not all of stigwood's films were popular. "moment by moment" (also 1978), which co-starred travolta and lily tomlin was panned by critics, and is credited with turning travolta into 'box office poison'. five years later travolta again displayed his now-legendary inability to pick roles when he agreed to appear in stigwood's ill-advised sequel to "saturday night fever" (1983), "staying alive", directed by sylvester stallone. the movie was a moderate success but did nothing to restart travolta's stalled career.