The Most iconic musical opening sequence

[@BoxofficeMoviesScenes]

Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?

[@anthonyvolpato1005]

you literally uploaded a clip from a movie and put your own watermark on it

[@rojaktar3509]

Apparently Travolta doesn't recall the window-shopping segment

[@rcnelson]

You should DISCOunt the critics' ratings.

[@paulkane7771]

@@rcnelson I see what you did there, you clever rat!

[@FrankMahovlich]

A seven. It is a brilliant beginning. I watched half of it. A commentary, before, after and during would have made it better.

[@guymandudely324]

I saw the trailer for this movie at the Benson theater in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. You could feel the audience reaction when we realized that the movie was filmed literally outside the theater. People couldn't control themselves and broke out into spontaneous conversation and applause. I decided to return to the Benson to see the film when it opened there. The effect on the audience was electrifying.

[@keith125]

18th Ave

[@tobe1207]

That's a neat idea

[@someguybreaks]

It's electrifying! Oops, wrong movie.

[@blessingsoutlaw]

COOL memory!!!

[@josephdale69]

Were you with your boyfriend?

[@kevincorbin6273]

One of the best opening sequences ever, the Beegees and this movie created an entire culture

[@MundiaKamau]

Well put🙂

[@theultimatemale6820]

@@kevincorbin6273 ABSOFUKINGLUTEY.

[@paulrochford7887]

Absolute timeless classic

[@jamesparker7729]

Walk it like you own it. The swag, the strut. He owned it!

[@HeartFeltGesture]

These days, you strut like that someone'll stab you for being too happy and confident.

[@Tdub0911]

That song will never get old. No matter what genre is popular every new generation still loves it. Does not fade with time

[@MundiaKamau]

You can say that again🙂

[@tomlockstone4227]

So identifiable with a time period, and timeless at the same time.

[@MundiaKamau]

@@tomlockstone4227 Absolutely🙂

[@roccosophie6498]

The Bee Gees were a once in a lifetime gift. Truly one of the greatest groups in our history.

[@natalliaf6387]

in a

[@roccosophie6498]

@@natalliaf6387 I type too fast. And I've edited. Thanks.🙂

[@eah8101]

It's a great soundtrack, one of the best ever -- a real period piece, in that sense

[@Dan-440]

Check out their really early stuff. Oh boy.

[@lynnecromack4933]

It as the best of British disco in the '70s.

[@picodegallio3255]

The swagger, the look the bell bottoms... Fantastic !!!

[@beaglesrfun5896]

I agree! The shoes, the hair, the jacket! Everything about this image was fashionable and iconic.

[@potato9832]

Bell bottoms were a good look. Maybe not the huge sail sized ones, but the moderately sized ones were. Better than those skinny high water jeans emos wear.

[@tduhpohylnvrz]

Are they bell bottoms or flares?

[@Daniel-Weaver]

Almost as much swagger as Confident Hunchback.

[@HeartFeltGesture]

The music, the pizza, the paint, the swag......the ladies.....

[@jeanettedesantis2495]

There was NO ONE like John Travolta! The looks, the charisma, the attitude! NO ONE compared!

[@Keezie27]

One of the coolest opening movie scenes! Shout out to my hometown Brooklyn❤

[@simonm7133]

Travolta owned that street! His screen presence was mesmerising.

[@keekwai2]

Bullshit. His character is a full on, affectatious, strutting peacock who window shops like a woman. Cringeworthy.

[@ivanivanov1782]

Kensington?

[@anthonytheitalian2863]

Look at John Travolta he had class in those days we had class and manners nowadays we got no class and no manners at all

[@Republicans-Democrats-Are-Scum]

@@anthonytheitalian2863 True. Also, people are not allowed to flirt anymore. We can't even compliment a good looking girl and say nice things without a herd of her friends ganging up on you and threatening to call the cops for attempted rape. Times have changed , my friend. I was six years old when this flick came out. I've seen it so many times already. ...takes me back to the good ole days.

[@Jayfive276]

​@@Republicans-Democrats-Are-Scum "Also, people are not allowed to flirt anymore." - Wrong. "We can't even compliment a good looking girl and say nice things without a herd of her friends ganging up on you and threatening to call the cops for attempted rape. " - Wrong. "I was six years old when this flick came out." - No you didn't. Don't lie. "takes me back to the good ole days." - the good ole days that you weren't an adult for? You are so full of shit.

[@jean2479]

One of the greatest movie soundtracks ever!! The Bee Gees rocked!

[@delg1211]

INDEED! 2nd only to the one from the greatest movie nobody saw- The Commitments, by the genius Alan Parker. That soundtrack is incredible. ❤🎷🎺🎹

[@Antonio-dw2bu]

Donde queda la banda sonora de Flash Dance.y Grease brillantina.vaselina.Unos clásicos que aún se escuchan.

[@smol_patricia_potato]

​@Antonio-dw2bu yes grease is good

[@marklewen9384]

Saturday. NIght fever and pulp fiction .

[@tonypasma1707]

😮😮😮

[@wizardoz905]

This will never be repeated.... an absolute classic.... i am so glad i was around for this.....

[@hondaphan4172]

Travolta's strut/swagger in this opening scene is iconic. He just oozed cool charisma in this legendary flick.

[@ckobo84]

The chick in the video wasn't nearly as impressed, she wanted none of that 😂

[@hondaphan4172]

@@ckobo84 That's true but it sure did make an impression on Donna Pescow's(sp?) character :)

[@akrenwinkle]

I've always felt he was doing a good-natured imitation of the typical confident straight guy, and it sure worked.

[@ouknow1446]

@@ckobo84 She did want it just not on the street. Simps have no regard for protocol and it explains why so many incels.

[@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir]

Check out, the reenactment of this iconic, scene, John Travolta,as Santa Claus, struttin down the street. Capital One, commercial 👍. When I first saw it, I was like 😳, is that John Travolta, and there's Donna Pescow.... 😅😅😊 Awesome 👍

[@dougnewman3935]

Brilliant opening. So much can be read into Travolta’s character in those few minutes. The sync of his walk and paint can movement exactly to the beat foreshadows his dancing and ability. His swagger and his still boy to man. That’s 1st class directing.

[@robertbaldwin5771]

❤

[@bannjaxx]

Also the fact that he's obviously nipping out the store to buy a can of paint from a rival store while the customer is waiting and he still finds time to buy a pair of shoes, flirt, eat pizza, put a downpayment on a shirt, flirt again shows you his priorities are clothes, women and himself, definitely not work!

[@someguy42093]

The movie itself is actually pretty bad tho. It’s really only famous for the dance scene.

[@artenman]

You need to calm down

[@dancarter482]

@@someguy42093 _ABSOLUTELY!_

[@joaomarveloso1049]

The film, the colors, the grain, the lenses, the angles, creativity, freedom. When things had a soul and were not programmed.

[@wendynine-sc2sv]

Things do have a Soul...blessed bee 🐝 ...

[@MrImaginationUnleash]

You sound like my father back in 1971, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@babthooka]

My shoes have a sole!

[@Allastrology]

​@@babthookawell said

[@imacmill]

@@babthooka So does your ahhh.

[@one4themoney2fortheshow]

Brings back memories on NYC, working in the city, and hanging out on the weekends. Nothing today compares to life back then.

[@Sandhill1988]

Yes. Society sucks today. This certainly is not the country I remember.

[@lawren7615]

@@Sandhill1988 Yes the days of burnt out buildings squeege guys on every corner. Prostitutes everywhere the good old days.

[@AbrahamCasillas-t3o]

@@Sandhill1988 Society sucked back then. These were declining times but yeah I get what you mean.

[@Pub_Law]

@@Sandhill1988 agreed

[@Pub_Law]

@@AbrahamCasillas-t3o It was much more open and unhibited. Now its morally depressed and repressed. What generation are you from?

[@TheSaturnV]

Only Travolta could look this cool carrying a gallon of paint.

[@marlonsandro9318]

kkkkk só nos anos 70 mesmo para se ter umas cenas dessas

[@sheridanguy]

agree. It was probably empty.

[@babyrenee6537]

or charm a customer who waited half an hour for it!

[@MSalt69]

He's a cult stooge.

[@ronalddepesa6221]

And two pieces of pizza

[@gwynnielsen5081]

I can't believe how long ago all of this was in fashion. I loved this era because it was unique. The dancing was unbelievable. It kept us from getting in trouble.

[@jrr3613]

And getting fat 😂

[@gwynnielsen5081]

@@jrr3613 True! Disco was always a great workout. My music? Ah, not so much. You could get fat to my tunes. Take care and thanks for your reply!

[@ajayanand786]

Wow maam you were very lucky to be a teenager back then

[@anonanon7235]

So true, the internet, cell phones, really ruined the way humans interact and socialize

[@gwynnielsen5081]

@@anonanon7235 I totally agree, but I keep writing music the old fashioned way, hoping the new generation will like what I bring back. Thanks for your reply and take care.

[@alamedacustomholsters]

You didn’t know it then but those were the best times in your life.❤

[@70sbestmusicever]

Amen

[@colleenmiller1219]

I was 18, SF was fun then in discos

[@qualityman1965]

Spot on. I was 12 and life fun. Then I grew up.

[@mikcole4794]

Hey man, 66 and still struttin' except now when I oogle the ladies I am a "dirty old man" but lovin it.

[@qualityman1965]

@@mikcole4794 some women like dirty old men

[@kateg7298]

I love this. He's not educated, he's not sophisticated. He's all style and swagger and confidence. It was electrifying when the movie came out. If Tony had a dream and a shot at it ,we all did. I miss the 70s and 80s. The world was wide open. Everyone took ribbing, everyone had sense of humour and if you didn't like it, walk away. Do your own thing. You could be anyone you wanted to be. It just took faith in yourself and hard work.

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

Seems that way, and I can identify with Tony when I was young, but I really don't know if it's times changing or just getting old-for one I don't have the hair to pull that off anymore!

[@HontasFarmer80]

The good and bad thing back then is we didn't have the internet. Back then the ribbing you took would come and go at the speed of sound. Passing over you and being forgotten forever. Now everything that happens is remembered and reprocessed by a network that is like an unforgetting global brain. It frees us in some ways and binds us in others, good and bad.

[@Hypocritial]

Now people are having hard time figuring out their gender😂

[@tedged]

well said. i miss a world that embraced abba. the 80's were fun. i grew up 70's and 80's. i miss it bad. the world is much more crude and crass now.

[@mikrof467]

Reminds me of Barry bama

[@SeahawksBamBamKam]

Still one of the coolest movies ever with the backdrop of 70's New York.

