, TYRONE
Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burnin'!
To mass fires, yes! One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y'all gettin' down on the roof - Do you hear?
(the folks are flaming) Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!
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Sat Dec 16, 2023: On this day, December 16, 1977, "Saturday Night Fever" was released.
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