54

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

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, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: 5.1, PCM Stereo
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: English
• Features:
  • • Widescreen [1.85:1]
    • Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
    • Music video
    • Chapter search

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Mark Christopher

• Producer:

  Ira Deutchman, Richard N. Gladstein, Dolly Hall

• Screenwriter:

  Mark Christopher

• Cinematographer:

  Alexander Gruszynski

• Composer (Music Score):

  Marco Beltrami

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Susan Jacobs, Coati Mund Hernandez

• Editor:

  Lee Percy

• Production Designer:

  Kevin Thompson

• Art Director:

  Tamara Deverell

• Associate Producer:

  Jonathan King

• Executive Producer:

  Don Carmody, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Bobby Cohen

• Set Designer:

  Karin Wiesel

• Costume Designer:

  Ellen Lutter

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  David Lee

• First Assistant Director:

  Michael Zenon

• Casting:

  Kerry Barden, Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith