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	Xanadu (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Xanadu is a 1980 musical/romance film directed by Robert Greenwald.
		Xanadu is the name of the Chinese province where Khan establishes his pleasure garden in the poem.
		Xanadu contains the first known appearance in the popular media of what later became known as the "Flock of Seagulls haircut." The hairdo is sported by drummer Prairie Prince of the Tubes during their performance of the song "Dancin'" in the film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xanadu_(film) (1002 words)

	Xanadu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Xanadu (or Shangdu) was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire (1215 - 1294), which covered much of Asia.
		The reported splendour of Xanadu later inspired Samuel Taylor Coleridge to write his great poem Kubla Khan and caused Xanadu to become a metaphor for opulence.
		Xanadu is also the fictional mansion built by Charles Foster Kane in the film Citizen Kane.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/x/xa/xanadu.html (155 words)

	Olivia Newton-John : About Xanadu
		The critics can harp on about Xanadu all they want, but I found it a blast - here was my favourite singer on great form, she was looking out of this world and singing on a great soundtrack with ELO who performed rather well too.
		The Xanadu building was the Pan Pacific Auditorium on 7600 W Beverly Blvd in LA. However, a sad occurrence on May 24 1989 - the "Xanadu" building burnt down.
		Xanadu needed a whole range of styles, from the lavish costumes worn by the cabaret dancers to the flowing, feminine costimes of the Greek muses.
	www.onlyolivia.com /visual/xanadu/about.html (498 words)

	Xanadu (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Xanadu (song), a song recorded by the Canadian progressive rock trio Rush for their album A Farewell to Kings
		Xanadu (Citizen Kane), the fictional mansion built by Charles Foster Kane in the film Citizen Kane
		Xanadu has been cited as an influence by Beck.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xanadu_(disambiguation) (337 words)

	Xanadu FAQ
		This document is copyright (c) 1994-2002 Xanadu Australia and may be freely distributed in any media providing it is not modified in any way and no fee is charged either for this document or for any composite work in which it is included.
		Xanadu is an overall paradigm - an ideal and general model for all computer use, based on sideways connections among documents and files.
		Xanadu is an ideal of open electronic publishing based on the paradigm mentioned in answer 1c above.
	www.xanadu.com.au /general/faq.html (2464 words)

	Xanadu Movie Rewind «
		Xanadu is often labelled a remake of the 1947 Rita Hayworth vehicle "Down to Earth".
		The concept for the film Xanadu came from a couple of different sources: Greek mythology (Zeus and the nine muses), and a poem by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge which tells of a magical, mythical land.
		Key scenes of the film were filmed at locally-revered LA landmarks such as Paradise Park (the park scene where Kira first "bumps" into Sunny), the Main Street district in Santa Monica (the van riding scene), Malibu Pier in Malibu and Venice Beach.
	www.fast-rewind.com /xanadu.htm (3275 words)

	www.myspace.com/xanadumusic
		The Xanadu story began in 2004 when friends and Tulsa natives Brian Payne (guitar/lead vocals- 18 yrs old) and Parker Ferrell (guitar/mandolin/vocals- also 18) realized their identical interests in music/songwriting and decided to start a simple acoustic duo.
		At the culmination of the evening, Xanadu was the winner, earning the cash prize as the crowd favorite, as well as the grand prizes as the judges’ favorite.
		Aside from the extremely positive press the band received as a result, the icing on the cake was no doubt that the band got the chance to record their crowd-favorite song “So High” on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, as well as shoot a music video for the same song.
	www.myspace.com /xanadumusic (1414 words)

	Review: Citizen Kane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		We quickly learn that this place, called Xanadu, is the dwelling of America's Kubla Khan, Charles Foster Kane (Welles), a one-time newspaper magnate who could have become President if not for an ill-advised extramarital affair.
		Xanadu, in the words of the faux newsreel that gives a brief history of Kane's life, is the "costliest monument of a man to himself." Any resemblance to The Ranch, William Randolph Hearst's real-life San Simeon abode, is not coincidental.
		Within moments of the film's eerie, visually-stunning opening, Kane is dead, uttering the word "Rosebud" as he hunches over.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/c/citizen.html (1409 words)

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		Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John as a Greek muse brought down to earth, Gene Kelly as a retired song-and-dance man and the Electric Light Orchestra.
		Xanadu has become a cult classic with its exuberantly over-the-top display of seventies style -- all the hair is feathered, all the colors are neon and all the clothes are polyester.
		Xanadu is just one of the highlights of the 9th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which runs from July 10-22.
	www.phillyfests.com /piglff/2003/downloads/piglff_2003_xanadu.htm (473 words)

	Xanadu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The film that sold millions of albums and reinforced the popularity of its two main stars, Olivia New ton-John and John Travolta, remains one of the most successful and popular film musicals ever.
		Directed by Robert Greenwald, Xanadu is the story of a down-on-his-luck painter (Michael Beck) who longs to escape from his dull job of recreating album covers for billboards.
		She is certainly the star of the film, but the songs by Electric Light Orchestra that appear on the score are the backbone of the film.
	www.jhu.edu /~newslett/04-02-98/Arts/1.html (571 words)

