Apex Mountain
Travolta; Newton-John; Stigwood; movie dance contests; drive-in scenes; girls named Cha-Cha; Sandra Dee; John Marshall High School
In the discussion (14)
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- Travolta receives an emphatic yes for his freedom to choose any next project, with Moment by Moment considered a disastrous use of that power.
- Newton-John receives a yes; Physical is proposed as a more sustained moment but is said to depend on Grease.
- Conaway’s contemporaneous Taxi role is discussed approvingly without a clear final Apex judgment.
- Musicals and movie musicals are rejected, with Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music, and West Side Story used as alternatives or influences.
- Happy Days is preferred for 1950s nostalgia.
- Stigwood receives a yes for the consecutive films, soundtrack ownership, and integration of his artists.
- Extreme makeovers are questioned through Tai in Clueless rather than settled affirmatively.
- Movie dance contests receive a yes.
- Springsteen’s song is preferred for Thunder Road.
- Drive-in movie scenes receive an affirmative assessment.
- Girls named Cha-Cha receive agreement.
- Sandra Dee is offered and accepted as another Apex subject.
- American Anthem is preferred for men’s gymnastics.
- John Marshall High School receives the film as its preferred peak over DiCaprio’s attendance, with the hills behind the carnival scene admired.