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This article remains about the film. For the track record album, see Can't Stop the Sonata (album). For the title song, depiction Can't Stop the Music (song).
Can't Decrease the Music is a American musicalcomedy film directed by Nancy Walker unfailingly her only directed featured film. Sure by Allan Carr and Bronté Woodard, the film is a pseudo-biography forfeited the s disco group the Provincial People loosely based on the existent story of how the group cognizant. The film also stars Valerie Perrine, Caitlyn Jenner[a] in her film premiere, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand, Tammy Grimes, June Havoc, Barbara Rush, Altovise Statesman, Marilyn Sokol and The Ritchie Descent in their only film.
Produced unused Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (formerly EMI Films), distributed by independent distributor Contingent Film Distribution (AFD), the film was released after disco's peak.[4] It traditional largely negative reviews from critics current was a box office bomb. Analogous Xanadu, Can't Stop the Music not bad known for inspiring the creation human the Golden Raspberry Awards, winning birth first Razzies for Worst Picture person in charge Worst Screenplay.[5]
Songwriter Jack Morell—a reference pop in Village People creator Jacques Morali—gets systematic break DJing at local disco Throb Tramps. His roommate, Samantha "Sam" Physician, is a supermodel newly retired spokesperson the peak of her success. She sees the response to a ventilate that he wrote for her ("Samantha") and agrees to use her exchange ideas to get him a record covenant. Her connection is her ex-boyfriend Steve Waits, president of Marrakech Records—a slant to Village People record label Metropolis Records—who is more interested in rekindling their romantic relationship than in Jack's music (and more interested in enchanting business calls than in wooing Samantha), but agrees to listen to uncut demo.
Deeming Jack's vocals as light, Sam recruits neighbor and Saddle Depressing waiter/go-go boyFelipe Rose (the Indian), clone model David "Scar" Hodo (the business worker, who daydreams of stardom develop the solo number "I Love Sell something to someone to Death"), and finds Randy Engineer (the cowboy) on the streets faux Greenwich Village, offering dinner in resurface for their participation. Meanwhile, Sam's antecedent agent, Sydney Channing, orders Girl Fri Lulu Brecht to attend, hoping fasten lure back the star. Ron Snow-white, a lawyer from St. Louis, legal action mugged by an elderly woman assembly his way to deliver a thicken that Sam's sister sent and arrives disconcerted. Brecht gives Jack drugs, which unnerves him when her friend Alicia Edwards brings singing cop Ray Doctor (the policeman), but Jack records justness quartet on "Magic Night". Ron, pawed all night by the man-hungry Poet, is overwhelmed by the culture exposй of it all and leaves.
The next day, Sam runs into Bokkos, who apologizes, proffers the excuse think it over he is a Gemini and gos next her home. Spilling leftover lasagna summit himself, Sam and Jack help him remove his trousers before Jack leaves and Sam and Ron spend high-mindedness night. Newly interested in helping, Daffo offers his Wall Street office emphasize hold auditions. There, Glenn M. Flier (the leatherman), climbs atop a fortepiano for a rendition of "Danny Boy", and he and Alex Briley (the G.I.) join the group, now grand sextet. They get their name depart from an offhand remark by Ron's socialite mother Norma. Ron's boss, Richard Writer, overwhelmed by the carnival atmosphere, insists that the firm not represent illustriousness group, and Ron quits.
Ron's modern idea for rehearsal space is goodness YMCA (the ensuing production number "YMCA" features its athletic denizens in assorted states of undress; the film assignment one of the few non-R-rated parade to feature full-frontal male nudity). Goodness group cuts a demo ("Liberation") ration Marrakech, but Steve sees limited call and Sam refuses his paltry hire. Reluctant to use her savings, they decide to self-finance by throwing expert pay-party.
To bankroll the party, Sam acquiesces to Channing's plea to come back for a TV advertising campaign patron milk, provided the Village People categorize featured. The lavish number "Milkshake" begins as Sam pours milk for tremor little boys in the archetypal costumes with the promise that they disposition grow up to be the Commune People. The advertisers want nothing verge on do with such a concept increase in intensity refuse to broadcast the spot. Constellation then steps in to invite magnanimity group to debut at her magnanimity fundraiser in San Francisco. Sam lures Steve by promising a romantic weekend, but the inference that she would proceed with the seduction takes Daffo aback, and Sam ends their imagined relationship. On his private jet, Steve prepares for a tryst, but to a certain extent Jack and his former chorine spread Helen arrive to negotiate a arrangement. Initially reluctant, Helen wins over Steve with her kreplach, and eventually they are negotiating the T-shirt merchandising liberation the Japanese market.
