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  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary For 33 months, from 1978 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place to be seen in Manhattan. A haven of hedonism, tolerance, glitz and glamor, Studio was very hard to gain entrance to and impossible to ignore, with news of who was there filling the gossip columns daily. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two college friends from Brooklyn...

Directed By: Matt Tyrnauer

  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Studio 54

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary For 33 months, from 1978 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place to be seen in Manhattan. A haven of hedonism, tolerance, glitz and glamor, Studio was very hard to gain entrance to and impossible to ignore, with news of who was there filling the gossip columns daily. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two college friends from Brooklyn...

Directed By: Matt Tyrnauer

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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100
Oct 4, 2018
Celebrities. Privilege. Debauchery. Hedonism. We’ve all heard the stories about the most infamous (and legendary) nightclub of all time, Studio 54, but we didn’t have all the facts…till now.
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80
Oct 4, 2018
Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary finally tells its full story, and an enthralling, sometimes absurd, sometimes very sad and at times almost unbelievable story it is.
By David Noh FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 25, 2018
The original Studio 54 lasted for only 33 months. In 98 minutes, Studio 54 captures the club on its best nights and on its worst mornings.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 11, 2018
Ultimately, Studio 54 proves a nostalgic, sometimes wistful, other times unsettling look back at a singular period of time.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
67
Oct 18, 2018
It’s a tantalizing offer that’s stuffed with celebrity, scandal, hedonism, and riches and all the sex, drugs, and disco that money could buy.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 11, 2018
Helped along by news clips, the filmmakers do better with the crash-and-burn business story than with the actuality of the Studio experience.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 4, 2018
Studio 54 is a case of a documentary attempting to tell a story that obviously cannot be fully or satisfyingly told at this juncture. As such, it has value only insofar as it suggests how much that era cannot quite be re-captured.
By Dan Callahan FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
6.2
70% Positive
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20% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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70% Positive
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10% Negative
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Production Company A&E IndieFilms, Altimeter Films, Passion Pictures
Release Date Oct 5, 2018
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline Nothing This Fabulous Could Last Forever
Website http://www.studio54doc.com/
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Awards

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Athens International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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