[@briandillow6767]

No doubt

[@barrydiamond5193]

70’s Brooklyn, there’s a difference.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

@@barrydiamond5193 Yep, 70's New York was crime infested Hell on Earth.

[@weareuniqueforareason7503]

The Bee Gees turned this song up, John Travolta dancing to it turned this song up even more, both the group and John made this move and themselves a classic 😌💖.

[@lynnecromack4933]

This song did really well in The US.

[@nelsonshum6721]

Totally agree! 👏👏👍

[@Janis396]

I was 16 when this came out, my girlfriend and I went to see it at the theater 7 weekends in a row. We were OBSESSED!! The music just blew us away!

[@70sboy98]

Same age same obsession, It was shown for 3 months at the ABC cinema , Went to see it 13 times and still watch it on tv , have it also on dvd, shame , I sold the soundtrack LP . It just bring me back to my teens .

[@bettycogswell9851]

I saw it 7 times as well. Couldn't stay away.

[@duartesimoes508]

Those were simple and happy times.

[@tomthrower3245]

The talk in the media was... is the bee gees music driving the music or is the movie driving the bee gees album... both were box office block busters

[@writerforlifeify]

Click the 'edit' button; you meant to say "driving the movie" (not the "music"). But it was certainly mutually beneficial--the Bee Gees profited as much from the movie's exposure of their music as the movie was catapulted to heights it would never have reached without its now-iconic contributions from the Brothers Gibb.@@tomthrower3245

[@OurBucketListHasHoles]

Miss the good ole days🙏

[@johnnybananas1064]

I was a 12 year old "disco sucks" rock n roller when this movie came out. I am now in my 50's and can't get enough of the Bee Gees music and this epic movie.

[@aprilY619]

Same haha

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Stay a rocker , I am

[@Annie-49]

I'm one of those who is a rocker, but totally in love with the Bee Gees too. Music has no boundaries. 😎

[@KMFDM_Kid2000]

I was a grunge, punk, and metal kid in the 90's. These days I've been appreciating more dance and hip-hop music I would've passed up now that I'm older and more open-minded. You fall into cliques when you're young which is a shame because that prevents you from branching out and expanding your experiences.

[@mikescampfire429]

I’m such a rocker I boycott the rock hall when they started putting disco, rap and hip hop in.

[@hardhang]

1977, what a year, Saturday Night Fever and Star Wars ...

[@Unclefire]

And Close Encounters.

[@johnhareiel5118]

Punk Rock and Disco

[@jasonquigley2633]

And Annie Hall

[@theultimatemale6820]

Elvis died.

[@theodoreritola7641]

And real rock was 70s rock PERIOD.

[@alphamale1228]

For those who don't know, it was John's real sister who served him the two slices and his mom was the lady waiting for him in the paint store... I saw this movie in the Bronx with my cousin, we loved it so much we snuck in to see the next showing. After the movie, it was hard not to be like Tony Manero... Aaah the good ol days.

[@JonnyHolms]

Your kidding me, I never knew...thank you..

[@alphamale1228]

@@JonnyHolms You're very welcome.

[@ppumpkin3282]

I lived in the city too. Queens. But I drove a taxi all over - I drove through the Bronx the night of the blackout. That was an experience. But I loved those pizza joints all over the city. I was trying to remember how much a slice was back then. A lot of the pizza places I know closed, and the new ones don't seem as italian, or as good. In the old days there was a fresh pie coming out of the oven every fifteen minutes. I never saw anyone eat two slices at once like Tony did in this opening scene.

[@alphamale1228]

@@ppumpkin3282 I hear ya... We'll never get those days back again and we were lucky enough to live in that era... I did see a few dudes mimick that 2 slice scene, it was kinda cringey to watch. I also witnessed a few occasions with imbeciles mimicking the White Castle scene when they stuffed a bunch of sliders in their mouth... All in all, I miss those days dearly.

[@alphamale1228]

@@ppumpkin3282 Btw, I think a slice was around 45 cents then and if you ask for a pie in a pizza place in the south, they look at you like you have 2 heads.

[@mayhewfisher62]

Tony is so utterly conscious of himself, how he thinks others are perceiving him, and just complete assuredness that even toting a can of paint, he's a player.

[@rickwilliams967]

You are reading way too much into that bud.

[@willyboyw.5771]

@@rickwilliams967 Or, he likes it in the hoop.

[@mayhewfisher62]

@@rickwilliams967 half the fun!

[@flpanhead]

Narcissism at it's finest.

[@mayhewfisher62]

@@henrycodm896 well, whatever it is, Travolta captured it perfectly

[@rocketman7456]

great song. timeless classic! disco rules - still! in 2024!!!

[@geegee2064]

I was in my first year of high school in Australia when this film was released. We had the best of music and life.

[@mikerowe3849]

I was in grade in grade 2 and my older brother kept playing the SNF soundtrack.

[@zeldabaker1331]

I grew up in Africa, in the now country Zimbabwe. The 70's was when i was 18, my father owned a club and this is the music we listened to as well as black funk and soul. Incredible time.

[@Somyjay]

Wow how old are you now?

[@tPsychedelic]

So your Rhodesian? Respect

[@ricardoklement8090]

@@tPsychedelic Respect for what - killing and chasing away all the white farmers and then desperately begging them to come back so the blacks don't starve to death?!

[@fatlarry1184]

Rhodesia 😍😍

[@MundiaKamau]

Thanks for sharing🙂"Saturday Night Fever" was a much watched and much talked about movie here in Kenya in the 1970s, though I never got to watch it🙂The great opening scene above makes me want to watch it🙂Looks like one great movie🙂Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 17th November 2024.

[@shalandreahillsion6900]

This is More Proof that Great Music will never go out of style…..

[@phenomenol91]

At 1:51 that’s me, Morty Kleinfeld inside my clothing shop and all I want to know is if this kid’s coming back to buy the shirt. Its been 47 years already….

[@Eugene_Connor]

How old are you now? Were / are you an actor? It's cool you were in such an iconic movie!

[@JoshuaDomoslai]

@@Eugene_ConnorClearly a joke. In the credits his name is Murray Moston. He died in 1998 at the age of 79.

[@Eugene_Connor]

@@JoshuaDomoslai ha! Thanks. I'm gullible I guess.

[@phenomenol91]

@@Eugene_Connor Don't listen to my grandson Joshua as the little bastard's been pissed at me since i only got him a sweater for his bar mitzvah. it's my shop & I'm still alive and I'm still holding that damn shirt. I'm the gullible one.

[@joblo2671]

​​@@phenomenol91😅😅^^ this guy is awwsome ^^ 😊I believe you, Morty.

[@p.j.morris]

No one struts like John.

[@grl9917]

Except for at the end when he runs like a girl.

[@JoseantonioGonzalezsanch-dx5ip]

Es mi trozo de película favorito 😅

[@69airride3]

I was 17 years old when this movie came out, I was living the disco life. I am 63 years old now but that was me at 17, the hair the cloths the gold chains. Man I had a freakin awesome time so innocent so much fun and everything just came sooooooo easy.

[@CaliCarolyn]

Just a year older than you but we definitely lived parallel lives! Those were the days and I danced every second of it I could.😁💃🏻. Taught myself to dance and became a little disco queen at 18. 💃🏻🪩💃🏻🕺 The absolute best times and memories of any period of my life thus far. It was really magical and I came of age at the perfect time!❤

[@rickbaier1042]

And the 77 Monte Carlos in canarsie.

[@barrybarnes96]

The bass so loud it thumped in your chest on the dance floor.

[@StephenDoty84]

Yeah, back then the battle of the sexes wasn't a big deal like today. Women believe feminist myths about their capabilities now, try and flop at science, then blame it on 'the patriarchy' as an ego defense.

[@wlochataSwinka]

Give us some advice how to live, we have nothing now, women are hos, we will never get home, we will stay poor forever enslaved in the new autoritarian regimes they are getting ready for us...

[@KaBoomChannel]

Travolta had such unbelievable stage presence, he was like Elvis back then. Just perfect looking and perfect the way he moved

[@dplouro]

Elvis? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CanalPSG]

​@@dplouroyes, Elvis. I was there, four years old back at the time this movie played, and I really couldn't tell them apart . Both are handsome, dark-haired guys, who look good both in a leather jacket and in a white suit, who both can dance and sing, no matter if they were in a fifties- or seventies-setting.

[@dplouro]

@@CanalPSG Sorry but I only knew Elvis as a drug addicted fat guy with an incredible bad taste wardrobe and without any talent left whatsoever. I was 18 in 1977 when I first saw the movie. And Travolta still rocks almost in his seventies.

[@CanalPSG]

@@dplouro I was too young for that part of Elvis-history. All I got to see were memorial shows that glorified the best of Elvis.

[@johanvoellner1849]

he definitely has magnetism and very handsome bloke

[@mikeg3439]

I got the chance to work around JT around 1992-1994, he remembers your name, is actually interested in the people around him and who deal with him. In a group of 100 people, if you were to bet who knows the janitor's name, if you bet John did, you'd probably win. He was gracious and polite in public, joked like it was a boy's locker room behind the scenes, everyone would smile when he walked in to the space. Contrast that with 80% of who I worked with, you were on guard with a lot of A listers when they approached, some of them you would think "okay great what now...", mostly not people who you were happy to see or made you smile. John made EVERYONE smile and you could tell that you being happy made him happy.

[@rtyughvbn12]

And he flies jets!

[@Eugene_Connor]

mikeg I always heard Travolta was nice. He said his character in Phenomenon is the closest to his real personality.

[@mikeg3439]

@@Eugene_Connor I can verify that, minus the IQ of 200 but spend enough time around him, he has what I would consider a decently above-average IQ.

[@H2M1972]

PURE GOLD

[@ifnyou]

He tells you so much about his character in this scene just with his eyes. Really stellar work.

[@bridgetkeyes6170]

And his pizza eating !

[@Roddy556]

I always thought this movie was just about people who liked dancing. When I finally saw it I wasn't really into the rape and self ending bits.

[@callmesceptical9114]

@@Roddy556so how did you feel watching “Barbie” ?

[@ifnyou]

@@Roddy556 Yeah, the story is a lot darker than the "Disco is fun!! Check these crazy outfits!!" vibes which surround peoples' memories of it.

[@Roddy556]

@callmesceptical9114 never saw Barbie either. Does it turn all dark and sinister too? If so I might steer clear of it.

[@marionmarino1616]

That music, Travolta, the train, two pieces of pizza, the street, it was all authentic! You could FEEL the atmosphere, pure art!

[@karalynne7616]

Definitely! Authentic New York City! A timeless classic. Travolta had the looks and swagger to carry this off with perfection 🕺

[@Mister_Listener]

I found myself reminiscing about the taste of new york pizza. The water and altitude of Los Angeles where i live now dont add up to pizza that is as flavorful!!