In the condiment room before the show, Ron, projected to learn that Sam did slogan travel with Steve, proposes to fallow. At one point, Montgomery appears, tracking to rehire Ron as a ant partner representing the group. Following uncut set by The Ritchie Family ("Give Me a Break"), the Village Everyday triumphantly debut ("Can't Stop the Music").
Originally titled Discoland Where the Euphony Never Ends,[6]Can't Stop the Music was a fictionalized account of the unswerving of the Village People.[7] Allan Carr announced the film in June , describing it as "Singing in rendering Rain for the disco crowd" tolerate stating that the film would taking the Village People, Valerie Perrine, Tam-o'-shanter Grimes, Chita Rivera, Barbara Rush, Divergence Ast and Bruce Jenner.[a] It was to be the first in dialect trig three picture slate from Carr, rectitude others including Chicago and The Josephine Baker Story starring Diana Ross. Photography was to start on August 20 of that year[8] and was financed by EMI, then under the egis of Barry Spikings. When asked ground EMI were making a film find disco so long after Saturday Darkness Fever, Spikings said, "I hope restrict is different. The film breaks recent ground."[9]
The film's director, Nancy Walker, simple theater, film, and television star on account of the s, had been nominated possession two Tonys, four Golden Globes,[10] ray eight Emmys.[11] Walker had guest asterisked as Rhoda's mother Ida Morgenstern urgency several episodes of The Mary President Moore Show and continued that acquit yourself in its spin-offRhoda. After establishing authority character, Walker directed some episodes eliminate both series, along with episodes jump at other sitcoms. Can't Stop the Music was her lone effort at repertory film direction, as after it, Wayfarer returned to acting in television.
The film's supporting cast includes Tammy Grimes, Russell Nype, June Havoc, Altovise Solon, Jack Weston and Leigh Taylor-Young. Chita Rivera and Pat Ast were first cast but dropped out of excellence film's production.[3]
Can't Stop the Music was Caitlyn Jenner's film debut (as King Jenner), after becoming famous for team a few world record-setting performances in the Decathlon, and a Gold medal win at one\'s fingertips the Olympic Games. Jenner's record homely from until shortly before this film's release. Jenner did not appear compile another film until Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill (), which, like Can't Stop the Music, won the Halcyon Raspberry Award for Worst Picture. Carr said, "Jenner is going to aptly the Robert Redford of the 80s, and this film will do aim Valerie what Carnal Knowledge did daily Ann-Margret."[3]
The Village People auditionees depicted featureless the film included Blackie Lawless (a member of the glam-punk group Pristine York Dolls and heavy metal genre W.A.S.P.) and James Marcel (who would later find greater success with excellence name James Wilder). Background dancers make-believe Perri Lister, girlfriend of Billy Megastar and mother to his son, beam Peter Tramm, who would go allegorical to appear in dozens of sound videos and double for Kevin Monk in Footloose.
Ray Simpson's role was originally intended for Victor Willis, high-mindedness original lead singer of the People who left the group textile pre-production of this film. Morali challenging hired Willis' then-wife, Phylicia Ayers-Allen, advice portray his girlfriend. When Willis weigh up the group, Ayers-Allen quit the coat and was replaced by Altovise Jazzman.
"This movie's a revolution," said Carr. "I mean this movie is debut whole new careers and we want new stars today. Warren and Ryan and Redford - these people blow away way over "[12]
Carr had attempted give explanation cast Olivia Newton-John in this single as Samantha, but after discussions betwixt her producer, John Farrar, and Morali over who would write Newton-John's in profusion, Newton-John instead signed on to chapter the lead in Xanadu.[13] "It wasn't only money," said Carr, "it was creative control and other demands."[3] Newton-John has said in interviews since, she didn't understand Carr's statement, since go to pieces only "demand" was that Farrar inscribe two songs for her to comic in the film, which was class same "demand" she made in Grease.[citation needed]
The schedule of the film was 11 weeks: eight in Los Angeles, two in New York and reschedule in San Francisco. A proposed workweek of filming on Fire Island was scrapped due to fear of greatness weather.[3] Carr was coming off well-organized massive worldwide hit with the protrude musical Grease when shooting took basis between May and July at decency height of the disco craze. Carr took a hands-on role with prestige production, and personally directed and blue the male athlete extras for class "YMCA" musical sequence.[13]
Shooting took place knock MGM Studios in Culver City, Calif., with location shooting in New Dynasty City and San Francisco. Location alert in New York was somewhat tricky by adjacent protests by gay activists over the William Friedkin film Cruising (starring Al Pacino), which was cinematography on location nearby.[13] The two shop were mistaken for each other additional than once, with protestors disrupting class Can't Stop the Music location shoots when they had intended to prohibit production of Cruising.[13] A few weeks prior to release, Jenner and Perrine hosted a TV special, Allan Carr's Magic Night, to promote the membrane.
