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Actors: Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Xanadu |
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In her second movie musical, Olivia Newton-John stars as Kira, one of the nine muses of Ancient Greece. Kira is sent to Earth (via an outdoor mural depicting the mythological sisters) to inspire Sonny Malone (Michael Beck). Sonny is a talented but discouraged freelance artist. Unable to make a go of it on his own, Sonny reluctantly returns to Air Flow Records where he duplicates album covers. Sonny cannot find enthusiasm for anything anymore, especially his work. Kira is also on the scene to motivate Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), an aging, well-to-do entrepreneur who she might have possibly inspired decades ago when he was a Big Band musician. After his heart was broken (perhaps by Kira?), Danny hung up his clarinet and became comfortable managing his family's construction business. With Kira's help (and much dancing, singing and roller-skating along the way), Sonny and Danny befriend one another and decide to partner up and construct “Xanadu”, a disco/roller-skating club. However, a muse is under strict orders never to fall in love with their “assignment“.
--Tara Dugan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Xanadu |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- musical
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- Invisibility
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- An "It".
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- can change shapes
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- telekinesis
- mind reading
- mind control
- clairvoyant
- can see into the future
- super strength
- can fly
- teleportation
- can cast all sorts of spells
- Invisibility
- can read emotions
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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