Staying Alive (1983 film)

Staying Alive
Staying Alive
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sylvester Stallone
Screenplay by	Sylvester Stallone; Norman Wexler;
Based on	Saturday Night Fever by Norman Wexler; Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night by Nik Cohn;
Produced by	Robert Stigwood; Sylvester Stallone;
Starring	John Travolta; Cynthia Rhodes; Finola Hughes; Steve Inwood;
Cinematography	Nick McLean
Edited by	Peter E. Berger; Mark Warner; Don Zimmerman;
Music by	Frank Stallone; Bee Gees;
Production; company	RSO Records
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	July 11, 1983 (Mann's Chinese Theatre); July 15, 1983 (United States);
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$22 million
Box office	$127 million

Staying Alive is a 1983 American dance drama film and the sequel to Saturday Night Fever (1977). It was directed by Sylvester Stallone, produced by Stallone and the Saturday Night Fever producer Robert Stigwood, and written by Stallone and Norman Wexler. It stars John Travolta, reprising his Saturday Night Fever role as Tony Manero, with Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Joyce Hyser, Julie Bovasso, Viktor Manoel and Kevyn Morrow.

The title comes from the Bee Gees song of the same name, which was used as the theme song to Saturday Night Fever and is played during the final scene of Staying Alive.

Theatrically released on July 15, 1983, Staying Alive received negative reviews. It earned $127 million worldwide on a $22 million budget. It featured the song "Far from Over" by Stallone's brother Frank Stallone, which reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox charts.