Roxanne 1987  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, John Kapelos, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard, Damon Wayans, Max Alexander, Steve Mittleman, Matt Lattanzi, Jean Sincere, Shandra Beri, Blanche Rubin, Jane Campbell
This is a modern day version of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in which the man with the big nose C.D. "Charlie" Bales (Steve Martin) helps a cohort Chris McConnell (Rick Rossovich) write love letters to Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah) they both love. True love prevails after all when Roxanne discovers the inner beauty of the true letter writer.
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 Xanadu 1980   PG, 93 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Director: Robert Greenwald
Cast: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan, Dimitra Arliss, Katie Hanley, Sandahl Bergman, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Coral Browne, Fred McCarren, Marla V. Langston, Madison Arnold, David Tress, Matt Lattanzi, Bebe Drake
Kira (Olivia Newton-John) is an angel who returns to Earth to inspire a young artist, Sonny Malone (Michael Beck). Years before, Kira had inspired wealthy, but older, Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), and she conspires for Sonny and Danny to meet. They become friends and decide to turn an abandoned building into a nightclub featuring 1940s and 1980s music, neon lights, and roller skating–and Xanadu is created. Now it is time for Kira to move on, but she and Sonny have fallen in love. Will they be able to convince the gods to allow them to stay together?
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| 1. Roxanne (1987)
2. Xanadu (1980)
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