''Can't Stop the Music'' is a 1980 American
musical
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comedy film
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directed by
Nancy Walker in her only directed featured film. Written by
Allan Carr and
Bronté Woodard, the film is a pseudo-
biography
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of the 1970s
disco
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group the
Village People loosely based on the actual story of how the group formed. The film also stars
Valerie Perrine,
Caitlyn Jenner in her film debut,
Steve Guttenberg,
Paul Sand,
Tammy Grimes,
June Havoc,
Barbara Rush,
Altovise Davis,
Marilyn Sokol and
The Ritchie Family in their only film.
Produced by
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (formerly EMI Films), distributed by
independent distributor
Associated Film Distribution (AFD), the film was released after disco's peak. It received largely negative reviews from critics and was a
box office bomb. Alongside ''
Xanadu'', ''Can't Stop the Music'' is known for inspiring the creation of the
Golden Raspberry Awards, winning the first Razzies for
Worst Picture and
Worst Screenplay.
Plot
Songwriter Jack Morell (a reference to Village People creator
Jacques Morali) quits his job at a local record store after countless insults and demands by his tough-minded boss and gets a break
DJing at local
disco
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Saddle Tramps. His roommate Samantha "Sam" Simpson, a
supermodel newly retired at the peak of her success, attends the disco one night. While avoiding advances from the sleazy owner Benny Murray, she sees the crowd's response to a song that he composed for her ("Samantha") and agrees to help him obtain a record deal. Her ex-boyfriend Steve Waits, president of
Marrakech
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Records (a reference to Village People record label
Casablanca Records), is more interested in rekindling their romantic relationship than in Jack's music (and more interested in taking business calls than in wooing Samantha), but agrees to listen to a
demo.
Deeming Jack's vocals inadequate, Sam recruits neighbor and Saddle Tramps waiter/
go-go boy Felipe Rose (the
Indian), fellow model
David "Scar" Hodo (the construction worker, who daydreams of stardom in the solo number "I Love You to Death"), and
Randy Jones (the cowboy) on the streets of
Greenwich Village
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, offering dinner in return for their participation. Meanwhile, Sam's former agent Sydney Channing orders her long-suffering personal assistant,
Girl Friday Lulu Brecht, to attend, hoping to lure back the star. Ron White, a lawyer from
St. Louis, is mugged by an elderly woman en route to deliver a cake that Sam's sister sent and arrives disconcerted. Brecht gives Jack
drugs
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, which unnerves him when her friend, fellow model and dancer Alicia Edwards, brings singing cop
Ray Simpson (the policeman), but Jack records the quartet on "
Magic Night". Ron, pawed all night by the man-hungry Brecht, is overwhelmed by the
culture shock of it all and leaves.
The next day, Sam encounters Ron, who apologizes, proffers the excuse that he is a
Gemini and follows her home. After Sam unintentionally causes Ron to spill leftover lasagna on himself, she and Jack help him remove his trousers; after Jack departs, Sam and Ron spend the night together. Newly interested in helping, Ron offers his
Wall Street
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office to hold auditions. There,
Glenn M. Hughes (the
leatherman) performs "
Danny Boy" atop a piano; he and
Alex Briley (the
G.I.), a stagehand at a theater where Alicia works, join the group, now a
sextet
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. They get their name from an offhand remark by Ron's socialite mother Norma. Ron's boss, Richard Montgomery, overwhelmed by the carnival atmosphere, insists that the firm not represent the group, and Ron quits.
Ron suggests a new location for rehearsal space at the
YMCA
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(the
ensuing production number features its athletic denizens in various states of undress). That evening, the group cuts a demo ("Liberation") for Marrakech, but Steve sees limited appeal and Sam refuses his paltry contract. Reluctant to use her own savings, they decide to self-finance by throwing a pay-party.
To bankroll the party, Sam acquiesces to Channing's plea to return for a TV advertising campaign for milk, provided the Village People are featured. The lavish number "Milkshake" begins as Sam pours milk for six little boys in the archetypal costumes with the promise that they will grow up to be the Village People. The advertisers reject the concept and refuse to broadcast the spot. Norma then invites the group to debut at her charity fundraiser in
San Francisco
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. Sam lures Steve by promising a romantic weekend, but the inference that she would proceed with the seduction takes Ron aback, and Sam ends their romantic relationship. On his private jet, Steve prepares for a tryst, but rather Jack and his former
chorus girl mother Helen arrive to negotiate a contract. Initially reluctant, Helen charms Steve with her
kreplach, and eventually they are negotiating the T-shirt merchandising for the Japanese market.
