Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 08/28/1998(USA)
Release Date: 08/17/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Profanity, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs)
Distributor/Studio: Miramax

Mark Christopher wrote and directed this look back at the Disco Era when the popular Studio 54 was at its apogee in the late '70s. With obvious comparisons to Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997) and Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco (1998), the story introduces working-class 19-year-old Irish-American Shane O'Shea (Ryan Phillippe), who has lived with his father and siblings since the death of his mother when he was 12. Shane quickly rises from busboy to bartender at Studio 54, co-owned and managed in a paternal manner by entrepreneur Steve Rubell (Mike Myers). Busboy Greg Randazzo (Breckin Meyer) and Greg's wife, Anita (Salma Hayek), the club's coat check girl, become Shane's new friends, and he encounters the possibility of romance with soap star Julie Black (Neve Campbell). The story spans the summer of 1979 until the decline of Studio 54 a year later with IRS investigations, followed by the arrest and jailing of Rubell. Costumes by Ellen Lutter capture the glitter and glam-glitz of the period.

~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Ryan Phillippe - Shane O'Shea
Salma Hayek - Anita
Neve Campbell - Julie Black
Mike Myers - Steve Rubell
Sela Ward - Billie Auster
Breckin Meyer - Greg Randazzo
Sherry Stringfield - Viv
Ellen Albertini Dow - Disco Dottie
Heather Matarazzo - Grace O'Shea
Skipp Sudduth - Harlan O'Shea
Aemillia Robinson - Kelly O'Shea
Lauren Hutton -
Michael York -
Daniel Lapaine -
Ron Jeremy -

Production:
Mark Christopher - Director
Ira Deutchman Richard N. Gladstein Dolly Hall - Producer
Marco Beltrami - Composer
Lee Percy - Editor
Mark Christopher - Screen Writer
Karin Wiesel - Set Designer
Tamara Deverell - Art Director
Jonathan King - Associate Producer
Billy Hopkins - Casting
Kerry Barden - Casting
Suzanne Smith - Casting
Alexander Gruszynski - Cinematographer
Ellen Lutter - Costume Designer
Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer
Bobby Cohen - Executive Producer
Don Carmody - Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer
Michael Zenon - First Assistant Director
Susan Jacobs - Musical Direction/Supervision
Kevin Thompson - Production Designer
David Lee - Sound/Sound Designer
Coati Mund Hernandez - Musical Direction/Supervision

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