Can't Stop the Music

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Glitz producer Allan Carr tries to cash in on the late-'70s disco boom with Can't Stop the Music -- a film of such Brobdingnagian banality that it almost in itself stopped the disco movement cold. Comedienne Nancy Walker directed this musical chronicle, purporting to relate the legend of the formation of the disco group The Village People. Valerie Perrine is Samantha Simpson, a helpful ex-model who attempts to get her roommate, Jack Morrell's (Steve Guttenberg), songwriting career off the ground by assembling a motley group of her Greenwich Village friends (The Village People) together to cut a demo tape of Jack's ditties. All Samantha has to do is charm the square lawyer Ron White (Bruce Jenner) in order to get him to listen to The Village People's scintillating disco strains. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Audio: DTS-ES 6.1, 5.1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: English
• Features:
  • • Widescreen presentation (2.35:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs
    • Theatrical trailer
    • Still gallery
    • Photo essay: The Village People Story

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Nancy Walker

• Producer:

  Henri Belolo, Allan Carr, Neil Machlis, Jacques Morali

• Screenwriter:

  Allan Carr, Bronte Woodard

• Cinematographer:

  Bill Butler

• Songwriter:

  Henri Belolo

• Composer (Music Score):

  Jacques Morali

• Songwriter:

  Jacques Morali

• Musical Arrangement:

  Horace Ott

• Editor:

  John F. Burnett

• Production Designer:

  Stephen Hendrickson

• Art Director:

  Harold Michelson

• Set Designer:

  Marvin March, Richard McKenzie, Eric Orbom

• Costume Designer:

  Theoni V. Aldredge, Jane Greenwood

• Special Effects:

  Michael Sullivan

• First Assistant Director:

  William S. Beasley

• Choreography:

  Arlene Phillips

REVIEW:

• A film that managed to be dated even before it was released, Can't Stop the Music is one of those movies that is so unbelievable that it's entertaining -- in small doses. Created (too late) to cash in on the late 1970's disco craze, Music is directed with no sense of style, tension, pacing or musicality by Nancy Walker. There IS a unique look to the film -- and audiences can be thankful that it is the only look of its kind. Although the cast tries hard, nobody is able to overcome the limitations of the material. Steve Guttenberg gives a truly inept performance, one that seems to embarrass him from the first moments, when we see him attempting to roller skate down the city streets while at the same time groovin' to the music -- and doing neither one convincingly. Even worse is Bruce Jenner, whose outsized, bug-eyed reactions quickly become wearying. Village People fans will like the songs, and the staging of most numbers cannot fail to make an impression. ("Highlights" include "YMCA's" speedo-clad Busby Berkeley take-offs and "Macho Man's" flaming baton sequence.) A true mess of a movie, Music is still so much a one-of-a-kind experience that it should be seen -- once. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi