She didn’t die..She just went back to Xanadu

@user-ko8ff7ff8u

Ай бұрын

She is singing. XANADU

It did what movies orginally were made to do - to entertain us and take our minds off our troubles if only for a short time and your hearts can become young again and believe in magic.

@Deborahtunes

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, even back then, I believe we were starting to become a pretentious lot. Now that's definitely true. America was beginning to forget what it is to just sit back , be entertained, let our hair down, and enjoy something. This constant "need" to critique and criticize everyone, and anything, seeped in starting with the 1960's, and has gotten worse as time went on. Today we are so eager to tear the world apart with constant negativity, it's a wonder we are functioning at all. If this movie had been an idea in 2020, I doubt it would have gotten past the drawing board. It's not dark enough for today's warped society. Personally, I've always loved *"Xanadu."* My best friend and I went to see it in the movie theater at the time. Being a teenager then, we walked down the street, singing and dancing the songs as we made our way back home that evening...

@lakebay972

4 жыл бұрын

Deborah 78. The only way “Xanadu” would work in 2020 is if they catered it to the progressive liberal agenda and the social justice warriors. It might be an even bigger hit now than it was in 1980. I was too young for the movie theater release by myself; but I saw it a year later on HBO. It was a horrible movie all across the board. However, the only redeeming qualities were a smoking hot Olivia Newton-John and the ELO soundtrack.

@lakebay972

4 жыл бұрын

Deborah 78. I’ll say it’s entertaining when it’s late in the evening, you’re chilling at home with friends and you’re all tipsy or stoned. It has A LOT to do with how attractive ONJ is, especially for a heterosexual male. I could name three who could do “Xanadu” today: Amanda Seyfried, Julianna Hough, or Taylor Swift (great feature film debut for her). I think Xanadu 2020 would be a refreshing change from our vampire-loving bloodthirsty (no pun intended) culture. Like I said, it would have to be PC and left-wing inspired. I think Kate McKinnon would be good if they wanted to go the sapphic route or Rebel Wilson if they do the “fat is beautiful” angle OR even make Kira an African-American and do a whole hip-hop routine.

@Deborahtunes

4 жыл бұрын

@@lakebay972 ~ I didn't say there wasn't anyone who couldn't play the role today. But Taylor Swift? Yuk! I wouldn't listen to anything from her if I was paid to. For me, her music is boring, bubble gum pop. In all honesty, I wouldn't bother to even go see another Xanadu. Because I know it would be trashed. And again, with the cult like society that we have today, it simply wouldn't work. At the very least, Hollywood would turn it into some trashy, head shaking, foul-mouthed; ghetto style hooker fest. Because I doubt they would get any white actors to play those roles a second time around. As far as how attractive Olivia was, sure for you. But I have the feeling most of the people who went to see the movie were females. So no, her attractiveness wouldn't have been a factor for the majority of the movie goers. More like her singing, because the soundtrack did better than the movie itself...

@artvankampen8993

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, to perfection!!!

3:11 is the prophetic moment when ONJ returns to the Muses, but leaves her artistic inspiration behind to touch all of us for eternity! Rest in Peace, Olivia. At the 4:29 mark is exactly how I feel now that Olivia is gone!

@rpdbu8250

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I heard Magic on the radio recently and it makes me feel so sad. 😭

@danielshannon6027

Жыл бұрын

Just saw a post on another Xanadu video that Olivia passed on the 42nd anniversary of the 'Xanadu' opening day. Astounding coincidence.

I don’t care what anyone says, I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! The songs are amazing! Gene Kelly. Olivia Newton-John. Electric Light Orchestra on the soundtrack. ALL GOOD!!

