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Studio 54 Movie Essay
.54 (also known as Studio 54) is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher, loosely based on the late 1970s epopea of Studio 54, a world-famous New York City disco club, the main setting of the film. It stars Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, and Neve Campbell. It also stars Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the co-founder of the club.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Critical reaction
5 Home media
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]

Shane O 'Shea (Ryan Phillippe) is a young Jersey man, handsome enough to become a bartender at Studio 54. There he befriends aspiring singer Anita (Salma Hayek) and her husband, Greg Randazzo (Breckin Meyer). Shane gets sucked into the hard-partying scene at Studio
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The Director 's cut runs 105 minutes, 12 minutes of which are not in the studio 's DVD release.
References[edit]

Jump up ^ "54 at IMDb". Retrieved 2010-09-29.
Jump up ^ "54 at Box Office Mojo". Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
^ Jump up to: a b Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca (1998-09-04). "The 411 On '54 '". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
Jump up ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for August 28-30, 1998 - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
Jump up ^ 54 at Rotten Tomatoes
External links[edit]

54 at the Internet Movie Database
54 at allmovie
54 at Box Office Mojo
54 at Rotten Tomatoes
Entertainment Weekly article about film 's post-production
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"Operation Urgent Fury: The Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in Grenada". Retrieved 9 November 2006.
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Jump up ^ Country-data.com – Caribbean Islands: A Regional Security System
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Magnuson, Ed (21 November 1983). "Getting Back to Normal". Time
Jump up ^ Steven F. Hayward. The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution: 1980–1989. Crown Forum. ISBN 1-4000-5357-9.
^ Jump up to: a b "United Nations General Assembly resolution 38/7, page 19". United Nations. 2 November 1983.
Jump up ^ Tessler, Ray (19 August 1991). "Gulf War Medals Stir Up Old Resentment". Los Angeles Times. p. 2. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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