Gene Kelly sings and dances with Olivia Newton-John (Whenever You’re Away from Me) in the 1980 musical “Xanadu”. Being this was Kelly’s final film role, the sequence holds great importance as it was the last filmed scene of the movie… offically making it his final dance number.
Gene Kelly sings and dances with Olivia Newton-John (Whenever You’re Away from Me) in the 1980 musical "Xanadu". Being this was Kelly’s final film role, the sequence holds great importance as it was the last filmed scene of the movie… offically making it his final dance number. from OldSchoolCool
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Gene Kelly is a legend
Loved this! I’ve never seen it! Thank u for sharing!
Super extremely underrated movie.
Gene was a stunning performer, up to the very end he made everything look effortless.
God I love this movie except for the leading man they chose. If only it had been somebody as hot as Olivia or at least closer in hotness. Think Maxwell Caulfield in Grease 2, my top favorite underrated movie musical. Course they say that role tanked his career but I think he’s absolutely gorgeous in it. Anyway I freaking love that song, Whenever you’re away from me; I sing and dance along to it with a broom on my lanai. The whole soundtrack is awesome. “A million lights are dancing and there you are a shooting star…now we are here in Xanadu” Olivia had the voice of an angel on earth so surely she must have made it to Xanadu.
My brother had the LP and I bet I played this song over and over again a thousand times. Never gets old…
It should be noted that Kelly was only 68 here. He didn’t die until 1996, at the age of 83, having helped choreograph the dance scenes in the animated film Cats Don’t Dance.
Sorry, the title made it seem like this was his last movie role because he died.
I remember seeing it in the theater and going to the record to get the LP. The music is the best part of it.
I wish they gave this movie credit for how amazing it was now that oliva passed instead of acting like Grease was her only film
Movie is legit a favorite and not well known