@user-oy6eb5fx8k

Жыл бұрын

Dear Tanya,『 Xanadu 』からは、皆が楽しんでいるのが伝わって来ますから、ミュージカル映画作品の真髄を改めて感じました✨

@debrarodgers169

Жыл бұрын

Me too got it on VHS dvd and recorded to keep on TV, also album.love it all

@kimfrank2417

Жыл бұрын

It’s going to be a classic love this movie

@alliemarie3539

Жыл бұрын

I do too!!!@

@chrispa9573

7 ай бұрын

Me too.

This movie bombed its release in 1980. I’ve always said wrong time and place! The 80s and early 90s were not ready for Xanadu! Not even sure our current decade is sentimental enough to understand the enteral love of this film. The music, the dance.. the everything. Xanadu is and will always be something extraterrestrial.

@Deborahtunes

4 жыл бұрын

I believe part of the reason it wasn't successful was because the movie was only released in 249 theaters across the country. That number was "supposed to be 700. Why that happened has never been explained. However, we are such a dark, warped society now. If they had pitched the idea today, I don't believe it would have gotten out off the drawing board. Ever since the late 1960's America had started to become very cynical. Gone were the carefree times of optimism, enjoying ourselves, "the love of living" if you will. *Xanadu* exuded, & celebrated all those things...

@ejhggffdx

4 жыл бұрын

It's for the child at heart...it's a happy film no cussing etc a very clean movie should be GP not PG rated..critics failed to see the message in the movie partly the fault of the director too many revisions on the script... Plus olivia and Michael beck has zero chemistry, gene and olivia has more chemistry they shld have just focus on them

@reasonrestored9116

4 жыл бұрын

Gen kinks as I understand it, it actually made money, but did not perform as expected and received a critical mauling. I am a huge Olivia fan, and it has wonderful music which sold fantastically, the movie has high production values and the musical numbers are wonderfully staged. But even as a die hard fan I couldn’t deny its story falls flat. The ‘drama’ scenes are amateurish. Olivias role as a muse means she is kinda disengaged, which comes across as flat and frankly it would have taken better actors than either Olivia or Michael Beck to rise above poor script and direction. I wonder if the musical sequences were directed separately as they really are strong.

@germanwittgenstein4974

4 жыл бұрын

RIGHT. MEXICAN EXTRATERRESTRIAL. THE MEXICAN GODFATHER 1980 2020

@Sasuke81a

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it's clearly inspired from out of this world. This clearly shows that the Muse is real. Not only this movie was so well put together which will leave unforgettable experience but also the references to the Ancient lost world which is mostly forgotten the director was very brilliant and clever and had done of lot of research including duality, conjuration and divination.

Either for better or for worse, both the choreography and the special effects on display throughout this film were so far ahead of their time and so 'out of this world.'

@73Goodfellow

Жыл бұрын

Empire Strikes Back came out the same year. 🤷‍♂️

@albertcalleros9489

Жыл бұрын

@@73Goodfellow i know.

Xanadu for me is one of the greatest movies and soundtracks of all time God bless Olivia all the people in the movie and all the people who created it

Xanadu and Grease will always be forever in my heart. Love you Olivia

I don't know why some people think this is a bad movie, it is good.

@g27r8tuv

6 жыл бұрын

There is a third group. Those who like it but are too embarrassed to say so (Mark 8:38).

@stevedrakard2890

6 жыл бұрын

The best movie ever apart from Saturday Night Fever, Grease and The Apple.

@greggbarnette5316

5 жыл бұрын

I have always been more Xanadu than Grease saw both when they were released...it guess Xanadu was kinda darker than Grease melancholy i am sucker for that plus you have the forbidden relationship on top it..then the mysterious ending

@hotlanta35

5 жыл бұрын

I lived this movie and the music when it came out..I was only about 8 or 9 though.

@user-vz7mu4su9n

5 жыл бұрын

They say it's bad because they are embarrassed by how good it makes them feel. (Matthew 18:3)

It took a lot of courage for Olivia to make this movie. She is so effortlessly beautiful, breathtaking. Fortunately the soundtrack was a huge smash!

