HTF REVIEW: "Saturday Night Fever" (Highly Recommended) (with screenshots) (1 Viewer)

[Jason Whyte]

David,
However, any copies being distributed from Canada will be the version I just showed. :frowning:
Jason

 

[Jo_C]

I recall the previous VHS version having the songs changed because of legal issues. Have all the songs been restored for DVD? Please let me know. Thanks.

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Groovy review, Ron!
What I like about the transfer, is that it doesn't look like it was digitally cleaned up, and the colours don't look 'plugged-up'. The neg must be in great shape. An exemplary transfer from Paramount and the 5.1 track is great too. Man, I love those disco tunes! But don't tell anyone at the Neil Young Appreciation Society that!
Here's the great Peter Bracke's review.
(Fixed the URL for you. --JW)
Pete's gonna want Xanadu: 3 Disc Ultimate Edition now.
Great stuff!
Gordy

 

[Jeff Bamberger]

Too bad Grease did not end up as spectacular as this one. I guess I'll get this one and then maybe Grease down the road, but due to the WAF I may need to get both real soon!

Thanks Ron for another great review!

 

[MichaelG]

This is a no doubt purchase. I remember watching this movie throughout college, always seemed to be at 2am cramming for a test. Can't wait to see it in OAR!

 

[Brook K]

I'm all over this one so it's great to hear the DVD is so good. I'm waiting for the box set though, I think the price is slightly better than buying them individually and I can't be without Urban Cowboy

 

[DaViD Boulet]

I saw this movie on TV a few years back...figured I was up to the task of a 70's "campy" disco film. I was stunned to find an extremely well-executed film and story that was anything but camp.

Glad to see this emerge on DVD the way it deserves.

-dave

 

[Bob McLaughlin]

I can't wait to hear all those songs in 5.1! Thanks for the very informative review, Ron!

 

[Andrew Chong]

I'm glad the music was treated well on this release and am looking forward to hearing that great Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" bass riff in 5.1.

 

[rhett]

Has a Travolta box set been announced?

Great review Ron, this is one of my favorite films of all time as well, and I am so happy it has been given the deluxe treatment.

I live in Canada, but after my experience with the HORRIBLE bilingual Tarantino covers, I refuse to buy any Paramount or Alliance DVDs from Canada. I will be buying this elsewhere.

 

[Elizabeth S]

The Travolta Collection out 10/8:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...84715?v=glance

 

[Colin Jacobson]

In 1976, Dick Clark interviewed an up and coming
singer named John Travolta

Up and coming singer? Travolta only got a record contract to capitalize on his popularity as an actor. And SNF wasn't his first movie, though maybe he claimed that on TV...

BTW, I thought SNF looked good, but I wasn't nearly as impressed by the transfer as Ron...

 

[DeanR]

If anybody hates the case it probably will be available in a regular DVD case at warehouse stores like BJ's. Grease is in a regular case there and I bet SNF will be available that way too. I'll be off to BJ's on the 8th !

 

[Jason Boucher]

When can I buy! I'm so happy. I'd pay anything for this DVD. Thank you Paramount.

 

[Jerome Grate]

Add this one to the library.

 

[Michael Allred]

After all the hoopla about the upcoming DVD, I decided to watch my brother's old VHS copy of this movie (I have never seen the entire film before) and can honestly say, it was better than I expected.
It's on my DVD want list now.

 

[Carl Philip]

gonna pick up this one as soon as it hits the stores
your review was awesome!

 

[MatS]

I see it is now (Highly Recommended)

 

[Derrick_Ellis]

I can't wait, I should have my copy on Monday. A feature that would have been neat would have been an option to jump to a certain scene in the movie by song. Like the others, I don't agree with the packaging.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

UPDATE

The most wonderful thing happened to me
this evening.
I received a personal email from Director
John Badham thanking me for this review which
he thought was great.
It's one of those moments where your heart
just stops. I have always been a fan of his
work starting with SNF on through WarGames
and Short Circuit.
To find a personal email from the man in my
mailbox was something I never expected.
I'm going to try to get his permission to post
what he sent me. If I am unable to, please forgive
me, but I really wanted to share a very special
moment in my life.