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==In popular culture== |
==In popular culture== |
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*Gatien and the histories of his clubs were discussed at length in the book ''The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night'', by [[Anthony Haden-Guest]]. Guest's book chronicles the history of New York nightlife and all the significant people and events that |
* Gatien and the histories of his clubs were discussed at length in the book ''The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night'', by [[Anthony Haden-Guest]]. Guest's book chronicles the history of New York nightlife and all the significant people and events that affected its evolution from [[Studio 54]] through to the days of Limelight, Tunnel and Palladium. |
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*Gatien was also a prominent character in two books about [[ |
*Gatien was also a prominent character in two books about [[scanda involving former club promoter [[Michael Alig]], ''[[Disco Bloodbath]]'' by [[James St. James]], and ''Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture'' by Frank Owen. ''Disco Bloodbath'' was later made into the film ''[[Party Monster (2003 film)|Party Monster]]'' starring [[Macaulay Culkin]] and [[Seth Green]], which chronicles the events leading up to the killing of [[Angel Melendez]] by Alig and Robert "Freez" Riggs. Gatien was played by [[Dylan McDermott]]. |
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*In 2007 Gatien was made into a [[Dunny (toy)|Dunny]].<ref>[http://www.kidrobot.com/content.cfm?section=dunny Kidrobot website - yearly editions gallery] <!--accessed 16 Feb 2009--></ref> |
*In 2007 Gatien was made into a [[Dunny (toy)|Dunny]].<ref>[http://www.kidrobot.com/content.cfm?section=dunny Kidrobot website - yearly editions gallery] <!--accessed 16 Feb 2009--></ref> |
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*Gatien is mentioned in the song "Fun Lovin' Criminals" by [[The Fun Lovin' Criminals]]: "I am always optimistic about human relations, I got more friends than my man Peter Gatien". He is also mentioned in the song "Foundation" by [[Jay-Z]], who raps, "Me and my operation, running New York nightscene, with one eye closed, like Peter Gatien". |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 10:21, 6 February 2011
Peter Gatien | |
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| Born | August 8, 1952 |
| Spouse | Alessandra Gatien |
Peter Gatien (born August 8, 1952, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada) was the owner of several New York nightclubs, including The Limelight, Palladium, Club USA, and Tunnel. He was once dubbed as the "King of New York Clubs", during his time in New York City.
Life and career
Gatien was born in Cornwall, Ontario, the third of five brothers.[1] His first business venture was a jeans store in his home town, which he opened with a $13,000 settlement. After that, he turned a former country western bar into a rock club called Aardvark, and booked the band Rush to perform.[1] In 1976, he read about a bankrupt nightclub in Florida; the space became the first incarnation of the Limelight. Limelight Atlanta followed. The longest period of time in which The Limelight remained closed was from 1996 to 1998. It reopened from 1998 onward until Gatien sold it in 2001 to a real estate developer.
Gatien produced the 1993 film A Bronx Tale, which starred Robert de Niro,[2] after having produced it as a one-man play starring Chazz Palminteri.[3]
In 1996, Gatien was arrested on tax evasion charges in after a series of club raids; he was acquitted of most of the charges. He pled guilty to tax evasion in 1999, for which he was sentenced to a fine of $1.9 million, and a 60-day prison sentence. In 2003, he was deported to his native Canada, due to the Department of Homeland Security immigration laws which order the removal of any alien (non-citizen) convicted of a felony.[4]
Gatien currently lives in Toronto, where he opened a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) entertainment venue, CiRCA.[5] By 2009 he was no longer involved with Circa and he has been out of the nightclub business since that time.[6] Circa was forced into bankruptcy and closed its doors in March 2010.[6]
In popular culture
- Gatien and the histories of his clubs were discussed at length in the book The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night, by Anthony Haden-Guest. Guest's book chronicles the history of New York nightlife and all the significant people and events that affected its evolution from Studio 54 through to the days of Limelight, Tunnel and Palladium.
- Gatien was also a prominent character in two books about [[scanda involving former club promoter Michael Alig, Disco Bloodbath by James St. James, and Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture by Frank Owen. Disco Bloodbath was later made into the film Party Monster starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green, which chronicles the events leading up to the killing of Angel Melendez by Alig and Robert "Freez" Riggs. Gatien was played by Dylan McDermott.
- In 2007 Gatien was made into a Dunny.[7]
References
- Notes
