Studio 54

Nothing this fabulous could last forever

Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.

2018

1h 38min

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Top Billed Cast

Ian Schrager
Self
Steve Rubell
Self (archive footage)
Donald Rubell
Self
Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Farrah Fawcett
Self (archive footage)
Liza Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Bianca Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Nile Rodgers
Self
John Belushi
Self (archive footage)
Boy George
Self (archive footage)
Divine
Self (archive footage)
Bill Murray
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
John Travolta
Self (archive footage)
Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)

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