It is 40 years since John Travolta played Tony Manero, a working-class man who spends his weekends drinking and dancing at the height of the disco craze in the film Saturday Night Fever. In the movie, Tony becomes a champion dancer, famously showing off his moves in a white suit on a memorably illuminated dance floor.
That very same dance floor has now been sold at a Los Angeles auction for $1.2m (£930,000).
One of those lucky enough to have danced on it was Bruce Ornstein, who played Tony's friend Gus in the film. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Sam Walker, Ornstein revealed that Travolta's iconic scene on the dance floor was shot in just one take.
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