54 1998

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 93 min

genre: drama

theme: independent

director: Mark Christopher

Score: 5 / 10

54 is a 1998 American drama film about Studio 54, a world-famous New York City discotheque, written and directed by Mark Christopher. It stars Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the club's co-founder. Prior to its release in 1998, the film was extensively reshot and recut, and then released to poor critical reaction, but somewhat respectable box office. In 2008, a bootleg version of the director's cut was screened at Outfest, leading to interest for its release. In 2015, Christopher and Miramax premiered a new edit of the film at the Berlin International Film Festival, with 45 minutes of original material restored and 30 minutes of studio re-shoots removed.

Plot

Shane O'Shea is a young Jersey City man in the late 1970s, handsome enough to eventually become a bartender at Studio 54. He leaves behind his small-town life in New Jersey to come to New York City and be part of the hip scene. Shane comes to Studio 54, gaining admittance by officially taking off his uncool small-town shirt. There, he befriends aspiring singer Anita and her husband, Greg Randazzo. Things between Shane, Anita and Greg develop into a love triangle and inevitably fall apart. Shane begins a real relationship with soap-opera actress Julie Black.

Cast

More details

author	Mark Christopher
contentLocation	New Jersey New York City
director	Mark Christopher
editor	Lee Percy
genre	action drama
keywords	aspiring singer get together love triangle one night studio 54 tax evasion
musicBy	Marco Beltrami
producer	Dolly Hall Ira Deutchman Richard N. Gladstein
publisher	Miramax Films
theme	independent lgbt-related