This is the best soundtrack in film history. ELO, John Farrar, and of course our Olivia. God I wish I had a time machine.

@fptrainerpfranp1153

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@girlonfire2.076

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@kemt411

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%!!!!

@elizabethaustin437

2 жыл бұрын

I've Loved this movie/soundtrack FOREVER! Wondering WHY the end scene when "Kira" appears in the gold costume was cut out of the movie? Have you noticed that?

@IndigoCave28

2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it though!!

This has to be one of the greatest movies of my childhood!!! Absolutely love it 😍

Oh when she goes up to sky 😭. Rest in Peace Olivia

I was born in 1980, I saw Xanadu in a german TV (I’m near the German frontier) and It hypnotized me. It was in 1990, and soon I saw again in French (my language) in a Belgian Tv. It takes almost 12 years to find Xanadu : thanks Internet !! I’ve never forgot this movie and the songs!! I’m alive : the first song opening the movie, was in my head since my 10’s!! What a pleasure to rediscover the movie 12/15 years later!!! Now I.m 41 and I let see the movie to my daughter : she loves it! Xanadu is so underrated and un-understand to the 80s public : Glad to see that today Xanadu is popular!!

I love the ending where Sonny thinks Kira is gone but in a different way she didn't really leave....this is a great movie

The music and dancing are exceptional, but can we get some love for the set designer and construction team that built the turntable dance floor in the center of the scene? Take a look at what's going on starting at 3:40 .... - Rotating dance floor, moving smoothly enough to dance on, and sturdy enough to hold eight adults - Multiple light groups in the floor perfectly sync'ed - Pedestal in the middle, raised while the rest of the floor is rotating, lighted separately, and strong enough to hold a person Fantastic work! How was it built so precisely using 1980 technology?

@buckerru

4 жыл бұрын

You left out the air jets in the central pillar that made ONJ's dress start to gently billow right before she turned into golden light!

@95rav

4 жыл бұрын

Obviously it is aliens and alien tech. Like the pyramids. I mean, useless humans only put a man on the moon 10 years before that... a rotating floor and a few flashing lights are WAY ahead of our current tech.

@DavidM-dm8on

2 жыл бұрын

I interviewed the set designer. He mentioned the lighting people working on it for weeks.

@sandynapier6908

2 жыл бұрын

I picked up on some of that. All of it was pure GENIUS!

@7judas77

2 жыл бұрын

Good eye for detail my friend. I would say all of the trades/crafts people involved with this movie were on their A game. There seemed to be a metric crap ton of fashion styles implemented too. That wardrobe department must have been pretty busy.

Who’s here just to pay tribute to dear ONJ with that devastating news this morning?

This Movie put an Electrical charge in every gay boys heart back in 1980. I’m now 50 I watch this and the memories of a father that was ex Army and loved his boys and quietly “ knew” so he took me to see Xanadu. Bought me ABBA albums and platform shoes. He is a good man. Your 84 now dad going senile and can’t remember a dam thing but I remember, I remember Dad. THANKYOU, LOVE YOU DAD🌺

@chrisnapoli8386

5 жыл бұрын

Glen Hutton excellent dad! God Bless !

@michael65

4 жыл бұрын

You're a lucky man. Treasure those memories Glen. My father was disgusted with me. Somehow though, even in 1980, I didn't give a damn. It was my little secret. I revelled in it.

@mainstreetsaint36

4 жыл бұрын

You were a lucky lad to have such a tolerant and loving dad.

@greggmitchell2392

4 жыл бұрын

Your post made me choke up - sounds like you have/had a great relationship with your Dad.

@zenburns9260

4 жыл бұрын

I was ten back then and thought I had a crush on ONJ. Turns out I wanted to be ONJ.

Xanadu has been and will always be my favorite movie. I saw the musical on Broadway, and it was a dream of mine for it to be on Broadway. It wasn't the same. The movie still rules.

