Search - Thank God It's Friday on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1978 DVD Release: 04/04/2006 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Japanese SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Comedy, Rock Musical, Ensemble Film

The Zoo is the hottest disco in town, and on the night of the big dance contest, a wild assortment of disparate characters find themselves out on the floor together. DJ Bobby Speed (Ray Vitte) is convinced that broadcasting the show live on the radio waves and having the Commodores as musical entertainment will boost his career, but when their equipment gets lost on the highway, he starts to lose his cool. Nicole (Donna Summer) is a bumbling but beautiful neophyte singer who schemes to earn her big break on the disco's stage. Frannie and Jeannie (Valerie Landsberg and Terri Nunn) are underage high school girls who need the contest prize money to buy Kiss concert tickets. A bored married couple (Mark Lonow and Andrea Howard) stumble into the Zoo on their anniversary; their relationship is tested by a wacky pill-popping vixen (Marya Small) and the disco's womanizing owner (Jeff Goldblum). A host of mismatched singles make the scene hoping for a chance at love (or at least a one night stand), though the exuberant Marv "Leather Man" Gomez (Chick Vennera) lives only to dance, and expounds on his philosophy at length. There's plenty of thumping disco action and nothing but happy endings in this colorful period comedy. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide

Donna Summer - Nicole Sims
Valerie Landsburg - Frannie
Terri Nunn - Jeannie
Chick Vennera - Marv Gomez
Ray Vitte - Bobby Speed

Columbia Pictures finally unleashes the disco hit Thank God It's Friday onto the world of DVD in a rather stellar package that's all flash on the outside and empty on the inside (much like disco itself!). While it truly is great that this sucker is finally getting released -- it's even hyped accordingly on the back cover -- did they have to spend zero money and time on the disc itself? With a main menu that is actually a default menu screen on computer burning software everywhere, this big-studio release is pretty shameful when it all comes down to it, made extra weird thanks to the mystery surrounding the Asian warning screens that pop up after the disc is inserted. There are no trailer or chapter selections for that matter, though the flick was given an anamorphic 1.85:1 picture, so at least the movie itself wasn't given that much of a shaft in that regard. Still, the shabby production on this disc is worth noting -- especially for such a large studio as Columbia Pictures. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide