Saturday Night Fever Page #2

Synopsis: Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the club, thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his family's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end job at a small paint store. However, things begin to change when he spies Stephanie Mangano in the disco and starts training with her for the club's dance competition. Stephanie dreams of the world beyond Brooklyn, and her plans to move to Manhattan just over the bridge soon change Tony's life forever.
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): John Badham
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
1977
118 min
4,623 Views


- Yeah.

- What do you mean, "yeah"?

Well, I mean, I could dance with you,

but, you know, you're not

my dream girl or nothing like that.

You want a dream girl?

Well, then go to sleep

and have a nightmare.

Hey, Gus, here's the speed.

What are you doing? Here, take this.

Hello, again. This is beautiful Monti,

your delicious deejay,

reminding you about

the Universal Disco sweepstakes,

so get in line to get the prize.

- Oh, looks good!

- Go, baby.

A trip. A good trip.

Feel the music, baby.

Look at that chick.

I'm gonna dance with her.

Which one?

Come on, Tony! Dance!

All right!

It's so beautiful in there.

I like your new haircuts.

I like that polyester look.

Turn yourself there, baby.

All right!

Yeah!

Hey, Tony, you know something?

You're the king out there.

You're great. You're a great dancer.

You could do as good as me

if you practiced.

Yeah?

Think I'd be a good dancer, Tony?

Sure. Why not? No.

- No?

- No.

- Ain't you gonna ask me to sit down?

- No, you'd do it.

- But you'd ask me to lay down.

- No, you would not do it.

Double J, move over.

I want you to meet my friend here.

Hey.

Hey, Tony, listen,

you want some speed?

It's very good stuff, Ton.

Really, it's good stuff. You want some?

Can't you guys get off on dancing?

Tony, can I wipe off your forehead?

Why not? Sure. Go ahead.

Hey, Doreen, it ain't no blowj*b.

You don't know f***

about women, Joey.

You get a blowj*b easier

than you get that.

I noticed.

I love to watch you dance, Tony.

- Oh, yeah?

- I love it. I love to watch you dance.

I just love it, watching you dance.

Hey, Tony, listen, do her a favor.

Why don't you take her

for a dance, huh?

That's a good idea. Wanna dance?

Would you like to dance with me?

I'd dance with you.

It's for charity.

Any kind of dresses

with the lace on the side.

Weirdest chick I ever seen.

Ton, I love to watch you dance.

I just love it, watching you dance.

Doreen, move up a little bit.

Come on, doll.

She's doing a two-step with him.

Jesus Christ.

Get your head out of his belt, there, doll.

Oh, Jesus.

You can't dance to this sh*t.

- Let's get the f*** out of here.

- I paid $5 to hear this sh*t?

You paid $5?

I f***ing paid for you to get in.

Hey, Monti,

what are you playing that sh*t for?

What are you talking about, baby?

Look at that chick, she's dancing, man.

She's grooving.

- Joey?

- Yeah.

You know that girl?

No.

- You ever see her before?

- No.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I seen her here

about a month ago.

She can dance, you know that?

She got the wrong partner, of course,

but she can dance.

- Go ask her.

- F*** you.

Yeah? Which position?

Who the hell's that guy?

- Hey, Penny.

- Hey, Tony!

- How you doing?

- Okay. How you been?

All right. You gonna dance for me?

- Sure, why not?

- Okay.

- Hello, Lucille.

- Hello, Nureyev. How you doing?

- You got a Seven and Seven for me?

- Sure, doll.

Give me one of your butts, too,

all right?

Sure.

Having another sweepstakes.

I know that.

It's double the prize money. $500.

You gonna enter?

Well, you'll need a partner.

We won before.

But we're gonna have to practice.

We'll have to practice.

They got people coming in

from Manhattan.

Revelation, Gazebo's.

You know that, right?

We'll have to practice.

That's "practice," Annette.

It don't mean dating,

it don't mean socializing,

it means practice.

Why not? We had a date.

Yeah, once, and once was enough.