@OreadNYC

Жыл бұрын

The movie played the story straight...the Broadway musical didn't. If anything, the Broadway musical was intended as a parody version (particularly since it included an "evil" Muse as an antagonist).

Rest in peace Olivia .... Rhonda. Prater. California.lovecgh....

Why can't they make cheerful movies like this anymore. My favorite as a kid.

@anonymousnearseattle2788

6 жыл бұрын

They did. It's called "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs."

@michaeljonesjr9018

6 жыл бұрын

jordan delta i so agree i wish we could go back to the movies that was so fun to see and listen to where when the ends and you just want to keep on dancing out of your seat and out of the threater

@silvergirl7810

3 жыл бұрын

Anonymous Near Seattle not even close!

@watershed44

3 жыл бұрын

@jordan delta I agree, today's Hollywood is dark, and ugly. But society was a brighter place back then, people were more outgoing and willing to meet new people, and people were generally nicer to be around back then. 1980s and earlier were better time to live.

@jamillah001

Жыл бұрын

People don’t appreciate movies like this now. It’s all about sex 😡

Was 13 in 1980 when this came out! Was so anxious to see it then. I loved it!! ❤ Olivia put this out, same time her good friend, John Travolta put out Urban Cowboy that same summer...( love her cowgirl dance)...needless to say? Summer of 1980 was epic 👍😻👍

I absolutely loved this movie and still do and so do my daughters. I was 15 when I saw it at the cinema and immediately rushed out and bought the album

When she came out dressed like the queen, I always got SO sad b/c I knew she was going to look so pretty in the white dress and then disappear. Gah....took me right back to 1980!

@Enieto79

4 жыл бұрын

She very looks beautiful in white dress, that I think she dress it in the cover back of the vinyl.

the mixture of all the dancing styles was way ahead of its time

I keep coming back to watch! Love it! They don't make actors or singers like that anymore.

I was born in 1990 and we always had this on VHS in the house I loved this movie as a kid and I still love it as an adult. This is still my favorite part I love all the looks and different styles of music she did. Olivia Newton John is an ICON. 🙏🏾💯❤🔥

As much as I enjoy watching Olivia in this, I really love watching the amazing talented dancers and skaters. The end sequence I love watching over and over again. So great ❤️

Look Ma, no computers! Pure art, pure talent.

@2000Ajjet

3 жыл бұрын

Not really... considered a bad example of poor filmography. Ruining a great story and soundtrack...

I loved this movie since it came out in 1980. I love it more now. In a way it makes me sad because of the ending, she changes back to amuse being beamed back up to heaven. The music was fantastic, a lot of hard work and dancing went into this movie for Olivia. No one else could have done this except for olivia. I I love you olivia, RIP. 🌹❤️😭😭🌠🕊️

The best way to exit from a club.

ONJ passed away exactly 42 years after this film was released. RIP legend.

Olivia has headed back the heavens for eternity….

The one thing I could never understand about this soundtrack was the fact that they didn't include a full-length version of the song 'Fool' (1:07). That would have definitely been another hit single for O.N.J.

@erilaz7

2 жыл бұрын

My friends and I basically ruined a VHS rental copy of the movie by repeatedly rewinding and rewatching that scene, especially the moment where Olivia turns around to face the camera (1:14).

This was the best part of the movie

its so sad when you think shes gone.. and then she comes back.. its awesome.

@desoliver9712

6 жыл бұрын

...But I always thought the girl at the end was not the muse but someone who looked just like her.

@CrystaJoy

6 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t the muse itself, but a manifestation of a human visage based on her love for the man.

@bohenmerchant1

6 жыл бұрын

CrystaJoy kind of like this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZaAmcyahtWvpaw.html

@desoliver9712

6 жыл бұрын

But the fact that she's not really her, and he seems fine with it, makes it seem that he didn't really care for her, just someone who looked like her.

