Steve Adelstein


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Sounder (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Needed Time Opening with the original Lightnin’ Hopkins recording of the song on which Taj Mahal based his score, leading to his first original song, with Paul Winfield as Nathan and Kevin Hooks as David Lee, hunting a raccoon in the dark, on location in Louisiana, opening Martin Ritt's Sounder, 1972.
Lola Montes (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Femme Fatale Wild spectacle with Peter Ustinov (as "Circus Master") in perfect French, introducing the central motif and the title character (Martine Carol), opening Max Ophuls' Lola Montes, 1955.
Formula, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not Talcum Powder After a prologue in WWII Germany, when one Tom Neely gets near some Nazi secrets, in contemporary LA we meet George C. Scott as cop Caine, Ike Eisenmann his son, Calvin Jung intercepting them, then Francisco Prado the pathologist, in The Formula, 1980, from producer Steve Shagan’s novel and screenplay.
Formula, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) We Are the Arabs! Marlon Brando (as oil-man Steiffel), in one of three scenes for which he was paid $3-million, argues with his pool man (Francisco Prado) and with publicity flack Clements (G.D. Spradlin) in director John G. Avildsen's international oil-industry thriller The Formula, 1980.
Man Called Adam, A (1966) -- (Movie Clip) All That Jazz Not the familiar tune from Chicago but an original by Benny Carter and Al Stillman, handily turned by Mel Torme at a Manhattan party, Frank Sinatra Jr. in the mix, Sammy Davis Jr. the title character and Louis Armstrong his musician-mentor friend, in A Man Called Adam, 1966.
Hair (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Age Of Aquarius Claude (John Savage) arriving on the bus from Oklahoma, Berger (Treat Williams) and friends (Don Dacus, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright) burning draft cards in Central Park, Ren Woods' terrific vocal for the hit song, Twyla Tharp dancers, opening Milos Forman's production of Hair, 1979.
Hair (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Got Life Berger (Treat Williams, singing dubbed) speaks for his wedding-crashing gang, noting draftee pal Claude (John Savage) and bride Sheila (Beverly D'Angelo), before launching I Got Life by MacDermot, Ragni and Rado, in Milos Forman's version of the Broadway hit Hair, 1979.
Saturday Night Fever -- (Movie Clip) Open, Stayin' Alive The Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" carries the opening sequence, Tony (John Travolta) cruising the streets of Brooklyn, in director John Badham's disco hit Saturday Night Fever, 1977.
Saturday Night Fever -- (Movie Clip) Watch The Hair! Tony (John Travolta) in his elaborate dressing sequence, Bee Gees music, father (Val Bisoglio) dragging him downstairs to dinner, in Saturday Night Fever, 1977, directed by John Badham.
Saturday Night Fever -- (Movie Clip) Nineteen At The Moment Tony (John Travolta) checks in with Pete (Bert Michaels) at the dance studio and introduces himself to Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney), a key scene in Saturday Night Fever, 1977.
Saturday Night Fever -- (Movie Clip) Tango Hustle Tony (John Travolta) and Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney), new partners, at their first rehearsal before the big disco contest, in Saturday Night Fever, 1977, directed by John Badham.
Saturday Night Fever -- (Movie Clip) Father Frank Junior Tony (John Travolta) finds the family distraught because his brother, Father Frank Jr. (Martin Shakar), has come home to announce he's leaving the priesthood, in Saturday Night Fever, 1977.

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