Staying Alive (1983)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1983
	Director: Sylvester Stallone (John Rambo, The Expendables)
	Actors: John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction), Cynthia Rhodes (Flashdance), Finola Hughes
	Country: USA
	Genre: Music, Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 08.08.2012, DVD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Five years after Saturday Night Fever, Tony Manero still has the Disco fever. He is now trying to become a profesional dancer, but he has a lot to learn about this new world, and the people in it.
Review: Looking for a movie shorter than 90 minutes that evening, I found 2 movies on my shelf of not-yet-seen. The other one was Teenage Hooker became a Killing Machine (60 minutes)... Well at least I could watch Staying Alive with my girlfriend.This movie is definitely more a romance than a typical dance movie (Flashdance being the prototype). Tony Manero looking for a job is only an excuse at the beginning and the end of the movie to wrap it up, but the main story is about this Brooklyn boy learning to live in the Big Apple, falling in love with a the lead dancer while neglecting his girlfriend (a "regular" dancer). The soundtrack by the Bee Gees is nice. I couldn't believe the movie had been directed by Sylvester Stallone (who also plays a small cameo in it)!
Rating: 4 /10