Saturday Night Fever (1977)

time capsule of a scene

Tony Manero, 19

original songs by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb (the Bee Gees)

famous strut "Staying Alive" Brooklyn

"Fuck the future," Tony tells his boss at the neighborhood paint store

a Rocky movie poster next to his mirror (Sly Stallone would direct Saturday Night Fever's 1983 sequel, Staying Alive)

hip thrusting to "Disco Inferno"

light-up dance floor

polyester fashions

salty language

"I just kissed Al Pacino!"

mook friends offer a chorus of cynicism: "Ain't nobody gonna give you a chance." "Nobody gives you nothing." "It's every man for himself." "It's a stinkin' rat race."

realistically portrayed as a homophobic and misogynistic group Tony: "That's a thing a girl's gotta decide early on. ou gotta decide whether you're gonna be a nice girl or a cunt."

Donna Pescow dance partner who wants more

Stephanie: "You're a cliche. You're nowhere, on your way to no place."

brother Frank a priest