@jd-no7rw

4 жыл бұрын

No, it's her, that's why Gene called her over, because he knew she was still here.

That final note... RIP.

From 3:07 on, every time, I get chills. Absolutely AWESOME!!! Even at 240p.

The muses were gorgeous!

Truly inspiring and artistic film. The 9 Muses were exquisite. Such nice memories from 1980.

not only gorgeous on the outside but she was on the inside also. What a wonderful human she is. Complete legend.

I still love this movie after all these years. Great music by ELO and ONJ. It is a fantasy film.....a feel good movie. Just kick back and enjoy it!

I really love Xanadu. Olivia Newton-John is good in the role, so is the guy, Michael Beck. But the best was Gene Kelly. He was so awesome, especially in the finale. I could watch it all day. You’re probably thinking I’m crazy to love Xanadu but I guess, judging from the notes that have been posted for this movie, I don’t think I’m too crazy. 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

I love this movie! I remember seeing it and falling in love with the music (ELO and Olivia), dancing, costumes and the set design ( I secretly wished I had a house with the turn table dance floor). This is a feel good movie. I think people who don't like it is because they didn't realize this a fantasy movie. I watch this movie all the time!

@koalasarah

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree.

it was astounding to me how much Michael Beck resembled Andy Gibb

Rest in peace Olivia.

I loved this movie when it came out & I still love it today!! It's a wonderful fantasy with beautiful music. And especially Olivia Newton John & Gene Kelly together!💜

She was so beautiful..I'm sad she's gone

The way "Kira" vanishes is so appropriate; I've always considered ONJ to be a genetic fireball. :D

Rip Olivia Like I said this is my favorite part of her I’ll never forget this scene

I think the reason why critics didn't like this movie is because it was far ahead of its time.

The world is a better place to cope thanks to Xanadu.

This movie was good. The best part, I think, is the finale. Olivia Newton-John was great. And I've always loved Gene Kelly. 💕💕💕

One of my fav movies!!!! A Classic. I miss you Olivia!!!!😪😪💔💔

I loved this movie

I love this movie so much Xanadu is my favorite movie entire in the whole entire world.

having so many beautiful songs from that movie they only play Xanadú. What a shame

Loved this movie.

This is one of my top 10 guilty pleasures

DAMN!! Could Olivia be any hotter?! Especially in the tap number with her hair in an updo- WOW! She is such an amazing woman; I have so much respect for her

@ATMyles

3 жыл бұрын

She is a singularly perfect creation. Face, body, hair, voice... My first childhood celebrity crush. She still makes me sigh.

My mum and dad hired two films on the same day in 1986, Xanadu and The Dark Crystal. Both lead Characters were named Kira. Guess what my name is lol. Spelt the same too. This movie and Dark Crystal will forever be my favourite go too movies. I’ve just started skating again. Which means two things, recreations of Xanadu, and educating people upon this movie lol! And repeating Samuel Taylor Coleridge Xanadu poem. (Only the first couple of verses though lol)

I can’t believe how many times I’ve watched this😊😍. Absolutely love it and the movie in general .

Loved this Movie. It should of been a box office hit.

💕💕 still watching & loving it 😍 🎶🎵💃

I remember watching this on cable t.v. in the early 80's, loved the movie because of ELO and ONJ

I love the end of the movie but my favourite part is the beginning when the muses come out of the mural

@karenbork706

3 жыл бұрын

Same

I LOVE this movie. ALL the songs are amazing! It’s an 80s cult classic musical!

Someone tell Jeff Lynne we NEEDthe ELO part remastered to get this out again!

Anyone else cry when you hear the music because... Well.... Childhood?!

Love love love the songs and dance in the movie!

Jeff lynne,, genius... i like this film too. Great escapism,,, thats all we ask for these days,, in this crazy world.

