Danny McGuire
Hey, do you like Glenn Miller?
Sonny
Do you like rock 'n' roll?
Danny McGuire
I love rock 'n' roll.
Sonny
I love Glenn Miller.
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Male Heavenly Voice
Well, maybe just one moment. Or forever. I keep getting them mixed up, too.
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Danny McGuire
I've been known to twinkle a toe or two.
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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
You ever think about going back into music?
Danny McGuire
Oh, only about 20 or 30 times a day.
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Danny McGuire
Kid, can you imagine it?
Sonny
Imagine what?
Danny McGuire
A bandstand. Right over there in that corner. And a big band, like in the 40s.
Sonny
Nah, nah, nah. Bandstands went out with running boards. Over there. A great rock 'n' roll band. This is the 80s!
Danny McGuire
Real smooth dancers... wild trombone... the band decked out in tuxedos.
Sonny
Six guys wearing electric orange... synthesizer... heavy precussion... electric guitar.
Danny McGuire
Lots of glamour. Everybody dressed in elegance and style.
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Sonny
[Sonny hears a clarinet being played, and goes to investigate, finding Danny McGuire sitting on some rocks]
Hey mister, what are you doing up there?
Danny McGuire
Hope you don't mind a little noon-time music, kid. A little lunch time serenade.
Sonny
Oh, I don't mind. It's kinda nice. But I was just wondering where they laid out the body. I mean, you got something a little more upbeat?
Danny McGuire
Sure!
[Plays a short, lively upbeat piece]
Danny McGuire
Better?
Sonny
[chuckles]
Well, at least it's faster!
Danny McGuire
[chuckles]
Here, gimme a hand kid.
Sonny
Sure.
Danny McGuire
Boy oh boy, they sure don't make rocks like they used to!
Sonny
Want some popcorn?
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Sonny
I've come to take you out of here.
Kira
It can't be done. No one's ever taken anyone out of here. Not in the whole history of... the whole history!
Sonny
I'll make them let you go. Zeus! Zeus, you hear me?
Kira
Oh, God.
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Sonny
[about Kira]
What do you mean she doesn't exist? I'm looking right at her, she's on the Nine Sisters album.
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Danny McGuire
Malone and McGuire, sounds like a Vaudeville act.
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Sonny
Dreams die.
Danny McGuire
No. No, no, no. Not by themselves. We - we kill them!
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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 three 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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Danny McGuire
[after Sonny drives off of the edge of the pier]
You're a real Errol Flynn, kid... what else do you do?
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Kira
Have you ever heard the expression "kissed by a muse"? Well, that's what I am. I'm a muse.
Sonny
Well, I'm glad someone's having a good time.
Kira
Oh, don't make jokes; I'm serious.
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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, wait a minute... I don't even know your name...
Kira
[echoing]
Kira...
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Kira
Listen, if you're gonna dance, you have to wear something, eh...
Sonny
That looks special! You need some, eh...
Kira
Glitz!
Danny McGuire
Glitz?
Sonny
Something sharp looking.
Kira
You know, something with a bit of pizzaz to it. Hot!
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[last lines]
Sonny
Wait a minute!
Kira
[as a Xanadu waitress]
Yes?
Sonny
I mean, I'd... just like to talk to you.
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Kira
Our first date together.
Sonny
Followed by our first getting-kicked-out together.
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Male Heavenly Voice
No more discussions. Those are the rules and that's all there is to it.
Female Heavenly Voice
On the other hand, dear, rules were made to be broken.
Male Heavenly Voice
We'll talk about that later.
Female Heavenly Voice
Which is later?
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Sonny
Aw, what the hell. Guys like me shouldn't dream anyway.
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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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Sonny
I'd say it will probably be done... when it's done... but that's just an approximate guess.
Simpson
Five minutes, my office. If it's six, keep walking.
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Male Heavenly Voice
We don't use those old-fashioned names any more. Still, it's me you want to speak to.
Sonny
I've come to get Kira.
Male Heavenly Voice
She's not leaving - it's impossible!
Male Heavenly Voice
Male Heavenly Voice, Sonny: [together] That's what you think!
Sonny
How did you know I was going to say that?
Male Heavenly Voice
Put it this way - I'm a good guesser!
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Sonny
Tuesday's Wednesday.
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Danny McGuire
You know, I used to be in the music business, but now I'm what you might call retired. It's a refined name for bum.
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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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Danny McGuire
Well, where ever it is you go, let's go!
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Sonny
You think you're real clever, don't you?
Kira
Well, I just don't want you to close your eyes to any new possibilities.
Sonny
[glancing back at the Auditorium]
You really think this could work out for Danny?
Kira
I think this place can be *anything* you want it to be.
[as she gets taken into his arms]
Kira
See, it's simple. Your friend has a dream... and you wanna be involved in something you really believe in. Well, maybe your dream's big enough for the both of you.
Sonny
So, here we are. Someone who believes that dreams come easy...
Kira
[with playful laughter in her voice]
And someone who doesn't know what they believe in. But just think about it, okay? Just think about it.
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Kira
I'm not as I appear to you.
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