#2130 40-B Rev. 11/5/79 61 CONTINUED
KIRA
You have to look at things differently to see what's there. You can do anything you want.
A man and woman are just passing
KIRA
(to them) Excuse me. See that painting? They just casually glance at it.
MAN
Yeah...?
KIRA
It's pretty good, don't you think.
MAN
I don't know. I never really looked at one before.
KIRA
Well, look at that one.
The man and woman look up at the displays.
MAN
Hey. That one's good.
KIRA
He did it.
WOMAN
I like that one, too.
She points to another one Sonny did.
KIRA
Another one of his.
Several people stop on their way in or out of the store and look up to what the other people are looking at.
KIRA (to the first woman)
His name is Sonny Malone. He's a famous artist, you know.
WOMAN (impressed)
Really?
SONNY (to Kira)
What're you doing?
KIRA
Showing you what you don't see. He's be glad to sign it, wouldn't you Mr. Malone? Sign.
Sonny takes the pen. He's awkward for a moment, then gives in
SONNY (to Kira)
Okay.
He signs the album cover.
YOUNG GIRL
Thanks. Now it's really special.
She walks off with the album cover. Another young guy also has the album.
OTHER GUY
Would you sign mine, too.
SONNY
Sure, why not?
And with a flourish, Sonny signs the album.
SONNY
Anybody else?
KIRA:
We can't stay too long, Mr. Malone. We're due at the theater. (to the people) Sorry folks, you know how it is with celebrities
She takes his arm and ushers him to the car.
SONNY
I was just beginning to enjoy it. Hey, where are we going?
CUT TO 62 THRU 64 OMITTED 65
EXT. MOVIE THEATRE - NIGHT - SONNY & KIRA drive up to an old movie hours. Some people are just buying tickets and going in. They get out of the car. Two people have just purchased tickets as Sonny and Kira get to the booth. Sonny takes out a couple of bucks and passes them through the small window. The lady selling tickets is another of Kira's sisters. She punches the two tickets through. Only the vaguest recognition passes between Kira and the sister.
SONNY
What is this place?
KIRA
People used to get dressed up to come here. It was like a night on the town. For twenty-five cents you'd see a movie and a stage show. They even gave away dishes.
SONNY
How do you know?
KIRA
I just know.
Sonny and Kira go the the theatre entrance. Taking tickets is another sister. Sonny gives them to her and she tears them in half. Sonny and Kira go in the theatre.
66 INT. THEATRE - NIGHT In the lobby. It's a beautiful old place with a grand staircase and architectural touches that are from an era long past. There's a waterfall in the lobby.
SONNY
It's beautiful. I've never been here before.
KIRA
Hardly anyone comes here any more.
SONNY
It looks like it's dying. In a year it'll be a parking lot.
KIRA
Don't say that, something this beautiful can't die.
SONNY
Look at that fountain, it looks like a waterfall.
KIRA
What does it make you think of?
SONNY
A lot of different things. I've been working on something and it's not exactly this place, but it should have the same feeling.
KIRA
Tell me about it.
SONNY
I can't -- It's just a feeling.
KIRA
Open your eyes -- look carefully.
SONNY
I'm looking -- It's just a feeling.
KIRA
It's close, isn't it?
SONNY
Closer than ever.
She gets up quickly.
KIRA
Listen.
SONNY
I don't hear anything.
KIRA
Just listen.
Silence. And then the sound of music as if in the distance. She starts off.
SONNY
Where are you going?
CUT TO 67 and 68 OMITTED 68-A
EXT. CHURCH BAZAAR - NIGHT - FERRIS WHEEL Kira and Sonny riding a Ferris wheel. It's a small fair, set up in a parking lot. Food Stalls, prize booths and rides.
KIRA
I love it up here. It's like being on a cloud. Everything's so beautiful.
SONNY
This is what it should feel like.
KIRA
The place you were walking in?
SONNY
Yeah. It should feel like a carnival. With lights and music and...
KIRA
Like a birthday party and it's your birthday.
SONNY
You said tonight was going to be special. You weren't kidding.
KIRA
And it's not even half over. There's more.
68-B
MAIN AREA OF BAZAAR Sonny and Kira do some of the the things offered at the bazaar. At one booth, Sonny wins a stuffed animal. The booth operator who gives him the prize is one of Kira's sisters.
