Ever since John Travolta tore up the dance floor in 1977's Saturday Night Fever, his career has been all over the place. He went from being nominated for an Oscar, to getting a Worst Actor of the Decade nomination, to another Oscar nod with Pulp Fiction, to tons of Worst Actor wins. So today we wanted to take a look at the rise, and fall, and rise, and fall of John Travolta.
With iconic performances in Grease, Blow Out, Pulp Fiction, Face Off, Get Short and Hairspray, he somehow matched these with some of the worst performances in film with Battlefield Earth, Old Dogs, Gotti and The Fanatic. It's a fascinating career, and one very difficult to pinpoint. How one of the hottest actors of the 70s managed to stay relevant 5 decades later with such weird career...
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Rise (70s)
03:01 - Fall (80s)
05:47 - Biggest Hollywood Comeback (90s)
08:20 - Worst Film Ever?
10:29 - Fall Again (00s)
John Travolta. Kelly Preston. Pulp Fiction. Saturday Night Fever. Grease. Staying Alive. Blow Out. Welcome Back, Kotter. Look Who's Talking Too Now. Get Shorty. Michael. Phenomenon. Broken Arrow. Face Off. Nicolas Cage. Razzie. Worst Actor of the Decade. Battlefield Earth. Hairspray. Bolt. Wild Hogs. The People vs OJ. Gotti. The Fanatic. Weird Oscar Moments. 90s actor.
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