Can't Stop the Music
Directed by	Nancy Walker
Produced by	Allan Carr Henri Belolo Jacques Morali
Written by	Allan Carr Bronte Woodard
Starring	Alex Briley David Hodo Glenn Hughes Randy Jones Felipe Rose Ray Simpson Steve Guttenberg Valerie Perrine Bruce Jenner
Music by	Jacques Morali
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Editing by	John F. Burnett
Distributed by	Associated Film Distribution
Release date(s)	June 20, 1980
Running time	124 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000
IMDb profile

See Can't Stop the Music (album) for the soundtrack album of the movie or Can't Stop The Music (song) for the title song.

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The film was shot at MGM studios in Hollywood in 1979 with location shooting in San Francisco and New York City. Released well after the disco craze had peaked in the United States, the film was a major critical and commercial failure and only did well in Australia. Since its initial failure, however, Can't Stop the Music has gained something of a cult status as a camp film. Can't Stop the Music was the recipient of the first "Worst Picture" award at the 1980 Golden Raspberry Awards. It was produced by ITC Entertainment. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. ... The 1st Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 31, 1981. ... The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954. ...

Plot

Jack Morell (Guttenberg) is a composer looking for a band to play his songs. His roommate Samantha Simpson (Perrine), a supermodel who retired at the peak of her popularity, hears some of his songs when he DJs at a local disco and agrees to use her connections in the music industry to get him a record deal. Her "connection" is her ex-boyfriend Steve Waits, president of Marrakech Records (a reference to the Village People's real record label at the time, Casablanca Records). He's more interested in getting back together with her than in Jack's music but agrees to listen to a demo tape. Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... This article is about Casablanca, the record label. ...

To make the demo, Samantha recruits Felipe the Indian, Randy the cowboy and David the construction worker from the streets of Greenwich Village. At the dinner party prior to recording, Ron White (Jenner), a lawyer from St. Louis, shows up to deliver a cake her sister sent. On the way to her apartment he's mugged and the police officer, Ray, who shows up to take the report ends up recruited for the session. Disgusted at the supposed decadence of Samantha's lifestyle, Ron leaves in a huff. Jack records the demo. The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ...

The next day Samantha runs into Ron at Steve's office. He apologizes and goes back to her place where they spend the night together.

Ron, now very interested in helping out the new group, offers up his law office for auditioning additional members. There Glenn the leatherman and Alex the G.I. join up and the group gets its name, "Village People," from an offhand remark from Ron's visiting mother. Ron's senior partner questions the appropriateness of the firm's representing the group and Ron huffily quits his job.

After grabbing more rehearsal time at the YMCA, the Village People cut their demo (the song "Liberation") for Marrakech. It doesn't go well and Steve offers a very paltry contract. Samantha turns it down and Samantha, Jack and Ron decide to self-finance the group by throwing a pay-party. Samantha initially tries to raise the money for the party by agreeing to return for one final modeling job, a television ad campaign for milk, but insists that the Village People also appear in the commercial. The advertisers reject the commercial but fortunately Ron's mother steps in to invite the group to appear at a charity fundraiser in San Francisco. In a last-ditch attempt to secure a deal with Marrakech, Samantha calls Steve to arrange a flight to San Francisco for the party. Ron is angered by the call and by the amount of skin Samantha showed in the commercial and Samantha breaks it off with him. The flight turns out to be a pretense to get Jack and Steve together (along with Jack's former chorine mother) to hash out a contract. Not to be confused with YWCA. This article is about the association. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A Las Vegas showgirl, from the Folies Bergere. ...

At the party, Ron realizes that Samantha didn't travel with Steve and he proposes. Ron gets hired back at his old law firm as a junior partner representing the group. Following a set by The Ritchie Family, the Village People make their triumphant debut. The Ritchie Family - photograph originally used for their Arabian Nights album in 1976 The Ritchie Family was the name of an American vocal group who achieved several hits during the 1970s disco era. ...

Critical response

• "Can't Stop the Music ushers in a whole new concept in entertainment -- it's the first all-singing, all-dancing horror film; the Dawn of the Dead of the disco era." Newsweek
• "The most conspicuous box office calamity of the summer." Film Review

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Golden Raspberry Awards and nominations

• 1980 Golden Raspberry Awards

Won: Worst Picture

Won: Worst Screenplay

Nominated: Worst Actor (Bruce Jenner)

Nominated: Worst Actress (Valerie Perrine)

Nominated: Worst Supporting Actress (Marilyn Sokol)

Nominated: Worst Director (Nancy Walker)

Nominated: Worst "Original" Song ((You) Can't Stop the Music)

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DVD release

Can't Stop the Music was released on Region 1 DVD on April 16, 2002. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... US retailer Circuit City stops selling VHS tapes. ...

External links

• Detailed review of the film
• Can't Stop the Music at the Internet Movie Database
• Can't Stop the Music at Rotten Tomatoes

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Trivia

• Olivia Newton-John turned down Valerie Perrine's role.
• To coincide with the film's release, Baskin Robbins had a month of "can't stop the flavors."