Staying Alive [40th Anniversary] [Blu-ray]

Director: Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone

Overview

Director Sylvester Stallone proves you really can't go home again in Staying Alive, the absurd sequel to Saturday Night Fever. The story finds Tony Manero (Travolta) six years later working as a waiter in a nightclub while he tries to realize his dreams of dancing on Broadway (what tough street kid from Brooklyn doesn't?) He eventually makes the cut as an extra for "Satan's Alley" (billed as "a musical trip through Hell") and immediately sets his sights on the show's snooty prima-donna star (Finola Hughes, decidedly unsuited for such dancing as her role requires). Meanwhile, the nice girl he's been seeing (Cynthia Rhodes) stands by her man, waiting patiently for him to come around. When the male lead can't cut it, Tony is offered the part, and tensions rise. The action culminates in the show itself and Tony's ultimate realization that he needs to please only himself. Indeed, the horrific dancing combined with Frank Stallone's inane musical score makes one wonder just how accurate the show's billing of "a musical trip through Hell" actually is. As long as one disassociates this film from its predecessor, Staying Alive is highly enjoyable for its schlock value; it may well be an inadvertent camp classic for Travolta's sweaty thongs alone. As for Stallone's direction and screenwriting abilities, he proves he is better off to remain an underdog prize-fighter/ commie-killer/mercenary cop/ double-fisted union leader/etc...

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2023
UPC:	0738329263836
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	PG
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	6,842

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Travolta	Tony Manero
Cynthia Rhodes	Actor
Finola Hughes	Actor
Steve Inwood	Actor
Julie Bovasso	Mrs. Manero
Patrick Brady	Derelict
Norma Donaldson	Fatima
Jesse Doran	Mark,Mark
Joyce Hyser	Linda
Deborah Jensen	Margaret
Robert Martini	Fred
Sarah Miles	Joy
Tony Munafo	Doorman
Susan Olar	Model
Cindy Perlman	Cathy
Frank Stallone	Carl,Actor,Composer
Pat Brady	Derelict
Ross St. Phillip	Sound Man
Kurtwood Smith	Choreographer
Nell Alano	Dancer
Bill Burns	Dancer
Dennis Daniels	Dancer
Michael Higgins	Dancer
Michelle Johnston	Dancer
Erica Jordan	Dancer
Reggie Leon	Dancer
Ben Lokey	Dancer
Polly O'Malley	Dancer
Peter Tramm	Dancer
Charles Ward	Actor
Steve Bickford	Actor
Johnny Mandel	Composer
Vince DiCola	Composer

Technical Credits

Sylvester Stallone

Norman Wexler

Bill Oakes	Executive Producer,Producer
Sylvester Stallone	Producer,Director,Screenwriter
Robert Stigwood	Producer
Norman Wexler	Screenwriter,Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Maslow	Sound/Sound Designer