Studio 54 directors cut at berlin film festival 45. For the documentary about studio 54, see studio 54 film. Background after five years of research about the actual events in the popular, titlegiving nightclub, miramax bought the rights to director mark christopher s 54 and filming started in 1997. Set against the backdrop of studio 54s party lifestyle that made the club infamous in the 70s, the directors cut explores in greater depth a love triangle between a bartender, a coat check girl and a busboy. Reason being that the original footage of the restored scenes was thrown out at some point. Jun 25, 2015 the directors 1998 film gets a revival of its own with his original vision restored in a digitally released directors cut. The directors cut has been reedited to include 44 minutes of never before seen material, giving the film a new runtime of 106. The directors cut is set in the legendary new york club, studio 54, that flourished in the late 70s and early 80s.
Jun 04, 2015 starring ryan phillippe, salma hayek, and mike myers, 54. With ian schrager, steve rubell, donald rubell, neil schlesinger. Background after five years of research about the actual events in the popular, titlegiving nightclub, miramax bought the rights to director mark christophers 54 and filming started in 1997. Jun 01, 2015 whats going on is a directors cut of 54 that officially premiered at the berlin film festival in february and becomes available on digital hd on june 2. Shane ryan phillippe, a jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at studio 54. If you are a fan of 54, you will be in for a real treat.
The theatrical version of christophers movie, reedited and. This spirited, gloriously messy ode to the tarnished glamour of new yorks 1970s nightlife has become a cult classic. It was obviously inspired by boogie nights, this much cannot be denied. In 1998, the director mark christopher released 54, a fictionalized film about the late, great 1970s new york city disco studio 54. Petitions to miramax to release 54 as christopher intended it began to appear online, and in 2008, the new york lgbt film festival outfest had a secret screening of the directors cut. Seventeen years after its original theatrical release, director mark christopher has finally managed to complete the version of 54 that everyone signed up to make in the first place. The new directors cut is premiering at the berlin film festival.
May 28, 2015 54 directors cut trailer 1998 special trailer for 54 in anticipation of the films directors cut coming to bluray and dvd on june 2, 2015. The head of the new york film critics circle saw my cut of 54 and nominated mike myers for an nyfcc award, he says, by way of proof. I like it because it follows a formula of cabaret in that its the end of an era. Mar 11, 2016 this is a comparison between the theatrical version and the director s cut both available on the german bluray released by studiocanal.
Still, its all but unheard of for a directors cut to tell an almost completely different story. Shane, a jersey boy, hopes to find a more exciting life at studio 54. Directors cut i love this film because its nonchalant about every bit of its subject matter. In february 2015, a one hundred five minute director s cut of the film, which includes over thirty minutes of footage from the original shoot which has never been seen in any previous cut, and deleting all but a few seconds of the studio dictated reshot footage, was screened in the panorama section of the 65th berlin international film festival. The directors cut a discoera cabaret thrusting its way to delirium. As the directors cut of 54 comes out with an unfashionable 17year delay, the answer turns out to be a bit of both.
Now a new cut comes closer to writer director mark christopher s freewheeling original vision of discofuelled hedonism and hijinks amongst the workingclass staff and jetset denizens of the legendary studio 54. The directors cut ryan phillippe is the bisexual bad boy of studio 54 in this restored and recut version of the film the way it was originally. Then the studio cut the movie and when it was released. With 54, it is truly a different film made up of unique shots, lost footage and.
The director s cut official trailer hd almost 17 years after miramax released the original film, \u201c54. The famous 1970s new york city nightclub seen and told through the eyes of a young employee. Fans of queer cinema were a bit disappointed when 54, mark christophers widelyheralded ode. The film christopher originally wrote and shot was a gritty behind the scenes exploration of preaids hedonism in. Shane, a jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at studio 54. Relive the outrageous escapades of studio 54 in this new, unrated director s cut.
A directors cut is a movie that has not been altered by a studio and over which its director has complete artistic control. This presentation with director mark christopher will provide a fascinating and rare peek inside hollywood with a screening of the new version of 54, a starstudded sexy drama about the glittery excesses. Relive the outrageous escapades of studio 54 in this new, unrated directors cut. Studio 54 director s cut at berlin film festival 45 more minutes of the disco drama ahead. It stars ryan phillippe, salma hayek, neve campbell, and mike myers as steve rubell, the clubs cofounder. An early starring role for ryan phillippe, a very gay turn by mike. Studio 54 directors cut 2015 1080p bluray rip x264 french aac 2015 2015 kaligrimaldo0s leave a comment film complet en francais 2015 1080p bluray rip x264 french aac. I saw the whole movie strung together when we were doing the final mix of the studio cut, and i thought, oh no, says christopher, with a. The directors cut had its world premiere at the berlin film festival this past february, and it will screen at the san francisco international film festival friday. Phillippe as shane looks and acts like a dream, and in this, the directors cut, the characters bisexuality is to the fore in a fantasy world where sex, drugs and great music the year is 1979, in new york combine to give a feeling out of this world.
The hopes were to have a summer blockbuster movie ready for the. The movie was meant to be about this decadent world on the edge of collapse, christopher said. Ryan phillippe, salma hayek, neve campbell director. The directors cut reveals the true heart of the story sex, drugs, disco, and a magnetic bisexual antihero for the ages.