[@TheGodParticle]

I could smell the pizza

[@afriend9428]

*Fact is its a Real pizza shop and that woman was his real elder sister and old woman buying the pot of paint is his real mom!!* 💡

[@Mister_Listener]

@@afriend9428 haha. But what about Ellen? Where’s Ellen Travolta?

[@systemBuilder]

This movie was a sensation, like Star Wars. Nobody had HEARD a movie soundtrack this popular this since "The Graduate" of 1967 with Simon & Garfunkel's hit sound track. People all saw the movie and the next week EVERYONE was signing up for Disco Dancing lessons. Seriously. I was 15 and after some pleading from my widowed mom, she dragged me to those lessons for 2 years, dancing with all the white-haired ladies !!

[@markfryer9880]

You might not have liked it at the time, but I'll bet that you can still cut some moves to impress the ladies! Nothing else impresses a lady more than a man who has the moves on the dance floor! 😊

[@NicaleATifa]

John Travolta charisma is just too much. Jesus Christ, what a charisma that guy displays.

[@patriciasalem3606]

I worked at a movie theater when this film opened. I must have seen it 100 times and never got sick of it.

[@nathanmccumber8965]

What movie is it

[@briandillow6767]

How many GF’s did you sneak in the back door to watch it free😂

[@Keezie27]

That's so awesome! Good memories. This is my favorite movie ever.

[@whatbringsmepeace]

That strut is the bomb!

[@Melissa-ji4jw]

The Bee Gees are legends and we will never see another group come close to their talent. I have adored them since I was a kid in the 70s. ❤❤❤

[@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg]

Easily pleased

[@Dessert_x_Tat]

still sounds good, because it was cleverly done to go with the beat of our hearts :D

[@jeshkam]

Never say never. At least I hope mainstream music will become what it used to be in this golden era - clever, nice, exciting, sexy and funky. Today it's just pure garbage. All good music has gone on the internet, on Spotify, YT etc. Not on mainstream media.

[@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg]

@@Dessert_x_Tat Clive Anderson got it right, they sang meaningless songs in high pitched voices

[@ACDZ123]

​@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg what about their 60 stuff ?

[@LifesWorldwideAdventures]

Who’s still watching this awesomeness in 2024😊

[@elss8717]

Me 🇬🇧

[@LifesWorldwideAdventures]

@@elss8717 Awesome

[@Boldcharlie]

Ah, Barry Gibb…so many great songs, but this one is his immortal contribution. It will never get old.

[@Annie-49]

Barry didn't write it alone. It was written by Barry Robin and Maurice.

[@FredericKahler]

@@Annie-49 Which is clearly stated in these opening credits.

[@rj6404]

Iconic tunes, timeless sway, In every heart, they find their way.

[@spider033181]

The movie opened in Westwood, Ca (next to UCLA). When this opening scene appeared, the entire theater was ROCKIN! I will never forget it.

[@Kingfisher1215]

I know that theater! My son lives nearby and I go to the Starbucks next door. That theater i# in many movie scenes!

[@jay5jay]

Cool Memory

[@IshmaelDoe]

I don't quite get it, it is a interesting opening no doubt, but what do you mean rockin? Was John Travolta a big star back then? I am asking sincerely.

[@jay5jay]

@@IshmaelDoe r u trying to to be funny?

[@IshmaelDoe]

@@jay5jay I don't live in US nor was I born around that time, people in where I live only make a sound in theater when it is funny, and almost never cheers. So I just want to know what they were (talking like mentioned in another post, or cheering..etc) and why.

[@BrunieStudios]

When we were dreaming in Brooklyn…..and the Bee Gees became a gift to the world. ❤

[@Famdockevin1]

There may not be a film that better captures the mood, culture, music, and feel of an American decade.

[@sparkle3000]

I can't believe this came out 1977. How time flies.

[@controlfreak1963]

I saw this in 1977 and was stunned by how good it was. I only went because my girlfriend talked me into it. She hated it due to the grittiness but I was blown away. Travolta was amazing.

[@RM-xk6iu]

Yeah, I only ever saw the (great) dance scenes, so i always thoug ht it was almost a chick flick, until i finally sat down and watched it. I was completely blown away by the grittiness and darkness of it all.

[@karenschunk2192]

The way one walks is incredibly important. It is an art. Change your walk, change your life.

[@denniseudela411]

The mere fact that this opening movie sequence with it's anthem-like pulsating soundtrack, is still being talked about now, speak volumes of its relevance.

[@denniseudela411]

@@Phil_X We'll see...

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

The greatest movie about growing up ever made, and probably Gene Siskel would agree with me.

[@denniseudela411]

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 💥Possibly true, Doc. Gene's fave movie of all time, struck a nerve in him, seen it gazillion times, owns the white suit of Travolta acquired from a Hollywood auction --- ■

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

@@denniseudela411 Yes lol. I didn't know he went as far as saying it was his all-time fav, but I can see that. Way more than just a portrait of a generation.

[@nissanman1983]

No it just means people don't have a life.

[@daniellehall9679]

This film always draws me in again even though I've seen it several times. I can't resist watching it again because it's so close to traveling back in a time machine.

[@felixalfonso5703]

Come on who doesn't strut when they here this song playing. 2024 i still got Travolta fever long live Disco...

