Today I choose "Xanadu". The 1980 movie was a box office bomb but the whole Xanadu thing is really quite interesting and complicated. I am going to share a bit with you here. Olivia Newton John starred in this movie directed by Robert Greenwald along with Michael Beck and Gene Kelly. The title of the film is a reference to the poem Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is also called 'A Vision in a Dream: "A Fragment" '. Xanadu is the name of the Chinese province where Khan established his pleasure garden in the poem.
The movie was released on DVD in June 2008 and was turned into a Broadway show in 2007 that ran until 2008.
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I remember going to see this movie when it first came out. It was fun, but a little confusing.
Seriously, my husband joked that this was the only musical he ever liked!
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It was terrible but a fun movie. Glad you posted on this!!! Xanadu! I hear the song in my mind! Yikes!
I don't think I ever watched that movie.
I know I never saw it. For some reason, it never appealed to me. I might have to give it a try though. Great X post.
I remember when this movie was out but I do not think I ever watched it completely.
Great minds think alike...my post is also about Xanadu!
I actually love LOVE that movie! Thanks for sharing...
Yeah, I know! I'm a dork!!
HAHA
Julie
Wow! Such an interesting choice for "X"..I love all the info you have offered...very cool:-) Belize looks like a place I would like...Peace and blessings
I never saw that movie, but what a good thing for x. sandie
I remember liking that movie, but I thought Olivia was adorable in anything. Joni
I've never seen the film...but sure come with great things for every letter of the alphabet :) :) :) Hugs,Heather :)
Okay..it's late and I can't type..I meant to say "you come up with great things for every letter of the alphabet!!" Hugs, Heather :)
We saw Olivia N,J in Vegas and she sang Xanadu - it was great!
Yes, that movie was a bomb but that girl could belt out a song couldn't she!
Something scary happened when I read your post.
This popped into my mind:
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree
Where (something) the sacred river ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
And it has been approximately 100 years since I learned this poem.
I guess now I can only use short-term memory loss as an excuse even though I did forget the word "Alph" in the poem.
I never saw that movie, but I love the way she sings!
Thanks for a fun and memory provoking post!
This was X-cellent!
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there was a little bit of this on my blog post too! Xcellent X post!
You must still be hearing a low hum of "Xanadu" from your commenters! eXtending a happy X day to you!
Oh my...I never knew this movie existed! Thanks for introducing me to bigger and brighter things ;^)
Great "X" post!
I remember when this movie came out but don't remember if I saw it! I think "Gease" came out about the same time period, maybe just before this movie.
I do remember hearing the song "Xanadu" on the radio (almost endlessly) and just loving Olivia Newton John's voice. She could/can really sing.
Didn't like the movie, but your post was great! The resort looks very inviting.
i never saw it :D
I never got around to seeing this movie either.
I never did see the movie, although I hard it was bad.
The music wasn't bad to do aerobics to though.
Those were the days, my friend!
Maggie
I feel old....LOL...
But in a most sage and delightfully tongue in cheek way!
Ah memories!!! :)
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I'm off to Blockbuster!
I remember that film!!! Son was in HS and had a thing for Olivia. I drove he and I, to see it, in a diff city, 'cause it wasn't playing here, or some such. Great memory!!! Thank you.
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I never cared for ONJ so never saw this. I hear I'm lucky! I do love the images the word Xanadu evokes.
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