Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly
The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as a girl named Kira, encounters an artist named Sonny Malone. With the help of Danny McGuire, a man Ki...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 20, 1999
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June 21, 2009I caught this one on opening night, mainly because Olivia Newton-John was HOT and Michael Beck was COOL (see The Warriors). Boy was I disappointed. Little did I know that "Xanadu" is muse-talk for "lame ass movie". :(
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February 8, 2009Big budget musical fantasy based on the 1947 movie Down to Earth updated to Los Angeles, circa 1980. Graphic artist Sonny Malone finds his muse in the form of a stunning Olivia Newton-John sent down from Mount Halcyon [sic] to inspire him to open a roller disco club. The...( read more)
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June 8, 2007This movie is in its own slice of happy disco-rollerskating turn-of-the-decade greatness, which probably only lasted six months. The filmmakers might have been trying to start a new trend, but it didn't catch on. Great soundtrack album by Olivia Newton John and E.L.O. It's all ve...( read more)
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June 3, 2007This film has aged into a wonderful campy time capsule. The roller boogie scene at the end is fantastic.
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September 28, 2009An 80's film with Olivia Newton John after her performanse in Greese. Nothing special exept one good song.
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August 26, 2009A mythological creature meets and falls in love with a human. Gene Kelley is in this one and makes this movie shine.
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August 26, 2009I hate to admit it but I love this movie because it's so corny and all the songs etc (I'm sorry). I reckon it'll become a cult hit one day.
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February 19, 2008It proves once and for all that all of the crap that came from the late 1970's-early 1980's wasn't that bad...but again this was the worst of them all. Olivia Newton-John could sing her ass off,but couldn't act.
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December 13, 2007Anyone have any idea where I might get a video clip of the part with her and Gene singin "Whenever You're Away From Me"?
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