[@robertveith6383]

* *hear*

[@sbhjackson5931]

I saw this in the RKO Keiths in Flushing Queens when it came out, I was 15. Growing up back then was great compared to today. Where did the years go.

[@fugglestick]

You'll never see those days again😢

[@reginaldforthright805]

Immigration 😢

[@jacqdanieles]

@@reginaldforthright805 lol, NY was always full of immigrants going back over a century. Just be honest: you're only crying about the _skin color_ of the immigrants.

[@eyesears113]

@@reginaldforthright805 Yeah, those Italians, lol.

[@reginaldforthright805]

@@eyesears113 Europeans are not the problem

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

​@@eyesears113 There are certain races and cultures that work in certain places in the world, Have you seen the fkkn state of the Uk?

[@ristomattikolsi5711]

John Travolta really gave the new meaning for the word cool.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

The legendary walk that would define many generations with the iconic music which still to this day continues to ooze so much coolness

[@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.]

Yes ☝️☝️

[@americangirl-]

Just like every girl, I fell in love with Travolta, he was absolutely beautiful in Saturday night Fever...But as Vinny Barbarino !!!! OMG

[@davebalaam]

Can we just take a moment to acknowledge the look of concern on the face of his boss when Manero (Travolta) tells the customer he's going to knock a dollar off the price... only for that look to turn to relief when Manero tells then tells her the price! With just two expressions you immediately know his thoughts and opinion of his employee. That's some great acting right there.

[@lawrencelazar3508]

The customer is Helen Travolta... John's mother in real life.

[@badouplus1304]

@@lawrencelazar3508Thank you for that, I never knew 🙂

[@Z0RDR4CK]

also the guy in the background demanding a gallon of exactly this same paint... funny sequence.

[@REELTIMEREVIEWS1]

@@lawrencelazar3508 and his sister was th eone who gave him his two slices of pizza.

[@marksimmons5839]

Very astute observation!

[@marlinstrike]

He is cool enough in every regard to carry a bucket of paint it still be cool

[@johnvonhorn2942]

I'd go back to the 70's in a heartbeat.

[@paperchain1239]

So would I , everything's gone to rack and ruin in the 21st century tbh

[@colleenstevens7651]

Hell yes

[@richardhall5489]

I'm in Belfast. The 70s here were grim.

[@sr3377]

@@richardhall5489 yep its location dependent ....

[@eclecticmusica]

@@sr3377 They sucked in the US too - except trump punks want to rewrite it as if they were glory days.

[@Uns_Maps_8]

These were not the best times in my life but I recall them with joy.

[@GhostRanger5060]

Perfectly captures the Zeitgeist -- 1977 -- NYC -- America -- What a time it was to be alive.

[@mrklean0292]

You couldn't have said it better. That 1977 atmosphere was bangin.

[@jhssmith2004]

it was fun. i was in high school when this came out and lived in Queens the same borough he lived in. good times.

[@lynnecromack4933]

With a British soundtrack !😂

[@GhostRanger5060]

@@lynnecromack4933 YES!!!!

[@acm-3001]

I saw this in Bombay in 1980 when I was 18, oh what a feeling. Loved the movie and Bee Gees ever since. 70’s and 80’s rocked.

[@cbarbas]

Saturday Night Fever‎ came to Greece at 1978, I was almost 12 years old at that summer. Me and my friends watched the movie from a balcony next to a summer Kino at our neighborhood. Was an unforgettable experience to all of us, still is!

[@Foersom_]

"summer Kino" Outdoor cinema? Drive-in cinema?

[@cbarbas]

@@Foersom_ Just outdoor.

[@johnforster9631]

Best decade ever, we know how to enjoy ourselves.👍😁

[@marjoriegarland2798]

Absolutely!🎉💕

[@clips65]

My mother took my cousins and i to see this at the drive in theater in a 1964 4 door impala. A car load for $5 bucks. Lookin back it was the best of times!!

[@bigwillietheb]

I never saw the movie until 1998 , when I was 23 years old , yes I was deprived

[@clarkgriswold6307]

-Helen Travolta (John's mother) as paint store customer -Ann Travolta (John's sister) as pizza girl

[@topherbec7578]

Who was the women who didn't want anything to do with him. Very hot.

[@gazog1]

⁠that was my mum ,,,, lol

[@stevenvicijan4338]

He handled both situations like a pro

[@tanyabooysen3958]

Seriously 😮

[@carlosacta8726]

I was a 10 year old kid when Saturday Night Fever exploded from the screen onto the streets of NYC!!! It was a time I was lucky to live in and will never forget 🙏🏽

[@pascalmanuel3]

This is one of my personal favorite films ever. The music and acting (Travolta) are amazing

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

I absolutely agree . John walking down the street and staying alive music playing is sensational. Then he pays 7.98 for the paint and gives the paint to the lady for 10.98 is priceless.

[@wendynine-sc2sv]

Well, maybe not so Price Less! Ha! Lol ...blessings...

[@MartinMeshia]

It also shows that John has a female gait (being a FTM); you can always tell by the way they walk they're womanly men, no time to talk.

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

@@wendynine-sc2sv she was mad waiting a half hour and he charmed her pants off. Then still charges extra three $$.

[@wendynine-sc2sv]

@Stevie-hn7mp I know! Priceless, right? In one way or another! Found out yesterday on an Older movie site that the elderly lady was his real mother, and the young pizza worker was his sister!

