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John Travolta – Staying Alive

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Format: LaserDisc
Origin: Germany
Style: Pop, Rock
Cover: VG+
Media: VG+
Item no.: 26404

John Travolta - Staying alive LaserDisc Germany Overall rating Germany · LaserDisc Cover: VG+ Media: VG+ Nr. 26404 €9.99 ✓ SELECTED

John Travolta - Staying alive LaserDisc Germany

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It is the size of an LP and shimmers in every colour of the rainbow, yet put it on and you don’t just hear the Bee Gees – you watch John Travolta dance. This LaserDisc carries the sequel to “Saturday Night Fever” in a format that never grew beyond an enthusiasts’ niche in Germany.

In 1983 Travolta returned as Tony Manero, this time not to the disco floor but to Broadway. Sylvester Stallone directed, and under his supervision Travolta trained for five months and lost about twenty pounds. Critics tore the film apart, audiences came anyway: it grossed around 127 million dollars worldwide. The Bee Gees wrote five new songs, and Sylvester’s brother Frank Stallone reached number 10 in the US charts with “Far from Over”.

What we enjoy is exactly this collision: a film that a Razzie guide counts among the hundred most enjoyably bad movies, on a disc that looks like a record from the future. Our guess is that LaserDisc collectors, Bee Gees completists and fans of headband-era eighties cinema will be the ones reaching for it.

Disc and sleeve are each graded vg+. This German edition carries the logos of Philips and CIC Video, the company that distributed Paramount and Universal titles outside North America.

Format: LaserDisc, 30 cm, German edition
Logos: LaserDisc, Philips, Paramount, CIC Video
Distribution: CIC Video
Catalogue number: not shown in the photos
Copyright notice: not shown in the photos; film from 1983
Cover text: “Das Fieber brennt stärker als je zuvor” · “Musik von den Bee Gees”
Film: “Staying Alive”, directed by Sylvester Stallone; written by Sylvester Stallone and Norman Wexler; produced by Robert Stigwood and Sylvester Stallone; executive producer Bill Oakes
Cast: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood
Sides: side layout and running times not shown in the photos

Also of interest in this context:

Far from Over — Frank Stallone, the director’s brother, reached number 10 in the US charts with ‘Far from Over’ from this film.

Further reading: Kritik zerriss den Film (Wikipedia) ↗ opens in a new tab

All references (7 sources)

Own examination of the object — LaserDisc "Staying Alive" with John Travolta, German release; disc VG+, sleeve VG+; single copy
Own photos of the front — German cover print "Das Fieber brennt stärker als je zuvor", "Regie: Sylvester Stallone", "Musik von den Bee Gees"; LaserDisc, Philips, Paramount and CIC Video logos; credits for screenplay, production and cast
Wikipedia (English): Staying Alive (1983 film) — Sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" with Travolta as Tony Manero; five months of training under Stallone, around 20 pounds of weight loss; roughly $127 million worldwide box office; 3% on Rotten Tomatoes; five new Bee Gees songs; "Far from Over" reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100; included in the Razzie handbook of the 100 most entertaining bad movies
Wikipedia (German): Staying Alive — German cinema release 14 October 1983; directed and written by Sylvester Stallone; devastating reviews, with a modest success at the box office
Wikipedia (German): Laserdisc — 30 cm in diameter, like an LP; never established itself in the private mass market in Europe, and never became a mass medium in Germany
Wikipedia (German): Frank Stallone — Frank Stallone is the younger brother of Sylvester Stallone; "Far from Over" from the soundtrack to "Staying Alive" was his biggest hit in 1983
Wikipedia (English): CIC Video — Home video distributor that distributed films from Paramount and Universal outside North America, including in Germany