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Bookmark this pageStaying Alive (1983)
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Six years on from Saturday Night Fever, Travolta's Tony Manero is very much the same: one dimensional, bovine, manipulating, self-obsessed, as he fights his way from dancing obscurity to a starring role in some God-awful Broadway parody of a multi-million-pound Zanussi ad. On the way, he falls in and out with the ice-cool English star (Hughes), before opting for faithful old stablemate Jackie (Rhodes). The dance sequences seem poor beer when set against the vibrant amateurism of Saturday Night Fever, mostly rudimentary Martha Graham, with lots of close-ups to hide Travolta's obvious failings in that department. All could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness.Author: SGr
Cast & crew
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Producer: Robert Stigwood, Sylvester Stallone
Cast: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, Charles Ward full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 96 mins
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