68-C
Kira and Sonny walking. He takes her hand. She swings his hand in hers and with that motion, Sonny spins her slightly into his arms. Their faces are close. There is a booth near them. Twenty-five cents to knock down bottles. The prizes are old things, DONATED GIFTS, a sign says. The girl operating the booth is another of Kira's sisters. Sonny throws a ball. Misses. Throws another. Misses. One ball left. Gives it to Kira. She flips it up in her hand once or twice, looking at him. The meaning is clear; so you think I can't do it. She effortlessly tosses the ball and knocks down all the bottles. Turns to Sonny. Easy. She points to the prize she wants. It's an old waffle iron.
SONNY
What do you want that for?
KIRA
I like it.
The sister hands Sonny the prize. They look at the bazaar.
SONNY
I keep getting these thoughts... Little pieces of things that keep popping into my mind.
KIRA
What kind of things?
SONNY
I don't know. They're hard to say.
KIRA
Try saying them anyway.
SONNY
Well, it's like everything's connected. Everything we did tonight. The record store, the movie house, this. It's like they're telling me about the place I've been working on... I just don't know what it is.
KIRA
Then stop trying. Just let it happen.
SONNY
What if nothing happens?
KIRA Not a chance in the world. Not tonight. Tonight magic happens.
SONNY
You're like a kid, you know that. You really believe you can have everything.
KIRA
You can. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
She takes his hand and leads him away from the booth. She makes eye contact with her sister. Just as they walk away, the sister picks up a square package wrapped in old brown paper and string. She hands it to another sister who is just passing the booth. That girl gives it to another who is just passing on the merry-go-round who in turn hands it to another who is on the ferris wheel who in turn gives it to another sister on a different ride until the package is placed in a bin with a sign on it reading: EVERYTHING - 50cents. And at just that moment, Kira and Sonny get there.
KIRA
Look at that...
SONNY
At what?
KIRA
That painting.
Kira takes out the package and gives it to Sonny.
KIRA
Open it.
Sonny starts opening the package.
68-D
A PAINTING - IT'S OF LUNA PARK AT NIGHT Kira and Sonny away from everyone else.
KIRA
It was called Luna Park. When it opened it was the most beautiful place of all.
SONNY
I never heard of it.
KIRA
Hardly anyone has. But once... once it was fantastic. People used to come from all over just to see Luna Park. Going there was like going into a fantasy.
SONNY
How do you know?
KIRA
You can see it in the painting. When it got dark, that first night, when someone threw the switch... the whole park lit up. It was like...
SONNY
Like magic.
KIRA
Yes. Like a magical dream that had just come true for everyone at the same time. You danced and laughed. It was beautiful.
Sonny looks at the painting.
SONNY
It's all here, I know it. All the bits and pieces.
KIRA
Just put them together. Think of the things you just saw, think of how they made you feel. It's your dream.
SONNY
They made me feel like I could do anything.
CUT TO 69 OMITTED 70 INT. SONNY'S APARTMENT - NIGHT - SONNY & KIRA
KIRA
Well then do it. Here it is. Just put it together.
SONNY
You make everything sound so easy....
As she talks now, she prepositions some of the drawings on the wall. It's as if she's not really paying attention to where they go. They do, however, go in an order that makes them begin to be something.
KIRA
When that man said he thought your painting was terrific, what did you think?
SONNY
It made me feel good.
KIRA
And when we were in the old movie house, what did you think about?
SONNY
...That places like that don't exist anymore... and they should.
KIRA
And what were you thinking at the carnival?
She's still changing positions of drawings.
SONNY
That it was the closest I've ever felt to what I wanted to build. (pause) This is what the entrance should look like.
He repositions a drawing.
SONNY
And these are the walls... I'm gonna make the stage look like this....
He positions the waffle iron to be in front of the drawings.
SONNY
And the fountains off to the side...
He repositions the aquarium spout. He is still not totally paying attention to the work he's doing.
SONNY
I want it to be like everything we saw tonight.
KIRA
And they'd have to check their problems at the door. You could have a problem checker, fifty cents a problem.
SONNY
And if they left with the same problems, they get their money back.
KIRA
Give them a dollar. At least they'll get something out of it.
SONNY
My dream is to build a place where I'd dance with someone I'd love. Where everything's taken care of. Where you don't have to do anything except enjoy yourself.
KIRA
Do you have a name for it.
SONNY
Yeah. I always knew what I wanted to call it.
KIRA
What is it.
SONNY
Xanadu.
Now all movement stops. He looks at what he's done. It is complete. She unfolds a paper from her pocket and pins it to the wall.
SONNY
That's it. That's what I've been trying to do. Kira, it's Xanadu.…
He looks down. The room is empty. The only movement is the little oriental doll. It's head moving up and down in a yes gesture.