54 (film)
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| Directed by | Mark Christopher |
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Ira Deutchman Richard N. Gladstein Dolly Hall |
| Written by | Mark Christopher |
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| Music by | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Edited by | Lee Percy |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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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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