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Marv into helping them sneak into the disco after several failed attempts at gaining entry. Jennifer tries to meet a guy, but Maddy vetoes each of the guys that
Jennifer is attracted to. Nicole repeatedly attempts to slip into the DJ booth to get Bobby to play her single. Crude garbage collector Gus is horrified that the dating service has matched him with a prim college educated woman, and one who is taller than he is. Floyd gets stopped repeatedly by the police on suspicion of stealing The Commodores' instruments. Marv teaches the uptight Ken how to dance.
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wrote, "Donna Summer makes her film debut in a comparatively charming role of an aspiring singer who cons her way to the disco stage and instant stardom. Fact that she is not known as an actress makes the thesping believable. Rest of cast, however, includes many with strong prior credits who are shot
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Sue insists that her uptight accountant husband Dave take her to the disco. On a bet with Bobby, Tony tries to pick up Sue. Dave is drugged and renamed "Babbakazoo" by Jackie, and makes a fool of himself. Carl and Ken are repeatedly thwarted in their attempts to meet girls. Frannie and
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Jennifer to attend a hot tub party (with the same sleazy guys who came on to Jennifer). Gus and Shirley decide to give it a try. Carl finally meets a girl, but becomes trapped in a stairway before they can leave together. Floyd makes it to the club in time for the Commodores to play,
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wrote that the film was "really a record album with live-action liner notes featuring a dozen young actors, most of whom are quite nice and, as yet, unknown, and a few who are better known but not as impressive as the new people." Canby remarked that Donna Summer, "whose wigs are as elaborate as
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panned the film as "90 aimless, alienating minutes" full of "TV sitcom-pilot boors, half-wits and low-lifes" who "don't sustain a glimmer of human interest. When attention shifts back to one character or set of characters previously introduced, you have trouble placing them."
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described the film as a "lively, zany, often crass, sometimes irresponsible but surpassingly good-natured movie," with Summer possessing "an exciting screen presence", if not strong acting abilities. Gary Arnold of
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gave the film an identical 1.5-star grade and called it "a disco movie that's little more than a dismal record promotion ... More attention has been paid to the display of records than people."
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tells several intertwining stories of the patrons and staff of the fictional Los
Angeles disco The Zoo over the course of a single Friday evening. These people include:
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Murphy, Arthur D. (May 17, 1978). "Film Reviews: Thank God It's Friday".
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Arnold, Gary (May 26, 1978). "A Misbegotten 'Thank God It's Friday'".
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Marv Gomez – a self-described "leatherman" who lives to dance.
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The biggest hit single on the album was Donna Summer's "
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1865:The Numbers
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1158:and 2003's
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1048:Paul Jabara
1009:Brick House
642:Paul Jabara
610:Song Title
564:Movie Guide
524:Roger Ebert
452:Marya Small
431:Paul Jabara
403:as Jennifer
126:James Crabe
79:Neil Bogart
72:Produced by
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2549:Categories
2157:August 21,
1815:References
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1477:Last Dance
1456:Producer:
1447:Diana Ross
1416:D.C. LaRue
1358:Side three
1273:Last Dance
1150:Last Dance
1125:Diana Ross
1119:Last Dance
1032:Last Dance
1001:D.C. LaRue
872:Last Dance
770:April 1978
744:Soundtrack
729:Home media
720:Last Dance
636:Last Dance
613:Recipient
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577:Last Dance
541:Diana Ross
505:Loehmann's
481:Production
427:as Jeannie
425:Terri Nunn
421:as Frannie
306:Terri Nunn
290:Last Dance
246:Box office
217:89 minutes
201:1978-05-19
153:Production
62:Written by
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1883:Billboard
1783:The Apple
1712:Platinum
1697:Platinum
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1458:Hal Davis
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1410:Side four
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778:1975–1978
607:Category
597:Accolades
454:as Jackie
413:Ray Vitte
155:companies
132:Edited by
84:Rob Cohen
2336:Allmusic
2251:(1993).
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1743:Car Wash
1731:See also
1700:100,000
1690:Canada (
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1289:Side two
1222:Side one
1205:PolyGram
1071:PolyGram
924:Allmusic
826:PolyGram
775:Recorded
767:Released
759: by
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500:Jennifer
230:Language
142:Music by
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842:Singles
616:Result
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511:Release
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233:English
222:Country
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2524:(1993)
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1940:May 9,
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1802:(1980)
1794:(1980)
1791:Xanadu
1786:(1980)
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