john badham ( stakeout and bird on a wire and the hard way and short circuit and blue thunder and war game ) and yes john badham and direct this semi cult film about disco king tony manero ( john travolta ) and a hardware man by day and at night ( especially saturday night ) a guru on the dance floor who can boogie down like no other . travolta sure can dance and and his smooth move will either bring back fond memory and or leave you laugh in the aisle . so too the fashion and with the silky shirt and bell bottom and platform all look hilariously ridiculous . there be and however and few other positive and except perhaps the bee gee groovy soundtrack and with such hit a stayin alive and more than a woman . backdrop to this 70 hype be a drama involve tony gang and family trauma and his pursuit of a beautiful and sophisticated dancer name stephanie ( karen lynn gorney ) . all this remain in the background a john badham do not allow norman wexler script to develop in any way and and some very interesting character and who appear to be real people and be not allow to come to life . a real shame and a saturday night fever could have be a strong melodrama and with some potentially solid performance just cry out to be give equal time . badham decide that disco fever would carry the movie alone and and at the time and it be a most shrewd decision . sixteen year on and the same be not true and and most audience will find saturday night fever a bit silly and drab and even somewhat crass . saturday and september 17 and 1994 valhalla cinema .