This evening in Cal Anderson Park, Three Dollar Bill Cinema kicks off its summer screening series with Xanadu, the “romantic musical fantasy” of 1980 that, in addition to everything in the subject line, also features Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, and confusing appropriation of Greek myth.
Of course the ultimate success of any park screening is beyond the programmer’s control and in the hands of the gods of weather, who are right now either smiling on us or setting us up for some horrible prank. Either way, tonight will be a perfect night to sit on a blanket in a park, perhaps with a surreptitious bottle of wine or thermos of margaritas, surrounded by lots of other people on blankets, all watching a ridiculously bad film. (Bonus: It’s only 93 minutes long!)
It’s only fun if you sing along while in Hot Pants
“Can’t Get It Out of My Head” was a recurring meme during my camping trip last weekend.
Weather should stay in the mid-high 60s. Arrive early + listen to tunes from the Shameless crew!!
I will see you there!
I confess that I actually saw this in a theater in 1980. This fact both makes me giggle, and embarrasses me.
Poor Michael Beck.
Xanadu, your neon lights will shine…
How dare you!! How dare you, on Geddy Lee’s birthday, fail to attach the Rush song Xanadu to this post!!
Worth sitting through all 93 minutes to catch Olivia in this outfit:
http://www.onlyolivia.com/visual/xanadu/…
Plus the added bonus of Fee Waybill and the Tubes reprazenting the POWER of Rock and Roll….
I”m sorry, but that is one of the best movies of all time.