Staying Alive (1983 film)
Staying Alive is a 1983 American dance musical film starring John Travolta as dancer Tony Manero, with Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Joyce Hyser, Julie Bovasso, and dancers Viktor Manoel and Kevyn Morrow.
It is a sequel to" Saturday Night Fever"( 1977).
The film was directed by Sylvester Stallone, who also co-produced and co-wrote the film with the original" Saturday Night Fever" producer and writer, Robert Stigwood and Norman Wexler, respectively.
Along with" Homefront", this is one of only two films which Stallone wrote without being the star( although he does have a cameo appearance).
The choreography was done by Dennon and Sayhber Rawles.
The title of the film comes from the Bee Gees song of the same name, which was used as the theme song to" Saturday Night Fever" and is also played during the final scene of" Staying Alive".
The title also reflects Tony's circumstances at the film's beginning, in which he is barely surviving as he pursues his dream of making dancing his career.
Unlike" Saturday Night FeverStaying Alive" was not as successful and holds a score of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Nonetheless, it was a box office success, earning$ 65 million on a$ 22 million budget.
It also featured Sylvester Stallone's young brother Frank's big hit" Far from Over", which peaked at# 10 on the" Billboard" Hot 100 and the" Cashbox" charts.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain may refer to:
Joseph Cali
Joseph Cali (born March 30, 1950) is an American actor known for playing the role of Joey in the 1977 film, "Saturday Night Fever".
Post Saturday Night Fever, he appeared on television and in films such as 1979's "VoicesThe Competition", and "Suicide Kings".
Tell It Like It Is
Tell It Like
It Is may refer to:
Night fever
Night fever may refer to:
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance 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; he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
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.
Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)
Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1984 American television film directed by Stan Lathan.
It stars Paul Winfield, Rosalind Cash, Ruby Dee, Alfre Woodard, Douglas Turner Ward, C. C. H. Pounder, Kadeem Hardison, Giancarlo Esposito and Ving Rhames in his first film role.
It is based on James Baldwin's novel of the same name.
Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel)
Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin.
It tells the story of John Grimes, an intelligent teenager in 1930s Harlem, and his relationship to his family and his church.
The novel also reveals the back stories of John's mother, his biological father, and his violent, religious fanatic stepfather, Gabriel Grimes.
The novel focuses on the role of the Pentecostal Church in the lives of African-Americans, as a negative source of repression and moral hypocrisy and also as a positive source of inspiration and community.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked "Go Tell It on the Mountain" 39th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. "
Time Magazine" included the novel in its "TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005".
Go Tell It on the Mountain (album)
Go Tell It on the Mountain is a Grammy Award winning Christmas album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2003.
Night Fever
" Night Fever" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees.
It first appeared on the soundtrack to" Saturday Night Fever" on RSO Records.
Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film" Saturday Night", but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title.
Stigwood liked the title" Night Fever" but was wary of marketing a movie with that name.
The song bounded up the Billboard charts while the Bee Gees two previous hits from" Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack(" How Deep is Your Love" and" Stayin' Alive") were still in the top ten.
The record debuted on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 Chart at# 76, then leaped up 44 positions to# 32.
It then moved: 32-17-8-5- 2- 1.
It remained at# 1 for eight weeks( the most for any single that year), and ultimately spent 13 weeks in the top 10.
For the first five weeks that" Night Fever" was at# 1," Stayin' Alive" was at# 2.
Also, for one week in March, Bee Gees related songs held five of the top positions on the Hot 100 chart, and more impressively, four of the top five position, with" Night Fever" at the top of the list.
The B-side of" Night Fever" was a live version of" Down the Road" taken from the Bee Gees 1977 album," Here at Last ...
Bee Gees... Live".

Question: Are Saturday Night Fever and Go Tell It On The Mountain (Film) from the same country?
Answer: yes