Why?

Why? Annette, the whole time,

you talked about your married sister.

And then, you was talking

about your other married sister.

And then, your third married sister.

I got the idea

that all you was interested in

was being a married sister yourself.

I got bored with it.

Hey, look, I told you

I'd take care of it, huh?

Hey, Tony, look, Double J's been

in the car 25 minutes with some chick.

So what?

So, I can't get the selfish prick out.

These guys can't do nothing without me,

you know that?

Hey, listen, are you gonna

make it with Annette?

No, I don't think so.

You know, Joey, you make it

with some of these chicks,

and they think

you gotta dance with them.

Look at this guy, huh?

All right, get out.

You've been in there 20 minutes.

- Come on!

- 25 in the car, 20 in the chick.

Yeah, well, get out

before we pull you out.

- She ain't come yet.

- Since when do you care?

Hey, come on!

Whoa. Okay.

- Harder! Harder!

- Okay, it's happening!

It's happening! It's happening!

I'll be out in a minute, man.

Harder! I'm coming! I'm coming!

Oh, yeah!

Yes.

What did you say your name was?

Kiss me.

Kiss me!

Oh, I just kissed Al Pacino!

Al Pacino. I don't look like Al Pacino.

Well, I could look like him.

Al Pacino.

Yeah. Al Pacino.

Al Pacino!

"Attica! Attica!

"Attica! Attica!

- "Attica!"

- Hey, give me the ball.

Hey, you wanna go see

that Bruce Lee picture at the Orpheum?

- Yeah!

- Hey, you wanna know something?

Bruce Lee's dead,

so I don't give a damn about him.

- Hey, look.

- Man, you got no respect for the dead.

What kind of sh*t is that, huh?

Hey, you guys see what the Knicks

are gonna pay Frazier?

We're never gonna make

that much money in our whole life.

- Hey, douche! Douche!

- It's all right. It's okay.

Hey, you know why

you don't kill fags on Sunday?

You kill fags on Sunday,

they go straight to heaven.

Hey, sweetheart! Hey, your turn, isn't it?

You look so heavenly,

it makes me want to die, you know?

Hey, Double J, hey!

You know, this is a drag.

What's with you today, huh?

Nothing.

I'd just rather be doing 2001 tonight.

Yeah? Well, f***ing do it.

Oh, "f***ing do it."

You got 20, 30 bucks

to blow twice a week?

- Come on, Tony.

- Hey, Tony.

Man, I'm gonna get myself one of these,

you know.

You're never gonna get yourself

one of these.

These things cost too much money.

You'll never have that kind of money.

Hey, you, you know,

I've had you up to here.

That's your favorite speech.

You're never gonna have

that kind of money.

Not you, not me, not anybody.

Hey, get it together before it's all

over the street, huh? You see this?

This is a Caddy Seville.

My Uncle Nunzio's got one of these

and he's got a Mercedes Benz, too.

You know how he got it?

He forced his partner to sell out.

He gave him a real screwing.

It's a dog-eat-dog world, right?

Everybody's out for what they can get.

It's true.

They got it all locked up.

Ain't nobody gonna give you a chance.

Nobody gives you nothing, Joey.

Yeah, you know,

it's every man for himself.

It's a stinking rat race.

Hey, that stuff goes on beautiful, Tony.

Best vinyl I ever seen at that price.

See? I told you.

You just listen to me, right?

You know, you saved me a bit

of change on the job. You know paint.

You ever want a job as a painter,

why don't you let me know, huh?

You make twice as much

as you make here,

but you break your back.

You interested?

- I don't know.

- Don't be interested.

You'll make twice as much,

but you'll break your back.

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Norman Wexler

Norman Wexler (August 6, 1926 – August 23, 1999) was an American screenwriter whose work included such films as Saturday Night Fever, Serpico and Joe, for which he received an Oscar nomination in 1971. A Detroit native and 1944 Central High School graduate, Wexler attended Harvard University before moving to New York in 1951. more…

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