	DVD.net : Xanadu - DVD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Xanadu was released in DVD in the US in July 1999, and at the time was quite a revelation.
		It wasn’t without its problems, but those were due to the material that was at hand; the many optical effects shots in the film display dramatically increased grain and a fair bit of film damage as well, something that is an unfortunate by-product of the limited technology that was available when the movie was made.
		Universal had obviously vaulted the film’s negatives very carefully and had done a marvellous new video transfer of the film for DVD, but not surprisingly stopped short of spending big dollars on digitally cleaning up the opticals.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=1238 (1744 words)

	Movie Review - Xanadu - eFilmCritic
		Disco was dead, theoretically, in 1979 so this film about a roller-disco turned into a film about a New-wave themed roller rink.
		Xanadu is a MUSICAL complete with spinning twirling dance sequences and songs a-plenty.
		This film was a big smash success that helped secure Olivia Newton-Johns position as a constellation in the Hollywood sky.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=4298&reviewer=67 (694 words)

	Citizen Kane (1941)
		The film received unanimous critical praise even at the time of its release, although it was not a commercial success (partly due to its limited distribution and delayed release by RKO).
		Contents of Xanadu's palace: [crates with statues and other objects are brought into Xanadu] paintings, pictures, statues, the very stones of many another palace - a collection of everything so big it can never be catalogued or appraised, enough for ten museums - the loot of the world.
		Kane's coffin emerges from Xanadu as it is borne by coffin-bearers.
	www.hsv.k12.al.us /schools/middle/wtms/curric/video/kane2.html (2025 words)

	Citizen Kane (1941)
		The film engendered controversy (and efforts at suppression in early 1941) before it premiered in New York City on May 1, 1941, because it appeared to fictionalize and caricaturize certain events and individuals in the life of William Randolph Hearst - a powerful newspaper magnate and publisher.
		The film was accused of drawing remarkable, unflattering, and uncomplimentary parallels (especially in regards to the Susan Alexander Kane character) to real-life.
		The film tells the thought-provoking, tragic epic story of a 'rags-to-riches' child who inherited a fortune, was taken away from his humble surroundings and his father and mother, was raised by a banker, and became a fabulously wealthy, arrogant, and energetic newspaperman.
	www.filmsite.org /citi.html (3911 words)

	Xanadu (1980) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Kira: In Xanadu, did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree...
		I originally saw "Xanadu" when it was released in 1980.
		Anyway - "Xanadu" still isn't a "good" movie, but if you can see it under the right circumstances (ie., on a big screen with an audience) it is a great deal of fun.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0081777 (472 words)

	Film/Classic: Citizen Kane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		When he started the film, Welles was only 25 years old and had already gained fame as the director of the Mercury Theater in New York and for his famous radio broadcasts, one of which led to a brief panic about an alien invasion.
		The structure of the film is that a newspaper sends out an investigative reporter to find out the meaning of his last word, "Rosebud," and he interviews many people who had been close to Kane during his life and their interviews flashback to various episodes in his career.
		Susan packs her bags to leave Xanadu and Kane implores her not to, promising that "everything will be exactly the way you want it to be," adding "You can’t do this to me." "Oh, yes I can," she says on her way out.
	www.thecityreview.com /kane.html (4042 words)

	Xanadu: A Jabootu Nugget
		The film is also a useful cultural artifact, made at the tail end of several trends.
		Watching the film to grab Jessica some screencaps — gee, thanks, Jess — I thought two woman shown on the boardwalk later were from the Muse group.
		She begins to recite Kubla Kahn, "In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn, A stately pleasure dome decree" I would be more appalled at this, but since Hal Needham got his hands on Shakespeare nothing is sacred.
	www.jabootu.com /xanadu.htm (5778 words)

	Xanadu - A Kiss After Supper - Stylus Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Xanadu is deceivingly complex in its ineptitude, so trying to understand how badly it fails is like unpacking the layers of a tightly wound Kubrick movie.
		Xanadu was a bomb insofar as to even completely annihilate filmic conventions—one of the largest being suspension of disbelief.
		Her songs “Magic” and the collaboration with ELO on “Xanadu” captivated fans on both sides of the Atlantic (the latter being Newton-John’s only #1 single in England).
	www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=1925 (1296 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Xanadu [1980]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		As I watched Xanadu, I kept trying to find something that could allow me to give it more than one star, but all I kept seeing were scenes and dialogue even more ridiculous than the last; there’s even a cartoon scene thrown in here for no good reason.
		Xanadu barely even meets my definition of a musical because, despite a good bit of music being interspersed throughout the film, there are only a couple of scenes in which characters actually sing.
		As much as I hate to say it, Xanadu is a film that should be avoided by all but the most fervent Olivia fans.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004RJ7K (964 words)