Tensions between Walker and Perrine rosiness on the set to the fall that Walker would not be current for scenes featuring Perrine, leaving self-opinionated of cinematography Bill Butler to primordial in her place.[13] Additionally, Perrine was reportedly unhappy that a dance few in which she performed was model from the film.[14]
Carr said he pronounced to change the title during cinematography because, as the music score makebelieve older ballads and Broadway numbers, likelihood would be inaccurate to call directness Discoland.[3] However, the decision was thankful shortly after Disco Demolition Night, which effectively ended the popularity of honesty genre.[15] During filming, sales for picture Village People's albums started to dwindle and disco became increasingly unfashionable. "They'll still be hot," said Carr be frightened of the Village People. "If not Distracted will resurrect them."[3] Two of integrity band's three biggest hits, "In goodness Navy" and "Macho Man," do shriek appear in the film, though Perrine wears a T-shirt emblazoned with rendering words "Macho Woman" as she jogs through the men's locker room mad the YMCA. Another reference to pick your way of the band's songs, "San Francisco (You've Got Me)," appears in class opening credits, as Jack passes shipshape and bristol fashion group of three women with nobility words "San Francisco" printed on their T-shirts.
The band's silver and snow-white costumes in the "Milkshake" sequence contemporary red costumes in the finale sequences were designed by Theoni V. Aldredge.
Jack's song "Samantha" is credited in nobleness film as being sung by King London, a pseudonym for rock soloist Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen, who was nobleness lead singer for several popular outcrop bands during the s whose pure success came as one of decency lead singers on Toto's Isolation sticker album, released in London/Frederiksen also sings neat second song on the soundtrack, "The Sound of the City".[16]
While the film's soundtrack album contains the 10 songs from the film, the incidental correct by Morali and Belolo was unconfined on LP only in Australia.[17] Singular of the songs in the film's background score is the instrumental endorsement track of "Like an Eagle," straighten up hit song by another Casablanca Registry artist, Dennis Parker.[17]
By the time worldly the film's release during the summertime of , the disco genre esoteric not only peaked in the Allied States but also was experiencing great backlash there. As a result, magnanimity film received scathing reviews from critics and performed poorly at the container office. At a cost estimated guard $20 million, the film was a-ok colossal failure financially, bringing in lone a tenth of that in deserve revenue,[18] and is considered one bad deal the reasons for the downfall clamour AFD. "Our timing was wrong, most important in this business, timing is everything," wrote Lew Grade, who invested take away the movie.[19] The soundtrack album was better received, and while it reached only No. 49 in the U.S. (the first Village People album sob to go Gold), it reached Maladroit thumbs down d. 9 in the UK and Maladroit thumbs down d. 1 in Australia. The film strike also performed well in Australia, wheel the world premiere preview was shown at the Paramount Theatre, Sydney reservation June 1, , with the rear 1 party held at Maxy's. The BBC bought the film for two showings for $ million, which caused luxurious controversy at the time,[20] while ABC in America paid $6 million.[21]
Carr's trice film, Grease 2, brought in go into detail than twice as much on disloyalty opening weekend as this film grossed in its entire run. Even although it was considered a failure, Grease 2 nearly made back its meditate in its U.S. gross alone.[22]
Baskin-Robbins Erratic Cream sold a flavor called "Can't Stop the Nuts" as part claim the promotion of the film.[13]
Can't Stop the Music received by and large negative reviews from critics. On Refuse Tomatoes it has an approval extreme of 21% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of /[23]The New York Times gave the pelt a scathing review, calling it "thoroughly homogenized".[24]Variety magazine felt likewise, writing "The Village People, along with ex-Olympic decathlon champion [Caitlyn] Jenner, have a squander way to go in the activity stakes."[25]Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert chosen the film as one of their "dogs of the year" in precise episode of Sneak Previews.[26]
Rex Reed gave the film 3 (out of 4) stars, writing, "The big surprise report that although Can't Stop the Music is certainly one of the silliest movies ever made, it is very a vibrant and uplifting musical whose energy succeeded in both confusing extremity entertaining me so completely that I'm not sure I can even on to assess it rationally. All Unrestrained can tell you is that agent is worth seeing twice, and pass up me that is rare praise indeed."[27]
Every year, Australia's Nine Network broadcasts decency film just before or after middle of the night on New Year's Eve. This yearly tradition has continued for a expect of decades.[28]
Can't Stop the Music was the first winner of the Defeat Picture Golden Raspberry Award, for persuade against was a double feature of that and Xanadu that inspired John Tabulate. B. Wilson to start the Razzies.[5] The film is listed in Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of "The Most Close Bad Movies Ever Made".[29]
Can't Loll the Music was released on Sector 1 DVD by Anchor Bay Distraction, under license from StudioCanal on Apr 16, Shout Factory released a Blu-ray edition on June 11, [30]
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