54
54 is a 1998 American drama film about Studio 54, a famous nightclub in New York City, 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 a 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
In the summer of 1979, 19-year-old Irish-American filling station attendant Shane O'Shea lives in Jersey City, New Jersey with his widowed, conservative father Harlan and two younger sisters Grace and Kelly. Shane longs for a more glamorous life across the river in New York's Manhattan, so one night he talks his two friends into going to Studio 54, a disco nightclub. Once inside, Shane is exposed to the flashy, hedonistic world of 54, with unbridled alcohol, drugs, and open sex. Against his father’s wishes, Shane returns to 54 the next night and is hired by Steve as a busboy. Shane eventually moves out of his family's house in Jersey City after fighting with his father over his new job, and moves in with Greg and Anita in Manhattan.
Cast
- Art Garfunkel
- Arthur J. Nascarella
- Beverly Johnson
- Breckin Meyer
- Cameron Mathison
- Cindy Crawford
- Daniel Lapaine
- Domenick Lombardozzi
- Donald Trump
- Ellen Albertini Dow
- Erika Alexander
- Frederique van der Wal
- Heather Matarazzo
- Heidi Klum
- Jimmy Carter
- Kohl Sudduth
- Lauren Hutton
- Lorri Bagley
- Mark Ruffalo
- Michael Pitt
- Michael York
- Mike Myers
- Neve Campbell
- Noam Jenkins
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Ron Jeremy
- Ryan Phillippe
- Salma Hayek
- Sela Ward
- Sherry Stringfield
- Sheryl Crow
- Skipp Sudduth
- Valerie Perrine
More details
| author | Mark Christopher |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey New York City |
| director | Mark Christopher |
| editor | Lee Percy |
| genre | action drama |
| keywords | beefcake bisexual busboy busser casablanca records christmas eve drift apart family friend fight filling station filling station attendant force freebases fur coat g-man greenwich village hedonism hedonistic hug interview interview magazine manhattan new job new year new york university nyu old friends one night one-night stand open opera star oral sex photo op photo shoot release from prison river run soap opera widow |
| musicBy | Marco Beltrami |
| producer | Dolly Hall Ira Deutchman Richard N. Gladstein |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| theme | independent lgbt-related |