54

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"It was the late seventies,"

and Everybody was in the middle of it

"The recession, the mile-long lines

to the station"

The hostage crisis in Iran

"When I look back at it now,"

it is amazing I can remember any of it

It feels like snap-shots from

someone else's life

All connected by one man...

"A guy named Steve Rubell,"

...had a dream...

to throw the best damn party

the world had ever seen

And to make it last forever

He built a world that was offered up

as reality

Where an eighty year old Disco Queen

could play until dawn

"Where models mingled with mechanics,"

...plumbers danced with princes

It was a place where all labels

were left behind

A place where there were no rules

In 1979 I was nineteen years old

And I had nothing

"Now my Dad would say I had more

than he did at my age,"

but you know what?

"To me,"

filling gas tanks at a

Jersey City station...

"going to the same dingy bar,

with the same guys"

"trying to pick-up on the same chicks,"

...was not tons of fun

I can't believe you came already!

Sorry

I'm sorry

It was just an...

Look at you! You're so...

Oh yeah... you want to go out tomorrow?

"Look, I know this place where the

pizza is dynamite"

What?

"I'm from Montana, right?"

And you are from Jersey city?

Yeah

So... I don't go out with guys

from Jersey city

I knew the real escape was right across

the river

But I didn't even have a car

"Even though New York was

three miles away,"

...it seemed like another world

I had been there before with my Mom

"She did makeup for this television show,"

...and took me to work a few times

It was incredible

Everyone wanted to be around the stars

"My mother always told me I could be

anything I wanted to be,"

and I believed her

Mom died when I was twelve

This was dad...

"... his idea of the good life was,"

"a can of "Schlitz" and a

"Jack Benny Special" on the tube"

I had to break out

I knew I had to make a change

"Alright, alright, alright"

What!

What you laughing at?

What is with the hair?

Look at this guy!

Where is my hair?

Look at this guy!

What are you talking about?

You look like Vidal Sassoon

"If YOU don't look good,

we don't look good!"

"Sh*t, I should have borrowed

my brother's platforms"

Do I look short?

"Hey you guys, you guys"

Before we go in. Check it out

Oh take me home baby!

"That is Julie Black from

"All of my Children"

She is my f***ing dream girl

"Julie Black, she is from Alpine"

My aunt does her ma's hair

"Saw her once too,"

...hanging out at the Alpine Inn

Alpine Inn?

Yeah

We should stake her out

Where was this taken anyway

You know Studio 54

Have you never heard of it?

That place is full of freaks

And girls

And fags

Come on you guys

"Listen, you know who was there

last night?"

Jacqueline Bissette

You know who she is?

Yeah I f***ed her

"Alright, you turkeys can stay here,"

and rot for all I care

But I'm going to go see if I can

get a look at Olivia

Olivia Newton-John?

We aren't there yet?

F*** you Jersey!

We will save you a place in line!

You mothers!

You are going to leave me

with these freaks!

Hey! Hey!

A lot of people thought the door was

a better show than inside

People would try anything to get in

"Mark was the doorman,"

but it was Steve Rubell's club

And his door

I can't let you in here

You are wearing an ascot

You look like an a**hole

"He was out in front, every night,

making sure only the right people got in"

Go home

No. No...

Hey come on!

Over there. Yeah

Excuse me! He just pointed at me!

Just you

Say what?

"Just you, not him"

"Hey man, these are my friends,"

you can't...

"Girls... Stand back, please"

Oh my God...

"Don't be a spaz man, go for it"

"Alright, don't wait for me"

I will find my own way home

"Okay you guys, come on"

"Get your f***ing hands off me,

you jive-ass turkey!"

Sorry guy...

What?

Not with that shirt

Hey!

I said... not with that shirt

"Welcome to my party, handsome"

He choose me

I had never been chosen for

anything before

"You want to check that body, sugar?"

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall

Who is the fairest of them all?"

"Truman? Truman Capote, Where are you?"

Here sugar!

There you are

In honor of your fantastic new

face lift...

I thought I would get you

a couple of things

"And to make sure, the lift sticks"

"I thought we should all...

"Knock on Wood"

Oh Yeah!

"I don't want to lose, this good thing

... that I have got"

Because if I do... I would surely...

surely lose a lot

Because your love... is better...

than anything I know!

It's like thunder! Lightning!

The way you love me is frightening

ck... on wood! I said I better knock, knock on... oh baby... yes

Like thunder! Lightning!

The way you love me is frightening!

knock, knock on wood! Yeah baby! I better knock on wood

"The thing about stars is, they are short"

Did you talk to any of them?

Kind of...

Who?

"Well, like... I don't know"

But you should have seen

the photographers

I will bet you I even got in

one of their pictures

Do you think Farrah ever goes there?

Maybe

And Lee Majors?

Probably

What about Princess Grace?

"Sure, I bet she goes all the time"

Really?

Maybe we can touch her when she goes by

I told her mom named us after her

Hey kids

Hey dad

Hey squirt

"Hey dad, can I borrow the keys tonight?"

What for?

Shane was in city last night

And he wants to go back

The City?

Yeah Shane was just telling us how he

went to studio 54 last night

Studio 54

That is that big disco everybody is

talking about

Where all the stars go

"Yeah Dad, you should have seen it"

"Hey I saw a star once, Bob Hope!"

You see him there?

"Thanks for the memories Dad,

but it wasn't a Korean war show"

"What else, Shane?"

Well I went up into the balcony

It was pretty...

It was pretty dark

"The girl who cut my hair,"

"had this boyfriend, whose sister did

the books for Steve Rubell"

...and got me an interview

Steve Rubell... a regular Booklyn kid

"who got his start by running

a few steak houses,"

...and now on top of the world

He's gorgeous

"Gorgeous, see for yourself"

I was warned that Steve didn't hire

any dummies

And I should be on my toes

because he could ask some really

tricky questions

What is two plus two?

Huh?

You will be fine

"You are right, he is gorgeous"

Come on in!

"Where do bad little bartenders go,

if they don't go to Hell first?"

Xenon

Right. A fate worse than death

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