Staying Alive
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| German title | Staying Alive |
| Original title | Staying Alive |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Sylvester Stallone |
| script | Sylvester Stallone, Norman Wexler |
| production | Linda Horner , Bill Oakes , Sylvester Stallone, Robert Stigwood |
| camera | Nick McLean |
| cut | Mark Warner , Don Zimmermann |
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Staying Alive is an American feature film from 1983. It is the sequel to the hit film Saturday Night Fever . The plot is set on the Broadway scene in New York .
action
The plot of the film begins five years after Just Saturday Night . Tony Manero's addiction to dance still keeps him on his feet, although he has long since left Brooklyn and is a long way from the dance club where he became famous. He lives in poor conditions and unsuccessfully applies to various agencies. Tony regularly trains in a choreography group. He has a relationship with his fellow dancer Jackie, and they both make it into training for the great Broadway show Satan's Alley under the supervision of a strict director . However, their relationship is put to the test when Tony sees the beautiful leading actress Laura for the first time. Laura is rich and confident. In order to land with Laura, he transfers Jackie. He starts an affair with Laura. When he wants more from her, she puts him down. Jackie sees that her relationship with Tony cannot go on like this and breaks up. They only get closer again when Tony asks them to practice with him because he wants to apply for the role of lead actor. He also gets this role, but realizes quickly that nothing will come of a relationship with Laura and that his love for Jackie has only been masked by his initial desire.
A short cutscene interrupts the conflict and directs our attention to another problem area. Tony visits his mother at her old home in Brooklyn. Grandmother and father have since passed away. Tony asks her forgiveness for his selfishness and finally manages to get his lonely mother a card for the play.
Finally the evening of the performance comes, and while the dance is going on there is a small power struggle between Laura and Tony, which ends in a draw. After the show, which was a great success, Tony announced to Laura that he was clear about his feelings and after a kiss he said goodbye. When asked where he was going, he just replied “strut” - an allusion to Travolta's peculiar gait. With a new self-confidence, Tony struts along Times Square like in the old days .
background
- The film had production costs of 22 million US dollars and played in the US alone approximately 65 million one. The sequel was well behind Saturday Night Only , but it was still a great success.
- As with Only Saturday Night , the soundtrack was dominated by songs by the Bee Gees , including five new songs in addition to the eponymous Stayin 'Alive . These made up the first page of the soundtrack album, while the second consisted mainly of songs composed and partly sung by Frank Stallone (the brother of director Sylvester Stallone).
- In the film, Sylvester Stallone has a brief cameo in which he bumps into Tony Manero (John Travolta), who is walking on the sidewalk, and then half-turns into the camera.
- Frank Stallone also has a small appearance as a musician in Jackie's band.
Reviews
The film received mostly negative reviews, earning a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews. At Metacritic , a Metascore of 17, based on 6 reviews, could be achieved.
"Even the dance performances of this pseudo-soul drama are pathetic bad."
Awards
- In 1984 there was a Golden Globe nomination for Best Song .
- Also in 1984 the film was nominated for a Grammy for its score .
- John Travolta ( worst leading actor ) and Finola Hughes ( worst newcomer and worst supporting actress ) were nominated for the Golden Raspberry .
Web links
- Staying Alive in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Staying Alive at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office Mojo (English)
- ↑ Powergrid ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Staying Alive at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ Staying Alive at Metacritic (English)
- ^ Staying Alive. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
