(John Badham, US 1977, 119 min.)

This seminal ’70s classic stars the one and only John Travolta as Tony Manero, a Brooklyn paint store clerk who becomes a sex god every Saturday night as he clears the dance floor of the local disco to the tunes of the Bee Gees, Kool and the Gang, and KC and the Sunshine Band.

Gene Siskel on Saturday Night Fever.

Don’t miss Tony Manero playing Saturday, November 14th, at 8:00 pm.

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