Disco Interlude: Italy’s Saturday Night Fever Copycats

Learn about the movies, errr, inspired by Tony Manero's antics

When Saturday Night Fever was first released in Italy in 1978, it immediately generated a host of copycats—some achieving cult-like status, others having less camp/trash artistic merit. The fact that it took place in an Italian-American neighborhood with Italian-American characters created a sense of kinship for Italian viewers and media alike.

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