Staying Alive (1983)


Staying Alive
Release Date11 July 1983
US Box Office$64,000,000
TaglineTony Manero knows the old days are over - But nobody's gonna tell him he can't feel that good again.
GenreDrama, Music
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsNew York City, New York, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix70 mm 6-Track, Dolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Drama, Showbiz Drama
ThemesDancer's Life, Ladder to the Top
TonesUpbeat, Flashy, Light
TagsActor, Ambition, Behind The Scenes, Dance [art], Fame, Love Triangle, Musical [play], Romance

Staying Alive is the 1983 film sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as dancer Tony Manero, with Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Joyce Hyser, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, and dancers Viktor Manoel, Kate Ann Wright, Kevyn Morrow and Nanette Tarpey. It was directed by Sylvester Stallone.


Cast and Crew


Steve Inwood
Jesse

Mrs. Manero

Charles Ward
Butler

Steve Bickford
Sound Technician

Patrick Brady
Derelict

Norma Donaldson
Fatima

Jesse Doran
Mark

Linda

Deborah Jenssen
Margaret

Robert Martini
Fred

Sarah M. Miles
Joy

Tony Munafo
Doorman

Susan Olar
Model

Cindy Perlman
Cathy

Ross St. Phillip
Sound Man

Choreographer

Nell Alano
Dancer

Randy Allaire
Dancer

Audrey K. Baranishyn
Dancer

Paula Beyers
Dancer

Melita Brock-Warner
Dancer

Karen Bryson
Dancer

Bill Burns
Dancer

Gary Chapman
Dancer

David Chavez
Dancer

Dennis Daniels
Dancer

Trac DiPonzio
Dancer

LaLanya Fair
Dancer

Forrest Gardner
Dancer

Rhonda Hairston
Dancer

Nanci L. Hammond
Dancer

Michael Higgins
Dancer

Dancer

Rochelle G. Jones
Dancer

Erica Jordan
Dancer

James Ko
Dancer

Reggie Leon
Dancer

Dancer

Lee Anne Loomis
Dancer

Daniel Lorenzo
Dancer

Viktor Manoel
Dancer

Valerie-Jean Miller
Dancer

Anita Morales
Dancer

Frances Morgan
Dancer

Kevin Morrow
Dancer

Reggie O'Gwin
Dancer

Polly O'Malley
Dancer

Francine O'Neill
Dancer

Smith Osbourne
Dancer

Helene Phillips
Dancer

Carolyn Poppert
Dancer

Mark Reina
Dancer

Michael Rooney
Dancer

Kathy Shippen
Dancer

Karin Smith
Dancer

Rick Sullivant
Dancer

Nanette Tarpey
Dancer

Jim Thompson
Dancer

Peter Tramm
Dancer

Marvin Tunney
Dancer

Kate Wright
Dancer

Derryl Yeager
Dancer

Rona Edwards
Agent

Man on Street

Director

Writer

Nik Cohn

Norman Wexler

Producer

Linda Horner
associate producer

Bill Oakes
executive producer

Robert Stigwood
producer

Cinematographer

Nick McLean
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Editor

Mark Warner
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Don Zimmerman
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Casting Director

Rhonda Young
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Production Designer

Robert F. Boyle
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Art Director

Norman Newberry
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Set Decorator

Arthur Jeph Parker

Costume Designer

Tom Bronson
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Bob Mackie
-

Makeup Department

Barbara Lorenz
hair styles supervisor

Brad Wilder
makeup supervisor

Bron Roylance
makeup artist

Production Manager

James D. Brubaker
unit production manager, production supervisor

Lee Haas
unit production manager: New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

William S. Beasley
first assistant director

Duncan Henderson
second assistant director

Jennifer Kingry
dga trainee

Sharon Mann
second assistant director

Steve Wertimer
second assistant director: New York

Thomas J. Wright
second unit director

Art Department

Gary Clark
lead paint foreman

Wilbur Finks
property person

Bill Iiams
general foreman, construction foreman

Roger Irvin
construction coordinator

Kent H. Johnson
property master

Gary F. Kieldrup
property person

Daniel Maltese
set designer

Bruce Wayne Mecchi
swing gang

Luis Mirassou
labor foreman

Louis F. Valentini
lead man

Thomas Wright
production illustrator

Sound Department

George Baetz
cable person

Virginia Cook-McGowan
sound editor

Don Coufal
boom operator

Walter A. Gest
sound re-recordist

David W. Gray
stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Robert Gutknecht
sound editor

