DVD Movie Rating for: Staying Alive

Rating for Staying Alive : 3 out of 5 stars

Movie Plot of: Staying Alive

DVD Production Details of: Staying Alive

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Cast of the movie: Staying Alive

• John Travolta .... Tony Manero
• Cynthia Rhodes .... Jackie
• Finola Hughes .... Laura
• Steve Inwood .... Jesse
• Julie Bovasso .... Mrs. Manero
• Charles Ward .... Butler
• Steve Bickford .... Sound Technician
• Patrick Brady .... Derelict
• Norma Donaldson .... Fatima
• Jesse Doran .... Mark
• Joyce Hyser .... Linda
• Deborah Jenssen .... Margaret
• Robert Martini .... Fred
• Sarah M. Miles .... Joy
• Tony Munafo .... Doorman
• Susan Olar .... Model
• Cindy Perlman .... Cathy
• Ross St. Phillip .... Sound Man
• Kurtwood Smith .... Choreographer
• Frank Stallone .... Carl
• Nell Alano .... Dancer
• Randy Allaire .... Dancer
• Audrey K. Baranishyn .... Dancer
• Paula Beyers .... Dancer
• Melita Brock-Warner .... Dancer
• Karen Bryson .... Dancer
• Bill Burns .... Dancer
• Gary Chapman .... Dancer
• David Chavez .... Dancer
• Dennis Daniels .... Dancer
• Forrest Gardner .... Dancer
• Rhonda Hairston .... Dancer
• Nanci L. Hammond .... Dancer
• Michael Higgins .... Dancer
• Michelle Johnston .... Dancer
• Janet Jones .... Dancer
• Rochelle G. Jones .... Dancer
• Erica Jordan .... Dancer
• James Ko .... Dancer
• Reggie Leon .... Dancer
• Ben Lokey .... Dancer
• Lee Anne Loomis .... Dancer
• Daniel Lorenzo .... Dancer
• Viktor Manoel .... Dancer
• Anita Morales .... Dancer
• Frances Morgan .... Dancer
• Reggie O'Gwin .... Dancer
• Polly O'Malley .... Dancer
• Francine O'Neill .... Dancer
• Smith Osbourne .... Dancer
• Helene Phillips .... Dancer
• Carolyn Poppert .... Dancer
• Mark Reina .... Dancer
• Michael Rooney .... Dancer
• Kathy Shippen .... Dancer
• Karin Smith .... Dancer
• Rick Sullivant .... Dancer
• Jim Thompson .... Dancer
• Peter Tramm .... Dancer
• Marvin Tunney .... Dancer
• Kate Ann Wright .... Dancer (as Kathryn Wright)
• Sylvester Stallone .... Man on Street
• Patrick Swayze .... Dancer/extra

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Reviews of the movie: Staying Alive

Highly recommended--for Saturday Night Fever completists and connoisseurs of bad movies. This notable dud updates the story of Tony Manero (John Travolta), the disco prince from Fever, as he heads across the river to Manhattan and tries to make it as a dancer on Broadway. Someone had the bright idea of handing Staying Alive to Sylvester Stallone, who directed and cowrote the screenplay (and pops up in a shameless two-second cameo). Sylvester Stallone gives the picture the pumped-up Rocky treatment, and completely misses the dance-floor excitement of Saturday Night Fever. John Travolta tries to recapture his signature role, but this is one of the movies that put his career into its pre-Pulp Fiction deep freeze. The action culminates in a laughable Broadway opening night that really should be seen to be disbelieved.

This is the story of Tony Manero nearly six years after what we saw him do in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Tony(John Travolta) now lives in Manhattan(he was true to his word in the last scene of the first film) where he now teaches at a dancing school called Fatima's Danceland. Cynthia Rhodes,the real-life Mrs. Richard Marx,is Jackie Cole,Tony's girlfriend. Finola Hughes is Laura Revell,a British beauty who is half-bitchy and another love interest of Tony's. Steve Inwood is Jesse,a choreographer. After seeing a broadway show starring Jackie and Laura,Tony comes to Laura's dressing rooms and compliments her performance. Laura tells Tony about Satan's Alley,an upcoming play which they and Jackie would appear in in the last scene of the film. Tony becomes so fed up with Laura that he loses interest in her and reconciles with Jackie,who's a band's lead singer. One of Jackie's bandmates is Carl(Frank Stallone),a rhythm guitarist who Tony suspected Jackie of having an affair with. This film was directed by Hollywood great Sylvester Stallone(he and Frank are brothers) who also co-wrote the screenplay and has a cameo during the opening credits. The soundtrack features 5 new songs written and recorded by the Bee Gees plus a recycling of STAYIN' ALIVE(only the film title carries the G). We hear Frank performing FAR FROM OVER,a hit from the soundtrack album,during the opening credits,MOODY GIRL and NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP,his duet with Cynthia Rhodes. Cynthia Rhodes recorded FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY solo. Memorable scenes from the film include Tony and Laura riding in a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park,Tony walking from Manhattan to his mother's Brooklyn home(in the process,he walked on the Brooklyn Bridge and past the 2001 Odyssey nightclub which was part of the set of the first film), and Tony at Laura's pre-Christmas party which Jesse was also a guest. Another memorable scene was the very last,where Tony happily struts through Times Square after the hit performance of Satan's Alley(Tony's mother was in the audience). That's where,when Tony's movement freezes,the end credits roll and the full 4 minute and 42 second version of STAYIN' ALIVE is heard. The Stallone brothers previously worked together in the 3 Rocky films made before this one. The only co-star of John Travolta's from the first film to appear in the sequel is the late Julie Bovasso who played Florence Manero,Tony's mother. This was a handful of dancing films released in the early 80's,the others being FAME and FLASHDANCE. Inwood also appeared in FAME. This film was not as successful as its predecessor. Take note that Tony is no longer the chain-smoking trashmouth that he was in the first film. He even pumped himself up,probably inspired by the director,whose legendary character Rocky Balboa was pumped-up also.