Xanadu (1980)


Xanadu
Release Date08 August 1980
Budget$20,000,000
US Box Office$10,000,000
TaglineThe Music, The Film, A Place Where Dreams Come True. [UK]
GenreFantasy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBeverly Hills, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix4-Track Stereo, Dolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRock Musical, Musical Fantasy
MoodFantastic Reality
ThemesSupernatural Romance
TonesStylized, Upbeat, Flashy, Fanciful, Light
TagsDivine Intervention, Love, Muse, Music, Roller Skating, Romance, Skating, Sports
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Xanadu is a 1980 American musical/romance film directed by Robert Greenwald. The title of the film is a reference to the poem "Kubla Khan, or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which is quoted in the film. Xanadu is the name of the Chinese province where Khan establishes his pleasure garden in the poem.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Olivia Newton-John
Kira

Gene Kelly
Danny McGuire

Michael Beck
Sonny Malone

James Sloyan
Simpson

Dimitra Arliss
Helen

Katie Hanley
Sandra

Fred McCarren
Richie

Renn Woods
Jo

Lynn Latham
Muse 2

Melinda Phelps
Muse 3

Cherise Bates
Muse 4

Juliette Marshall
Muse 5

Marilyn Tokuda
Muse 6

Yvette Van Voorhees
Muse 7

Teri Beckerman
Muse 8

Marty Davis
Male Guard

Bebe Drake
Female Guard

Mickey McMeel
The Accountant

Aharon Ipalé
The Photographer

Lise Lang
Popcorn Girl, Xanadu Dancer

Melvin Jones
Big Al

Matt Lattanzi
Xanadu Dancer, Young Danny McGuire

Ira Newborn
40's Band Leader

Jo Ann Harris
40's Singer #1

Cindy Leake
40's Singer #2

Patty Keene
40's Singer #3

Fee Waybill
80's Rock Singer

Stephen Pearlman
Foreman

Church Ortiz
Worker #1

Randy T. Williams
Worker #2

David Tress
Nick

Madison Arnold
Vargas

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Male Heavenly Voice

Coral Browne
Female Heavenly Voice

Marla V. Langston
Dizzy Heights

Clyde J. Barrett
Xanadu Dancer

Cheryl Baxter
Xanadu Dancer

Hilary Beane
Xanadu Dancer

Annie Behringer
Xanadu Dancer

Judith Bernett
Xanadu Dancer

Teda Bracci
Xanadu Dancer

Ellen Cadwallader
Xanadu Dancer

Stelio Calagias
Xanadu Dancer

Lonny Carbajal
Xanadu Dancer

Hillary Carlip
Xanadu Dancer

Lynda Chase
Xanadu Dancer

Contessa Cohn
Xanadu Dancer

Derrick Cross
Xanadu Dancer

Gary Dion
Xanadu Dancer

Marisol García
Xanadu Dancer

Miranda Garrison
Xanadu Dancer

Sandy Gray
Xanadu Dancer

Jei Guerrero
Xanadu Dancer

Cheryl Hangland
Xanadu Dancer

Yolanda Hernandez
Xanadu Dancer

Susan Inouye
Xanadu Dancer

Veda Jackson
Xanadu Dancer

Michael James
Xanadu Dancer

Deborah Jenssen
Xanadu Dancer

Leroy Jones
Xanadu Dancer

Fred Kirby
Xanadu Dancer

Brenda Lee
Xanadu Dancer

Dale Leeche
Xanadu Dancer

Victoria Marisi
Xanadu Dancer

Yvette Matthews
Xanadu Dancer

Tykin Mikals
Xanadu Dancer

Glenn Nash
Xanadu Dancer

Christine Nazareth
Xanadu Dancer

Tim O'Brien
Xanadu Dancer

Jeff Osser
Xanadu Dancer

Shelley Pang
Xanadu Dancer

Sally Pansing
Xanadu Dancer

Arlette Patterson
Xanadu Dancer

Alan Peterson
Xanadu Dancer

Lena Pousette
Xanadu Dancer

Vic Prim
Xanadu Dancer

Melody Santangello
Xanadu Dancer

Tony Selznick
Xanadu Dancer

Kathy Singleton
Xanadu Dancer

Cindy Spooner
Xanadu Dancer

Michael Springer
Xanadu Dancer

Re Styles
Xanadu Dancer

Jim Thompson
Xanadu Dancer

Francisco Torres
Xanadu Dancer

Bobby Walker
Xanadu Dancer

Michael Watkins
Xanadu Dancer

Adria Wilson
Xanadu Dancer

Darcel Wynne
Xanadu Dancer

Noreen Xavier
Xanadu Dancer

Mark Ziebell
Xanadu Dancer

Tom Sachelle
Xanadu Dancer

Paul Sachelle
Xanadu Dancer

Kyle Hanford
Xanadu Dancer

Michael Donley
Xanadu Dancer

Robert Winters
Xanadu Dancer

Rick Anderson
Member of The Tubes

Michael Cotten
Member of The Tubes

Prairie Prince
Member of The Tubes

Bill Spooner
Member of The Tubes

Roger Steen
Member of The Tubes

Vince Welnick
Member of The Tubes

Judith Burnett
Raven

Debbie Fresh
Xanadu Dancer

Adolfo Quinones
Xanadu Dancer

Patrick Reynolds
Xanadu Dancer

The Tubes
Rock Band

Director

Robert Greenwald
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Producer

Richard Christian Danus
writer

Marc Reid Rubel
writer

Brendan Cahill
co-producer

Lawrence Gordon
producer

Lee Kramer
executive producer

Terence Nelson
associate producer

Joel Silver
co-producer

Original Music

Barry De Vorzon
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Cinematographer

