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'I used to try to imitate him in front of the television set. 'I think my first turn-on to dance was James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy, when I was five or six,' remembered Travolta on the set of Hairspray in Toronto. Still, long before he became a film star, Travolta did love to dance.

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I thought I was doing kind of a little retro movie and then it became like it had never existed before.' That suit was kind of a classic suit, so that was being avidly sold but that's how out of date we thought all that was when we were making it. They hadn't sold those shirts in two years. 'The clothing for Saturday Night Fever, I had to go to the Village, in the back of the store and tops of shelves and pull out boxes because they hadn't sold those pants in three years. I did not think it would be a big commercial movie at all,' he said in an interview. I thought I was doing, honestly, an art film - really,В that it was a slice of life about a small group of people in Brooklyn that were obsessed with disco dancing and that I had a very interesting character to play. The clothing I wore in the movie, the polyester this and that was all finished when we did the movie. Travolta's character Tony was obsessed with disco -В but Travolta himself wasn't all that interested, in part because disco fever was already cooling off, at least in New York. Stigwood, who had once managed the Beatles and went on to produce successful West End productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, HairВ and Grease, as well as the film versions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Tommy, paid Cohn $90,000 for the rights toВ the magazine article - almost unheard of at the time. 'So a lot of us thought to pay a million dollars for Vinnie Barbarino is going to make us a laughingstock.' 'Everyone thought it was madness, because nobody had ever made the transition from television to movie stardom,' said Bill Oakes, who was working for Stigwood at the time. After all, the biggest role Travolta had ever played was heartthrobВ VinnieВ BarbarinoВ on the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. When Australian impresario Robert Stigwood signed Travolta to a three-movie contract for $1 million, it was the talk of Hollywood - for all the wrong reasons.

When producer Robert Stigwood signed John Travolta, people thought he was out of his mind Only the names of the main characters have been changed.'Д¬ohn continued to write for New York Magazine, and in 1983, was indicted on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges for importing $4-million worth of heroin. When the 'Saturday Night' piece eventually appeared, it ran with drawings rather than photos, as well asВ a disclaimer: 'Everything described in this article is factual and was either witnessed by me or told to me directly by the people involved.

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As for Vincent, my story's hero, he was largely inspired by a Shepherd's Bush mod whom I'd known in the '60s, a one-time king of the Goldhawk Road.' Far from being steeped in Brooklyn street life, I hardly knew the place.

'The problem was that my story was a fraud,' he wrote two decades later in the Mail and Guardian. Only thing was, Cohn eventually admitted that Vincent was 'a total fabrication.' Titled 'Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,' the New Journalism-style article described a troubled, working-class guy who was also a great dancerВ and had found his way to shine. The movie's main character was famously based on a real-life character named Vincent, who was the subject of a 1976 New York magazine article by writer Nik Cohn. It was based on a 'true story' that wasn't true So to honour the film, we've put on our finest disco duds and dancing shoesВ and gathered up these fascinating facts about the iconic film. It also shot Travolta to fameВ and further solidified the Bee Gees' music careers. The film Saturday Night Fever was released 40 years ago this week, and soon became one of the biggest dance movies of all time. Played by John Travolta,В Tony ManeroВ became an icon of the disco era,В an everyman who could break out of his circumstance and achieve respect and acclaim. Requests/inquiries should be sent to the contact address.He was a paint store clerk living at home with his parents in Brooklyn, New York -В but on the weekends, he was the kingВ ofВ the dance floor.

But I will hold on hope / And I won't let you choke / On the noose around your neck / And I'll find strength in pain / And I will change my ways / I'll know my name as it's called again / You can understand dependence.

Get up on the floor dancing all night long