Saturday Night Fever (A Complete History): John Travolta, Nik Cohn, John Badham, & Robert Stigwood

Book Vs. Movie: “Saturday Night Fever”
Margo D’s Book About the Classic Film!

This episode is special because we're releasing it on the same day Margo P is having her birthday and Margo D is celebrating the upcoming release of Fever: The Complete History of Saturday Night Fever!  The book is a celebration of the movie that made the world want to dance and turned a TV “Sweathog” into a movie star. 

In this episode, the Margos discuss:

• New York magazine writer Nik Cohn and how he and Robert Stigwood helped create a classic
• The rocky road to movie making for director John Badham 
• Choreographer Lester Wilson and why he never got the credit he deserved for his work on the film
• Behind-the-scenes gossip by the cast & crew (many who are telling their story for the first time!)
• Paramount Pictures’s lack of faith in the movie and their surprise at its success. 
• The disco boom & bust of the late 1970s
• Why 'Saturday Night Fever' is considered a cinematic classic, despite its dark subject matter.

Clips Featured:

• “He hits my hair!”
• Saturday Night Fever (1977 trailer) 
• You Should be Dancing 
• Denny Dillon as Doreen
• Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie
• Fran Drescher as Connie

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