Can't Stop the Music

Who knew the Village People had their own movie? Actually, I knew, because I first saw Can't Stop the Music on HBO when I was 12, and it's not something you easily forget. Olympian turned Wheaties box cover model Bruce Jenner plays a lawyer who, along with Steve Guttenberg, as a struggling songwriter, and Valerie Perrine, hot off her Superman stint as Lex Luthor's moll, help put together disco's gayest group. It's the origin story of a policeman, an Indian, a construction worker, a cowboy, a biker, and a G.I., one filled with frothy musical numbers — literally, see "(Do the) Milkshake" — and sweaty flexing pecs. And it's part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's disco film series "Reflections in a Mirrored Ball," opening July 15 with 1976's Car Wash and ending July 31 with 1998's The Last Days of Disco. Those last days pretty much coincided with Can't Stop the Music's 1980 premiere. Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Wstwd.; Mon., July 18, 7:30 p.m.; $10. (310) 206-8013, cinema.ucla.edu. (Originally published in L.A. Weekly, July 15, 2011.)

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