Saturday Night Fever

Carol and I just watched the DVD of Saturday Night Fever. This is one of my favourite movies. I can’t believe it’s 25 years old.

John Travolta (who is now working as an Ambassador-at-Large for Qantas in his spare time) was brilliant as Tony Manero. The soundtrack was phenomenal, the dancing was energetic, the acting was excellent (Travolta was nominated for an Oscar that year), the dancing was superb and the story was griity and real. All of it added up to a 118 minute snapshot of the disco era at it’s height. For a brief time Disco didn’t suck.