Fever : the complete history of Saturday Night Fever / Margo Donohue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donohue, Margo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saturday night fever (Motion picture).

Travolta, John, 1954-.

Travolta, John.

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Biographies.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Citadel Press : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2025]

Summary:

"Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, it's impossible to resist the throbbing disco beats--and lasting cultural impact--of Saturday Night Fever. Released in December 1977, the low-budget "disco movie" was the surprise gift that kept on giving. It made millions at the box office, earned an Oscar nomination for TV-actor-turned-movie-star John Travolta, catapulted the Bee Gees' music career into the stratosphere with a record-breaking, Grammy-winning soundtrack album, and ignited a "disco inferno" that burns to this day. From Travolta's iconic white polyster suit and legendary dance moves to the flashing lights and illuminated floor of the 2001 Odyssey disco in Brooklyn, Saturday Night Fever captured the era like no other film--and launched a phenomenon that changed the world forever."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of interviews

Prologue: Day 1: March 14, 1977

Robert Stigwood

The scribes of Saturday Night: Nik Cohn and Norman Wexler

The Johns: Avildsen, Badham, and Travolta

'Getting into character': Improvisation, Alexander's, Sal Mineo, and Polyester

Building the body Travolta: The lockers, Deney Terrio, Jimmy Gambina, Lester Wilson, JoJo Smith Studio

March madness 1977: John Badham's first month filming

2001: A Brooklyn odyssey

Annette

A la famiglia: At home with the Maneros

Panic about the disco: The soundtrack that took over the world

What's it all about, Tony?

RSO vs. The suits: The business of Saturday Night Fever

Fever rising

'I wonder why he's the greatest dancer'

Demolition men: The demise of disco

Far from over

Stigwood's last dance

Nick Cohn's long, strange trip with the fever

Norman

Lester

Fever at fifty

Interview biographies

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Recommended documentaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780806543925

0806543922

OCLC:

1499140154

Publisher Number:

90104395117