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30 years ago, 'Saturday Night Fever' boogied down

Thirty years ago this weekend, a tough young kid from Bay Ridge strutted across America's movie screens and struck his finger in the air to announce a new moment in the country's culture.

That kid was Tony Manero, played by a young John Travolta, and that movie was "Saturday Night Fever."

"I'm always thinking, 'Golly, people must be sick of this thing by now,'" said John Badham, the...

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