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Vincent Spano plays Sheik like a young John Travolta, only better. He manages to act arrogant and oily without the sleaze that usually comes with it. Neither Spano nor Arquette has a chance against the movie's sound track, however. Whenever things reach a climactic pitch, whenever Sayles wants us to feel excited or depressed, he simply turns on the stereo. Instead of letting the players act, he pounds the mood home with driving rock. It's there when Sheik first strides into the school cafeteria. It's there when a wide-eyed Jill watches couples neck in Joey...
...mental ailment. Some people spent hundreds of thousands in all. Says an IRS attorney who interviewed hundreds of members: "Many of them sincerely believed that Scientology helped their lives and made them better people." In the past the movement has attracted such celebrities as Hollywood's John Travolta and Television Sportscaster John Brodie, former star quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers...
...budget 1977 sleeper that was based on a magazine article, Saturday Night Fever took in some $145 million at the box office. For his long-planned sequel, Producer Robert Stigwood, 48, persuaded John Travolta, 28, to repeat his role as Tony Manero in Staying Alive. The star agreed, but on the condition that he be allowed to map out the film's story line. Not missing a trick, Stigwood also hired Sylvester Stallone, 36, to direct the film. As Travolta and Stallone have planned it, Staying Alive will move Tony up six years and into Manhattan, where he lands...
Stallone's performance in Rocky resembled John Travolta's in Saturday Night-Fever. The Italian Stallion and the Italian With-The-Blow-Dried-Hair faithfully pursued their respective goals. Not only did both learn to love one woman, but they also came to appreciate the oft repeated assertion: it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. Travolta passed on his dance contest prize to the obviously more deserving couple, and Balboa found fulfillment even without victory...
...films succeeded because of their simplicity and unpretentiousness, charming audiences with principled, determined if not effect, heroes,. Moreover, each film's creativity compensated for its simple theme by introducing a wide range of supporting players. Rocky's stable of encouragers and Travolta's gang of side-kicks may have seemed two-dimensional, but they nevertheless fashioned likable, charming and fresh personalities...