MOVIES

OLIVIA MOVIES

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THE BIG SCREEN

GREASE (1970)

Incredible success as a movie, icredibly successful as a soundtrack and spawned some hugely successful singles, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Summer Nights, You're the one that I Want. Timeless 50's high-school romance with Olivia co-starring with upcoming star John Travolta - perfectly cast Olivia is gorgeous in this.

XANADU (1980)

Xanadu wasn't that successful on the silver screen, but the combines Olivia/ELO soundtrack album was enormously successful, with some great songs like Xanadu and the #1 single Magic. Olivia is cast as Kira, a muse sent from the gods to inspire people to create something they believe in, rather than just looking out over the ocean moping, or wasting talent on a routine day job.

TWO OF A KIND (1983)

Olivia teamed up again with John Travolta, her co-star in Grease. God will destroy the world unless Olivia and John fall in love, which takes a little doing as he gets her thrown out of work by robbing the bank where she is a teller. Mind you, Olivia is purer than the driven snow since she runs off with his loot. Olivia was seeking a non-musical movie for some reason and this was the result - it didn't do so well at the box office.

IT'S MY PARTY (1995)

Eric Roberts stars in the story of a man who celebrates life as he faces death. Nick Stark is a successful architect who learns that he is about to lose his long battle against the AIDS virus. Rather than succumb to the disease, Nick decides to end his life as he lived it--filled with vitality and joy and surrounded by loved ones in a two-day farewell party. With Gregory Harrison, Margaret Cho, Bruce Davison, Olivia, Marlee Matlin, Lee Grant, George Segal. Directed by Randal Kleiser.

TELEVISION

A MOM FOR CHRISTMAS

TV Movie where Olivia plays a store mannequin that comes to life for one Christmas to be Mom for an orphaned child. This acheived good ratings for her at last! Released by Disney Films this became an instant Christmas classic.

A CHRISTMAS ROMANCE

TV Movie where a debt collector gets stranded by bad weather at the house of the lovely single mother (Olivia) he is harassing for unpaid debts....This did very well in the 1994 Christmas ratings, reaching #7 in 1994.