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Saturday Night Fever
1977
· Movie
· 118 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2229
- IMDb #2649
- Google retired #2860
- Rotten Tomatoes #1927
- Metacritic #1050
- Letterboxd #3272
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1885
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2482
- Metacritic Audience #1579
- Criticker #1999
- Douban #662
- Kinopoisk #1926
- AlloCiné #2556
- Trakt #3268
Every rating
46–82
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young Brooklyn paint store clerk lives for his weekends. On the dance floor of the local disco, he is a king, commanding respect and admiration with his flawless moves. This nightly escape from his dead-end job and tense home life offers a chance for glory. His world revolves around winning an upcoming dance competition, a goal that forces him to confront the limitations of his local celebrity and his own ambitions.
Details
- Director
- John Badham
- Writers
- Nik Cohn, Norman Wexler
- Based on
- Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night
- Released
- 16 December 1977
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Italian
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $237.1M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (28) →
Awards & nominations
See all 21 →6 major awards won · 9 wins from 21 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Grammy Awards (2004) 2004 | Grammy Hall of Fame | Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists | Winner |
| Grammy Awards (1978) 1978 | Producer of the Year | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson | Winner |
| Grammy Awards (1978) 1978 | Best Arrangement for Voices | "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees | Winner |
| Grammy Awards (1978) 1978 | Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus | Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees | Winner |
| Grammy Awards (1978) 1978 | Album of the Year | Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees, Broadway Eddie, Richard Finch, Albhy Galuten, K.G. Productions, Ron Kersey, Arif Mardin, Bobby Martin, Bill Oakes, Freddie Perren, Karl Richardson, William Salter, Thomas J. Valentino, Ralph MacDonald, David Shire, Don Renaldo, Yvonne Elliman, K.C. and the Sunshine B | Winner |
| Grammy Awards (1977) 1977 | Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group | "How Deep Is Your Love" – Bee Gees | Winner |
| Grammy Awards (1978) 1978 | Song of the Year | "Stayin' Alive" – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards (1978) 1978 | Record of the Year | " Stayin' Alive " – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson | Nominee |
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Grammy Awards (1978)
6 nominations, 4 won
| Album of the Year | Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees, Broadway Eddie, Richard Finch, Albhy Galuten, K.G. Productions, Ron Kersey, Arif Mardin, Bobby Martin, Bill Oakes, Freddie Perren, Karl Richardson, William Salter, Thomas J. Valentino, Ralph MacDonald, David Shire, Don Renaldo, Yvonne Elliman, K.C. and the Sunshine B | Winner |
| Best Arrangement for Voices | "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees | Winner |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus | Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees | Winner |
| Producer of the Year | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson | Winner |
| Record of the Year | " Stayin' Alive " – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson | Nominee |
| Song of the Year | "Stayin' Alive" – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb | Nominee |
Grammy Awards (1977)
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group | "How Deep Is Your Love" – Bee Gees | Winner |
| Producer of the Year | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson | Nominee |
Grammy Awards (2004)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grammy Hall of Fame | Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | John Travolta | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, and David Shire | Nominee |
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture | " How Deep Is Your Love " Music and Lyrics by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | John Travolta | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen | Norman Wexler | Nominee |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | John Travolta | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music | Bee Gees | Nominee |
| Best Soundtrack | Michael Colgan, Les Lazarowitz, John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., and John T. Reitz | Nominee |
DVD Exclusive Awards
1 nomination
| Best Audio Commentary, Library Release | John Badham (for the 25th Anniversary Edition ) | Nominee |