In San Francisco, in the dressing room before the show, Ron, relieved that Sam did not travel or have sexual intercourse with Steve,
proposes to her. Montgomery appears, seeking to rehire Ron as a junior partner representing the group. Following a set by
The Ritchie Family ("Give Me a Break"), the Village People triumphantly debut before a cheering crowd ("
Can't Stop the Music").
Cast
*
Steve Guttenberg as Jack Morell
*
Valerie Perrine as Samantha "Sam" Simpson
*
Caitlyn Jenner as Ron White
*
Paul Sand as Steve Waits
*
Tammy Grimes as Sydney Channing
*
Village People:
**
Alex Briley as Alex the G.I.
**
David Hodo as David the Construction Worker
**
Glenn Hughes as Glenn the Leatherman
**
Randy Jones as Randy the Cowboy
**
Felipe Rose as Felipe the Indian
**
Ray Simpson as Ray the Policeman
*
June Havoc as Helen Morell
*
Barbara Rush as Norma White
*
Altovise Davis as Alicia Edwards
*
Marilyn Sokol as Lulu Brecht
*
Russell Nype as Richard Montgomery
*
Jack Weston as Benny Murray
*
Leigh Taylor-Young as Claudia Walters
*Dick Patterson as the Record store manager
Production
Development
Originally titled ''Discoland... Where the Music Never Ends'', ''Can't Stop the Music'' was a fictionalized account of the formation of the Village People.
Allan Carr announced the film in June 1979, describing it as "''
Singing in the Rain'' for the disco crowd" and stating that the film would star the Village People, Valerie Perrine, Tammy Grimes,
Chita Rivera, Barbara Rush,
Pat Ast and
Bruce Jenner. It was to be the first in a three picture slate from Carr, the others including ''
Chicago
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'' and ''
The Josephine Baker Story'' starring
Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown#Major divisions, Motown's most suc ...
. Filming was to start on August 20 of that year and was financed by
EMI, then under the aegis of
Barry Spikings. When asked why EMI were making a film about disco so long after ''
Saturday Night Fever'', Spikings said, "I hope it is different. The film breaks new ground."
The film's director,
Nancy Walker, a theater, film, and television star since the 1940s, had been nominated for two
Tony Award
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s, four
Golden Globe Award
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s, and eight
Emmy Award
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s. Walker had guest starred as Rhoda's mother
Ida Morgenstern in several episodes of ''
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (also known simply as ''Mary Tyler Moore'') is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns and starring actress Mary Tyler Moore. The show originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 ...
'' and continued that role in its
spin-off ''
Rhoda''. After establishing the character, Walker directed some episodes of both series, along with episodes of other sitcoms. ''Can't Stop the Music'' was her lone effort at theatrical film direction.
Casting
The film's supporting cast includes Tammy Grimes,
Russell Nype,
June Havoc,
Altovise Davis,
Jack Weston and
Leigh Taylor-Young. Chita Rivera and Pat Ast were initially cast but dropped out of the film's production.
''Can't Stop the Music'' was Caitlyn Jenner's film debut (as Bruce Jenner), after becoming famous for three world record-setting performances in the
Decathlon
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, and a
Gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
win at the 1976
Olympic Games
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. Jenner's record stood from 1975 until shortly before this film's 1980 release. Jenner did not appear in another film until
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, List of awards and nominations received by Adam Sandler, his accolades include an Independent Sp ...
's ''
Jack and Jill'' (2011), which, like ''Can't Stop the Music'', won the
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture. Carr said, "Jenner is going to be the
Robert Redford of the 80s, and this film will do for Valerie what ''
Carnal Knowledge'' did for
Ann-Margret."
The Village People auditionees depicted in the film included
Blackie Lawless (a member of the
glam-
punk group
New York Dolls
New York Dolls were an American rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground, the MC5, and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes. Although the band never achieved ...
and
heavy metal group
W.A.S.P.) and James Marcel (who would later find greater success with the name
James Wilder). Background dancers included Perri Lister, girlfriend of
Billy Idol and mother to his son, and Peter Tramm, who would go on to appear in dozens of
music video
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s and double for
Kevin Bacon
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Bacon made his featu ...
in ''
Footloose''.
