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A Friday in the life of the disco club The Zoo, where the staff and clients meet and dance their lives away.A Friday in the life of the disco club The Zoo, where the staff and clients meet and dance their lives away.A Friday in the life of the disco club The Zoo, where the staff and clients meet and dance their lives away.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
Mews Small
- Jackie
- (as Marya Small)
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- TriviaThe name of the disco where the movie is set was The Zoo. The nightclub used for the Zoo was Osko's at 333 South La Cienega Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California. The club was demolished during the 1980s and a Loehmann's dress store was built in its place. Osko's Disco had 4 dance floors, and was famous for being like a labyrinth.
- GoofsShortly after the start of the film, Alec R Costandinos' "Romeo and Juliet", which is released by Casablanca, is heard on the soundtrack, but a different record (on the maroon-and-yellow Gordy label) is shown playing in the DJ booth.
- Quotes
Marv Gomez: Dancing. Everything else is bullshit!
- Crazy creditsThe Torch Lady in the Columbia Pictures logo briefly changes her robes to a disco outfit and dances to a disco beat.
- ConnectionsFeatured in You Can't Do That on Television: Shoestring (1979)
- SoundtracksAfter Dark
Performed by Pattie Brooks
Written by Pattie Brooks (uncredited)
Produced by Simon Soussan (uncredited)
Casablanca Records
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More disco to the people! TGIF was a favourite TRIPLE album (actually two lp's plus a maxi single with Donna Summer singing Je t'aime (moi non plus) for 13 minutes) of mine long before I lay my hands on a copy of the film. The music is fantastic and the film is ... well ... unique.
The cover art and screen shots on the soundtrack album had intrigued me for years and watching the film was certainly no disappointment: Lots of weird characters, a weird plot and highly enjoyable. I particularly find the idea of having a dancefloor DJ doubling as a live radio DJ hilarious. Have you ever worked with radio, as a DJ or simply have a secret craving for obscure, dusty vinyl disco records - this is the film for you.
Everybody seems to be having a good time making the film. and Donna Summer are quite funny when she breaks into the DJ's booth and try to imitate - Donna Summer...
Finally - did the 1970's discos really close at midnight? :-)
The cover art and screen shots on the soundtrack album had intrigued me for years and watching the film was certainly no disappointment: Lots of weird characters, a weird plot and highly enjoyable. I particularly find the idea of having a dancefloor DJ doubling as a live radio DJ hilarious. Have you ever worked with radio, as a DJ or simply have a secret craving for obscure, dusty vinyl disco records - this is the film for you.
Everybody seems to be having a good time making the film. and Donna Summer are quite funny when she breaks into the DJ's booth and try to imitate - Donna Summer...
Finally - did the 1970's discos really close at midnight? :-)
- johan_tanying
- Sep 4, 2002
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- Also known as
- T.G.I.F.
- Filming locations
- 333 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA(as Zoo Disco, demolished)
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- Budget
- $2,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $134
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