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54 (Widescreen)

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

In the 1970s, a young man named Steve Rubell opened a dance club in New York City called Studio 54. It became the hottest, most fashionable and most notorious nightclub in the world. It was frequented by famous people who were legends in their day, such as Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Andy Warhol, Princess Grace of Monaco, Liza Minnelli and The Rolling Stones. As for the rest of the customers, admission was granted by Rubell and his doormen not based on how long you had wait in line, but on how beautiful you were. Super models, wall street executives, hookers and hustlers all mingled with the rich and famous. Studio 54 stood as the cathedral of the Me Generation, and many people waited eagerly to see it crumble and fall.

54 tries hard to replicate life in and around the ultimate disco. The tale is told by narrator Shane [Ryan Phillippe], a blonde young Adonis from across the river in Jersey. Shane, who's a sheltered dreamer, manages to get a job as a busboy at the club. The allure, the glamour and the attitude there are his vision of Heaven, although from our vantage point, it often look like Hell.

There is not much a story. The film paints portraits of some of the customers and employees instead. Mike Myers, playing Steve Rubell, gives a powerful, Oscar caliber performance. His interpretation of this mad Emperor of Dance manages to make Rubell as much of a victim of his generation's excess as a perpetrator.

While the film is full of drugs, sex [of all kinds] and rock and roll, it is strangely timid. By pulling their punches, the film's makers never grab the audience. It's as though they were still embarrassed by the excesses of the times. Compared to 1997's boisterous Boogie Nights, it's tame stuff.

54 encounters a problem that has plagued many movies. Shane and his new friends who work at the club may be beautiful, but they are so relentlessly self-centered that, in the end, we don't much care where they wind up. It takes a master of the medium to make us feel for characters who take and never give. Only Rubell elicits any sympathy, but the picture does not center on him, as perhaps it should have.

The movie does manages to show the high energy of Studio 54. The music, dancing and lighting are fairly faithfully reproduced. The crowds are fun to look at. Rubell's descent into drug-induced madness is similar to the articles I have read about him.

54 is in the pop culture class and entertains us a sleek yet trashy way. If you want to see the late 70s Manhattan scene portrayed with style and substance, check out 1997's The Last Days of Disco.

54 is one of the best movies i have ever seem the way the show the life of the clubs back then is awsome too. i recomend this movie to anyone who enjoys movies about drugs partying n much more!

"54" stars Ryan Phillippe, Selma Hayak, Neve Campbell, and Mike Myers. The movie describes the high doses of everything in Studio 54. Though much information from real-life was eliminated, especially the second club owner, it still has many enjoyable scenes. Had they included those extra details, "54" likely would have been given a five stars. The high extremes of glitz, glamour, flamboyance, sex, music, and drugs are desplicted brilliantly. The stage set-up of Studio 54 gives the movie further joy, especially in the lights, the glitter, and the elaborate construction. Such scenery shines light to disco music. Mike Myers role as the club owner, Steve Rubell, is his best in his career. Sadly, he was highly underrated. The other actors are average, though most have performed better. "54" is a great movie for those looking to revisit the 1970's and/or the disco era. Many will be entertained. Those looking for a further disco experience should also watch "Saturday Night Fever".

Welcome to Studio 54-where the glitter glows-the disco lights shine-and the music shimmers!

You seem like a cool person-come into Studio 54!

Welcome to my party handsome!

Studio 54 is about the infamous disco nightclub-where a New Jersey guy goes to NYC to get into Studio 54 and not only gets inside this legendary palace-but gets a job behind the bar!

And Mike Meyers did a powerful job as the Steve Rubell-Meyers should of got an oscar for this-or at least an Academy Award!

So watch Studio 54-we may not be able to get into the real Studio 54-but this movie is your ticket to get past the velvet ropes and have one shimmering party!

A man named Steve Rubell had a dream-to throw the best damn party the world had ever seen-and make it last forever!

Well,Steve Rubell-you did just that!

In memory of a great party thrower-Steve Rubell!

And of course Studio 54!

In our hearts and minds-Studio 54-and Steve Rubell will always party on!

See 54 for Ryan Phillippe, he is hot. He has it all, abs, muscles, and a hot face. As usual he is the bad boy type and snags most of the ladies, if not all. Expect the usual, Ryan to show his behind, and to do it as much as he can. If you are a boy like me you will also like all of the hot ladies in this movie too.

Mike Meyers plays Steve Rubell in his first (widely acknowledged) dramatic roll, and I might add he is almost worth seeing the film for alone, as he lights the whole movie up when he's on screen. How come he didn't get an Oscar for this roll I'll never know.

All the other players are very well cast in their rolls too, but the plot is a little lacking at times, the whole Ryan Phillippe and Salma Hayek love triangle seems to be swept under the carpet in favour of a some IRS tax dodge story which I think would have been better as a pub plot.

But don't let the films plot drag you down - because its the whole mood and music of the film that keeps it moving which after all is what the whole club scene was all about, right?

Fantastic film set around the 70's night club "54". Surprisingly well acted especially Mike Meyers as the night club's owner and Ryan Phillippe as the new kid on the block.

The music is just as good and so the soundtrack is a must have.

It seems that the director was not able to release his cut of the film and so the US DVD version (the best I've seen so far) is the closest we are going to get. However what remains is still great and definitely worth seeing.

...MIKE MYERS IN 54!! MIKE MYERS IS THE REASON TO SEE 54. THE REST OF THE CAST ARE FINE. BUT MYERS STEALS EVERY SCENE HE'S IN WITH EASE. AN OVER ALL GOOD MOVIE, WITH AN ATTRACTIVE CAST THAT ALSO INCLUDES RYAN PHILLIPPE, SALMA HAYEK AND NEVE CAMPBELL.

This movie could have been great, but its not. It takes us on this ride of this guys life, where he gets into club 54 one night, then suddenly he's working there, and all this stuff goes on and its like, wait this movie should be called Shane. All in all this movie is piled on wth bad acting, and a confusing plot.

This DVD doesn't advertise it, but it does contain several deleted scenes... one of which is the Anita/Shane love scene towards the end which explains why Greg is so jealous. There are about 6 minutes of new stuff.