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  • Behind the Music Studio 54 (Season 1, Episode 28)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Music

Behind the Music

Studio 54 (Season 1, Episode 28)
TV-14
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Music

In this hour and a half documentation about, a New York discotheque called Studio 54. The club opened in February 1977 and, it owned by Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell on 54th street. Their guest were celebrities, locals, etc. In 1980, the ...See moreIn this hour and a half documentation about, a New York discotheque called Studio 54. The club opened in February 1977 and, it owned by Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell on 54th street. Their guest were celebrities, locals, etc. In 1980, the club was raided and Rubell and Schrager were arrested for skimming $2.5 million and tax evasion. One year later, they had been sentenced for 13 months in prison for the matter. The club remained opened until it shuttered for good in 1985. Steve Rubell died at 43 on July 25, 1989 from complications of AIDS. See less
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Writers
Jonathan Brandeis | Gay Rosenthal (creator) (co-writer)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 24, 1998

Release date
May 24, 1998 (United States)

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Woody Allen
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Warren Beatty
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Marc Benecke
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Yul Brynner
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George Burns
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Truman Capote
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Allan Carr
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Dick Cavett
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Cher
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Roy M. Cohn
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Salvador Dalí
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Divine
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Jack Dushey
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Jim Forbes
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Betty Ford
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Wavy Gravy
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Halston
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Uva Harden
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Buck Henry
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Dustin Hoffman
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Victor Hugo
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Janet Jackson
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Michael Jackson
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Bianca Jagger
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Mick Jagger
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Elton John
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John Lydon
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Groucho Marx
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Joseph McCarthy
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Ethel Merman
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Liza Minnelli
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Mary Tyler Moore
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Olivia Newton-John
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Jack Nicholson
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Richard Nixon
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Al Pacino
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Dolly Parton
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Rudolf Piper
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Diana Ross
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Steve Rubell
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Anthony 'Fat Tony' Salerno
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Disco Sally
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Brooke Shields
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Frank Sinatra
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Sylvester Stallone
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Rod Stewart
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Barbra Streisand
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Elizabeth Taylor
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Patrick Taylor
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Tieg Thomas
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Tiny Tim
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John Travolta
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Andy Warhol
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Robin Williams
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