Release Date :
August 28, 1998
Type : Drama and Musical/Performing Arts
Rating : R
Director : Mark Christopher
Writer : Mark Christopher
Producer : Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Bobby Cohen
Distributor : Miramax Films
Duration : 1 hr. 32 min.
54 (1998) Overwiew
Starring : Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike
Myers, Sela Ward,
Overview : Shane O'Shea was a 19-year-old, good-looking guy
living with his severe dad and two siblings in a small, boring town in
New Jersey... until he crossed the river into New York City and entered
a world overflowing with luxury, sexual desire and decadence. A
nightclub that was nothing less than the center of the universe - Studio
54. Shane's fast rise from busboy to the 'glamorous' job of being a
shirtless waiter--puts Shane directly in competition with his equally
ambitious buddy, Greg, a handsome busboy who's too short to work behind
the bar and unwilling 'do what it takes' to 'advance his career'. Shane
also befriends Greg's Latina wife, Anita, a coat check girl, also
aspiring to be a star--a singing disco diva. The trio work under the
erratic tutelage of their excessive yet nerdy club impressario--the
famed Steve Rubell. All four of their lives collide during this summer
of 1979 when the club went from it's height to its decline following IRS
investigations.