SUN SEPT 11, 2022 5:00 PM GREASE / XANADU $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | Olivia Newton-John Remembered. Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: GREASE, 1978, Paramount, 110 min, USA, Dir: Randal Kleiser. Pompadoured tough-guy John Travolta learns the meaning of true love, 1950s style, from summertime sweetheart Olivia Newton-John, with help from a fantastic supporting cast including Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Eve Arden and Frankie Avalon. A soundtrack of wall-to-wall hits (“You’re the One That I Want,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” “Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee”) punctuates director Randal Kleiser’s irresistible teen-dream of a movie musical. FORMAT: 35mm XANADU, 1980, Universal, 93 min, USA, Dir: Robert Greenwald. Grafting 1940s-style movie whimsy onto late-’70s Muzak to spawn a whole new hybrid – discokitsch – XANADU stars Olivia Newton-John as a muse sent to Earth to inspire directionless artist Michael Beck to open a roller-disco nightclub funded by aging, lonely moneybags Gene Kelly. With must-be-seen-to-be-believed roller skating sequences, animation by Don Bluth (AN AMERICAN TAIL), and a killer soundtrack featuring the No.1 hit “Magic,” XANADU, a flop on its release, has morphed into such a beloved cult fave that it inspired a Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. FORMAT: 35mm