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I love this movie. I would watch this movie any day. It certainly is an awful piece of garbage but I cannot help but love it. Barbara Parkins, is as beautiful as a peacock, very sophisticated as poised. Patty Duke, is hilarious and raunchy. She cannot sing, she cannot dance, she is so over the top, but her performance here is certainly a classic. Sharon Tate, is a very mature, and sympathetic beauty. Susan Hayward is annoying though. I was never a big fan of hers to begin with, but here she seems out of place, next the the three lovely leads. Many know Judy Garland was originally cast in the role, i don't think she would have been as good, since this was during the period of her life when she was really losing it. She was too weak for the role of Helen Lawson. Susan Hayward although annoying, was much more suited for the role. As for the story its a very clichéd E! Tru Hollywood Story. Talented young girl becomes famous, but discovers sex and drugs and down she goes! The only place where i'm confused is why was Neally (Patty Duke) placed in a mental hospital, and not a rehab center. She was a drug addict not a mentally ill person. There is a big difference. Overall lovely to look at and very over the top. It's very entertaining except for that god awful song Susan Hayward unleashes upon the audience.

Well i must say although this was a pretty silly movie i will say it was watchable. The story is silly and annoying, Michael Beck is very miscast, and Olivia Newton John can tap dance like Sylvetser Stallone can do comedy (see 'Stop or My Mom Will Shoot!). The story is Olivia Newton John is the daughter of Zeus who's divine mission is to help Gene Kelly and Michael Beck build a roller skating disco club. I guess that;s why God has not sent us a cure for cancer or AIDS yet, because he has much more important things to do like building disco clubs! Olvia Newton John is drop dead gorgeous though but too bad the story line isn't as pretty as she is. The one part i really liked was the big BIG dance number in the middle of the movie which was very original and very entertaining. It is were Gene Kelly and Michael Beck are in the empty auditorium and their are two different musical numbers going on, on very 40's style, and one very 80's style. Then they are combined to create a very unique number which i could watch over and over again. It was downhill from there. Olivia Newton John singing a country western song? Please! and that final number were everyone in the disco club is clapping their hands and screaming HO and XANADU over and over again got very annoying. The whole animated sequence was nauseating as well. Overall watch for some of the music but don't be prepared for a masterpiece.

Why this is considered such a Disney classic is far beyond me. It's is so boring. It is not mature enough for adults and it is either too boring or way too scary for little children. Their is no plot, so someone with a short attention span like me will be in pain watching this. The only part that little kids would really like is the part with Mickey Mouse as the Soucerer's apprentice. Though i am really not getting the whole broomsticks with arms thing. Aside from hat there was one cute part, which was the dancing hippos and the alligators. That part is far more enjoyable than the Mickey Mouse section. But overall i just a a brief summary of this film. and that is that it was long boring pointless and STUPID STUPIDS STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!