Still outstanding!!! I got goose bumps everytime I hear it, especially when they merges 🤩🤩🤩

I loved this so much as a kid.

I saw this 6 times as a teen and loved it every time. Good to reminisce

I don’t care what anyone says this has always been and always will be my fave film of Olivia’s 😭🙏🏻💔🙏🏻I cannot believe she’s gone xxxx much much loved Olivia never forgotten RIEP SWEETHEART XXXX

Michael Beck foreshadows Dwight Yoakam’s look some 20 years in advance.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH OLIVIA IN THIS MOVIE.....WHICH IS SOOOOOOOOOO UNDERRATED..!!!!!

The movie wasn’t great but the SOUNDTRACK I purchased on vinyl and played over and over

"Xanadu" was worth the 9 month wait,(once its release date was announced in the big 4 page pullout ad inserted into Variety magazine,(Dec,79). So, 08-08-80 couldn't hv arrived any sooner. The film delivered what it promised & it's still joyous. Olivia was white hot, enough so, to lure Gene Kelly out of retirement. If you "got it" when it first came out, then you were in on a well kept secret. Universal got nervous at the VERY LAST minute & opened it in only 700 theaters, instead of the contracted original 2,400 screens. It did turn a profit in the years to come. If you attended any festivals, you would be among thousand of mega fans up on their feet, singing and dancing in the aisles. The best festival I've seen it at was in 2004, at the Ford Theater. It was as fun as any midnight showing of Rocky Horror. "XANADU is an innocent, fun, colorful romp, jam-packed with fantastic music and the star power of two greats. I have never understood why Olivia has always felt the need to apologize for it in interviews. It's pure joy.. it's hard to believe that the world's"forever youthful," Olivia is no longer with us, She's left such a great legacy of music, film and philanthropy..Olivia was and always will be the very best. May She Rest in Peace. 🌨️ 🕊️ 🎵

RIP

Having never seen the whole movie, I have never understood the dematerialization of the dancers in the apotheosis at the end. For some it always puts in my mind of the Carousel sequence from Logan's Run. I would say the whole sequence is radioactive with 1980-ness. Could be no other year.

this is one of the reasons why i like Disco Music

RIP Olivia Newton John

She can literally sing anything

@Enieto79

4 жыл бұрын

And all those styles she sings so fresh!

@zymurgynet

3 жыл бұрын

She could sing the dictionary and I'd be the first in line to buy the album!

A great movie, soundtrack even better!

This is my favorite movie. Olivia Newton John is the Best. She is Amazing!!!

RIP Gene and Olivia 🙏🙏

My Musical First Time! Olivia was just perfect and at this point I fell in love with Gene Kelly not even knowing who he was. Xanadu will always be happy thoughts.

Opinions are like assholes everyone's got one. In my opinion I love this film. Always have always will. R.I.P ONJ

Thanks for the upload

Love this movie

Born in 1983 and i still have this and many more on VHS.

One of the BEST soundtracks of all time. RIP Ms Olivia Newton John. 😢 YEAHYAAAA!! Michael BET was so gorgeous. His heart must be broken. I'm not getting teary-eyed at all. 😳🥺🥺🥺😥😥😢😢😭

This was such a fun movie from my childhood. Leave your brain at the door , not dark or brooding like everything now but just really entertaining. Thanks for the post and smile

Glad I have this movie.

I love this movie, the music, and now my daughter loves it too.

a peaceful age full of music, i miss that.

@tht8916

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Thanks for sharing this amazing clip. I looked for this for ages.❤️

I remember as a young boy 7ish watching This!! It made me feel special and wanting to be a part of it.🤣 now 47 I still love it..😆👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

I wish that the song "Fool" were a full-length song that Olivia Newton-John had recorded at an earlier stage (the sound is reminiscent of the "Totally Hot" album which she released in 1978) or that there were a full-length version of it instead of just a fragment.

@tht8916

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. That song was one of my favorites on the Xanadu album