February 18 marks 60 years old John Travolta. The best roles of John Travolta are in a selection of Weekend project.
Dancer, gangster, angel: the best roles of John Travolta
February 18 marks 60 years old John Travolta. The best roles of John Travolta are in a selection of Weekend project.
John Travolta is 60. The sixth child in the family, he began his acting career at the home theater, which his father arranged in the basement of the house. Now the actor has more than 60 roles, the Golden Globe for the best male role, several nominations for Oscar and the status of one of the highest paid Hollywood actors.
Carrie (Carrie, 1976)
The first adaptation of the novel by Stephen King, one of the best films of director Brian de Palma and the dramatic debut of John Travolta, who had previously been known only to roles in Broadway musicals and filming in commercials.
“I was very excited because this is the first film in which I have a real dramatic role where I need to play,” said John Travolta.
Travolta was a small role in the bully Billy Nolan, who, together with his girlfriend Chris (Nancy Allen), arranges the grass of his classmate Carrie (Sissy Spaceck). The film was well accepted both by the public (with a budget of $ 1.8 million, the fees amounted to almost 34 million), and critics, which was called the film a real, not fictitious horror. Carrie also received two nominations for Oscar.
Fighting Saturday (Saturday Night Fever, 1977)
The role of Tony Manero, a guy from a working family conducting Saturday nights on the dance floor, is still considered the best dramatic role of John Travolta. The film The Rush of Saturday Evening brought world fame to both him and director Joe Badem and the Bee Geees group, who recorded the soundtrack for the film. Dance from the fever is performed even by the characters of the game World of Warcraft, and the Skype service has a smiley depicting a dancing trawel. The white costume and gold medallions of another movie hero-the FBI agent, played by Bradley Cooper in the recently released American scam-also Hello Travolta.
To work on the role of Tony Manero Travolta, the skills of leaflets were useful: as a child, he took lessons from the brother of the famous Gin Kelly – Fred.
“There is nothing in common between me and my hero,” said John Travolta. “I do not use my dance skills as Tony does. He behaves on the dance floor like a macho.”
Travolta was nominated for an Oscar for the best male role and became one of the youngest actors who have ever received this nomination.
A few years later, John Travolta, along with Sylvester Stallone, tried to remove the sequel of fever. The film called Staying Alive) was released in 1983, but was coldly met by spectators and critics.
Briolin (Grease, 1978)
The film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical about the life and love of American high school students was released a year after the fever of Saturday evening.A couple of 24-year-old John Travolta was Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, who was already 30 years old at the time of filming.
I really wanted Olivia to play in this film, I persuaded her to agree to this role, she was very afraid, and I told her – you are doing everything right, Travolta said.
A former Broadway actor, Travolta himself performed all of the dance routines in the film and recorded several of the songs. The Grease soundtrack was certified 20 times platinum, and the film itself received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song and several Golden Globe nominations, including Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical.
After his role in Grease, Travolta forgot about musicals for a long time. Only in 2007 did he play the role of Edna Turnblad in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray.
Who's Talking (Look Who's Talking, 1989)
After the success of Saturday Night Fever and Grease John Travolta switched to dramatic roles, but the actor's popularity began to decline. By then, he had turned down starring roles in American Gigolo and An Officer and a Gentleman, both roles eventually going to Richard Gere.
Finally, in 1989, the romantic comedy Who Would Talk was released, starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.
“We immediately liked each other, this, apparently, is the reason for the chemistry that arose between us,” Kirstie Alley said. “We had a lot of fun during the filming. John constantly made me laugh. When we were preparing for the scene with the first kiss, I told him – now I'm going to kiss you, focus! And then he began to sing Papa, Can You Hear Me?, imitating Barbra Streisand. We ended up filming this scene for two days.
© Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG)/TriStar Pictures/Sony/Columbia (1989) Still from Who's Talking
Travolta played taxi driver James, who accidentally meets single mother Molly and gradually becomes closer to her and her son Mikey. Baby Mikey in the film speaks in the voice of Bruce Willis, who received a $10 million fee for voice acting.
The film grossed $297 million at the box office. In 1990, a sequel was released – Look Who's Talking Too, in 1993 – Look Who's Talking Now.
Pulp Fiction (Pulp Fiction, 1994)
The Quentin Tarantino film, released in 1994, revived John Travolta's already seemingly faded career. With a budget of $8.5 million, the film grossed $214 million at the box office. Film critic Roger Ibert called Pulp Fiction the most important film of the 90s.
The role of gangster Vincent Vega was originally supposed to be played by Michael Madsen.
“Tarantino first offered me a role in From Dusk Till Dawn, the same one that George Clooney then went to,” John Travolta said. “I said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m not very interested in vampires. : I like the other project you mentioned more, Pulp Fiction.He replied that he had already selected the actors for him. I said, Okay, some other time then. And six months later, Tarantino changed his mind. Told me, You were right, you're more suited to Pulp Fiction than a vampire movie. And he gave me the role.
Travolta's fee amounted to only 150 thousand dollars, but Pulp Fiction became such a serious impetus for his career that his subsequent fees amounted to millions of dollars, and now he is one of the highest paid Hollywood actors.
The film received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and an Oscar for Best Screenplay. John Travolta was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
Michael (Michael, 1996)
Travolta's first joint film with director Nora Ephron was the melodrama Michael, released in 1996. Travolta played Archangel Michael, descended from heaven and living in a small town in Iowa, a lover of booze, cigarettes, strong words and fatty foods.
I try to use my body wherever possible, said Travolta.
Travolta's fee was $12 million. The film grossed nearly $120 million at the box office.
The second collaboration between Efron and Travolta was the comedy Lucky Numbers (2000). The film's budget was $63 million, a third of which went to Travolta's fee. A couple of him in the film was the star of the series Friends Lisa Kudrow. Despite this, the film failed at the box office (fees less than $ 11 million), and Travolta received the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor.
No Face (Face/Off, 1997)
John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in the action movie Face Off are still called one of the most interesting on-screen couples. FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) agrees to a face transplant for his longtime nemesis, terrorist Castor Troy (Cage), who is in a coma. While Archer is in jail trying to find out the terrorists' plans, Troy wakes up from his coma and takes Archer's face.
“It was interesting for both of us, because we had some kind of opportunity to play each other, we rehearsed gestures, movements, it was a new acting experience for both of us,” Nicolas Cage says about the shooting. “This film was very important to me because I've wanted to work with John for a long time, and director John Woo gave us that opportunity.
Travolta's fee was $20 million. The film grossed over $245 million and received an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Editing.
