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Staying Alive

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5.7/10 • 466

1983-07-111h 36m

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

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.

Directors
Sylvester Stallone
Characters
Nik Cohn
Editors
Peter E. Berger

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  1. John Travolta

    John Travolta

    Tony Manero

  2. Cynthia Rhodes

    Cynthia Rhodes

    Jackie

  3. Finola Hughes

    Finola Hughes

    Laura

  4. Steve Inwood

    Steve Inwood

    Jesse

  5. Julie Bovasso

    Julie Bovasso

    Mrs. Manero

  6. Charles Ward

    Charles Ward

    Butler

  7. Steve Bickford

    Steve Bickford

    Sound Technician

  8. Patrick Brady

    Patrick Brady

    Derelict

  9. Norma Donaldson

    Norma Donaldson

    Fatima

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CinemaSerf

Sep 3, 2022

5/10

Well I suppose it has the song.... Otherwise, this is a really poor and tawdry sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" that took six years to come to fruition. Quite why anyone but the accountant thought this was a good idea is anyone's guess - but John Travolta reprises his role as "Tony", this time trying to make it onto the Broadway stage. He's a changed man - he holds off on the booze, speaks poshly - hell, he even swears less. To be fair to director Sylvester Stallone, he does try to be innovative with his dance coverage - and the famous Travolta strut has lost none of it's hip-swinging rhythm, but the dialogue is dreadful and the characterisations really hemmed in by some shockingly poor acting - not least from the wooden Finola Hughes as the stroppy and petulant "Laura" and Cynthia Rhodes fares no better as "Jackie". The title track from the Bee Gees is the only really memorable song on a card that is busy, and oddly enough does work ok with the pace of this film - it's all just, well, rotten. The first film was not great, this makes it look outstanding.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$22,000,000.00
Revenue
$64,892,670.00
Keywords
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