2021
Home Box Office (HBO)
1 h 23 m

2021
Home Box Office (HBO)
1 h 23 m

Summary Part of HBO's "Music Box" documentary series, Mr. Saturday Night chronicles the meteoric career of Australian entrepreneur Robert Stigwood, who gambled on a magazine article about the Brooklyn night club scene and turned it into the 1977 cultural touchstone "Saturday Night Fever," making a global superstar out of John Travolta, and reinv...

2021
Home Box Office (HBO)
1 h 23 m

2021
Home Box Office (HBO)
1 h 23 m

Mr. Saturday Night

Name: Mr. Saturday Night
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2021-12-09
Duration: 1 min 23 s
Rating: 56
Cast: Bob Adcock, Nik Cohn, Elizabeth Curcio, Joey Curcio, Richard Goldstein

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Paste Magazine

Dec 9, 2021

If knowing Stigwood’s name unlocks a particular chapter of film and music history, then the documentary is a fun and often funny reminder that they’ve frequently been one and the same.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Dec 9, 2021

Told in solid, straightforward, traditional documentary style and relying heavily on voice-over interviews from unspecified time periods, old TV clips, behind-the-scenes footage and period-piece still photos, Mr. Saturday Night tracks the Australian-born Stigwood’s trailblazing career in its entirety — but a great deal of focus is on the fascinating tale of how Saturday Night Fever came to be.

By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Dec 9, 2021

The movie gives pretty good showbiz lore but not much depth.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Dec 10, 2021

Maggio ends his story in the early 1980s, even though Stigwood lived until 2016. He is thinking small about a man who used to dream big.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli FULL REVIEW

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Production Company HBO Documentary Films, Ringer Films

Release Date Dec 9, 2021

Duration 1 h 23 m

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Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Bob Adcock

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Nik Cohn

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Elizabeth Curcio

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Joey Curcio

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Richard Goldstein

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Kevin McCormick

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James McMullan

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Robert Stigwood

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John Travolta

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Earl Young

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Carl Anderson

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Ann-Margret

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Army Archerd

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John G. Avildsen

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John Badham

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Ginger Baker

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Warren Beatty

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Marlon Brando

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Jack Bruce

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Joseph Cali

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