I enjoyed this movie and I dont really even like movies. Haven't seen this wacky film in forever. I remember the music, Donna Summer, the cute DJ, the fun Latin dancer, Jeff Goldblum as a player, sneaky underage girls, dude trapped in the basement and the square couple.

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Seems like the music and the music business was having way too much fun during this period, and as tacky as some of the music and music films were, it still made it appealing and you didn't care how juvenile or lame the stories were. It was just all in fun. Nowadays, things are just too serious and the business is trying to hard to stay afloa, kiling the joy and the music that built the damn thing!

DEBRA WINGER's DEBUT! Who knew??

1sotrue said:

I still owned this movie on VHS. I can't believe this movie bombed back in the day but yet had a #1 hit with 'Last Dance"( I believe it was the only Disco song to win an academy award.)

I think the movie had its funny moments I loved the married couple celebrating their anniversary in the disco but she ends with Jeff Golblum and he with the pill-poppin club freak.

Im surprised noone mentioned an unknown Debra Winger.

RIP to Ray Vitts the DJ I found out he died like 3 years later.

Funny story related to that-Jermaine Jackson was supposed to play the DJ in the movie, but didn't get the part, even though he was the 'Prince of Motown' because of his marraige to Hazel Gordy.

^Wow

Ya know what...I'm gonna pull out this DVD and watch it tonight Gotta go to the store and grab some beer and chips!

SoulAlive said:

Ya know what...I'm gonna pull out this DVD and watch it tonight Gotta go to the store and grab some beer and chips!

that movie was..... BAD.

You are going to need some beer and a chaser to get through it.

TD3 said:

SoulAlive said:

Ya know what...I'm gonna pull out this DVD and watch it tonight Gotta go to the store and grab some beer and chips!

that movie was..... BAD.

You are going to need some beer and a chaser to get through it.

G3000 said:

DEBRA WINGER's DEBUT! Who knew??

a few years later,she was co-starring in 'Urban Cowboy' with John Travolta.I guess that was her breakthrough film that made her a star?

Fantomex50 said:

Funny story related to that-Jermaine Jackson was supposed to play the DJ in the movie, but didn't get the part, even though he was the 'Prince of Motown' because of his marraige to Hazel Gordy.

Wow,I never knew that! I suppose it could have worked,but the guy they chose did an excellent job.

I wish this film had been a smash hit at the box office.Then they would have done a sequel Release it a year later (1979) and call it Thank God It's Saturday.

This film features two guys from the 1976 movie Car Wash.Ray Vitte plays the DJ,but here he is a few years earlier in Car Wash....

Ray Vitte

the other guy is DeWayne Jessie,who plays the guy trying to deliver The Commodores' instruments to the disco.

^^What a photo ! Educate me on this...what is going on with his hair area. Hat? Hair style? Whats going on up there?

SoulAlive said:

I wish this film had been a smash hit at the box office.Then they would have done a sequel Release it a year later (1979) and call it Thank God It's Saturday.

The film may not have been a box office hit but the movie title became a hit catchphrase for all working folks who can't wait for Friday to come to have the weekend off.

SoulAlive said:

the other guy is DeWayne Jessie,who plays the guy trying to deliver The Commodores' instruments to the disco.

I also remember DeWayne Jessie from the film 'Animal House' singing 'Shout' at the frat house.

1sotrue said:

SoulAlive said:

the other guy is DeWayne Jessie,who plays the guy trying to deliver The Commodores' instruments to the disco.

I also remember DeWayne Jessie from the film 'Animal House' singing 'Shout' at the frat house.

He also tours as "OTIS DAY & THE KNIGHTS!!

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SoulAlive said:

This film features two guys from the 1976 movie Car Wash.Ray Vitte plays the DJ,but here he is a few years earlier in Car Wash....

Ray Vitte

^Now thats how I remember him .

G3000 said:

1sotrue said:

SoulAlive said:

the other guy is DeWayne Jessie,who plays the guy trying to deliver The Commodores' instruments to the disco.

I also remember DeWayne Jessie from the film 'Animal House' singing 'Shout' at the frat house.

BitetheBeat said:

^^What a photo ! Educate me on this...what is going on with his hair area. Hat? Hair style? Whats going on up there?

He's got a bunch of braids with some kind of ribbon(?) around each one

+

One of my favorite scenes is when several of the female characters are in the bathroom crying Things weren't going their way and they're all depressed.Donna's character (Nicole Sims) keeps handing everyone some tissue....lol....I like the determined look on Nicole's face when she puts on that wig and decides that she's not gonna give up!

SoulAlive said:

One of my favorite scenes is when several of the female characters are in the bathroom crying Things weren't going their way and they're all depressed.Donna's character (Nicole Sims) keeps handing everyone some tissue....lol....I like the determined look on Nicole's face when she puts on that wig and decides that she's not gonna give up!

I loved the husband and wife scene in the club where she removes her coat then she adjusts her dress to show her cleavage. Her husband is not having it I think she says ...they're my tits not yours...and he says '..they're our tits and our tits belong at home not for everyone to see...: meanwhile all dudes at their table are checking her out.. Hilarious

1sotrue said:

SoulAlive said:

One of my favorite scenes is when several of the female characters are in the bathroom crying Things weren't going their way and they're all depressed.Donna's character (Nicole Sims) keeps handing everyone some tissue....lol....I like the determined look on Nicole's face when she puts on that wig and decides that she's not gonna give up!

I loved the husband and wife scene in the club where she removes her coat then she adjusts her dress to show her cleavage. Her husband is not having it I think she says ...they're my tits not yours...and he says '..they're our tits and our tits belong at home not for everyone to see...: meanwhile all dudes at their table are checking her out.. Hilarious

Great scene! I also like the scene where that same couple is on the dancefloor dancing with other partners (she's with the owner of the disco,he's with that weird hippie chick) and they're trying to make each other jealous...lol...

My Favorite scenes were all the DJ Bobby Speed scenes in the DJ booth, because that reminds me of me. Bobby Speed was controlling everything in the club, he's a real star of this movie and got little credit.

The explosion of the DJ booth (during The Commodores "Too Hot To Trot") was WAY OVER THE TOP!

G3000 said:

SoulAlive said:

BitetheBeat said:

^^What a photo ! Educate me on this...what is going on with his hair area. Hat? Hair style? Whats going on up there?

He's got a bunch of braids with some kind of ribbon(?) around each one

Looking like that dude from Tony! Toni! Toné! . Baby dreads no?! You'd know, IDK!