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54 (film)

54
54 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mark Christopher
Produced by Ira Deutchman
Richard N. Gladstein
Dolly Hall
Written by Mark Christopher
Starring
Music by Marco Beltrami
Cinematography Alexander Gruszynski
Edited by Lee Percy
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date
  • August 28, 1998 (1998-08-28)
Running time
93 minutes
105 minutes (Director's cut)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $13 million
Box office $16.8 million

54 is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher, about Studio 54, a world-famous New York City disco club, the main setting of the film. It stars Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell and Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the co-founder of the club. Prior to its release in 1998, the film was extensively reshot and recut, and released to poor critical acclaim but respectable box office. In 2008, a bootleg version of the director's cut was screened at Outfest leading to interest for its release. In 2015, Mark Christopher and Miramax premiered a new edit of the film at the Berlin International Film Festival with 45 minutes of original material restored and 30 minutes of studio re-shoots removed.

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 54; as his life spirals downward, so does the club.

Based on two short films Mark Christopher made, Miramax Films persuaded Christopher to direct the full-length feature about Studio 54. He had spent five years researching the club and the time period while working on a screenplay. Miramax purchased a partial screenplay in 1995 and developed the script with the filmmaker for over a year. Christopher shot the film in Toronto over two months in the fall of 1997. During the production, a Miramax executive was often present on the set and studio head Harvey Weinstein flew up from New York to give his approval.


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