Saturday Night Fever - From John Travolta?s electrifying Oscar®-nominated performance to the Bee Gees? top 10 soundtrack to the unforgettable dancing, Saturday Night Fever is a movie sensation that captured the world?... more »s attention like never before. Now more than ever before, Saturday Night Fever is the one film that?ll make you feel like dancing. Staying Alive - Staying Alives takes Saturday Night Fever?s Tony Manero out of Brooklyn to Broadway. As a wannabe dancer struggling to make it on the stage, John Travolta is at his sexy, sizzling best. Girl-next-door Cynthia Rhodes (Flashdance, Dirty Dancing) and vampy Finola Hughes (General Hospital, All My Children) compete for Tony?s heart. Co-written and directed by superstar Sylvester Stallone, Staying Alive features an electrifying Bee Gees soundtrack and some of the most memorable dance sequences ever staged on screen.« less
"Saturday Night Fever was filled with dancing and energy. It is a video time capsule to the Diaco scene. Filled with the music of the Bee Gees, this film made you dance and still does.
John Travolta made his starring debut as Tony, far away from his Barbarino character from Welcome Back Kotter (season one of Kotter is on DVD). Tony lived for his club dancing, until he made a girl and fell in love. In Travolta's first starring vehicle, you can see the star power coming through
In the sequal to Fever, Staying Alive, Tony is now a dancer auditioning like a gypsy for Broadway dancing roles. The film starts with song "Far from Over" over the credits, foreshadowing the overlong and overdrawn sequel.
Travolta, whose dance was a marvel in Fever, seem to prance around like a deer lost in the headlights. The script written by Sylvester Stallone (who also directed) tries to do a dancing Rocky, but this vehicle tanks on the ropes. The dancing seem uninspiring and over rehearsed.Tony does take the lead on Broadway, but loses the films audience. We tend not to care in the long run
The highlight of Alive is Steve Inwood, in the role of Broadway director. He has a flair with his intensive to the play. His role is in a few scenes of the movie, but he steals everything when he is on the film.
I give this double feature three stars for fever and None for Alive
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
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Great twoforone
N. McKee | Newark, OH United States | 04/27/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"You can't beat the soundtracks in these movies. John Travolta was a great dancer and these movies, especially Staying Alive, did not get the credit it deserved. Finola Hughes and Cynthia Rhodes were amazing and their dancing was the best. I'm a fan...always will be..."
Great movies
Lori L. Pace | new jersey | 07/05/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Two great John Travolta movies in one, how can you go wrong. Quick shipment."
Disco dvd
Amy E. Muscarella | Ballwin, MO | 10/18/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive DVD's were really enjoyable to watch. I threw a 70's theme party for my husbands 50th birthday and I played the DVD's while I played other Disco music during the party. We watched Staying Alive later that night and got a kick out of the styles."
Saturday Night Fever/Staying Alive
Antoinette Wilcox | Knoxville, TN | 08/30/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The movies were great. Both in wonderful condition. We all really enjoyed it. Brought back a lot of memories. Thank you."