[@Fancylooks]

@@wendynine-sc2sv Damn, I was going to comment that and you were first!

[@prettyboy1970]

This movie was beautifully filmed and scored. The 70s were just special. So many cinematic classics during this era: Jaws, Shaft, Rocky, Superman, Star Wars. All had wonderful scores and gorgeous cinematigraphy. Each movie is a masterclass for any aspiring filmmaker or director.

[@ephraimfink9010]

That’s because of the answer I give when someone asks me what my definition of genius is: John Williams

[@Dodgers-sw2uk]

How do you forget the two best movies ever?

[@Raven4508]

Yeah - Shaft, another brilliant opening scene and the music - wow !

[@Vongreimbf109]

Shaft...watched it ..from malaysia..damn lawrence fishburne😂

[@danyoutube7491]

French Connection as well, not to mention Dirty Harry (certainly the first one was superb, and the next two sequels were good films). I was born in 1981 and as I've gotten older I've often thought the seventies was my favourite decade for films, chock-a-block with classics.

[@joycestempa5647]

John was born to play this role!!! Perfect segway from “Welcome Back” to showcase the character in Saturday that he’d already developed during those years, one that the audience could buy into instantly…..brilliant casting. I loved every second of the move and rushed to see it as a teen as soon as it was in theaters near me, like EVERYBODY else did. Nothing in my social world was the same after this film. We lived and breathed Disco and The Bee Gees were the hottest group out there. I played the soundtrack album so much, I swear I wore a hole in it!!! Thanks for the memories 👍

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Especially after Carrie and boy in the bubble🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLAGopher]

I was 9 years old when this movie came out and didn't get into musicals until a couple years later with The Blues Brothers. But my older sister saw it and became obsessed with John Travolta. She bought the soundtrack albums to SNF and Grease and played them endlessly. To this day I could sign every song off each album based off hearing them through the wall between her bedroom and mine.

[@lindymcdonald8945]

That smile 😁of his is pure gold ,just like the paint

[@accaeffe8032]

I saw this with my friends in 1978 in Bergen (Norway). We were 16. Good times 😊

[@chrisv.4071]

This was my era i didnt appreciate it then but i do now its 2024 a d thngs are terrible today 😢

[@ddvlogsDipakk]

which era bro? are you talking about the 90's, i loved the 90's

[@NebulaShadow3280]

dame, your era was awesome.

[@80stimeagain]

I miss being young. It's just not the same anymore.

[@nicojeff]

do it ...why not,nothing to lose amigo,never is too late...warren buffet get rich a t 60 years old

[@johngrimes9188]

Yeah but growing old has it's benefits

[@ThatGuy-vi6cj]

​@@johngrimes9188no it doesn't

[@joemendiola7345]

I Will drink prune juice to that, old sucks. I am 79 I know.@@ThatGuy-vi6cj

[@housbinpharteen7445]

@@johngrimes9188 i'd take young over the benefits....lol

[@janiceadams7273]

I'm nearly 65 years old , but I felt like I was 17 again when I watched this! L.O.L

[@zenobiapalmyra5670]

Janice, me too..! I'm 62 years old, I was 17 when this came out and felt immortal when we all danced to this. The Bee Gees and so many other incredible songs, artists, were the doundtravk yo our lives..; George Michael and Andrew Ridgley WHAM., Queen., Blondie., Bonnie Tyler., The Pointer Sisters., Donna Summer the Disco Queen., Olivia Newton-John., The Eagles., Foreigner., Eurythmics., Dead Or Alive., Tears For Fears and so many more. Halcyon days. ❤❤❤

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

Filmed on 86th street, in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn ... my home turf. Some of the dance sequences were filmed at Philip's Dance Studio, on the corner of west 7th street and Bay Parkway ... Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Next door to Simon's Autorama. My block. Ya hadda see all the film crews, extras and all. Crazy. Before Philip's it was Jamar ... bowling alley and pool room. Played there and set up the duck pins, too. Cleaned the tables for a few extra bucks. Yeah ... memories.

[@LannieLord]

Whatever you do- do NOT go back and see what that area looks like TODAY. OMG it's dreadful. rips my heart out.

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

@@LannieLord Really? When were you there last, Lannie?

[@anml1969]

Does the weather miraculously change from sunny to rainy on other street corners on 86th?

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

@@LannieLord I have not been back there in 18 - 20 years. A lot has changed everywhere. That was a great neighborhood back then.

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

@@anml1969 I guess that you have never walked, or driven down a street, and saw that wall of rain just ahead of you?

[@OWR0406]

It was summer 1992, german television station Pro7 showed this movie. I was blown away. Best movie of 1977 playing in real time.

[@FFM0594]

Ahem, Star Wars!

[@OWR0406]

@@FFM0594 Star Wars playin‘ in real time???? NO!!!!!

[@FFM0594]

@@OWR0406 The word is contemporary. Real time has a different meaning. You can watch a football match in real time, AKA live.

[@mickael_a242]

This is the definition of charisma.

[@ChironZore]

Saw this in the theatre with my sister, very popular back then.

[@shadowfilm7980]

I remember when this came out. It changed all of us. Changed the world.

[@Twin_solo_az]

I remember dancing with my mom at five years old to this soundtrack on vinyl. She was 24.

[@kat35lulu88]

SWEET ❤❤❤!!!!

