54
54 is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher. Its plot focuses on the rise and fall of Studio 54, a famous nightclub in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the club's co-founder.
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 | 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 |
| productionCompany | Dollface FilmColony Redeemable Features |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| theme | independent lgbt-related |