Al Fann, Chick Vennera, Chris DeLisle, Commodores, DeWayne Jessie ...( see more  see more... ) , Debra Winger , Donna Summer , Hilary Beane , Jeff Goldblum , Ray Vitte , Terri Nunn , Valerie Landsburg

It's Friday night and time to head to the hottest disco in town for the big dance contest in this 1970s groove-fest. A wild assortment of crazy characters shows up, and the Commodores supply the music...( read more  read more... ). Singer Nicole (Donna Summer) is convinced she's going to get her big break, while Marv "Leather Man" Gomez (Chick Vennera) wanders the club dispensing advice. Thank God It's Friday won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the song "Last Dance."

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PG, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Robert Klane

Release Date: January 1, 1978

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DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006

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  • February 21, 2008
    I'll admit that it;s been awhile since I saw this, but it was a light hearted (and horribly dated) romp through the disco era. Basically a look at the comings and goings at a disco. Disco queen Donna Summers is featured as a local gal trying to get a break and sing a song at th...( read more)e disco. Good cheesy disco fun.
  • December 3, 2009
    Yes its my last dance, last dance for love!!! Okay, this film is as old as me yet I remember it scene for scene. I love it. If you love movies that take alot of characters, different things going on throughout the movie, and great music. You want to see this movie. Funny as hell ...( read more)even by today standards.
  • October 29, 2009
    that was a great movie
  • July 19, 2009
    i always said th@ a long week...
  • July 5, 2009
    Certainly one of the worst movies to ever win an Oscar. Juvenile, silly and very shallow. Rarely funny with exaggerated characters. Very dated now to boot, but even in 1978 it stunk.
  • April 28, 2009
    The ULTIMATE DISCO movie of the 70's!
  • March 29, 2009
    Please feel free to put "DC cab" and "Carwash" with this list.
  • December 28, 2008
    use to love this one too when I was young. Dad use to let me stay up to watch this one too.
  • December 2, 2008
    "Thank God It's Friday" has the best disco soundtrack ever.. Much better than Saturday Night Fever.
    You have After Dark by Patti Brooks, Romeo and Juliet"
    Performed by Alec R. Costandinos, I'm Here again by Thelma Houston, not to mention Last dance by Donna Summer, just to na...( read more)me a few.
    The story is minimal but cute..but if you were around in the disco era and went to discos this movie will take you back and make you smile .This is another movie I can watch over and over and it only becomes more endearing.
    A must for disco fans or people that are curious about the late 70's early 80's club culture.
  • October 21, 2008
    An "American Graffiti" rip-off that is so bad that even being horribly outdated is the least of its problems. To be fair this movie was probably outdated about 1 month after it came out. The worst character is by far the Leather Man who is suppose to be cool and can dance. To say...( read more) that his dancing makes Elaine on "Seinfeld" look like Fred Astaire is too nice. Keep a look out for Jeff Goldblum as a Jeff Goldblum-y like character that tries to break up a marriage between a wife and her accountant wife. This being a movie, of course the accountant is uptight & square. That is until he hits the disco and learns about livin' life! Oh, and Donna Summer is in this too if you are into that kind of thing.

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  • rayman0071
    February 19, 2008
    The motion picture debut of the QUEEN OF DISCO
    Donna Summer and the acting in this film was atrocious. Interesting to note...this film launched the careers of Jeff Goldblum and also an Oscar winning actress Debra Winger.
    But the music itself saves this film and it was no wonder the film won the Oscar in 1978 for Best Original Song "Last Dance" sung by Donna Summer. Oh yeah,this also has the great Lionel Richie and the Commondores in this too.

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