Victor J. Kemper
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Editor

Dennis Virkler
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Production Designer

John W. Corso
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Set Decorator

Marc E. Meyer Jr.
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Costume Designer

Bobbie Mannix
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Makeup Department

Harry Blake
makeup artist

Martin Samuel
hair department head

Rick Sharp
makeup artist

Craig Smith
makeup artist

Production Manager

Terence Nelson
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Patrick Cosgrove
dga trainee

Dan Kolsrud
first assistant director

Lisa Marmon
second assistant director

Venita Ozols
second assistant director

Art Department

James F. Allen
assistant art director

Michael Casey
assistant property master

Glenn Forbes
set dresser

Sherman Labby
production illustrator

Peter Lamppu
construction foreman

Peg McClellan
illustrator

Vic Petrotta Jr.
property master

Bert Rotter
stand-by painter

Marilyn Vance
artist

Sound Department

Milton C. Burrow
supervising sound editor

Walter A. Gest
sound re-recordist

Doc Goldstein
sound mix engineer

Robert Gravenor
sound: Dolby stereo, sound mixer

William L. Manger
sound editor

Thomas Meloeny
sound recordist

Bill Nicholson
sound re-recording mixer

Robert A. Reich
sound editor

Jerry Rosenthal
sound editor

Douglas J. Schulman
playback operator, utility sound

Mark Server
boom operator

Jerry Trent
choreo and dance foley

Donald C. Rogers
technical director of sound

Special Effects

Gary D. Bierend
special effects crew

Burt Dalton
special effects

Andy Evans
special effects

Wayne Rose
special effects

Visual Effects

Randall Balsmeyer
animation designer: special visual effects unit

Louis Goold
layout artist: special visual effects unit

Richard Greenberg
special visual effects

Robert M. Greenberg
special visual effects producer

Joel Hynek
optical photography supervisor: special visual effects unit

Jeffrey Kleiser
layout artist: special visual effects unit

Dorse A. Lanpher
special effects: animation sequence unit

John Lindahl
animation camera operator: special visual effects unit

Liz Maihock
assistant animator: special visual effects unit

Sandra Payne
assistant animator: special visual effects unit

Janos Pilenyi
layout artist: special visual effects unit

Larry Plastrik
visual effects editor, additional optical supervisor: special visual effects unit

Mark Plastrik
animation camera operator: special visual effects unit

Ruth Smerek
visual effects editorial supervision

Kenneth Stytzer
animation design supervisor: special visual effects unit

James Szalapski
model photography: special visual effects unit

Stunts

Eurlyne Epper
stunt double

Richard Epper
stunt double, stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Garrett Brown
Steadicam operator

Alan R. Disler
first assistant camera

Adam Glick
set lighting technician

Gary Goldman
camera planning: animation sequence unit

Joe Jiuliano
animation camera operator: animation sequence unit

Stephen Johnstone
electrician

Joe Kelly
grip

David Morton
electrician

Michael Orefice
rigging gaffer

Louis Schwartzberg
time-lapse photographer

Bernie Schwartz
grip

Robert C. Thomas
camera operator

Richard Walden
additional assistant camera

Chuck Warren
animation camera operator: animation sequence unit

Michael J. Schwartz
electrician

Animation Department

Don Bluth
animator: animation sequence unit

Jim Coleman
background artist: animation sequence unit

Lorna Cook
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Fred Craig
production associate: animation sequence unit

Milton Gray
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Heidi Guedel
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Bruce Heller
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Emily Jiuliano
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Skip Jones
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Dan Kuenster
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Diann Landau
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Linda Miller
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Steven Muller
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Vera Pacheco
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Dave Spafford
assistant animator: animation sequence unit

Olga Tarin-Craig
production associate: animation sequence unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Deborah Curtis
set costumer

Gregory B. Peña
daily set costumer

Mark Peterson
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Lisa Day
first assistant editor

Tina Hirsch
additional editor

Carmen Oliver
color coordinator: animation sequence unit

Dennis Michelson
assistant editor

Music Department

Allison Caine
vocal effects advisor

Doreen A. Dixon
assistant music editor

Richard Hazard
orchestrator: Barry De Vorzon

David J. Holman
music recording & mixing

Kenneth Karman
music editor

Dennis S. Sands
music scoring mixer

Michael Tronick
music editor

Transportation Department

Chris Haynes
driver

Frank Khoury
driver

Other Crew

Bill Butler
technical assistance in skating sequences

Kathy De Armond
assistant: Carol Shapiro Jansen

Richard Greenberg
titles

Betty A. Griffin
script supervisor

Brendan Higgs
assistant: Jeff Lynne

Gus Hill
caterer

Judy Lynn
technical assistance in skating sequences

Judy Merl
assistant: Robert Greenwald

Kenny Ortega
choreographer

Alex Romero
assistant choreographer

Dana Sharpe
assistant: Olivia Newton-John

Jerry Trent
choreographer

Production Company

Universal Pictures
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Distributor

Universal Pictures

Greater Union Organisation (GUO)

Argentina Video Home
,

CIC Vídeo

CIC-Taft Home Video

CBS Television

MCA/Universal Home Video
,

Universal Pictures

Special Effects

RGreenberg Associates

Miscellaneous

Don Bluth Productions
animation sequence

MCA Records
soundtrack

Panavision
Panaflex cameras and lenses by

RGreenberg Associates
titles and opticals

Samuel Goldwyn Studios
post production sound services by






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