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Topic: Wanted: XANADU
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted December 29, 2018 10:39 AM
Oliver ...
I have a question as well as some help. Help first.
Thi is one of thr RARE Universal 8 digests that was reprinted on L.P.P. film stock ... I don't know who the company was, (Red Fox perhaps?), but i have seen screenshots from it and the color is REALLY good, so try to hold out for that one.
2. Question, could you perhaps, (even though it has vinegar), give us a rundown of the "edit" of the digest as, being a picolo release, it might well have a different edit and different footage.
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Oliver F. R. Feld
Master Film Handler
Posts: 447
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted December 29, 2018 11:58 AM
Osi,
here comes the description... It was the last time ever I could watch XANADU because the material is already damaged and had to go directly into the trash can!
What a sad moment...! And WHAT A TERRIBLE SMELL!
Reel 1
It starts with the complete Universal logo (all kind of planes and the UFO)
Short titles with Michael Beck tearing the paper; it flies to the painting of the Girls
The song „I‘m Alive“ (3:15)
Short sequence between Kira and Sonny meeting in the park, the first kiss
Longer scene when Kira appears in his studio talking about him and his dreams and his Drawing
Short scene in front of the (later Xanadu) building when Kira convinces Sonny to make his dream come true
Sonny and Danny arrive at the building, going inside, leading to the almost complete song „Dancin‘“ (6:50)
End of reel 1
Reel 2
Outside the building, Danny and the workers drinking champagne, talk of Danny and Sonny; Kira appears.
They are going to buy clothes.
Song „All over the world“ seems to be complete (3:50)
Kira and Sonny dance slowly in front of the building, then inside...
Danny starts the Xanadu opening night: the rollerblade party with a cool choreography, almost complete (2:50)
The full song XANADU (3:05), followed by parts of „Fool Country“ (Intro, Tap Dance, Rock) (2:00)
Reprise from XANADU (1:10)
Kira disappears...
Sonny is sad, walks through all the other couples over to Danny, until the „other Kira“ offers him a drink
The End
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