Blu-ray Release Date: March 6, 2012
Price: DVD $19.99
Studio: Lionsgate
Mike Myers (Shrek Forever), Neve Campbell (Scream), Ryan Phillippe (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Salma Hayek (Grown Ups) star in the 1998 music-and-dance-filled drama 54, the over-hyped and decidedly tepid film about New York City’s legendary Studio 54 nightclub.
The story is seen through the eyes of young Shane (Phillippe), who’s plucked from a sea of faces clamoring to get inside the club and then lands a coveted job behind the bar. The plucker who does the plucking is 54’s owner Steve Rubbell (Myers, in a great performance), who essentially hands Shane a front-row ticket to the Seventies’ most sizzling disco party.
Directed by Mark Christopher, 54 was one of the higher-profile films produced by Miramax that studio honcho Harvey Weinstein took his editorial scissors to and sliced-and-diced prior to its release to theaters. Whatever he did didn’t help that much as the film ended up grossing a weak $16 million at the box office following its wide roll-out in September, 1998.
There are no bonus features included on the Blu-ray.
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I wonder if the blu-ray will show what Weinstein sliced?
Doubtful…the only extra on the original DVD release was a music video. I’m thinking the Weinstein slice-and-dice won’t be represented!