What is Xanadu / Staying Alive about?

XANADU, 1980, Universal, 93 min. Dir. Robert Greenwald. Grafting ’40s-movie whimsy onto late-’70s Muzak, Olivia Newton-John is a muse sent to earth to inspire artist Michael Beck (THE WARRIORS) to open a roller-disco nightclub funded by aging moneybags Gene Kelly. Featuring seeing-is-believing roller-skating numbers, animation by Don Bluth (AN AMERICAN TAIL), and a soundtrack featuring hits by Newton-John and ELO, XANADU -- a flopola on its release – has inspired a Tony Award–nominated Broadway musical! STAYING ALIVE, 1983, Paramount, 96 min. John Travolta teamed with director-screenwriter Sylvester Stallone on this campy SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER sequel, flashing his pecs in Bob Mackie’s next-to-nothing costumes in some of the goofiest, faux-Fosse musical numbers ever. Right up there with Streisand’s FUNNY LADY as the kind of sequel that almost makes you embarrassed you fell for its star in the first place

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What is Xanadu / Staying Alive about?: XANADU, 1980, Universal, 93 min. Dir. Robert Greenwald. Grafting ’40s-movie whimsy onto late-’70s Muzak, Olivia Newton-John is a muse sent to earth to inspire artist Michael Beck (THE WARRIORS) to open a roller-disco nightclub funded by aging moneybags Gene Kelly. Featuring seeing-is-believing roller-skating numbers, animation by Don Bluth (AN AMERICAN TAIL), and a soundtrack featuring hits by Newton-John and ELO, XANADU -- a flopola on its release – has inspired a Tony Award–nominated Broadway musical!
STAYING ALIVE, 1983, Paramount, 96 min. John Travolta teamed with director-screenwriter Sylvester Stallone on this campy SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER sequel, flashing his pecs in Bob Mackie’s next-to-nothing costumes in some of the goofiest, faux-Fosse musical numbers ever. Right up there with Streisand’s FUNNY LADY as the kind of sequel that almost makes you embarrassed you fell for its star in the first place