[@SculptExpress-gv8jp]

Oh what lovely memory 🌷

[@overcomerbtboj]

I was the same age and you could not get away from the bee gees the whole world was dancing to the bee gees at the time

[@AT-cy7im]

@ericmilesaz beautiful time capusule, greatings to your mom.

[@fjm070]

Iconic movie that captured an amazing time period. Saturday Night Fever is a musical masterpiece!

[@SouthBaySteelers]

Whenever I hear that title I can’t help but remember, Samurai Night Fever on Saturday Night Live.

[@moneyonline1588]

Absolutely my friend, too bad they don't make that kind of movie/music anymore.

[@ChooseCompassion]

💯

[@kat35lulu88]

It was a good time for that era...... I miss it.

[@ChooseCompassion]

@@kat35lulu88 I'd go back in a heartbeat.

[@johnnycasteel7]

I love how the the movie perfectly captured the griminess of the NEW YORK CITY streets in the late 70s perfectly

[@JustMe-jc2ft]

That's cuz back then they barely needed a permit to film. They were out filming on the real, unadorned streets among the regular people walking by. 😂

[@johnnycasteel7]

@ that’s true, this scene was actually Travolta just goin to get two slices

[@sudarshaniyer6201]

This movie was my 1st introduction to Hollywood as a kid. Even though I experienced it 22 years after its release, I'll never forget the opening sequence. Stayin' Alive is my jam - still.

[@asola4567]

Truly one of The Most Drop-Down GORGEOUS men of the 70's...and to this very day! 💝😍🌹

[@Pub_Law]

He was great in Welcome Back, Kotter...Vinnie Babarino

[@BleedandRise]

That's some creative camera work. The close up of his shoes behind the shop window, the zoom on his swag walk and close up of his cockey face. Topped of with the brilliant song makes this a memorable scene.

[@Gen_X]

I think this scene inspired Tobey Maguire in Spiderman 3 when he swaggered down the street too when he was under the control of Venom.

[@perry8322]

Watching Saturday night fever and grease with John my two favorite movies in the late 70s. They don’t make them like this anymore. The younger generation doesn’t know what they missed.😂 may Kelly and Olivia rest in peace you’re truly missed

[@zantelion1052]

This movie and the Disco era, the best years ever!! Pity we can’t have those years again!!

[@theultimatemale6820]

OH ABSOFUKINGLUTELY!!

[@Mister_Listener]

Why do old people write comments like this all over youtube. The planet keeps spinning and it is not a bad place to live in 2024. Quit being so sad and find some joy. (I am giving this same advice to myself, by the way, because i am old too, ha!)

[@BeyondDaX]

@@Mister_Listener By that definition, you could be right. I mean its ok. However, by comparrison. its really, really not as great as back then and to the OP. I would disagree that's actually the 80s but I digress.

[@Mister_Listener]

@@BeyondDaX thanks for clarification. So overall, it is because these people hate getting older, i guess?

[@vorant77]

I so miss that era and what stories I could tell about it here in Atlanta...

[@adrianpoesiat]

The story, the setting, the actors, all magic

[@lewistwine7589]

When you hear the song’s beginning there is no doubt what it is and who sings it. The best song of the disco era and beyond.

[@mediahobbyist734]

I had just turn 12 yrs old. My bestie (till this day!) and I snuck into the Hippodrome Theater in Cleveland, OH. and watch this film. And I fell in LOVE with Tony (John Travolta) I’m 60 yrs young and I still love him and the Bee Gee’s. What a time to be alive! @johntravolta

[@traceyaz125]

I love how it’s a bright sunny day and all of a sudden it’s raining.

[@famousbowl9926]

It be like that sometimes

[@traceyaz125]

@@famousbowl9926 maybe. I just think they filmed it over a course of time and didn’t pay attention.

[@tomaccino]

Well, the lady did complain that it took him half an hour. Weather can change.....

[@traceyaz125]

@@tomaccino 🤣 good one

[@Anthonyrmcg]

You ever been in New York? It's like Dublin, you can have 4 seasons in one day.

[@jsusna1972]

So iconic that when giving emergency CPR, people are told to use this beat when giving chest compressions. Travolta's sister Ann gives him the 2 slices of pizza and his mother, Helen, is the lady in the paint store who gets the $1 discount.

[@johnrozs]

Never mind those gal's who was that lady he was chasing down the street 😂😂😂 too funny 😊

[@jsusna1972]

@@johnrozs I have no idea. There's a very good shot of her face. You'd think that after all these years someone would have been able to identify her by now.

[@timonsolus]

@@johnrozs: Which one? There were two.

[@puppethound]

@@timonsolus He only chases one of them, so it's kind of obvious which one he meant.

[@timonsolus]

@@puppethound: No, he started chasing the first woman too, but gave up sooner.

[@claytonbouldin9381]

This soundtrack still rocks. I remember my Mom playing this soundtrack endlessly when I was young. It drove my Dad nuts because he really wasn't font of Disco. Ah, the memories...

[@da23injulecz]

my dad is the same way :D dancing is his most dreaded activity...but so is any activity lul sport is worse curse word for my bum lazy dad still love him but im really glad i turned out completely different atleast in this department, dancing should be something thats learned at elementary schools along with the mentality, it can do wonders in life...yeah you can be succesfull without ever burning your heels at dancefloor but can you be as happy? doubt it

[@ignacio6454]

@@da23injulecz Great comment brother! I am from south america, and even though I am white (yes there are white people in latin america) I dance better than most browns! hahahah and yes! It gives you a happiness to live! My best regards.