54 Movie Review 1998

The days of '70s disco, drugs, and hedonism rear their heads in this look back at New York's infamous Studio 54. Myers takes the drama route as druggie club co-owner Steve Rubell, while Phillippe starts off as innocent New Jersey boy Shane O'Shea, who gets a job as a bartender and is soon taking the low road to debauchery. Others hitting the dance floor include pouty soap star Julie (Campbell), coat-check girl/would-be disco diva Anita (Hayek), and her busboy hubby Greg (Meyer). But Shane is a dunce and his story a bore, while the effective Myers takes a decided backseat storywise. Film went through a lot of last-minute re-editing but it didn't seem to help.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1970s, Nightclubs, Drug Use & Abuse, Sex & Sexuality, New York, New York, Up All Night

Screenplay

Mark Christopher

Cast

Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Breckin Meyer, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Sela Ward, Sherry Stringfield, Ellen A. Dow, Heather Matarazzo, Skipp (Robert L.) Sudduth, Cindy Crawford

Cinematography

Alexander Grusynski

Director

Mark Christopher

Other

Lauren Hutton, Michael York

Producer

Richard N. Gladstein, Dolly Hall, Ira Deutchman, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Don Carmody, Redeemable Features, Miramax Films