Where was Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" video filmed?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

staying alive video

Now there was a lot of abandoned NYC RR locations and equipment lying around in the 1970s but can anyone point out where this is at? My first guess would be Hoboken

Good guess, but why would NYC equipment be at Hoboken? I believe this is Weehawken Terminal.

Backlot in Hollywood.

nydepot wrote:Backlot in Hollywood.

This.

The music video for the song is of a completely different concept from Saturday Night Fever. It depicts the group singing the song on an abandoned subway terminal set at MGM Studios, directly adjacent to the one where Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was being filmed at the same time. This set featured buildings, a train station, and other elements.

There was for a number of years old NYC coach cars at Oak Island Yard.. I walked thru them in the 1980s

Ok maybe a back lot...But those NYC cars are ancient!!

The same cars are in That's Entertainment!!!! (the movie). Not sure if I, II, or III.

reddcapp wrote:Ok maybe a back lot...But those NYC cars are ancient!!

Hollywood can create anything. Even if it means painting and lettering some old coaches "NEW YORK CENTRAL." Unclear if the video was trying to portray trains or subway... Don't know why they would use 1920's era trains (wearing incorrect NYC garb) for a modern video, and if they were trying to create "subway" cars, it could have been some producer didn't know trains from subways and "New York Central" from "New York City Transit."

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Filmed at the MGM back lot, Hollywood, CA.

The French Vilage was utilized in the TV series Combat! and has since been demolished.

The train platform in the video has been demolished and was at MGM, as well.

nydepot wrote:The same cars are in That's Entertainment!!!! (the movie). Not sure if I, II, or III.

I believe it was the first "That's Entertainment" and it was the sequence with Fred Astaire, at the same location. I'd have to watch the film again to be certain (not an unpleasant task...).

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Oak Island Yard housed vintage New York City coach vehicles for a while. I meandered through them throughout the 1980s.
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