En Nueva York, después de trabajar toda la semana en una tienda de pinturas de Brooklyn, Tony Manero (John Travolta) se prepara esmeradamente para disfrutar de la noche del sábado: se empapa en colonia Brut, se pone una camisa de flores ajustada, pantalones de tela de gabardina y zapatos de plataforma. En la discoteca de moda, Tony deslumbrará a todos con lo que mejor sabe hacer: bailar.
Tras una breve relación sentimental con un colega, Theresa Dunn (Diane Keaton) decide independizarse de su opresiva familia. Así comienza una metamorfosis que hace de ella una compasiva profesora de niños sordos durante el día y una mujer que busca toda clase de placeres nocturnos por los tugurios de la ciudad.
París, Francia, 1979. Rose, una rebelde huérfana adolescente, y Michel, un joven aspirante a pintor, disfrutan de su loco amor bajo las luces de neón del decadente club nocturno Le Palace, donde establecen una ambigua relación con Lucille y Hubert, dos burgueses bohemios que cambiarán sus vidas.
A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car along with a gangster and the hitman sent to kill him.
From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.
Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, would be inconceivable without a handful of legendary European music producers who conjured up some of the biggest world-wide hits in the anonymity of their studios.
A group of young adults find love in a discotheque.
The evolution of disco music through interviews and clips - Acid House, House, Disco, Funk, Italo-Disco, Italodance. Interviewed – Baby Ford, Deee-Lite, Frankie Knuckles, Mark Moore, Mel Cheren Featuring 5000 Volts, Amii Stewart, Anita Ward, Baby Ford, Bananarama, Black Box, Cerrone, Communards, The, Deee-Lite, Donna Summer, Eartha Kitt, Edwin Starr, Evelyn Champagne King, Evelyn Thomas, Farm, The, Giorgio Moroder, Gloria Gaynor, Hot Gossip, Hues Corporation, Isaac Hayes, Kool And The Gang, Kylie Minogue, M, Michael Zager, Miguel Brown, Musique, New Order, Odyssey, S'Express, Shannon, Shirley & Co, Sylvester, Three Degrees, Trammps, Van Mccoy, Village People
A short documentary about the Disco legend Sylvester. Sylvester James began as a child gospel singer and sashayed past barriers of race and sexual identity to become the definitive anthemist of disco and dance soul. With a vibrant falsetto and genderbending persona, he redefined what it means - on stage and in life - to be "mighty real." This documentary will restore to the spotlight a pivotal performer whose music defined an era and whose influence is still felt by dozens of current vocalists.
A finales de los setenta, la música disco, considerada demasiado banal y corriente, había muerto. Pero los DJs y las pistas de baile aún necesitaban nuevos discos y ritmos más rápidos. Construido con sonidos de sintetizador, el estilo hi-nrg (high energy) barrió los clubes gay antes de llegar a las listas de éxitos durante los años ochenta.
Recorded during Björn Again's gala performance at The Royal Albert Hall, Abba's greatest hits are performed in outrageous costumes ranging from sequined satin jumpsuits, flares, platform shoes, right down to powder blue eye-shadow and knee-high white boots, all of which are enthusiastically echoed by the audience. With classic 70s choreography and on-stage humour adding further to the electrifying atmosphere, Björn Again perform classic tracks with the skills and energy that made Abba one of the World's best loved bands.