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Xanadu (2008)

Reviewed by Jason Clark | Jul 04, 2008

Details Rated: PG; DVD Release Date: Jun 24, 2008; With: Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John

Xanadu's muse-inspires-a-roller-disco story still strikes no sparks, but the ELO-fueled songs are as awesome as ever. The remastered CD is this Magical Music Edition's raison d'être. Also among the EXTRAS: a frank (if fawning) look at how Xanadu crashed and burned. Cracks director Robert Greenwald, ''It was not a film rooted in...Paddy Chayefsky realism.'' B

Originally posted Jul 04, 2008 Published in issue #1001 Jul 11, 2008 Order article reprints
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