Cecelia Hall
sound editor

Don Hall
supervising sound editor

Joseph A. Ippolito
sound editor

Robert J. Litt
sound re-recording mixer

Steve Maslow
sound re-recording mixer

Elliot Tyson
sound re-recording mixer

George Watters II
sound editor

Jeff Wexler
production sound mixer

Dan Woren
sound editor

Donald C. Rogers
technical director of sound

Special Effects

Howard Jensen
supervisor special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Mike Amorelli
second lighting technician

Tom Barone
best boy electric

Stephen Bickford
stage lighting and special lighting effects: Satan's Alle, Royale Theater sequences

Dick Colean
camera operator

John J. Connor
camera operator

Armando Contreras
dolly grip

Eric Engler
assistant camera

Ron Frantzvog
assistant camera

Michael Genne
assistant camera

Gary Holt
gaffer

Dan Lerner
panaglide operator

Louis Mahler
supervisor video engineer

Tom May
key grip

Brian L. McCarty
playback operator

Robbie Robinson
still photographer: portraits

Esiah Samarin
best boy grip

Steven H. Smith
assistant camera

Stephen St. John
panaglide operator

John Tedesco
stage lighting and special lighting effects: Satan's Alle, Royale Theater sequences

Robert C. Thomas
camera operator

Donald E. Thorin Jr.
assistant camera

Steve Yaconelli
camera operator

Casting Department

Donna Rosenstein
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

James P. Cullen
costumer

Ronald Heilman
costumer: men

Aida Swinson
ladies' costumer

Editorial Department

John A. Amicarella
assistant film editor

John F. Burnett
additional film editor

John Haggar
assistant film editor

David Handman
assistant film editor

Christopher Holmes
additional film editor

Ron Lambert
color timer

Victoria Martin
assistant film editor

Mark Melnick
additional film editor

Patrick O'Sullivan
apprentice film editor

Eric Strand
apprentice film editor

Edward A. Warschilka
assistant film editor

Music Department

Kathy Fogarty
assistant music editor

Nancy Fogarty
music editor

Robin Garb
music coordinator

Jim Henrikson
supervising music editor

composer: additional music, score adaptation

Spencer Proffer
executive music producer

W.G. Snuffy Walden
musician: guitar

Transportation Department

Russell McEntyre
transportation coordinator

Other Crew

Dale Benson
location manager

Al Cerullo
helicopter pilot

Dan Curry
title designer

Joan Edwards
assistant: John Travolta

Harold Fowler
first aid

Laura Gans
support personnel

Gerard Gerth
first aid

Barbara Harris
looping group

Robin Harwood
support personnel

Dan Isaacson
physical therapist

Carol Jadiker
assistant: Bill Oakes

Arthur 'Clondike' Jones
craft service

Gary Kalkin
unit publicist

Sharee Lane
dance consultant

James A. May
support personnel

JoAnn May-Pavey
assistant: James D. Brubaker

Susan Persily
assistant: Sylvester Stallone

Julie Pitkanen
script supervisor

Dennon Rawles
choreographer

Sayhber Rawles
choreographer

Hal Salwen
intern: AFI

Markus Schaub
support personnel

Gini Smythe
assistant: Robert Stigwood

Jette Sorensen
production auditor

Howard Velasco
security officer

Katharine Wilson
secretary to James D. Brubaker

Production Company

Paramount Pictures
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Cinema Group Ventures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP) GmbH

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

Argentina Video Home

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Phillips

Paramount Home Entertainment

Paramount Home Video
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CIC Video GmbH

CIC Video

Paramount Home Entertainment
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Miscellaneous

Cinema Catering
catering

Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production

Modern Film Effects
titles and opticals

Rich Mar Casting
extras casting






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