John Travolta

Swordfish (2001)

source: dtmmr (WordPress)

Acting in this movie is highly OK. Halle Berry is not in this film much but does show she is great at being a total tease and very distracting to the others and the viewers themselves. John Travolta, is really going back to his Vincent Vega character from Pulp Fiction, but is still convincing an...

Published Sat, Oct 24

Simon Cowell Taps Zac Efron for 'Saturday Night Fever' Remake?

source: Gay Wired

 CA John Travolta originated the role of Tony Manero in 1977, but Cowell is dead-set on having Efron bring the character back to life. Producer Robert Stigwood, who owns the rights to the screenplay, is reportedly working with Cowell, and needs assurances ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Tony Hicks: Yep, that's me, standing next to Salma Hayek

source: San Jose Mercury News

  USA Next to Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in "Pulp Fiction," when he opens the briefcase to check what's inside. All we see is the golden glow reflecting off Vega's face, the mystery of which is certainly better for the film. One assumes it's money, ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

Zac Efron as Tony Manero? Simon Cowell thinks so.

source: Kansas City Star

MTV UK The buzz is that Simon Cowell is in talks with producer Robert Stigwood to remake the 1977 classic, "Saturday Night Fever." And Cowell apparently wants Zac Efron to play Tony Manero, the tight-pants-wearing disco king originally played by John Travolta ...

Published Tue, Jun 9

Tony Manero - A Film Review

source: noordinaryfool.com

Set during the darkest days of Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in Chile, Tony Manero is an uncompromising and discomfiting satire about the brutality of the period. The film takes its name from John Travolta’s character in Saturday Night Fever. One of the few films to ever get pa...

Published Fri, Apr 3

Podcast: Five Observations on Saturday Night Fever

source: dkpresents (WordPress)

5) John Travolta should have won an Oscar for this performance. Because he had travelled the narrow character path from Vinnie Barbarino (on TV’s Welcome Back Kotter) to Tony Manero to Danny Zuko (in Grease), it was easy to assume that Travolta was just “playing himself” and not really act...

Published Sun, Jan 11

Be Cool Widescreen

source: SwapaDVD Recently Posted DVDs

Gangster-turned-movie producer Chili (once again played by John Travolta) has grown tired of the screen trade, especially after his latest project turned out to be a box-office flop. Chili is looking for new horizons and thinks he may ...

Published Thu, Aug 7

Movies on Making Movies

source: Gather.com

 MA - Get Shorty" (1995 ) - Based on the character created by Elmore Leonard, "Get Shorty" is about mobster Chili Palmer (John Travolta) who goes out to ...

Published Thu, Aug 7