First of all, can anyone honestly resist a movie that has this great poster with John Travolta in his famous white suit disco dancing? Most Americans cannot (my opinion...not an actual fact). "Saturday Night Fever" is that great movie that caused Mr. Travolta to think he was way too good for "Welcome Back, Kotter" (which, quite honestly, he was) and quit the show and move on to a great career (minus the majority of the '80s and those stupid movies with Kristie Alley, that angel movie, and that Scientology movie that almost the entire human race despises among a couple other questionable choices) that includes Grease (made the year after "Saturday Night Fever"), and "Pulp Fiction." Yeah...that whole period in between those two movies was pretty awful for him. But John Travolta is fantastic in his Oscar nominated role of Tony Manero. And proved, among other things, that he is quite a talented dancer. The movie has a fantastic soundtrack also - primarily dominated by the Bee Gees. So between John Travolta, the Bee Gees, and a pretty gritty (not sure how I feel about that word but I couldn't think of a better one) look at the hell hole that was New York City in the 1970s, we have a classic '70s movie that people still watch and love now which is pretty darn impressive. Oh yeah...and Fran Drescher shows up briefly (minus her harsh New York accent...which I happen to love) in her acting debut. This movie's not for everyone, but it's one of my personal favorites.-Joseph Sbrilli
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