The movie “Saturday Night Fever” is released, propelling John Travolta
to super-stardom and
starting the disco dance craze across the country. It defined a cultural era of platform shoes,
polyester suits and blow dried hair. It
made it “ok” for guys to dance and turned the DJ into the “high priest” of the
dance club.
The movie grossed almost $4 million the first weekend and overall
grossed over $230million worldwide.
Travolta originally wanted his now-famous white suit to be black but
when producers pointed out that his dance partners red dress would show up
better in the darkened disco and therefore make her more easily seen, he agreed
to wear white. The white suit was
purchased at an auction by film critic Gene Siskel for $145,000.
The soundtrack
album held the #1 selling album in history until it was replaced six years
later by Michael Jackson’s Thriller album.
(clip of Saturday Night Fever's famous line dance)
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