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Xanadu
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Xanadu is a 1980 American romantic comedy musical fantasy film directed by Robert Greenwald. The cast includes Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly, and James Sloyan. Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver produced the movie, which was distributed by Universal Pictures. The narrative is set in Los Angeles, with filming taking place in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. The screenplay is based on the film Down to Earth.
The film has a runtime of 96 minutes and was released in the United States. It features music composed by Barry De Vorzon. The production budget was $20,000,000, resulting in revenue of $22,762,571. The movie received several Golden Raspberry Award nominations, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Actress, and Worst Director. It won the award for Worst Director. Review scores include 29%, 4.8 out of 10, and 31 out of 100.
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5.7Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonny Malone to meet. She inspires them to build a huge disco roller rink called Xanadu.
Cast
- Olivia Newton-John as Kira
- Gene Kelly as Danny McGuire
- Michael Beck as Sonny Malone
- James Sloyan as Simpson
- Katie Hanley as Sandra
- Fred McCarren as Richie
Themes
- musical
- roller-skating
- camp
- disco
- greek god
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Down to Earth
- Director
- Robert Greenwald
- Cast member
- Aharon Ipalé
- Composer
- Barry De Vorzon
- Producer
- Joel Silver
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Victor J. Kemper
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Santa Monica
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 253993
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- soundtrack release
- Xanadu
- publication date
- 1980-10-09
- title
- Xanadu
- distributed by
- iTunes
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 31/100
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