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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
909 Views


But don't you know what a troglodyte is?

"Yeah, it's like a diamond"

A troglodyte is like a caveman

He called you a caveman

And that makes me a cave woman

"Anita, are you ready?"

"Yeah, in a minute"

What are you doing?

He is giving me a break

"And Shane, lay off"

Where is the article?

"Shane 54, I can do anybody"

"See if you had let me be involved

in the photo-shoot,"

this wouldn't have happened

You should have known with a

magazine like this!

"Anita, lay off. Please"

"Come on, I know how to cheer you up"

So we are going to start with the hips

"One, two, three, four... "

For extra dough Anita taught

suburbanites how to disco dance

"Well, she tried anyway"

"Second thing, we are going to do

is attitude"

If you want to make it to Studio 54...

...the most important thing is

you've to have the right attitude

And the attitude is in face

"So we are going to go, watch me now,"

because this is a very

special step for attitude

"One, two, three, four. One, two, three,"

...attitude

"One, two, three, attitude"

Give me some attitude!

"Give me some attitude, show me! Show me!

Show me your stuff!"

"Think Travolta, come on!"

"Keep going, keep going"

I'm going to go for some inspiration

"Oh please, Shane just give me

some inspiration"

Hey!

Hey!

Keep your hands off my wife

"Don't smother me, Grego"

"Oh thank you, I was so hungry"

Are you going to stay for the busto'?

Sounds great but I got some

business of my own

"Shane, why don't you show us

how you do your splits"

"I'm not going to do that Mario,

you do that"

Alright

Shane!

"I leave you alone for one second,"

and look what happens!

"Are you alright, does it hurt?"

Just a little

Don't move. I'm going to go get some ice

I'm sorry

"'Ludes, Angel Dust... And this,

this is MDA"

"This is why the "Studio" is

such a great party"

This month anyhow

Thanks

"You can do it too, man"

Hey midget! I hear you got some

choice MDA

"Twenty each, for you... twenty-five"

"Oh eat me raw, Tom Thumb"

I never pay for my drugs

And I don't take medicare

"So tell me, how much money does

the club pull in?"

"I'd say, we... I make... "

"$750,000.00... Every night"

And that would be before Uncle Sam

gets his teeth into it?

"Let me put it this way,"

what the I.R.S. doesn't know

won't hurt them

"Let me put it this way,"

what the I.R.S. doesn't know

won't hurt them

"The secret is that I'm, I'm kind of

a philosopher... "

Can you believe the nerve of this man?

"He did Merv last week, Dick Cavet,"

...and now this!

I understand the path of excess

leads to the palace of wisdom

Do you ever read Blake?

I have

"Yeah, I love Blake. That is

my favorite poet"

You got to get to somebody in that place

"That is right, I love that

May I kiss your hand?"

"You know, I've been good

for the whole week now"

Yeah? Yeah

"Well, keep being good and quit

looking at me like that"

I'm not looking at you

Who would want to look at you!

"Hey, give me that"

Stop it

"C'mon, I want to help

Guys do everything"

"No... it's not because you don't, but... "

Are you trying to turn me on?

No. I'm trying to cook

Say that again

What?

"You're insulting me, babe,

because you know... "

"C'mon, let me go"

Oh right! I was just after the spoon

Spoon?!

You bastard. You jealous bastard

You won't just get away... Lay off

I didn't even do anything

Right! Right!

I told you nothing's going on

Bullshit

"Greg, baby, you're talking about Shane"

"If you like, doing... "

How can I?

I caught you

"You are a jealous maniac and you better

get over it,"

because I'm not sticking around for more

You're threatening me?

I told you before we got married

that I'm not your slave

"No smothering, Grego", right?"

Right!

Right? Right

"And you agreed, remember?"

You are the only one I love

You're my baby

My baby!

Hi

Hi. Do I...

Shane

"Nice to meet you, Shane"

"Lets go, Julie"

"No ticket, no coat"

Just look for it

"Do you know how many black

leather jackets,"

with poppers and a cock-ring in the

left pocket we got back here?

You are killing me!

Hey

What's wrong?

I started to take a leak and it felt

like razor blades

Oh oh

What?

Don't tell me it is your first

My first what?

"You got "the clap" man"

Sh*t

Wake up

"Penicillin, huh?"

We must be neighbors. I live just...

"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me"

Thanks

Sh*t

"Thanks, Dottie"

"It is Mona,"

"but that is just between you and

me too, okay?"

Okay

"Grandma, look it"

"Oh, that is beautiful"

Now can you say hi to Shane

Hi

"Sweetmeat, sweetmeat, give Disco Dottie

her funky little treat"

"Hey Atlanta, we need more champagne

on the banquettes"

Anthony is having a cow

He said we were short a thousand

the other night

Yeah?

Yeah

"I have a friend at Xenon who will

put you to work,"

and not b*tch about it

Why don't you go dance

It is slowing down out there

What?

"I'm letting you go, you are fired"

"You can't fire me,"

why would you want to?

"Your sticky little fingers,"

didn't you think Anthony would notice?

Notice what?

"Oh, you're embarrassing yourself

Here is your severance"

"Stevie, I have worked for you,

for ten years"

I helped you get your first steak house

You have been here too long

Your paranoia is getting to me

"If there is money missing,

look someplace else"

"Anthony is having a cow, okay!"

And somebody's head has to roll!

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Christmas present

from me to you"

Every night I think about staying home

But then I come to my senses and

give myself a good kick in the ass

"Man, look at this pit!"

Nicotine break

Right on

I thought this night would never end

"Thank God, it is Christmas"

Can't wait to get out of here

Are you going home tommorow?

No

I haven't talked to my Dad in

four months

"Why don't you come with me and Anita

to her Mother's,"

...It will be fun

Thanks

Yeah

Lets clean this place up

Lets get out of this hole

"Hey you hear, Romeo is quitting

New Year's Eve"

"If you think I'm ever

going to get that job,"

...you are dreaming

He is never going to promote me

"Listen, I'll talk to him"

Alright

"Anyway when we have our own place,"

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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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