Ray Simpson's role was originally intended for
Victor Willis, the original lead singer of the Village People who left the group during pre-production of this film. Morali had hired Willis' then-wife,
Phylicia Ayers-Allen, to portray his girlfriend. When Willis left the group, Ayers-Allen quit the movie and was replaced by Altovise Davis.
"This movie's a revolution," said Carr. "I mean this movie is launching whole new careers and we need new stars today. Warren and Ryan and Redford - these people are way over 40."
Carr had attempted to cast
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John was one of the List of best-selling music artists#100 million to 119 million record ...
in this film as Samantha, but after discussions between her producer,
John Farrar
John Clifford Farrar ( ; born 8 November 1946) is an Australian Record producer, music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963 ...
, and Morali over who would write Newton-John's numbers, Newton-John instead signed on to play the lead in ''
Xanadu''.
"It wasn't only money," said Carr, "it was creative control and other demands."
Newton-John has said in interviews since, she didn't understand Carr's statement, since her only "demand" was that Farrar write two songs for her to sing in the film, which was the same "demand" she made in ''Grease''.
Filming
The schedule of the film was 11 weeks: eight in Los Angeles, two in New York and one in San Francisco. A proposed week of filming on
Fire Island
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In 2012, Hurricane Sandy once again divided Fire Island into two islands. Together, these two isl ...
was scrapped due to fear of the weather.
Carr was coming off a massive worldwide hit with the pop musical ''
Grease'' when
shooting
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took place between May and July 1979 at the height of the disco craze. Carr took a hands-on role with the production, and personally directed and cast the male athlete extras for the "
Y.M.C.A." musical sequence.
Shooting took place at
MGM Studios in
Culver City, California
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, with location shooting in
New York City
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and
San Francisco
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. Location shooting in New York was somewhat complicated by adjacent protests by gay activists over the
William Friedkin
William David Friedkin (; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in doc ...
film ''
Cruising'' (starring
Al Pacino), which was filming on location nearby.
The two productions were mistaken for each other more than once, with protestors disrupting the ''Can't Stop the Music'' location shoots when they had intended to halt production of ''Cruising''.
A few weeks prior to release, Jenner and Perrine hosted a TV special, ''Allan Carr's Magic Night'', to promote the film.
Tensions between Walker and Perrine rose on the set to the point that Walker would not be present for scenes featuring Perrine, leaving director of cinematography
Bill Butler to direct in her place.
Additionally, Perrine was reportedly unhappy that a dance number in which she performed was cut from the film.
Carr said he decided to change the title during filming because, as the music score included older ballads and Broadway numbers, it would be inaccurate to call it ''Discoland''.
However, the decision was made shortly after
Disco Demolition Night, which effectively ended the popularity of the genre. During filming, sales for the Village People's albums started to decline and disco became increasingly unfashionable. "They'll still be hot," said Carr of the Village People. "If not I will resurrect them."
Two of the band's three biggest hits, "
In the Navy" and "
Macho Man," do not appear in the film, though Perrine wears a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Macho Woman" as she jogs through the men's locker room at the YMCA. Another reference to one of the band's songs, "
San Francisco (You've Got Me)," appears in the opening credits, as Jack passes a group of three women with the words "San Francisco" printed on their T-shirts.
The band's silver and white costumes in the "Milkshake" sequence and red costumes in the finale sequences were designed by
Theoni V. Aldredge.
Music
# "The Sound of the City" -
David London
# "Samantha" - David London
# "I Love You to Death" - Village People
# "Sophistication" -
The Ritchie Family
# "Give Me a Break" - The Ritchie Family
# "Liberation" - Village People
# "
Magic Night" - Village People
# "
Y.M.C.A." - Village People
# "Milkshake" - Village People
# "
Can't Stop the Music" - Village People
Jack's song "Samantha" is credited in the film as being sung by David London, a
pseudonym
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for rock singer
Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen, who was the lead singer for several popular rock bands during the 1980s whose biggest success came as one of the lead singers on
Toto's ''
Isolation'' album, released in 1984. London/Frederiksen also sings a second song on the soundtrack, "The Sound of the City".
While the film's
soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...
contains the 10 songs from the film, the incidental score by Morali and Belolo was released on LP only in Australia.
[Jacques Morali – Can't Stop The Music - The Original Score Album (1980, Vinyl, Discogs](_blank)
/ref> One of the songs in the film's background score is the instrumental backing track of "Like an Eagle," a hit song by another Casablanca Records artist, Dennis Parker.
