1979 HBO Behind The Scenes at a Xanadu Party

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
  • This is a rare 1979 HBO video segment where David Sheehan takes his cameras to a Xanadu party that celebrated the completion of first day of shooting. Near the end of the segment, you'll find out that Gene Kelly is an old hat in dancing with skates, too. Whatta guy!!
    PS: note the background music when Sheehan first interviews Olivia at 1:16. It's ELO's 1979 hit, 'Shine A Little Love'.
    Xanadu © 1980 Universal City Studios Inc. HBO: © 1979 Time/Warner. All Other Copyright Acknowledged

Komentáře • 31

  • @xanadufour1276
    @xanadufour1276 Před 9 lety +9

    I can't believe that I have never seen this before!. This is my favorite movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!. I obviously am a huge ONJ fan. I have seen her in concert probably 15+ times. That is saying a lot from a small town boy in Lake Havasu City, Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

  • @davidfullerfuller6505
    @davidfullerfuller6505 Před 3 lety +4

    Hi my name is David and i actually worked on half the production of xanadu i was a grip an extra hammer i remember working on the set at hollywoods general service studios where they filmed the upper loft art studio and whenever they had a 2 shot i always happened to be in olivia newton johns eyeline and she always gave me the wink anyway never forget that wow i actually had a big crush on olivias stand in ann was her name so those were some interesting times as a grip and retired now and nevergot any autographs 46 years winks and kisses are better got a kiss from annette fonicello fantasy island thx David fuller a.k.a demigrip

  • @nevaehlumiere8019
    @nevaehlumiere8019 Před 4 lety +3

    Holy crap! Gene is tap dancing while on skates?!?! How the hell does he do that? That's incredible!

  • @tonyaeheman6189
    @tonyaeheman6189 Před 5 lety +1

    I love the movie 😍
    Gene oh my still handsome💖🎥🎬I roller skated to the sound track when I was in high school in 1980

  • @XanaduPreservation
    @XanaduPreservation  Před 15 lety +2

    Well, production started in Sept. 1979 for release in 1980.

  • @cami42874
    @cami42874 Před 5 lety +1

    I loved Xanadu great movie

  • @stephy7475
    @stephy7475 Před 4 lety +2

    It has been 40 yesrs of the filming. 1979-2019.

  • @timothybellavia
    @timothybellavia Před 15 lety +1

    Great clip!

  • @sittingbythepool
    @sittingbythepool Před 5 lety +1

    WOW WOW WOW Gene Kelly really can skate!

  • @johnstonralston2343
    @johnstonralston2343 Před 5 lety

    Nice to hear ELO's Shine A Little Love :-)

  • @barbaracovell
    @barbaracovell Před 15 lety

    loved this,,,,,,very good posting ..babsie

  • @sturiglia
    @sturiglia Před 15 lety

    Thanks for post

  • @thedarksideBJ
    @thedarksideBJ Před 15 lety

    thanks for the rare vid's

  • @hellasexy22
    @hellasexy22 Před 14 lety +2

    So cool to see Gene Kelly tap dancing on skates. He also looked great in some of the scenes in Xanadu, although it was not a great movie. And no, I do not agree that Olivia & Gene shouldve been love interests in the movie; Gene was still fine but older & refined at that point. It would have taken away from the storyline & too distracting. Now, if we are talking about casting him during the height of his sexiness; hell freakin' yeah! Gene was hellasexy fine in the '40s, '50s & '60s!

  • @jdpotc123
    @jdpotc123 Před 15 lety +1

    u goo gene!!! he is simply capitol A Amazing :)))

  • @babbaruff1045
    @babbaruff1045 Před 5 lety

    Love Gene forever 😍😍😍😊

  • @xanadude
    @xanadude Před 15 lety +2

    WHY isn't this type of stuff as extras on the Xanadu DVD?!?

  • @robotrix
    @robotrix Před 14 lety +1

    @XanaduPreservation Don't give up hope. Criterion did a special edition of "Carnival of Souls" once. Anything is possible.

  • @XanaduPreservation
    @XanaduPreservation  Před 15 lety

    Good for you!!

  • @pookie67
    @pookie67 Před 15 lety +1

    Sheehan in his swinger days

    • @marka.5135
      @marka.5135 Před 2 lety

      Forget Michael Beck! David Sheehan is HOT!

  • @XanaduPreservation
    @XanaduPreservation  Před 15 lety +1

    Because Universal was too cheap in the 2008 DVD edition. They found more than enough material to fill out the DVD, but it would of cost a lot to get the rights (remember that Michael Jackson that shows up during Making Xanadu? Mondo bucks for that) and according to the producers, the studio wasn't interested in the extra effort. So sad, too bad.

  • @robotrix
    @robotrix Před 14 lety

    @GreatestSingerEver01 More like SkatetownUSA wanted to hit the theaters first so that it didn't look pale in comparison or be passed over if Xanadu bombed (which it did). I've always thought that Xanadu was written to be a more modest film like Skatetown...starring talented unknowns with leased music,,,but they needed something of ONJ and then they got Gene Kelly and ELO and the budget and production got bigger but not the script

  • @fillup40
    @fillup40 Před 5 lety

    Vary nice

  • @margaritacabezaaguilar5841

    En dvd deverian tener xanadu una mama para navidad y tal para cual

  • @susanlloyd7395
    @susanlloyd7395 Před 7 lety

    Gene Kelly.

  • @margaritacabezaaguilar5841

    Que vaila bien este hombre se paso tremendo profecional y andar en patines es dificil porque me costo aprender a patinar mi marido me ayudaba a equilibrar imaginemse bailar hay que ser tremendo vailarin equilibrio y fuerza en las piernas a su edad vaila como los dioses y cantando vajo la lluvia fue que lo que lo llevo e iso muy conocido en mi pais y un gusto verlo con la mejor olivia verlos juntos es un onor

  • @peck404
    @peck404 Před 5 lety

    Everybody there is coked-out 😳😳😳