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1980 Certificate PG
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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 .. Read more

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

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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 Certificate PG
Genres Music/Musical
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 28 Jun 2004
Production year: 1980
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of Xanadu

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  • 1 stars out of 5

    Olivia Newton-John stars as a muse, who's descended from her heavenly seat to inspire artist Michael Beck, in a veritable cult classic of camp and glitter, roller-skating dance numbers and Gene Kelly in his final feature film role. Unfortunately, it's also an excuse for dreadful song and dance numbers, a nonexistent plot and a dose of 1980s disco. Critically derided, it's no Grease and did nothing for Olivia's flagging career. However it is a laugh if only for its mind-boggling awfulness.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • An experience so vacuous it's almost frightening. Built around a threadbare Hollywood fairytale which has Newton-John... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 13 out of 14 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    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 that sometimes dreams need to be chased no matter what the cost or however ridiculous they seem.

    Sure the acting is a bit hammy from the male cast and but the story is such an epic that it would take the worlds best director to get close to the right motivation for these characters and unfortunately that is where the movie is let down, the direction is quite choppy and doesn't explain enough about how this and that happens.

    All in all this a tremendous feel good movie that showcases the old style musicals of the 50's and tries to cross the generation gap by giving it an 80's feel.

    Looking back at the movie it can only be considered a masterpience as it achieves everything it sets out to do and then there's Olivia Newton John who never looked better, and if you havn't fallen in love by the end of the whole thing you must be dead.

      • A customer from Nottingham, UK
      • Posted 09 Sep 2004 13:08

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    great shame

    The great music from this film deserves a much better vehical.

      • A customer from Gosport, England
      • Posted 18 Jul 2008 07:20

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