I don’t remember Xanadu the movie .. yes the songs..and I don’t collect record albums but I remember reading that a certain release of the Xanadu album is fairly valuable to collectors ..when I think of ONJ I always think she’s the girl next door I would want to live next door to..RIP
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 3:40 PM Scott Burns <sbu...@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > Some coincidental trivia: > > Olivia Newton-John passed away on the 42nd anniversary of the original US > release of “Xanadu,” August 8, 1980. > > > > *From:* MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Scott > Burns > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 9, 2022 3:22 PM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Olivia Newton-John 1948-2022 > > > > No question, “Grease” is the far better movie. > > > > But as the years have gone by, the trainwreck that is “Xanadu” has > developed quite the fan base. The big production number at the end of > “Xanadu” is still fun to watch (ELO after all!), even if the rest of the > movie may drag, and drag, and drag. 😊 Every now and then I pull it up on > YouTube and it always cheers me up. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSB2O2Shts > > > > For some unexplainable cosmic reason, many bad (at time of release) movies > get better, or at least much more fun to watch (and develop a following) as > they age. “Can’t Stop the Music” with the Village People, Caitlan (Bruce) > Jenner, Valerie Perrine & Steve Guttenberg definitely falls into that > category, as does “Moment by Moment” with John Travolta and Lily Tomlin (a > really unbelievable story line and a really bad script!) Sometimes a > bad—but fun— movie hits the spot. > > > > Any other nominations for the Bad/But Good category? > > > > Scott > > > > *From:* MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> *On Behalf Of *S Yafet > *Sent:* Monday, August 8, 2022 9:22 PM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Olivia Newton-John 1948-2022 > > > > Agree. She was indeed memorable in those movies although Grease is much > better than Xanadu. > > Nathalie > > > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2022, 3:59 PM Scott Burns <sbu...@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > > The sad exits continue…. Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73. Not many > film credits, but she was memorable as Sandy in “Grease” (1978) with John > Travolta and as Kira in “Xanadu” (1980) which featured Gene Kelly’s final > big screen appearance. > > > > More here: > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/olivia-newton-john-dead-grease-1235194880/ > > > > Scott > > MoPo List Owner > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
