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54 (1998)

Director: Mark Christopher

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From Time Out Film Guide

It's 1979, and naive adonis Shane O'Shea (Phillippe) is sick of his grey New Jersey existence. Entranced by a photo of soap star Julie Black (Campbell), he visits her New York hangout, Studio 54. Club boss Steve Rubell (Myers) takes a fancy to him, and soon Shane's a busboy, enjoying a new life with sexy couple Anita (Hayek) and Greg (Meyer). He thinks things can only get better, but... The strange truth about 54 is that it's almost great; its best moments have a bleak, blasted energy reminiscent of Boogie Nights and Blue Collar. There's a political sensibility at work here. Ultimate exclusionist Rubell provides the perfect means to study America's race and class divisions, and Myers exploits every vicious, self-hating line that comes his way. All Rubell's scenes are beguiling. The problem is, the other characters - straight in every way, their highs and lows come over like the twitterings of Fame.

Author: CO'Su 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Mark Christopher

Producer: Ira Deutchman, Richard N Gladstein, Dolly Hall

Cast: Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Neve Campbell, Breckin Meyer, Salma Hayek, Sherry Stringfield full cast

Duration: 93 mins


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