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'Saturday Night Fever' Director John Badham Talks 40th Anniversary Director's Cut with Restored Scenes
It’s been 40 years, but Saturday Night Fever director John Badham still remembers the moment he knew the low-budget disco movie he filmed in and around the streets of Brooklyn was about to become a big-time success story. The filmmaker — who got his start directing for TV before transitioning to features with 1976’s baseball comedy, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings — had flown into New York for Fever‘s hometown opening. The previous week, Badham had attended a lavish premiere a
