Sonny Malone is a frustrated artist. He has tried to leave a job he hates painting large, display-versions of record albumsbut he shreds his efforts and throws them out the window. The pieces blow past a mural of 9 dancing women. THE WOMEN GLOW INTO LIFE AND LEAP FROM THE PAINTING! They dance down the street and turn into streaks of neon light, with accompanying "whoosh" sound effects! Sonny does not see this. He returns to his hated job. One the way there he is kissed by one of those nine. Little does he know
At work, his coworkers lovingly chide him. His tyrannical boss bosses him, Paint just what I tell you and nothing more! He seems beat down, but his nexct assignment: an album cover---with the kissing woman on it!!! He asks aroundwho is the kissing-album-cover woman? A guy behind the desk says she wasnt on the payroll. The photographer cant explain how she got in the shoot for the album coverof a hundred pictures, shes only on one. A guy on a porch hasnt seen her (but tries to set Sonny up with one of his daughters). Sonny goes to look for her at the scene of the kiss. He hears a clarinet played by an older gentleman who sits on a rock by the ocean. The older gent is Danny Maguire.
One thing leads to another, Danny and Sonny become friends and decide to open a club together, and Danny meets the kissing-album cover girl who is named Kira. Danny and Kira fall in love but Kira reveals to Danny that she is a supernatural beinga muse. She is not supposed to fall in love with mortals, rather, her purpose in the universe is to inspire peoplemen, it seemsto achieve a dream, then she moves on. So, sadly, she must leave. Sonny is glum, but Danny tells him not to accept this situation. Sonny finds the wall upon which Kira was/is a painting and looks at the wall, and then skateson 70s/80s style disco roller skates (a recurring aspect of the movie) quickly towards it, andjumps into it! He crosses over into an unspecified but disco-y dimension and finds Kira and after a politely protesting with Zeus about Kira being separated from him, he is banished back to our mortal realm. In a big closing number with dancers galore the club opens and Danny brings Sonny and Kira together.
CAST
Olivia Newton-John ... Kira
Gene Kelly ... Danny McGuire
Michael Beck ... Sonny Malone
James Sloyan ... Simpson
Dimitra Arliss ... Helen
Katie Hanley ... Sandra
Fred McCarren ... Richie
Ren Woods ... Jo
Sandahl Bergman ... Muse 1
Lynn Latham ... Muse 2
Melinda Phelps ... Muse 3
Cherise Bates ... Muse 4
Juliette Marshall ... Muse 5
Marilyn Tokuda ... Muse 6
Yvette Van Voorhees ... Muse 7
