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Saturday Night Fever
is a 1977 American
drama movie
. It stars
John Travolta
as a 19 year old
working-class
Italian American
man named Tony Manero. Manero lives with his parents and works in a
dead-end job
at a small
hardware store
. He tries to escape his problem-filled life in
Brooklyn
by
dancing
at a
nightclub
in
New York City
. The
soundtrack
(an
album
that has
disco
songs
that were heard in the movie) of the movie includes
music
by the
Bee Gees
and many other artists. Both the album and movie were very popular. There are two versions of the movie: the original
R-rated
version and the
PG-rated
version which came out a year later so the movie could be popular with younger people. A
sequel
called
Staying Alive
was released in 1983 also starring John Travolta.
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