Tribute to John Travolta: Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever
US 1977, John Badham, 119 min.

Every Saturday, Tony dons his wide collared shirt, bell bottoms and platform shoes and heads to the only place where he is considered a god and not a young punk: the local disco. Away from the strobe lights and glitter balls, Tony's story as a paint store clerk in Brooklyn becomes one of tragic disillusionment, violence and heartbreak. Saturday Night Fever shines a spotlight on gang culture and racial tension and remains a powerful and provocative tragedy that carries as much weight today as it did in 1977. Travolta's bobbing walk into the New York streets after work is one of the finest movie openings and simply a great way to start a Saturday night.