Staying Alive (1983)

Note des utilisateurs:

3.9/10   

Réalisateur:

Sylvester Stallone

Writers:

Nik Cohn (characters)
Sylvester Stallone (written by) ...

Release Date:

15 juillet 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Music

Accroche:

Tony Manero knows the old days are over - But nobody's gonna tell him he can't feel that good again.

Plot:

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Plot Keywords:

Dancer | Sequel | Writer Director | Title Based On Song | Spandex

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

I'm Speechless...

Ensemble

John Travolta	...	Tony Manero
Cynthia Rhodes	...	Jackie
Finola Hughes	...	Laura
Steve Inwood	...	Jesse
Julie Bovasso	...	Mrs. Manero
Charles Ward	...	Butler
Steve Bickford	...	Sound Technician
Patrick Brady	...	Derelict
Norma Donaldson	...	Fatima
Jesse Doran	...	Mark
Joyce Hyser	...	Linda
Deborah Jenssen	...	Margaret
Robert Martini	...	Fred
Sarah M. Miles	...	Joy (as Sarah Miles)
Tony Munafo	...	Doorman

Autre(s) titre(s):

Staying Alive (Canada: French title) [fr]

Durée:

93 min | Argentina:96 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Classification:

Iceland:L | Spain:T | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Anecdotes:

Just like for the original, star John Travolta underwent extensive physical training for the role. The training was supervised by director Sylvester Stallone.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tony is trying out for the second show, he is shown wearing number 46, but there is one quick shot of him wearing number 40, which was his number for the first tryout.

Guillemet:

Tony Manero: Everybody uses everybody, don't they?
Jesse: Go to hell, Manero!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Dawson's Creek: Dance (#1.2)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Someone Belonging To Someone

I'm Speechless...

Watching "Staying Alive" will do that to you. A truly perplexing movie it raises all sorts of questions like "Why was this thing made?" and "Why would Travolta do this?" I guess those were pretty lean years for Barbarino, so we should cut him some slack. Now Sylvester Stallone, he should have known better.

"Staying Alive" is the sequel to the hit, and FAR superior movie, "Saturday Night Fever." This film is hardly a sequel people were crying out to see, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that it's a very obscure movie.

Travolta reprises his "Fever" role, as Tony Manero, the big-haired, tight-clothes, bad-accented dancer from Brooklyn. On his own and trying to make it as a dancer, he works his hardest to become a big star. Does he make it? Well you have to watch, and let me tell you it's a riveting ride.

Or not. "Alive" is a terribly funny movie, for all the wrong reasons. The play Tony ends up in is a particular highlight. Called "Satan's Alley," it's a man's descent into hell, full of laser lights, mist, and scantily clad women. This is the first Broadway movie I had heard of that was totally dancing, no singing, speaking, or character development. Kudos to the fact checker for the film, who had obviously seen a lot of Broadway shows. Even "Cats" was more coherent than that piece of crap.

But the real highlight is Travolta himself. As directed by Stallone, he bears more than a passing resemblance to Rambo in almost every scene of consequence. Every single time the guy dances in the movie one of two things happen. Either A) he gets really sweaty and greasy, or B) you get tons of shot of his disgusting package. Those dance pants are WAY too tight.

"Staying Alive" is a bizarre movie. You get the feeling Stallone and the rest of the crew thought they were making an incredible movie. It shows in every self-obsessed frame of this film; it takes itself way too seriously and ends up looking absolutely ridiculous. Recommended for fans of ridiculously poor movies.