Ryan philippe stars as shane oshea, a workingclass teenager from new. The directors cut is a magnitude better than the theatrical release. When steve rubell myers, the mastermind behind new yorks infamous studio 54 disco, plucks young shane oshea ryan phillippe, gosford park, cruel. The directors cut 19982015 now digitally approximates the original cut by debut writerdirector mark christopher, deleting reshoots made by the distributor and restoring fortyfour minutes of material that had only been seen in a bootleg vhs tape of the films workprint that had circulated underground. The directors cut is indeed a new gay cult classic, a glorious, hedonistic revelry that transports us to an. Film about famed studio 54 has gay footage restored 17. Obviously, that was a really painful time for me, but i am not the first director to have his movie cut by a studio and i will not be the last. This restored directors cut is the film mark christopher tried to release before the studio cut the 1998 original, and contains 45 minutes of never before seen footage. Special trailer for 54 in anticipation of the films directors cut coming to bluray and dvd on june 2, 2015 relive the outrageous escapades of studio 54 in this new, unrated directors cut. Studio 54 directors cut at berlin film festival 45 more. The director \u2019s cut \u201d has been reedited to include 44 minutes of never before seen material giving the film a new runtime of 106 minutes. After graduating from the columbia university graduate film program, mark christopher 96 wrote a seriocomic screenplay about an ambitious young bisexual man who comes of age while working as a bartender at the legendary new york disco studio 54. Mark christophers film was made in 1998, but has been given new life with the release of a directors cut. Most directors cuts are films that are already established and the alterations are.
Exploring in greater depth a love triangle between a bartender, a coat check girl and a busboy in the biggest party on the planet. Blending elements from the theatrical release cut with newly unearthed rushes, 54. Set against the backdrop of studio 54 s party lifestyle that made the club infamous in the 70s, the directors cut explores in greater depth a love triangle between a bartender, a coat check girl and a busboy. At the end of the 90s, a german marketing campaign for the film studio 54 created a scandal and a look at the poster should be enough to puzzle together why that was the case. The directors cut of 54 is a remarkable artefact that tells us as much about the 1990s as it does the 1970s. But just last week a directors cut of the film, which starred ryan phillippe, mike. Whats going on is a directors cut of 54 that officially premiered at the berlin film festival in february and becomes available on digital hd on june 2. Mark christopher s film was made in 1998, but has been given new life with the release of a director s cut. Dec 17, 2014 in the directors cut, his character is in a relationship with one of the other male bartenders at studio 54 and they even share a passionate kiss. Seventeen years after the premiere of its severely shorn miramax release, 54. I also love how it takes notes from the classic blueprint of working class boy becomes personal savior in hedonism that weve seen. The directors cut 1998 bluray available for preorder. The directors cut was resurrected from 1998 disaster to.
The directors 1998 film gets a revival of its own with his original vision restored in a digitally released directors cut. This is a comparison between the theatrical version and the directors cut both available on the german bluray released by studiocanal. There is something for everyone in this new directors cut. At the end of the 90 s, a german marketing campaign for the film studio 54 created a scandal and a look at the poster should be enough to puzzle together why that was the case. Directors cut trailer mark christophers 1998 disco. The story of the notorious 1970s new york city nightclub. But between principal photography and the final edit, so much of the. Its coowners, ian schrager and steve rubell, two friends from. Prior to its release in 1998, the film was extensively reshot and recut, and then released to poor critical reaction, but somewhat respectable box office. This spirited, gloriously messy ode to the tarnished glamour of new york s 1970s nightlife has become a cult classic. With ryan phillippe, salma hayek, neve campbell, mike myers.
Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonisma place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Jul 09, 2015 now, we get to see his version, which premiered in berlin this year. Most directors cuts are films that are already established and the alterations are minimal, creating more of an extended cut made up of parts that were trimmed by the censors mpaa. Sure, 54 may for all intents and purposes be considered one of the biggest flops of the 1990s, but now that the directors cut is making its way through the festival circuit and getting rave. Version directors cut avec 44 minutes totalement inedites. Like studio 54 itself, the film was suffused with homoeroticism. When steve rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, shane not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar and a frontrow seat at the most legendary party on the planet. The rise and fall of ian schrager and the late steve rubells fabled new york disco studio 54 in the late 1970s has been covered many times before, most notably in a 1998 episode of behind the music, while the directors cut of the 1998 narrative film 54 was a big todo at the 2015 sf international film festival. In the directors cut, his character is in a relationship with one of the other male bartenders at studio 54 and they even share a passionate kiss. In the directors cut, shane has affairs with both julie and anita.
Miramax is a global film and television studio best known for its highly. Oct 04, 2018 in 1998, the director mark christopher released 54, a fictionalized film about the late, great 1970s new york city disco studio 54. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item. If you didnt like the original version of 54, you may want to take a peek at what the director originally intended. Starring ryan phillippe, salma hayek, and mike myers, 54. Almost 17 years after miramax released the original film, 54. This is a comparison between the theatrical version and the director s cut both available on the german bluray released by studiocanal. The transfer is a mixed bag and i doubt this disc can improve on it. The directors cut official trailer hd almost 17 years after miramax released the original film, \u201c54. In the theatrical version, the main characters bisexuality and all of the gay scenes. Now a new cut comes closer to writerdirector mark christophers freewheeling original vision of discofuelled hedonism and hijinks amongst the workingclass staff and jetset denizens of the legendary studio 54. The director\u2019s cut\u201d has been reedited to include 44 minutes of never before seen material giving the film a new runtime of 106 minutes.
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