Rent Xanadu for FREE

Start your 30 day FREE trial » Find out more

+70,000 other titles and counting

NO late fees or long term contracts - cancel anytime
FREE first class post for DVD, Blu-ray & Games rental
1000's of films to stream instantly to your PC, TV or PS3^TM at no extra cost

Xanadu Details

1980

60
from 1441 members

Starring	Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly
Director	Robert Greenwald
Genres	Music/Musical

Xanadu

A young album-painter learns a lesson about daring to dream when he is kissed by a magical muse. Throwing caution to the wind, he partners up with a wealthy former jazz musician to start-up a roller disco nightclub, but finds that one of his dreams might be too lofty--even for the powers that be. XANADU is a 1980s fantasy that meets a 1940s Hollywood heyday musical featuring the musical talents of Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, with the Electric Light Orchestra, the Tubes, and Cliff Richard, plus a touch of cartoon magic from animator Don Bluth.

Starring	Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly
Director	Robert Greenwald
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate
Genres	Music/Musical
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	Production year: 1980 To Rent: DVD: 28 Jun 2004

Critic's review of Xanadu
View all (1)
- An experience so vacuous it's almost frightening. Built around a threadbare Hollywood fairytale which has Newton-John... read more on Time Out
- 46969
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
Most helpful member's review of Xanadu
View all members' reviews (37)
- - 14
  - 2
  Better than Grease
  
  There is huge division over this movie. The masses believe it to be awful and the few understand.
  
  I'm one of the few. The few that understand ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 17641
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Nottingham, UK
  - 09 Sep 2004 at 13:08
Most recent members' reviews of Xanadu
View all members' reviews (37)
- - 0
  - 0
  Good soundtrack
  
  I watched this back in the 1980s. It seems very dated now so I didn't enjoy it as much the second time around.
  
  It's worth watching for the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1001650
- - macmum
  - 60 reviews
  - Newport Pagnell
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 14:33
- - 0
  - 0
  Rent This : )
  
  Don't write this off as a bad film.
  
  It certainly is not.
  
  The underlying moral of the film is still applicable thirty years later; and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 908801
- - a customer
  - Cardiff
  - 27 Jul 2010 at 11:51
- - 0
  - 0
  ...Journey through inner and outer space
  
  I had no idea this was on the list, so it came as a surprise when I got this, because I had no idea what it was. But this movie blew me away! It was like I was ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 849296
- - RatBasket
  - 1 review
  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - 14 Jan 2010 at 21:40
View all members' reviews (37)
People who rented this also rented
Showing 1 to 4 of 20

[+] [-]
Previous
Cover Girl

Sign up

Buy

Hello Dolly

Sign up

Buy

Brigadoon

Sign up

Buy

Frank Sinatra - The First 40 Years

Sign up

Buy
Next
14495

7222

36065

9028

Rating breakdown

1,441 Member ratings

100	168
90	81
80	146
70	163
60	262
50	168
40	153
30	106
20	133
10	61

Competitions and Offers

Buy from Amazon.co.uk

- - Buy
- Xanadu
  
  A young album-painter learns a lesson about daring to dream when he is kissed by a magical muse. Throwing caution to the wind, he partners up with a wealthy former jazz musician to start-up a roller disco nightclub, but finds that one of his dreams might be too lofty--even for the powers that be. ...