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Saturday Night Fever: The Cultural Phenomena that Ended the 70s and Kicked Off the 80s in High Style, by Knute Rimkus

Rarely has a movie captured a time and place as “Saturday Night Fever” does. As a cultural artifact, “Fever” is remarkable. Bell bottoms, working-class Brooklyn and the brief reign of disco are all celebrated in the 1977 story of young Tony Manero, ruling New York dance floors at night while struggling on the city’s mean streets during the …