Actors: Ryan Phillippe, Mike Myers, Neve Campbell, Salma Hayek, Breckin Meyer, Sela Ward, Heather Matarazzo, Skipp Sudduth
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fifty Four
Shane O'Shea (Ryan Phillippe, “Cruel Intentions”) is a handsome teenager who lives with his strict father (Skipp Sudduth) and two younger sisters in a small, dreary New Jersey town. Just across the gleaming river, glamorous New York City temptingly beckons to young Shane. Shane spends much of his time dreaming of fame and fortune while skimming through entertainment magazines. If gorgeous Julie Black (Neve Campbell, “Scream“), hometown girl and soap opera star of television‘s “All My Children” made it, then Shane believes he can be successful, too. Armed with a fashionable new hairdo and chic clothes, Shane convinces two friends to drive into Manhattan to Studio 54, the nightclub where anyone who‘s anyone frequents. Just gaining admittance into the exclusive club is a challenge, where it is not who you know, but how you look. Eccentric, nerdy Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell (Mike Myers) quickly spies Shane and grants him entry, while his ordinary-looking friends harshly receive the boot. Shane spends the night partying with an assortment of freaks and receives a job offer from the quirky Steve Rubell.
Shane soon meets fellow busboy Greg Randazzo (Breckin Meyer, “Clueless”) and Greg's saucy wife, Anita (Salma Hayek), a coat check girl with aspirations to be a singing disco diva. The couple warmly welcomes Shane into their lives and apartment, the three of them becoming fast friends. When ambitious Shane is then offered the glamorous, much sought after position of shirtless waiter, it puts him in direct competition with Greg, who's too short to work behind the bar and unwilling to do what it takes to advance his career.
--Tara Dugan, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Fifty Four
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Getting ahead in:
- entertainment world
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- life in drug culture
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- waitor/waitress
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- waitor/waitress
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- orgies
- lesbians!
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
