The movie that sold a soundtrack and a generation on disco

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2020)

When this movie came out in 1977 disco was at its peak and punk rock was rising. New wave was just starting and it was the year that star wars smokey and close encounters ruled the box office. Despite the r rating, which forced Paramount to reissue and edit the movie into a PG rated version following the massive success of Grease the year before, it spawned a soundtrack which became more popular than the movie due to the bee gees as well as other acts. The movie would soon be followed by a sequel which did OK despite being lambasted by critics. A musical soon followed and it has been a popular mainstay on cable TV.