Can't Stop the Music
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Can't Stop the Music is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in her only directed featured film. Written by Allan Carr and Bronté Woodard, the film is a pseudo-biography of the 1970s disco group the Village People loosely based on the actual story of how the group formed. The film also stars Valerie Perrine, Caitlyn Jenner[lower-alpha 1] in her film debut, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand, Tammy Grimes, June Havoc, Barbara Rush, Altovise Davis, Marilyn Sokol and The Ritchie Family in their only film.
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Directed by | Nancy Walker |
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Cinematography | Bill Butler |
Edited by | John F. Burnett |
Music by | Jacques Morali |
Color process | Metrocolor |
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Distributed by | Associated Film Distribution |
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Running time | 124 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $13.5–20 million[3] |
Box office | $2 million |
Produced by Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (formerly EMI Films), distributed by independent distributor Associated Film Distribution (AFD), the film was released after disco's peak.[4] It received largely negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb. Alongside Xanadu, Can't Stop the Music is known for inspiring the creation of the Golden Raspberry Awards, winning the first Razzies for Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.[5]