Village People Movies

While Sharon and Ozzy prepare to renew their wedding vows on New Year's Eve, flower girl Kelly questions the authenticity of the ceremony's Jewish slant and Jack seems preoccupied with his new girlfriend despite nearly unanimous disapproval from the rest of the family. In preparation, the groom-to-be receives a waxing to remove any unsightly hair. As the ceremony gets under way, Sharon expresses hopes that, unlike their first wedding, Ozzy will stay sober enough to cement the vows later that evening. The lavish ceremony reaches a sentimental climax when Sharon recites her personally written and extremely heartfelt vows and Ozzy is deeply touched. When it's revealed that Jack's new female friend shared a bed with the young Osbourne and condoms were found in the vicinity, Sharon pleads with him to settle on a single girlfriend despite his fear of commitment. After the reception, the Village People take to the stage, Sharon offers Kelly's hand in marriage to Justin Timberlake, and the eager bride expresses good-humored disappointment after discovering that Ozzy has once again passed out after a bout of heavy drinking. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Neil Bogart founded a company in the 1970s that he named Casablanca Record and Filmworks. Unfortunately, he died five years later. During that interim period, a number of the company's performers became stars. They included the Village People, Donna Summer, and Parliament. After Bogart's death, the famous Casablanca logo and Rock Steady/Chocolate City label imprints fell into disuse. Years later, Damien Vivona searched for archival footage of some of these performers that had entered the public domain so an inexpensive film could be made documenting this company's brief history. ~ Elizabeth Smith, All Movie Guide

Glitz producer Allan Carr tries to cash in on the late-'70s disco boom with Can't Stop the Music -- a film of such Brobdingnagian banality that it almost in itself stopped the disco movement cold. Comedienne Nancy Walker directed this musical chronicle, purporting to relate the legend of the formation of the disco group The Village People. Valerie Perrine is Samantha Simpson, a helpful ex-model who attempts to get her roommate, Jack Morrell's (Steve Guttenberg), songwriting career off the ground by assembling a motley group of her Greenwich Village friends (The Village People) together to cut a demo tape of Jack's ditties. All Samantha has to do is charm the square lawyer Ron White (Bruce Jenner) in order to get him to listen to The Village People's scintillating disco strains. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide