Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism--a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.... (Full plot summary below)
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Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism--a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.
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| RTÉ (Ireland)John ByrneThe historical footage is remarkable, and you can really get a feel for the venue - not just in terms of its vibe of freedom, expression and casual sex, but also in terms of the sheer audacity and scale of the venue, a former theatre and TV studio. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabStrangely, the second half of the documentary, the "paradise lost" section, is far more compelling than the part devoted to evoking Studio 54 in its prime. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonA hugely entertaining exploration of the mythology of the legendary nightclub as something truly worth celebrating, and a towering Scorsese-esque drama of the men who invented it brought down by hubris. |
| TheWrapDan CallahanStudio 54 is a case of a documentary attempting to tell a story that obviously cannot be fully or satisfyingly told at this juncture. As such, it has value only insofar as it suggests how much that era cannot quite be re-captured. |
| Film ThreatDante JamesCelebrities. Privilege. Debauchery. Hedonism. We’ve all heard the stories about the most infamous (and legendary) nightclub of all time, Studio 54, but we didn’t have all the facts…till now. |
| Film Festival TodayChristopher Llewellyn ReedTyrnauer is a consummate storyteller, and we get a meticulous account of both the macro and micro view of what happened. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyOne of the great surprises of Matt Tyrnauer’s giddy glitterbomb of a documentary about New York’s infamously Caligulan Me Decade hot spot is discovering how much of our culture (the drugs, the music, the sexual liberation) is wrapped up in one nightclub that existed for a mere 33 months. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferA lively and fascinating glimpse of an iconic New York dance club. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanThe film shows you the club from every angle, and seems to be gawking at every patron. It puts us right inside. |
| Winnipeg Free PressRandall KingTyrnauer offers up Studio 54 as a memorial to that crazy, licentious time. But the film never has the feel of a dirge - at least not while that soundtrack proceeds at 120 beats per minute. |
