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Synopsis: An anthology film retelling the story of the famous Studio 54, a hot disco hangout for the social elite of New York. The movie follows several characters at once, some of whom are in desperate straits and on the verge of crashing.
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Mark Christopher
Production: Miramax Films
  9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
15%
R
Year:
1998
93 min
Website
908 Views


"So, as of tonight"

The new bartender will be...

Rhett

Choice

Oh and we got a new busboy

His name is Shane

"Shane! Shane, come here. Come here"

I couldn't find the right size

And remember

It is you boys who are truly

New York's finest

One Chablis! Hey kid!

Chablis

So what will it be?

What will it be?!

"Where did they get you "Rocky?"

Philadelphia?"

"No talking to the animals, busboy"

Hang in there baby

"Greg man, will you help me please"

This is how it works

Keep the bottles and the glasses

off the dance floor

Keep the champagne cold and

keep it flowing

You got to pay attention

to the V.I.P. area

Steve doesn't want them to ever pour

champagne for themselves

"Now, listen up... "

"After everybody is all gone,

check the banquettes"

We usually find some pretty good stuff

Is that Julie Black?

I think so. Are you ready?

There she was. Julie Black

"Man, she looked even better in person

than on TV"

She was from Jersey too

and she had made it

I really got to get out of here

and get some sleep

Stevie knew that we had no royalty

in this country

"We had celebrity and,"

"if he could provide opportunity for

regular people to dance with the famous,"

...The Studio would be one of a kind

And I was such a dumb kid

"All these famous people,"

and I didn't know who any of them were

"And they would all go,"

"Truman, Oh Truman"

"And I would be thinking,

who the f*** is Truman?"

Hey Fiorucci! How are you?

I'm such a big fan of yours

The windows are great. Fabulous!

"You are so Italian, and adorable,"

"I want to eat you with a spoon, come"

Come with me

I would say it was this big. At least

Did you get his number?

It ain't the size of the ship

It is the motion of the ocean

Did your mother teach you that?

His father

It sounds kind of defensive to me

I think we are freaking the new kid out

Hey how did you do tonight?

Good. I made quite a bit

He doesn't mean your tips

You went up to the balcony with Patty?

The word gets around fast I guess

So did she do the accent?

So how was she?

Really great

She is a model

Really?

Have we seen her in anything?

Yeah Vogue. French Vogue

She is moving on up

"She told me "Cosmo"

She told me Women's Wear Daily

Hey I don't care if it was

Sears & Roebucks. It was hot

She told you Women's Wear Daily?

Stop

"Oh, I feel a fight coming on"

No way sister

And the extra plate

Hey don't take anything until everybody

puts their stuff down

Didn't you get anything?

Oh wait

Hello friend

Sometimes you meet people and right away

they feel like family

That is how it was with Greg and Anita

She wanted to be the next Donna Summer

"Greg wanted to get ahead,"

...just wasn't sure how

Looks like your wedding was dynamite!

Oh put these away

Anita's studio

Far out. What is this?

"Oh these are just for motivation,"

like when you put a picture of

a fat person on the fridge

So play me something

"Yeah, she is unbelievable"

Play him something

"No, no I'm really tired. I'm really,

really tired"

I have been screaming all night

Okay I will play something simple

I can't do this

That was excellent

"No, it wasn't"

"Shane, follow me"

This place is bad man

You can stay as long as you want

Really?

Mi casa e su casa

In mi casa there are three basic

food groups

"Solids, liquids and hot smoke"

What will it be? What will it be?

Can I help you? Yeah. Can I help you?

I am looking for American foxes

with big American breasts!

I couldn't believe all the sh*t Greg

told me what was going on at the club

Bartenders. They had it made

"Drugs, Sex, Connections, Money"

There was an endless supply coming

across the bar

"Greg told me, half way through the night"

Steve had the bartenders... dump the cash

"Send it downstairs and,"

change the tape in the registers

It was a skim job straight out of

the Vegas Casinos

And Steve Rubell was making

a fortune off of it

Greg was on garbage detail

Anthony?

He would take it out the back door

and give it to this guy Anthony

he called the garbage man

Hey pisanno!

How you doing?

"I really scored, didn't I?"

Greg told me everything

"Alright cowgirl, put that on there

Easy, easy... "

Is it all there?

"Yeah, count it"

"How much they pay you to wait around

for me, huh kid?"

Enough

"Yeah, you are Italian right?"

Right on

"You ever need to increase your paycheck,

you come to me"

I got the best party favors in the place

Oh yeah!

Greg... Take it

But I have to...

Give it to him. Come on!

You have never seen my palace...

Empty it

Go ahead...

"Rhett the brand new bartender, quit"

He thinks he is going to model

Really?

"Yeah, he met Scavullo"

And thinks he has got it made

You are a handsome guy

I bet you could model...

if you were a little taller

It is a new world out there

Old labels and prejudice

don't apply anymore

Right

You do a special job for us

Important

Before you...

I only let bartenders deal with Anthony

But Viv trusts you

"It is a good job, I take it seriously"

She also says you are married to Anita

And that you never go with

the other boys

Yeah. I mean no

I'm not gay

Labels

"I'm sorry I forgot, Mister Rubell"

"Mister! Oh, that's good"

Well you know what? I'm not gay either

I want to suck your cock

I'm married

"No one gets married at your age,"

unless you are trying to prove something

"I have to go, sorry... "

Bartenders make a lot of this

I know

Come here

Come here

I can't

I'm married and she is waiting

You really are that straight

Sorry

"No, no, no"

I respect that. Let me apologize

Bye dad

Bye

Listen Gracy

"You know I'm sorry about leaving you,"

"and Kelly like this,"

but I should have been out of the house

two years ago

"No sh*t, Shaney"

Yes we want variety

Yes you got to toss the salad...

"... but no, that doesn't mean

letting in whores,"

"and yid's, like last night"

"They were your cousins, Stevie"

I don't care if it was my

Mother and my Father

They look like sh*t

"Okay, Stevie"

"No, no, no, no okay Stevie,

no it is cool"

"Family my ass, lets go"

"These f***ers are hot,"

what do you think?

Fabulous love. Now get out of here

Get out of here! Lets go!

Hey can I talk to you about maybe

putting somebody on the list

"You have to talk to Steve,"

and he has been working

seventy-two hours straight

So you tread lightly

"The IRS, oh please"

"Even though you pay me like a cashier,"

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Mark Christopher

Mark Christopher (born July 8, 1963 in Fort Dodge, Iowa[1]) is a screenwriter, and director most known for directing 54 (1998), starring Ryan Phillippe, Mike Meyers, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and Mark Ruffalo. more…

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