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Can't Stop the Music

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Can't Stop the Music
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PG,2hrs 0min
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January 1, 1980
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Anchor Bay
Synopsis: Glitz producer Allan Carr tries to cash in on the late-'70s disco boom with Can't Stop the Music -- a film of such Brobdingnagian banality that it almost in itself stopped the disco movement cold. Comedienne Nancy Walker directed this musical chronicle, purporting to relate the legend of the formation of the disco group The Village People. Valerie Perrine is Samantha Simpson, a helpful ex-model who attempts to get her roommate, Jack Morrell's (Steve Guttenberg), songwriting career off the ground ... Full Synopsis
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A film that managed to be dated even before it was released, Can't Stop the Music is one of those movies that is so unbelievable that it's entertaining -- in small doses. Created (too late) to cash in on the late 1970's disco craze, Music is directed with no sense of style, tension, pacing or musicality by Nancy Walker. There IS a unique look to the film -- and audiences can be thankful that it is ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Samantha Simpson
Policeman
Construction Worker
Jack Morell
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Disco producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo masterminded the Village People as a disco act that...
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