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- The Bee Gees thought it was a dumb title, but they had already written a song called "Night Fever." They convinced Stigwood to use that and change the film's title to Saturday Night Fever.
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"Night Fever" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever on RSO Records. Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night , but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title.
Jun 15, 2020 · Saturday Night Fever is closely associated with the Bee Gees. Here's how they got the film's producer to change the movie's title.
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The Bee Gees thought it was a dumb title, but they had already written a song called "Night Fever." They convinced Stigwood to use that and change the film's title to Saturday Night Fever. The movie became a classic, telling a coming-of-age story in the disco era.
"Tragedy" is a song released by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown. The single reached number one in the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the US Billboard Hot 100.
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- The Opening Scene. In the opening moments of the film a star was born, exploding across the sky like a glorious zenith. Very few times in film history has an actor had such a remarkable birth of stardom.
- The Songs. Like a plunge back in time the songs of the film are a touchstone to the seventies, we here them and instantly identify with not only the film, but disco, the seventies, the Bee Gees and Travolta.
- The Family. Blue collar, living in a cramped two story house on a quiet street in Brooklyn, they are the classic Italian American family. Tony’s bedroom is decorated with iconography of the seventies, Al Pacino, his closet stuffed with silk shirts, polyester, and his desk littered with gold chains.
- Brooklyn. So familiar. The pizza place where Tony stops for pizza is still there, the stores are still there, everything looks the same and looming over it all, daring the inhabitants to escape is that impressive Bridge.
In November, 2023, Capital One began airing a holiday-themed commercial titled "Holiday Night Fever" which recreated the opening scene of the movie. In the sixty second version, as the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" plays over the scene, Santa Claus (a heavily made-up John Travolta) struts down a street that has been mostly cleared of snow after a ...
The Bee Gees Talk ‘Night Fever’. The legendary film “Saturday Night Fever” sprung to life not only one of the most renowned films of its time, but gave inspiration for one of the most well known songs ever recorded, “Night Fever’.
