Xanadu review
This is XANADU.
Where dreams come true.
Open your eyes, feel the magic.
Open your eyes and gaze on the screen’s newest love goddess
Olivia Newton-John.
This is only her second film, and she’ll ravish your senses with her luminous beauty, her beautiful voice, her incandescent sweetness, her other worldly loveliness. Born under the sign of Libra, Olivia has that in common with the love goddess of the 40s Rita Hayworth.
One of Olivia’s two co-stars also starred in the 40s with Hayworth-Gene Kelly the greatest dancer of all time. The incomparable, wonderful Kelly dances again in a film. And when he dances with Olivia to the song. “Whenever You’re Away From Me,” the charm, warmth and joy of their duet make the years slip away back to something akin to the days of our innocence.
Olivia’s love interest in XANADU is Michael Beck, the man with the dynamite presence in “The Warriors” Displaying a new side of his talent, Beck’s scenes with Olivia pinpoint his strength and his vulnerability, particularly in a number they share: “she walks in, and I’m suddenly a hero….” This duet is actually sung by Olivia and Cliff Richard on the soundtrack.
XANADU is, of course, a love story. It’s about love found. Love lost. Love recaptured. Love eternal. Love which inspires. Love which transcends time.
XANADU is a story about a girl who makes dreams come true. Her name is Kira, and she’s Olivia Newton-John. It is she who brings Gene Kelly and Michael Beck together in XANADU where each of them fulfills his dream.
Olivia Newton-John portrays a muse, one of Zeus nine daughters. She and her eight sisters come down to earth to help mere mortals make their fantasies into realities Gene Kelly is a former clarinet player who once had his own band and night club in the 1940s, but gave it all up for the security of the family business Now wealthy and retired, he longs to have another club and be involved with music and the magic of show business again.
Michael Beck is a young artist who duplicates record album covers for billboards. He is not happy with his work, it is as static as a still life. He is uncertain what he wants from life. Until he meets the ravishing Kira
XANADU is the past and the present interwoven in a unique and fresh manner It is a look at the future and a loving remembrance of the way things were in the heyday of Hollywood The old becomes the new.
XANADU has something for everyone
There's Gonna Be A Party All Over The World Stars Michael Beck, Gene Kelly And Olivia Newton-John perform a dazzling dance number in "Xanadu."
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