XANADU (1980)

MORGAN'S RATING

COMING SOON

The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as a girl named Kira, encounters a musician/artist named Sonny Malone. With the help of Danny McGuire, a man Kira had inspired forty years earlier, Sonny builds a huge disco roller rink.

Olivia Newton-John (Kira), Gene Kelly (Danny McGuire), Michael Beck (Sonny Malone), James Sloyan (Simpson), Dimitra Arliss (Helen), Katie Hanley (Sandra), Fred McCarren (Richie), Ren Woods (Jo), Sandahl Bergman (Muse 1), Lynn Latham (Muse 2), Melinda Phelps (Muse 3), Cherise Bates (Muse 4), Juliette Marshall (Muse 5), Marilyn Tokuda (Muse 6), Yvette Van Voorhees (Muse 7), Teri Beckerman (Muse 8), Ira Newborn (40's Band Leader), Jack Lindine, Joe Mantegna.

A FANTASY, A MUSICAL, A PLACE WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

BOX OFFICE RESULT: $10.2 million (USA) BUDGET: $20 million (USA) - Olivia Newton-John met her husband, actor and dancer Matt Lattanzi, on the set of this film. - Won one 1981 Razzie Award for Worst Director. Nominated for five more Razzie's  for Worst Actor, Worst Actress, Worst Original Song ("Suspended in Time"), Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.

DIRECTOR: Robert Greenwald. WRITERS: Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel. PRODUCER: Lawrence Gordon. CO-PRODUCER: Joel Silver. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Lee Kramer. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Brian De Vorzon. DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures.

CRITICAL COMMENT

"Flashy but empty-headed..." -- Leonard Maltin