Saturday Night Fever [DVD]

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When HBO acquired the pay television rights to Saturday Night Fever in 1980, both versions of the film were aired by the network: the PG version during the day, and the R version during the evening (HBO, which had primarily operated on a late afternoon-to-early overnight schedule at the time, had maintained a programming policy restricting the showing of R-rated films to the nighttime hours, a rule that continued long after it switched to a 24-hour schedule full-time in December 1981). The R-rated theatrical version premiered on the network at midnight Eastern Time on January 1, 1980. [ citation needed]

Sanburn, Josh (December 2, 2010). "On the Floor in Saturday Night Fever". Time . Retrieved September 26, 2023. In 2017, the director's cut (running 122 minutes) premiered at the TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. [29] Fathom Events hosted special screenings of this version in 2017. [30] Home media [ edit ]Glee,' 'Saturday Night Glee-ver' Songs: Season 3, Episode 16 Includes Tribute to the Bee Gees". AOL. April 17, 2012. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Salmons, Tim (November 28, 2022). " Saturday Night Fever: 45-Year Anniversary (4K UHD Review)". The Digital Bits . Retrieved September 18, 2023.

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John G. Avildsen was originally hired as the film's director, but was replaced one month before principal photography by John Badham over "conceptual disagreements." [1] [15] Badham was a lesser-known director who, like his star, had mostly worked in television. His sole prior film credit, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, was released while Saturday Night Fever was already well into production. [15] Siskel, Gene (December 16, 1977). "Energy, reality make 'Fever' dance". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved May 20, 2022. a b Richards, Chris (March 20, 2013). "Library of Congress adds 'Saturday Night Fever,' Simon and Garfunkel, Pink Floyd to audio archive". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014 . Retrieved April 7, 2014. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Looking Ahead Pop Hits 101-150. Sheridan Books, Inc. p.149. ISBN 978-0-89820-211-3.

Gene Siskel's Top Ten Lists 1969–1998". Alumnus.caltech.edu. February 20, 1999 . Retrieved April 11, 2011. Saturday Night Fever: 25th Anniversary Edition Paramount Home Video Starring John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney Written by Norman Wexler Both theatrical versions were released on VHS. The PG-rated version never had a home video release on Laserdisc. It was first released to DVD by Paramount on October 8, 2002, as an R-rated special-edition, which included most of the deleted scenes present on the PG version, as well as a director's commentary and "Behind the Music" featurettes. [31]