54
54 is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and Mike Myers, the film focuses on the rise and fall of Studio 54, a famous nightclub in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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. Weary of his working-class existence, Shane longs for a more glamorous life across the river in New York City's Manhattan, so one night, he persuades his two friends into accompanying him to Studio 54, a disco nightclub. When he is chosen to enter upon arrival by the club's co-owner Steve Rubell, he is exposed to the flashy, hedonistic world of 54, with unbridled alcohol, drugs, and open sex. Against his father's wishes, he returns to 54 the next night and Steve hires him as a busboy. After fighting with Harlan over his new job, he leaves Jersey City and moves in with fellow busboy Greg Randazzo and his coat-check girl wife Anita, an aspiring singer, 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 | aspiring singer beefcake belong bisexual busboy busser casablanca records christmas eve discover drift apart drug dealer expel fight filling station filling station attendant force freebases fur coat g-man greenwich village hedonism hedonistic hug interview 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 prison sentence river run sexual intercourse soap opera steve rubell studio 54 tax evasion widow |
| musicBy | Marco Beltrami |
| producer | Dolly Hall Ira Deutchman Richard N. Gladstein |
| productionCompany | Dollface FilmColony Redeemable Features |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| theme | independent lgbt-related |