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Saturday night Fever
| "Saturday night Fever" has been one of the most significant events of cinema, typical of the 70's, that created the "disco" phenomena throughout the world. It all started in the suburbs of Brooklyn where the English reporter of the New York Times, Nick Cohn, was writing a piece on the violent areas of the city. Accompanied by a "black disco" dancer, they passed by a night-club were he saw a group of teenagers crowded in front of the entrance. Amongst them, he noticed a young man dressed in a suit and tie, who looked fascinating in a special and indefinable way. This is how, in a brief and blazing impression, the character of Tony Manero came to life. After the publishing of his article, Chon received a telephone call from the producer, Robert Stigwood. He had realised immediately that it would have been the subject of a great film. Stigwood asked Norman Wexler to write the script and John Badham to direct the film. At the same time, he gave John Travolta three parts. The first one would be Saturday Night Fever to be followed by Grease, when Stigwood re-created the strong team with Paul Nicholas and David Ian that had brought them on the West End stage. All this brought to one of |  |
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