8 August 1980 (USA)
Robert Greenwald
Olivia Newton-John ... Kira
Gene Kelly ... Danny McGuire
Michael Beck ... Sonny Malone
James Sloyan ... Simpson
Dimitra Arliss ... Helen
I'm a little bit embarrassed about liking this, seeing as though I'm a dude. I mean this film exudes so much estrogen I get hot flashes just watching it. However the letters, ONJ and ELO make it all worth watching. That is Olvia Newton John and Electric light orchestra do the soundtrack for this film. Not too mention the film stars the beautiful Aussie ONJ in all her youthful glory. This was before she got the lesbo cut for the physical video.
The dialog is so silly that it just screams for Rocky Horror like audience participation quips. Here's an example:
Sonny:You! ONJ:Me! ... Sonny:So do you think we could- ONJ:See each other again? Sonny:Yeah would you like that? ONJ:Why? Sonny:I don't know I don't have a very good reason. I just wanna see you again.
Smooth Sonny, real smooth.
The whole plot is so baffling it's really not worth going into. But I'll try. ONJ plays Kira one of Zeus's daughters, the muses. After watching this though you may think she's really one of Zeus's other group of daughters, the three fates- the one the cuts the strings that is.
Apparently being a muse means making guys fall in love with you in order to inspire them and then leaving them high and dry. Thanks a lot Kira, you inspire me to do something really stupid like build a huge neon roller disco and leave me with the huge bills that are sure to accompany it.
Sonny is a starving artist forced to take a corporate job in order to make ends meet. Kira shows up and tells him to follow his dreams-build a huge roller disco. Wait a minute that's not his goal at all! Kira's goal is to build the roller disco-she just tricks this poor boy into thinking its his idea!!!
There's a cool cartoon sequence, a song they sing while skating in some studio of the future where they are attacked by what looks like a huge Dalek, as well as a song where they are picking out clothes and being followed by a bunch of gay guys.
The music really holds this film together and if you don't like either artist, ONJ or ELO I would not recommend you watch this because you will find yourself in a world full of hurt. If you like these artists however, you should find this film very entertaining.
