Released Date:
1977-12-16
Languages:
English, Italian
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
118 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (49658 Reviews)
Director:
John BadhamNik Cohn (story)
Norman Wexler (screenplay)
Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the club, thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his family's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end job at a small paint store. However, things begin to change when he spies Stephanie Mangano in the disco and starts training with her for the club's dance competition. Stephanie dreams of the world beyond Brooklyn, and her plans to move to Manhattan just over the bridge soon change Tony's life forever.
Released Date:
1983-09-30
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
92 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
2.5 (717 Reviews)
Director:
Peter SasdyGenres:
DramaHarold Robbins (novel)
Ellen Shepard (adaptation)
John Kershaw
Shawn Randall
Jerilee Randall, a simple schoolgirl living in San Fernando, dreams of becoming a famous writer. While at a party, she meets the son of a famous screenwriter. The son invites her over to his house; she accepts. They drive away with some other people, and that night, she is assaulted by one of the son's friends with a garden hose. The "friend" is interrupted in his assault by screenwriter Walter Thornton, who arrives in time to save her from an even more disgusting fate. Walter's rescue of Jerilee begins a friendship between the two, and before you know it, the two fall in love. They marry. Their marriage falls apart when Jerilee's script rewrites actually improve one of Walter's screenplays and he feels one-upped. Jerilee then goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and get it produced.
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