Release
By the time of the film's release during the summer of 1980, the disco genre had not only peaked in the United States but also was experiencing a backlash there. As a result, the film received scathing reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office. At a cost estimated at $20 million, the film was a colossal failure financially, bringing in only a tenth of that in gross revenue, and is considered one of the reasons for the downfall of AFD. "Our timing was wrong, and in this business, timing is everything," wrote Lew Grade, who invested in the movie. The soundtrack album was better received, and while it reached only No. 49 in the U.S. (the first Village People album not to go Gold), it reached No. 9 in the UK and No. 1 in Australia. The film itself also performed well in Australia, where the world premiere preview was shown at the Paramount Theatre, Sydney on June 1, 1980, with the after party held at Maxy's. The BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
bought the film for two showings for $3.5 million, which caused much controversy at the time, while ABC in America paid $6 million.
Carr's next film, ''Grease 2
''Grease 2'' is a 1982 American Musical film, musical romantic comedy film, and a standalone sequel to the Grease (film), 1978 film ''Grease'', adapted from the 1971 Grease (musical), musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Orig ...
'', brought in more than twice as much on its opening weekend as this film grossed in its entire run. Even though it was considered a failure, ''Grease 2'' nearly made back its investment in its U.S. gross alone.
Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream sold a flavor called "Can't Stop the Nuts" as part of the promotion of the film.
Reception and legacy
''Can't Stop the Music'' received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes
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it has an approval rating of 21% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 3.1/10.
''The New York Times
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'' gave the film a scathing review, calling it "thoroughly homogenized". '' Variety'' magazine felt likewise, writing "The Village People, along with ex-Olympic decathlon champion aitlynJenner, have a long way to go in the acting stakes." Gene Siskel
Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the ''Chicago Tribune'' who co-hosted a movie review television series alongside colleague Roger Ebert.
Siskel started writing for the '' ...
and Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert ( ; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American Film criticism, film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. Eber ...
selected the film as one of their "dogs of the year" in a 1980 episode of '' Sneak Previews''. They commented that while the musical sequences are decent, even a musical film needs a decent narrative, which in the case of ''Can't Stop the Music'' was crowded out by an overabundance of unrelated characters.
Rex Reed gave the film 3 (out of 4) stars, writing, "The big surprise is that although ''Can't Stop the Music'' is certainly one of the silliest movies ever made, it is also a vibrant and uplifting musical whose energy succeeded in both confusing and entertaining me so completely that I'm not sure I can even begin to assess it rationally. All I can tell you is that it is worth seeing twice, and from me that is rare praise indeed."
The film contributed to the collapse of EMI Films as a strong moviemaking force in Hollywood.
Accolades
''Can't Stop the Music'' was the first winner of the Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award, for it was a double feature
The double feature is a Film, motion picture industry phenomenon in which theaters would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which the presentation of one feature film would be followed by various short subjec ...
of this and '' Xanadu'' that inspired John J. B. Wilson to start the Razzies. The film is listed in Wilson's book ''The Official Razzie Movie Guide'' as one of "The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made".
Home media
''Can't Stop the Music'' was released on Region 1 DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment
The revived Anchor Bay Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company owned by Umbrelic Entertainment co-founders Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz. Anchor Bay Entertainment markets and releases "new release genre ...
, under license from StudioCanal on April 16, 2002. Shout! Factory released a Blu-ray
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edition on June 11, 2019.
See also
* '' Car Wash'' (1976)
* '' Saturday Night Fever'' (1977)
* '' FM'' (1978)
* '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1978)
* '' Thank God It's Friday'' (1978)
* '' Skatetown, U.S.A.'' (1979)
* '' Roller Boogie'' (1979)
* '' Xanadu'' (1980)
* '' The Apple'' (1980)
* '' Fame'' (1980)
* '' Get Rollin''' (1980), roller disco documentary
Notes
References
External links
*
*
Official Trailer
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1980 films
1980 comedy films
1980 directorial debut films
1980 LGBTQ-related films
1980 musical films
1980s American films
1980s English-language films
1980s musical comedy films
American LGBTQ-related films
American musical comedy films
English-language musical comedy films
Films produced by Allan Carr
Films set in New York City
Films set in San Francisco
Films shot in Los Angeles
Films shot in New York City
Films shot in San Francisco
Gay-related films
Jukebox musical films
LGBTQ-related musical comedy films
Films with screenplays by Allan Carr
Films with screenplays by Bronte Woodard
Village People
EMI Films films
Disco films
Golden Raspberry Award–winning films