STAYING ALIVE (1983)

MORGAN'S RATING

John Travolta dances his way back into style in this sequel to the wildly popular disco classic Saturday Night Fever. A talented young dancer struggles to obtain a role in a professional Broadway musical. Along the way, he comes intimately involved with two attractive woman.

John Travolta (Tony Manero), Cynthia Rhodes (Jackie), Finola Hughes (Laura), Steve Inwood (Jesse), Julie Boyasso (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), Tony Munafo (Doorman), Susan Olar (Model), Cindy Perlman (Cathy), Ross St. Phillip (Sound Man), Kurtwood Smith (Choreographer), Frank Stallone (Carl), Nell Alano, Randy Allaire, Audrey K. Baranishyn, Paula Beyers, Melita Brock-Warner, Karen Bryson, Bill Burns, Gary Chapman, David Chavez, Dennis Daniels, Forrest Gardner, Rhonda Hairston, Nanci L. Hammond, Michael Higgins, Michelle Johnston, Janet Jones, Rochelle G. Jones, Erica Jordan, James Ko, Reggie Leon, Ben Lokey, Lee Anne Loomis, Daniel Lorenzo, Viktor Manoel, Anita Morales, Frances Morgan, Reggie O'Gwin, Polly O'Malley, Francine O'Neill, Smith Osbourne, Helene Phillips, Carolyn Poppery, Mark Reina, Michael Rooney, Kathy Shippen, Karin Smith, Rick Sullivant, Jim Thompson, Peter Tramm, Marvin Tunney, Kate Ann Wright (Dancers), Sylvester Stallone (Man on Street, Uncredited), Patrick Swayze (Dancer, uncredited).

IT'S FIVE YEARS LATER FOR TONY MANERO. THE FEVER STILL BURNS!

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: July 15th, 1983 (USA) DVD RELEASE DATE: October 8th, 2002 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $12.1 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $64.8 million (USA) - Director cameo: Sylvester Stallone bumps into Tony on the street. - Nominated for three 1984 Razzie Awards for Worst Actor, Worst New Star and Worst Supporting Actress.

DIRECTOR: Sylvester Stallone (Paradise Alley) WRITERS: Sylvester Stallone and Norman Wexler.  PRODUCERS: Sylvester Stallone and Robert Stigwood. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Linda Horner. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Bill Oakes. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Johnny Mandel. DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Fashioned by Stallone into a ROCKY-type vehicle for Travolta...neither the script nor the music are in class with the original 1977 film."  -- Leonard Maltin

"So horrific are the musical sequences in this movie that you'll swear you were having nightmares directed by Satan himself." -- Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide