Staying Alive Page #3

Synopsis: In this sequel to Saturday Night Fever, former disco king Tony Manero has left Brooklyn and lives in Manhattan. He stays in a cheap hotel and works as a dance instructor and as a waiter at a dance club, trying to succeed as a professional dancer on Broadway. The breakaway from his Brooklyn life, family and friends seems to have matured Tony and refined his personality, represented by his diminished accent and his avoidance of alcohol and profanity. However, certain attitudes have not changed, as with his most recent girlfriend, who's also the singer of a local rock band.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Sylvester Stallone
Production: Paramount Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.5
Metacritic:
23
Rotten Tomatoes:
0%
PG
Year:
1983
93 min
864 Views


- Hi, I'm Joy.|- I'm happiness.

I bet you are.|I'm the assistant choreographer.

Any questions regarding the routine,|please ask me now.

Listen up! This time, try the whole|combination right through to the end.

If I don't see you again,|you got beautiful legs.

- So do you.|- Listen up!

If you've finished dancing,|move off stage!

You're always causing trouble.|Get out of here!

OK, now get ready.|Joy, count it down.

OK, music!

That's good.|That's enough, thank you.

We need pictures, rsums,|phone numbers.

We'll get back to you.|You were all excellent,

but I only need two.|Thank you.

Hello, Jimmy.

- It's Tony!|- Oh, whatever.

- I know what you must be thinking.|- Do you?

They'll call. Don't worry.

Whatever.

- You were very good.|- Thank you.

- I mean it.|- Really?

- Yeah.|- Sounds like you appreciated me.

Yes, you could say that.

- Could I ask you something?|- What?

If you appreciate me|and I appreciate you,

how about getting together|and we could appreciate each other?

- Appreciate?|- Yeah, like for many hours.

I have a singing lesson|I'll have to cancel.

That's all right. I got a dance class|I'd have to cancel.

And then I'd have to cancel|my manicure.

I'd have to cancel|my meeting with the mayor.

And then I'd have to cancel|my yoga class.

That's all right.|I'd have to cancel my brain operation.

Do you think that's a good idea?

Laura, are you rich or something?

I told you, it isn't important.

- Why? Is it some secret?|- It's just furniture.

Come on! You'd have to work 10 shows|to afford this.

Oh, shush.

- Look, we had a good time.|- What? Did I miss something here?

I changed the subject.|We had a good night.

We had a great night.|Great night.

I want to tell you something.

You don't know me well.

And with my past,|I don't respect many people.

- But I do respect you.|- Oh. Thank you.

And when you dance, oh, man,|I could watch you for hours. Really!

- It's like watching smoke move.|- I know.

It's like you've done something|with your life. You're significant.

I think it's time|we said goodnight.

- What's wrong?|- Nothing! It's just 3.00.

- And I've got to rehearse tomorrow.|- Are you serious?

- Yeah.|- Definitely?

- Yeah.|- Oh, no, this is a flash. You can't...

- I've never been asked to leave.|- Don't take it personally.

- I've got to! There's nobody else here!|- That's true. Well...

Definitely? This is it?|I mean, tonight, it's over, that's it?

Oh, no! Oh, Tony,|you don't think that, do you? Do you?

It's just until tomorrow.

- Hello?|- Jackie!

Tony?|Where are you?

I'm making sure the streets are safe|for women and children.

- Somebody"s got to do it.|- Are you OK?

- Great! Are you alone?|- What?

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Nik Cohn

Nik Cohn (also written Nick Cohn) is a British rock journalist, born in London in 1946. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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