Forty-two years ago, moviegoers watched John Travolta strut down a Brooklyn sidewalk — and into movie history — to the tune of “Staying Alive.” The disco blockbuster Saturday Night Fever premiered in theaters on Dec. 12, 1977 and that now-iconic opening sequence immediately got the audience in a dancing mood. Carr is known for previously directing the Netflix miniseries “How to Fix a Drug Scandal” and the HBO documentary “At the Heart of Gold” about the scandal surrounding physician Larry Nassar and the U.S. Olympic gymnast team. "Staying Alive" is the title of the sequel to "Saturday Night Fever". Offers may be subject to change without notice. B, *Carrie (1976) Cast as one of Sissy Spacek’s tormentors, Travolta revealed the grinning bully behind Welcome Back, Kotter‘s Vinnie Barbarino. She was saving my reputation, because she didn’t think I’d ever become famous playing a dumb New York character!” Interestingly, Travolta had the opportunity to leave Kotter after Carrie and Saturday Night Fever made him a big-screen idol, but he opted to stick around until the last season. The actor committed so fully to his alter ego — horror movie lover Moose — that he even stayed in character between shots. “Proud of your strength.” Carpenter […], soon-to-be-classic sequences as the Bloody Prom, that Travolta would be playing Cage and Cage would be playing Travolta, Role Recall: Tim Robbins on being in the first Marvel movie, where his 'Bull Durham' character is now and the one thing he still has from 'The Shawshank Redemption', Hannity says it’s time for new GOP leadership after McConnell condemns Trump for inciting insurrection, Anthony Scaramucci claims new faction of Republican Party could have a convention this fall, Larry King's estranged wife to contest his secret will, Why Ava DuVernay and team rewrote new season of 'Queen Sugar' to include 2020 protests for racial justice, 'Gremlins' star Zach Galligan talks reuniting with Gizmo for a viral Mountain Dew commercial, 'Bachelor' fans are devastated after Matt James sends home historic contestant, What would it take to #FreeBritney from her conservatorship? According to Bloomberg, filmmaker Erin Lee Carr is directing her own nonfiction film about Spears for Netflix — a project that began prior to the debut of “Framing Britney Spears” earlier this month. Petman does the John Travolta walk in the post apocalyptic sequel to ''Staying Alive''. (Watch our video interview above.). Midway through the movie, Willis’s boxer shoots Travolta’s hitman coming out of the bathroom. Travolta started acting appearing in a local production of \"Who'll Save the Plowboy?\". B-, *The Dumb Waiter (1987) Nice cockney accent, but he’s out of his element in this Robert Altman-directed TV movie of the Harold Pinter play. A-, *Look Who’s Talking (1989) A bland romance with a cutesy gimmick (talking babies! Shawn King wife will be contesting estranged husband Larry's will. Read original story A Second Britney Spears Documentary in the Works, This Time at Netflix At TheWrap, UPDATED with Amy Acker tweet: David Boreanaz has spoken out in support of his former Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Charisma Carpenter, following her allegations of abuse and “misconduct” by Joss Whedon on the supernatural series. “He talks like this, and he walks like this. I’ve been watching all your movies, but you’re always different characters.’ I said ‘Mostly Nic, I play characters. C, *Look Who’s Talking Too (1990) Some infant formula: Add Roseanne Barr, subtract mirth and charm, pad with lame musical montages. My dating life is like pulp fiction. So bad it never even made it to video. another oft repeated scene is the walking intro scene with Stayin' Alive playing as John Travolta character walks swauvely. D+, *The Experts (1989) A wan two-knuckleheads Cold War comedy that barely got released, it served notice that Travolta’s career was in serious trouble. Both streamers released documentary films about the Fyre Festival within days of each other, “Fyre” and “Fyre Fraud,” both from 2019 about the 2017 music festival gone horribly wrong. DePalma’s best movie — it’s the only one in which he fully owns up to his pessimism — and Travolta’s darkest. Walking in Rhythm: Tony, to "Stayin' Alive" at the beginning of the film.One of John Travolta's most famous movie scenes, subject to much Stock Parody.This is revisited in the final scene of the sequel, creating Book-Ends.Of all the stores that Tony visits, only Freddy's Pizza still exists today. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. “It became an instant classic!”, One of Travolta’s first big gigs as an actor came when he landed the supporting role of Doody in the touring company version of the Broadway hit Grease. Here are our pop culture picks for Feb. 15-21, including the best deals we could find for each. John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. “It was a far more well-made movie than I had anticipated it would be,” he admits. C+, *Urban Cowboy (1980) Travolta as a sensitive lout (in Texas this time) was starting to look like typecasting, but it’s another deft portrait of a young man outgrowing his own sullen ego. “What really happened was that Farrah Fawcett was on Charlie’s Angels, and she left after one year of superstardom and got in trouble for it,” he remembers. John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The dance sequences are cheesy as hell. The actor also addresses Bill's Twitter-famous teen daughter, and whether Phoebe Cates would return for "Gremlins 3.". John Travolta has weathered the many waves of new actors coming out of Hollywood. Votes: 1,119 His overnight success thrilled everyone... except his mother, Helen Cecilia Burke Travolta. When they were both cast in John Woo’s delightfully demented action movie, the duo knew they’d have to work closely together to accomplish the central conceit: that Travolta would be playing Cage and Cage would be playing Travolta thanks to a bit of face-switching. © Copyright 2021 Meredith Corporation. “I never pretended. ~ jack collier. Every performance gave him the chance to study the role he really wanted: lead greaser Danny Zuko. Sign up here for Yahoo Entertainment & Lifestyle’s newsletter.
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