Saturday Night Fever dancefloor for sale

ananova ^ | 2-22-05

[Dan from Michigan]

Saturday Night Fever dancefloor for sale

The multi-coloured dancefloor where a white-suited John Travolta strutted his stuff in Saturday Night Fever is to be auctioned.

The cult item of memorabilia from the 1977 movie has been saved from a doomed Brooklyn nightclub.

Organisers of the auction are expecting bids of more than 80,000 dollars (£42,000) for the piece of Hollywood history.

The 24-feet by 16-feet dancefloor, which came to symbolise the 70s disco craze, has more than 300 coloured flashing lights under a Perspex surface.

The club where the dance floor had been a fixture since the movie was made closed last week after being sold to a real estate investment company.

Bar owner Jay Rizzo who saved the floor told the New York Post: "It has literally been the heartbeat of this club."

Saturday Night Fever earned Travolta an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of teenage Brooklyn paint-store clerk Tony Manero, who every Saturday night would take to the dancefloor.

The dance floor will be auctioned on April 1 with bids expected in a live sale and on eBay.

[Dan from Michigan]

Da hair! Watch da hair!

[martin_fierro]

I hope Mrs. Fierro doesn't get wind of this.

[Clemenza]

Until last May, I lived in the nabe where this movie was filmed (one of my favorite films of all time). Unfortunatly, I never could get around to visiting the place as it was a hangout for those with alternative lifestyles.

[The G Man]

I bet Casanova Frankenstein buys it for his disco room.

(Mystery Men bump!)

[AngryJawa]

"I love ta watch yoo danze, Tony!"

[2banana]

I always wondered what happened to the gallon of paint in the opening scenes - could be worth some big bucks on ebay!

[Grendel9]

Picture it....they changed partners when the
strobe lights changed colors!

[billorites]

[StrictTime]

I'll see your MM bump and raise you a Mr. Furious bump


[Commenting On The Disco Boy's arsenal]
Mr. Furious: What? Guns? That's your power, you shoot guns?
The Blue Raja: There's no theme at all here.
Mr. Furious: Weak.
The Blue Raja: At best.
[They high-five each other]
Mr. Furious: See, you've got a chain, I would at least make it a gold chain.
[a Disco Boy wields a pipe]
The Shoveller: And who are you, the Disco Plumber?

[Names Ash Housewares]

And to think this guy flys jets!

[StrictTime]

If I had the $, I'd buy it.

[OrioleFan]

Me too.

[VOYAGER]

Organisers of the auction are expecting bids of more than 80,000 dollars (£42,000) for the piece of Hollywood history!

I bid 80 lbs. of dog do do for it, and that's my final and only offer which is only good for the next 60 seconds.

[BonnieJ]

That movie sure reflects that whole, BRIEF era! But Travolta seems less talented at dancing than Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing. That's another modern classic.

[You Dirty Rats]

I'm going to buy this and charge $10 for people to watch me burn it in the ultimate "Disco Sucks!" event.

[jslade]

Compared to the hip-hop/rap crap out there today, the disco music of the 70's was actually musical.

[add925]