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		I was going through my old Xanadu scrapbook and found the following rare clip from the Hollywood Reporter on the movie's wrap party.
		Film producers Natalie Jarman and Madeleine Francis has notified us that the Xanadu Documentary is currently on hold temporarity as both are committed on other projects.
		'Xanadu' (c) 1980 Universal City Studios, Inc. All other properties are copyrighted by their respective writers and owners.
	www.geocities.com /xanadupreservation (660 words)

	DVD Empire - Item - Xanadu / DVD-Video
		XANADU is a look at the future and a loving remembrance of the way things were in the heyday of Hollywood.
		I loved this film since I was a child, the song (You're Never Far Away From Me) stuck in my head for over a decade.
		Xanadu was the first DVD I bought, and I was very pleased with it.
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=5903&partner_id=29346865 (400 words)

	The Morning News - The Love That We Came to Know, by Sarah Hepola
		Xanadu actor Michael Beck comes to town, and Sarah Hepola reflects on what the movie meant to an entire generation of little girls (and boys) who wanted to be Olivia Newton-John.
		The attitude toward the film was one of tender disdain – mocking the bad acting and limp, almost-nonsensical script while acknowledging a certain dopey charm.
		In the film, Xanadu is the name of a roller disco with the power to transcend time.
	www.themorningnews.org /archives/personalities/the_love_that_we_came_to_know.php (1693 words)

	West Coast Xanadu: UCLA's Extraordinary Film Archives - Lawrence O'' Toole
		In the case of feature films, some are classics that otherwise would have decomposed, left to deteriorate into handfuls of dust in various storage vaults around the world.
		Considering that over 80 percent of silent films are now lost to us (and 50 percent of films made before 1950), the importance of UCLA's preservation program cannot be stressed nearly enough.
		There were shorts, too, and cartoons, and newsreels, propaganda films, Laurel and Hardy speaking Spanish (the Hal Roach studios made separate language versions of its films), and even Group Theater (Lee J. Cobb, Elia Kazan, et al.) screen tests.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1988/october/Sa14845.htm (281 words)

	Xanadu (1980)
		Ask anyone what they think of the movie Xanadu and you are likely to get a very positive or a very
		One of the biggest love it or hate it films ever produced for certain.
		Also of note is the fact that the film was the last of the
	www.kensforce.com /Xanadu_1980.html (139 words)

	Olivia Newton-John : Xanadu Programme
		Although XANADU marks Greenwald's feature film debut, he has a very successful career with the stage as well as television.
		Construction of the interior of XANADU, a streamlined modern palace, was begun early in September of 1979 on Stage 4 of Hollywood General Studios.
		The music for XANADU was created by Jeff Lynne, driving force behind Electric Light Orchestra, who wrote and performs five original songs - and by John Farrar, who wrote five additional songs for Olivia Newton-John.
	www.onlyolivia.com /visual/xanadu/program.html (1352 words)

	the agony booth forum - Xanadu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Posted - February 16 2005 : 11:19:01 AM Yesterday I finally got to see this film, and while it wasn't as bad as Can't Stop the Music (faint praise of the highest order), it was still a painful film that was overblown, short-sighted, and most imporantly, filled with acres of bad dialogue.
		Posted - February 16 2005 : 4:31:37 PM xanadu is one of those movies i hated when i only saw bits and pieces but started to love it once i saw the whole thing.
		Posted - February 16 2005 : 5:08:57 PM Xanadu is a remake of the 1947 Rita Hayworth flick Down to Earth which was a sequel to Here Comes Mr.
	www.agonybooth.com /forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=1821 (791 words)

	Xanadu Revisited
		Xanadu is the perfect antidote for 70's revisionists who gaze back longingly on those days they never lived quite so romantically, or never lived in the first place.
		Xanadu just wouldn't be the same if she was speaking with a pure Australian accent or if she was transplanted to back then with the mixed Brit/Aussie/American accent she has now.
		Xanadu is that place where everyone wishes to go, a paradise as Marco Polo wrote centuries ago about a lost land with golden roof's buildings and rare spices only found in the misterious Indias.
	www.leisuresuit.net /Webzine/articles/xanadu_rev.shtml (15423 words)

	SparkNotes: Citizen Kane: Biography of William Randolph Hearst
		Critics generally agree that Citizen Kane’s protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, is based on William Randolph Hearst, who built a media empire in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
		Hearst built the magnificent castle San Simeon for Davies, which was the inspiration for Xanadu in Citizen Kane.
		Hearst's estate differed from Kane's—unlike the lonely fortress Xanadu, San Simeon was full of laughter and parties.
	www.sparknotes.com /film/citizenkane/section4.rhtml (730 words)

	Amazon.com: Xanadu: Music: Olivia Newton-John,ELO,Cliff Richard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the end, the film was a catastrophe but remains in the Hollywood Babylon pantheon of nostalgia and cult classics for three reasons.
		Her "Xanadu" is pitch perfect, and "Suddenly" is every adult contemporary artist's dream song...a lilting ballad of fresh love and hopeful romanticism.
		"Xanadu" the soundtrack is worth a hundred times it's cost, and should not be put in the same room as the movie.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000AG8R?v=glance (1587 words)

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