Stars: John Travolta, Karen Gorney, Barry Miller, Paul Pape, Bruce Ornstein, Joseph Cali, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes

Director: Randal Kleiser

Summary: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER tells the story of nineteen-year-old Tony Manero (John Travolta), a blue-collar worker who longs to break free from his sheltered Brooklyn existence. When evening falls, Tony transforms into the king of the local disco, strutting his stuff to the funky sounds of the Bee Gees. In the Sylvester Stallone-directed sequel STAYING ALIVE, an older but not much wiser Tony Manero pursues his dream of stardom on the Broadway stage.

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The years have endowed Saturday Night Fever with a powerful, elegiac quality since its explosive release in 1977. It was the must-see movie for a whole generation of adolescents, sparking controversy for rough language and clumsily realistic sex scenes which took teen cinema irrevocably into a new age. And of course, it revived the career of the Bee Gees to stratospheric heights, thanks to a justifiably legendary soundtrack which now embodies the disco age. But Saturday Night Fever was always more than a disco movie. Tony Manero is an Italian youth from Brooklyn straining at the leash to escape a life defined by his family, blue collar job and his gang. Disco provides the medium for him to break free.

It was the snake-hipped dance routines which made John Travolta an immediate sex symbol. But seen today, his performance as Tony is compelling: rough-hewn, certainly, but complex and true, anticipating the fine screen actor he would be recognised as 20 years later. Scenes of the Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge, representing Tony's route to a bigger world, now have an added poignancy, adding to Saturday Night Fever's evocative power. It's a bittersweet classic.

On the DVD:Saturday Night Fever is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround soundtrack, both of which help to recapture the unique atmosphere of the late 1970s. The main extra is a director's commentary from John Badham, with detailed descriptions of casting and the improvisation behind many of the scenes, plus the unsavoury reality behind Travolta's iconic white disco suit. --Piers Ford

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1978
Release Date:	September 7, 2009
Runtime:	206 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 1147
Keywords:	Music, Night, Alive, General, Fever, Saturday, Staying, Drama, Disco
Genre:	Drama