Xanadu (1980)
Olivia Newton-John: Kira
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Quotes
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Danny McGuire : Don't tell anyone, but I'm nervous.
Kira : What about?
Danny McGuire : I haven't had a club opening since... 1945. Wow.
Kira : Then just pretend it's 1945 all over again.
Danny McGuire : [looks fondly at Kira] I don't have to pretend. It *is* 1945 all over again.
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Kira : A place where nobody dared to go / the love that we came to know / They call it Xanadu / And now, open your eyes and see / what we have made is real / We are in Xanadu / A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star / An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally / Xanadu / Xanadu / now we are here in Xanadu / Xanadu / Xanadu / now we are here in Xanadu / Xanadu, your neon lights will shine for you, Xanadu / The love, the echoes of long ago / you needed the world to know / They are in Xanadu / The dream that came through a million years / That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu / A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star / An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally / Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu / Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu, Xanadu.
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Sonny : I want to know more about you.
Kira : You already know enough about me. Any more and you're going to get a headache.
Sonny : Are you living with someone?
Kira : Yes. I told you I live with my sisters.
Sonny : I know. In an apartment on the second floor. All right, then. What's your last name?
Kira : Same as my mother's and father's.
Sonny : And what's that?
Kira : Which one, my mother's or my father's?
Sonny : Either!
Kira : The same as mine!
Sonny : I get it. No questions.
Kira : No questions, no lies.
Sonny : No questions, no truth, either.
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Kira : Look up "muse" in the dictionary. Go on, page seven twenty-eight. Read it!
Sonny : Okay, all right. I'll read it.
[reading]
Sonny : "Muse; any one of the nine sister..."
Kira : Like the album cover? Mm-hmm?
Sonny : [reading] "Any one of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology, presiding over song, and poetry, and the arts and do you believe me now, Sonny?" How'd you do that? What's going on?
Kira : [Points at the TV] The television!
[the television comes on and is showing a movie in black and white with two characters, Nick and Vargas, having a conversation when Nick pulls a gun]
Nick : What should I do, Sonny? Dive at him, um, or make a martini?
Vargas : Who you talking to?
Nick : Sonny Malone. He doesn't believe Kira's a muse.
Sonny : How can you be talking to me? You're a movie!
Vargas : I ain't got time for this, Malone. Brenda's the only one that saw me at the racetrack. Now if the lady says she's a muse, she's a muse.
[Brenda Trent enters, played by Kira, who is still also outside of the television screen]
Vargas : Who's that? Brenda!
Sonny : Kira!
Brenda Trent : Sonny.
[Sonny slumps into a chair]
Nick : I think he needs a drink.
Kira : It's okay; I'll take care of it. Thanks!
Nick : Good luck on the opening of your joint, kid.
[Puts his hands up]
Nick : Wish I could be there.
[the television goes off]
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Sonny : Hey I've been asking about you all day. You may not believe this but I'm painting an album cover and you're on it.
Kira : Why shouldn't I believe it?
Sonny : Because before today I never laid eyes on you. Now I've seen you 3 times in one day. That's a little too coincidental.
Kira : Sounds like you don't believe it.
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Danny McGuire : Kira, I want you to promise me one thing.
Kira : Anything!
Danny McGuire : On opening night, I get the first dance.
Kira : Okay.
Sonny : You're gonna dance?
Danny McGuire : Oh, I've been known to twinkle a toe or two.
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Kira : In Xanadu, did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree...
Danny McGuire : "Where Alph, the sacred river, ran through caverns measureless to man, down to a sunless sea." Yes, Xanadu.
Kira : I'm Kira.
Danny McGuire : Yes, Kira. But...
Kira : But?
Danny McGuire : Don't I know you?
Kira : I don't think so.
Danny McGuire : Are you sure? Because...
Kira : Because?
Danny McGuire : Never mind.
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Kira : A child and a fool in one/ So sure I could need no one/ My heart always on the run/ to nowhere/ Now as you're holding me/ My heart is reminding me/ That now I could never be/ without you/ But how can our love succeed/ A miracle is what we need/ And so I appeal to you/ To keep me suspended in time with you/ Don't let this moment die/ I get a feeling when I'm with you/ None of the rules apply/ But I know for certain/ Goodbye is a crime/ So love if you need me/ Suspend me in time/ Wasted the time away/ Holding our love at bay/ Now I can't last a day without you/ Your smile is a thrill to see/ Eyes hold me tenderly/ They'll shine in my memory forever/ But how can our love succeed/ A miracle is what we need/ And so I appeal to you/ To keep me suspended in time with you/ Don't let this moment die/ I get a feeling when I'm with you/ None of the rules apply/ But I know for certain/ Goodbye is a crime/ So love if you need me/ Suspend me in time/ In time...
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Kira : I come from Mount Helicon. I'm the daughter of Zeus. I have eight sisters. My real name is Terp-
[Sonny interrupts Kira with a kiss]
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Kira : We've been painted by Michelangelo. Shakespeare's written sonnets about us. Beethoven's played music for us. We're not supposed to feel emotion or show any feelings. Muses are just supposed to inspire.
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Kira : I'm not as I appear to you.
