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Xanadu is a 1980 American musical fantasy film written by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel and directed by Robert Greenwald. The film stars Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, and Gene Kelly in his final film role. It features music by Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, Cliff Richard and the Tubes.
Sep 18, 2019 · Xanadu (aka Shangdu, Shang-tu, and Kaiping) located in Inner Mongolia, northern China, was first the capital (1263-73) and then the summer capital (1274-1364) of the Mongol Empire. It came to prominence during the reign of Kublai Khan (r. 1260-1294) and was famous for its palaces, gardens and waterways. Xanadu received lasting fame in the ...
Aug 8, 1980 · Xanadu: Directed by Robert Greenwald. With Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan. A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.
Mar 29, 2016 · Olivia Newton John Xanadu Original Version Remastered HD (1980) 17M views 8 years ago. sacha oudot. 63.5K subscribers.
Xanadu may refer to: Shangdu , the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Khubilai Khaan, grandson of Genghis Khaan. a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
The Site of Xanadu is the site of a grassland capital characteristic of cultural fusion, witnessing clashes and mutual assimilation between the nomadic and agrarian civilisations in northern Asia. Located on the southeast edge of the Mongolian plateau, it was the first capital (1263-1273) of Kublai Khan and later the summer capital (1274-1364 ...
Dec 23, 2020 · Released 40 years ago, disastrous disco musical Xanadu has a legacy that still endures. But why, asks Catherine Bray. The film opens on a simple shot of a sign that says "No trespassing". We...
Xanadu, place in the opium-induced vision that English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge recorded in the poetic fragment “Kubla Khan” (1798). Coleridge’s fantasyland was based on Shangdu (“Upper Capital”), near present-day Duolun in Inner Mongolia, to which the real Kublai Khan moved the seat of Mongol.
In Los Angeles, artist Sonny Malone reluctantly returns to his job at Airflow Records--doing poster-sized exact-as-possible renderings of album covers for on-site promotions--as he could not make a living as a freelance artist, where he could truly use his artistic vision.
Jun 17, 2021 · The Site of Xanadu (元上都遗址), the birthplace and the former capital of the Yuan Dynasty, is adjacent to the Shangdu River in the south and Longgang Mountain in the north, surrounded by the vast Jinlianchuan Grassland, forming a layered and radial distribution with the palace ruins as the center.
