Xanadu Page #4

Synopsis: The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as a girl named Kira, encounters an artist named Sonny Malone. With the help of Danny McGuire, a man Kira had inspired forty years earlier, Sonny builds a huge disco roller rink.
Director(s): Robert Greenwald
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
PG
Year:
1980
96 min
1,721 Views


Anybody needin' someone too

Anyone feelin' cold

No one there you can hold

Don't wait to get old and grey

I'm gonna blow

all the clouds away

'Cause there is nothing

I would rather do

Ooo-ooo-ooo

Forget about the blues

tonight. Sweet thing

Forget about the rules tonight.

Sweet thing

I want to dance with you

Until the sun comes

creepin' through

I want to dance with you

I won't stop pleasin' you

Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh

Honey, for a while

Give a girl a chance

to show some style

If you've got no love to spare

Tell me lies

I don't care

You better believe that I

Know some moves

that we've gotta try

'Cause there is nothing

I would rather do

Ooo-ooo-hey

Forget about the blues tonight.

Sweet thing

Forget about the rules tonight.

Sweet thing

I want to dance with you

Until the sun comes

creepin' through

I want to dance with you

I won't stop pleasin' you

Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh

Lover, I wanna let you know

I won't take a backseat

Ain't willin' to let you go

I won't take a backseat

Don't wanna hear what you want

It's gotta be all my way

And I'm makin' sure

you stay to see

I'm really a selfish man

I gotta get right to it

Lover, tonight

I'm thinkin' of me

Lover, I won't take a

backseat tonight. Ooo-ooo-ooo

Lover, gettin' on my

two feet tonight. Ooo-ooo-ooo

Got some dancin' to do

Got some dancin' to do

Got some dancin' to do

Got some dancin' to do

Can't let anyone dance with you

I won't take a backseat

Let me show you what I can do

I won't take a backseat

Ain't funny to fool with me

I'll be a bad loser

You're gettin' me mad.

Usin' me

Tried puttin' a spell on me

'Cause I had a strange feelin'

You better get down

to healin' me

Lover, I won't take a

backseat tonight. Ooo-ooo-ooo

Lover, gettin' on my

two feet tonight. Ooo-ooo-ooo

Got some dancin' to do

- Got some dancin' to do

- Wha-aah!

Got some dancin' to do

Got some dancin' to do

Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh

- Forget about the blues

- Lover

I won't take a backseat tonight

- Forget about the blues

- Lover

Gettin' on my two feet tonight

- I want to dance with you

- Got some dancin' to do

Until the sun comes

creepin' through

- I want to dance with you

- Got some dancin' to do

- I won't stop pleasin' you

- Got some dancin' to do

- Forget about the blues

- Lover

I won't take a backseat tonight

- Forget about the blues

- Lover

Gettin' on my two feet tonight

- I want to dance with you

- Got some dancin' to do

Until the sun comes

creepin' through

- I want to dance with you

- Got some dancin' to do

- I won't stop pleasin' you

- Got some dancin' to do

Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh

Hey

I love it!

I'll do it!

Maybe I'm crazy, but what the hell!

I haven't been crazy

for over 35 years

And, kid, I'm giving you

half the place

You're gonna be my partner

I can't do that, Danny.

I can't take that

Why?

I don't know the first thing

about being a partner

It's easy. We share the

responsibilities and we argue a lot

It's like being married

without the good part

- Come on, kid. Is it a deal?

- Okay It's a deal

- What do you know!

I'm back in show business

I can't wait. I gotta look over

every inch of this place

- I wish we could see better

- I got a flashlight in the car

- Will you get it?

- Yeah

Our first collaboration as partners

Oh, partner?

Partner, what'll we name the place?

Yeah. What, what

the hell to call it?

"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan,

a stately pleasure dome decree:"

"Where Alph,

the sacred river, ran

through caverns

measureless to man"

"Down to a sunless sea"

Yes, Xanadu

- I'm Kira

- Of course

You're Kira

- But, uh

- But?

I mean... don't I know you?

I don't think so

- Are you sure because...

- Because?

Well, I mean... I don't know.

I was thinking that I ge...

Oh, I'm sorry. Forget it

So you're gonna do it?

Yes, we-we're gonna do it

- Total insanity

- Only if you think so

Well, even if it is,

it's worth a try

Xanadu... How do you think

that'll look on a marquee?

- Mmm, wonderful

- Hey!

- When did you get here?

- Just a minute ago

What'd I tell you, Danny?

One minute she's here, the

next minute, who knows?

Guess what you

own half of, partner

What?

Xanadu

- Xanadu

- Xanadu

Hi, guys

- Hey, Picasso

- Hey

How ya doin'?

Let's see, what's first

on the agenda?

- Who are you calling?

- Leave a dime on the counter

- Hello, Simpson? Sonny Malone

- I wanna see you right away

- What's goin' on here?

Who cares? Just get out

before he gets here

I'll fix everything up.

I'll tell him it was a joke

- Wait a minute. Relax

- Are you loaded?

When you sober up,

you're gonna be sorry

- He should be coming in about now

- Malone, what the hell is goin' on?

Simpson, I've worked like a dog

tryin' to make Tuesday Wednesday

I couldn't do it.

I must be a failure

Is he straight?

You told me if I didn't

do things right, I'd be fired

- Well, you were right

- Huh?

I'm fired!

Malone, I want you

out of here in five minutes

That's five minutes, Malone

and if it's six, just

keep walking. Got it?

I'm doin' it I'm doin' it

I'm doin' it!

You know that dream of

mine to get out of here?

It's happening,

and you're all invited

Opening night, whatever you want

it's on the house

You know, I always

wanted to say that line

Sh*t

Okay

- To Xanadu

- To dreams

I couldn't have done it without you

- How is it?

- Heavenly

You're the one

that's heavenly

No, don't

What's the matter?

Did I do something?

No

You know, I don't know

anything about you

Where you live,

where you were born

There's nothing to know

- Where do you live?

- With my sisters

- Where?

- In an apartment

- Yeah, but where's the apartment?

- On the second floor

Look, I don't even know

how to find you

- Yeah, but you always do

- Okay

That's a dead end

- What's your last name?

- Same as my father's and mother's

- Yeah, but what is it?

- What? My father's or my mother's?

- I don't care. Either one

- Same as mine

Okay, I get it. No questions

- No questions, no lies

- No questions, no truth either

Listen, you know

enough about me already

Any more, you're

gonna get a headache

- Are you living with somebody?

- Yes

I'm living with my sisters.

I told you already

Yeah, I know, in an

apartment on the second floor

Why do I say

Don't walk away

You'll be the way

you were before

When you don't

want me any more

Don't turn around

Don't ever leave

A lonely room where empty days

Are gathering to meet me

When you're gone

Gone

How in the world will go on

Don't walk away

All you gotta do is stay

Don't walk away

All you gotta do is stay

Don't walk away

Don't walk away

- Don't walk away

- Don't say goodbye

- Don't say goodbye

- Don't turn around

- Don't turn around

- Don't let it die

- Don't let it die

- When shadows fall

- When shadows fall

- When day is done

- When day is done

- All through the night

- All through the night

- All of my life

All of my life

Don't walk away

Don't walk away

- Don't walk away

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