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{{quote|''And that sweet city woman,
''She moves through the light,
''Controlling my mind and my soul.
''When you reach out for me
''Yeah, and the feelin' is bright,
''Then I get night fever, night fever.
''We know how to do it.|[[The Bee Gees]]}}
''Saturday Night Fever'' is a 1977 film starring [[John Travolta]] in the role that made him a superstar.
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A sequel titled ''Staying Alive'' was released in 1983. [[Sequelitis|It didn't do as well with the critics.]]
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* [[Adult Child]]: Tony
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Some interpretations feel there's no redeemable qualities to Tony.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Arguably, Tony's friends apart from Bobby C. Yes, they lose Bobby after he jumps off the bridge and Tony after he decides to move out of Bay Ridge and start over, but nothing directly happens to them.
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: At least Tony's friends think so.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Travolta's white outfit became synonymous with disco culture and a sort of a uniform for [[Disco Dan
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The film alternates between dreamy, mesmerizing disco sequences and [[Brooklyn Rage|shallow and violent everyday life of Brooklyn youth]].
* [[Nobody Touches the Hair]]: Tony.
* [[Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending]]: Tony leaves behind his phony life in Brooklyn, and heads to Manhattan to start over. He even gets back together with Stephanie! Unrequited love interest Annette, meanwhile, ends up having been treated like dirt, raped, and forgotten about. And Bobby C. has accidentally jumped to his death, leaving behind his Catholic girlfriend whom he wasn't going to marry that is carrying his child. Whew.
* [[Rape as Drama]]: Annette is raped by two of Tony's friends
** Subverted, though, since her rape is more or less treated as a [[
* [[Rock Me, Amadeus]]: "A Fifth of Beethoven" and "Night on Disco Mountain" are based on classical pieces by Beethoven and Mussorgsky, respectively.
* [[The Seventies]]: And ''how''. You can't help but think of the 1970s when you see the film, and you can't help but think of the film when you remember the 1970s.
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* [[There Are Two Kinds of People in the World|There Are Two Kinds of Girls In The World]]: Tony's philosophy is that a girl can either be a [[My Girl Is Not a Slut|"nice girl"]] or a [[Country Matters|"c**t"]], but not both.
* [[Unbuilt Trope]]: The movie's portrayal of disco lifestyle is decidedly unsentimental and depressing enough to be labeled as a grim [[Deconstruction]] of dance flicks and night club culture in general. The twist is that this film was the '''[[Trope Maker]]''' of the 70's disco craze.
* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]. "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", a 1975 ''New Yorker'' article. Ironically, it turns out that the article was completely fabricated.
* [[Walking in Rhythm]]: Tony, to "Stayin' Alive" at the beginning of the film. One of John Travolta's most famous movie scenes, subject to much [[Stock Parody]].
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[[Category:Films of the 1970s]]
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