“What was the name of the discotheque used as the setting for the dance scenes in Saturday Night Fever?” — 2001 Odyssey. In the 1977 film, Tony Manero escapes his routine life by dancing at the fictionalized local discotheque called 2001 Odyssey.
The movie used a real Brooklyn club as the filming location. The 2001 Odyssey Disco stood at 802 64th Street in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge area, but it was later demolished. Filmmakers altered the interior for the production, adding a costly illuminated dance floor and reflective decorations that became central to the film’s visual identity.
John Travolta visited the real club while preparing to play Tony Manero and observed the mannerisms of its patrons. He performed his own dance sequences, rehearsing intensely with choreographers Lester Wilson and Deney Terrio. The famous club scenes helped make Travolta an international star.
A frequent mistake is identifying Studio 54, the famous Manhattan nightclub, as the film’s setting. Studio 54 represented the era’s celebrity disco culture, but Saturday Night Fever’s story centers on the neighborhood club 2001 Odyssey and Tony’s working-class Brooklyn world.