Travolta's suede jacket
OK I know it's dated and VERY 80s, but I love the suede jacket he wears in this, especially during the montage music scene.
And if not here where...to ask if anyone knows the maker of it?
Coppola you aren't serious about wanting that jacket lol Btw what do you think of "Two of a Kind?" I like it, very cheesy 80's film, and the song "Twist of Fate," is great. I wonder why Travolta was only able to keep his Staying Alive body for this film and then went back to the donuts or what ever high fat crap he eats? You would think that as an actor he would want to keep that physique longer then just two years, anyone that trains with weights knows how hard it is to make gains, to just lose it and go in the other direction physically doesn't make any since.
shareBalboa, Actually that suede jacket is more wearable than the Gericke from Staying Alive. I've always wanted both, and I finally have the 48 Gericke. But, like I said, it is very dated, although in mint condition.
As far as Travolta losing his physique, I wonder about that too. You can plainly see that most of his "bulk" was quickly dissappearing in TOAK. He was toned and tanned, yes, but was losing it even at that time.
There is a French interview on Staying Alive done later in 1983 on YouTube. Travolta is wearing a yellowish suit and you can see he is aqcuiring a tummy again.
Probably just a classic case of losing interest in being a gym rat.
Too bad too, as there were talks on him teaming up with Stallone for Rambo 2 early on. Now if he had kept up the training, that would have been awesome.
I wonder what kind of roll Stallone would have had for Travolta in Rambo II? I think that was just a rumor, like Travolta and Stallone being in Godfather III. Travolta did mention in an interview that he had written a sequel to Staying Alive called "Far From Over," don't remember what the story line was, I would have loved to see one more film with Tony Manero, even if the story line was even cheesier than Staying Alive was lol. I just love 80's cheese films like Staying Alive, St Elmo's Fire, Breakfast Club, About Last Night, Breathless, Officer and a Gentleman and Against All Odds, man do I miss that era.
shareThere is a draft of the script somewhere of Rambo 2 with the character that Travolta was to play. Someone on Satllonezone may have it.
As far as a sequel to SA, I would have loved to see one at the time. I doubt Travolta could pull it off now.
What I would really like to see have happen is a sequel to Saturday Night Fever and a prequel to Staying Alive. Showing the years in between both movies.
They would obviously have to recast everyone.
A sequel for SA would only work if made between 84-89, reminds me of a another film from the 80's that I love that never got a sequel "The Pope of Greenwich Village," would have loved to have seen Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts together one more time.
I don't think the 5 years that are missing between Saturday Night Fever and the beginning of Staying Alive would make for a good movie, it's explained in SA that Tony Manero has been working low paying jobs in night clubs and bars and during the day he teaches dance and goes out on auditions with zero call backs, the typical life of a struggling performer looking to be discovered.
I also don't think a prequel works because the studio for what ever reason didn't want to spend the money to get the actors back from SNF in a prequel or sequel, a good example of this is in the early development of SA, screenwriter of SNF Norman Wexler wrote a part for Tony Manero's father, played by actor Val Bisoglio, Val turned it down because he wanted more money, so Stallone wrote the character out, I think this really hurts the film, along with the majority of the actors from SNF being left out.
Staying Alive's development always looked like a movie production that was rushed so the studio could get it into theaters fast, if they took more time with script rewrites and better character development the film would have been much better, it just seemed like the studio was looking for a quick cash grab.