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Can't Stop the Music is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Nancy Walker released in USA on 20 june 1980 with Steve Guttenberg

Can't Stop the Music (1980)

Can't Stop the Music
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Released in USA 20 june 1980
Length 2h4
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical
Rating42% 2.10892.10892.10892.10892.1089

Can't Stop the Music is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker. Written by Allan Carr and Bronté Woodard, the film is a pseudo-biography of disco's Village People which bears only a vague resemblance to the actual story of the group's formation. It was produced by Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (formerly EMI Films), and distributed by independent distributor Associated Film Distribution (AFD).

Can't Stop the Music is notorious for being the first winner of the Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award, for it was a double feature of this and Xanadu that inspired John J. B. Wilson to start the Razzies.

Synopsis

Songwriter Jack Morell (Steve Guttenberg)-a reference to Village People creator Jacques Morali-gets a break DJing at local disco Saddle Tramps. His roommate Sam Simpson (Valerie Perrine), a supermodel newly retired at the peak of her success, sees the response to a song he wrote for her ("Samantha") and agrees to use her connections to get him a record deal. Her connection, ex-boyfriend Steve Waits (Paul Sand), president of Marrakech Records (a reference to Village People record label Casablanca Records), is more interested in getting back with her than in Jack's music (and more interested in taking business calls than in wooing Samantha), but agrees to listen to a demo.

Actors

Steve Guttenberg

(Jack Morell)
Valerie Perrine

(Samantha Simpson)
Paul Sand

(Steve Waits)
Tammy Grimes

(Sydney Channing)
Paula Trueman

(Stick-Up Lady)
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