King Kong (1976)
Jessica Lange: Dwan
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Quotes
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Dwan : How can I become a star because of... because of someone who was stolen off that gorgeous island and locked up in that lousy oil tank?
Fred Wilson : It's not *someone*! It's an animal, a beast who tried to rape you.
Dwan : That's not true. He risked his life to save me.
Fred Wilson : He tried to rape you, honey. And before you cry a lot, you should ask the natives on that island what they thought of losing Kong.
Jack Prescott : Actually, they'll miss him a lot.
Fred Wilson : Like leprosy.
Jack Prescott : No, you're dead wrong. He was the terror, the mystery of their lives, and the magic. A year from now that will be an island full of burnt-out drunks. When we took Kong, we kidnapped their god.
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Dwan : [to Kong] You God damn chauvinist pig ape! What are you waiting for? You wanna eat me? Then go ahead! Do it! Go ahead and eat me! Go ahead! Choke on me!
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Dwan : Oh, my God! What a meaningful miracle! Do you realize that I owe my life to a movie.
Fred Wilson : Is that so?
Dwan : I swear to God. You see, Harry was showing this film that I refused to watch - and that's why I was up on deck by myself when the yacht exploded. Did you ever meet anyone before whose life was saved by "Deep Throat"?
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Dwan : You know I had my horoscope done before I flew out to Hong Kong. And it said that I was going to cross over water and meet the biggest person in my life.
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Dwan : I'm Dwan. D-W-A-N, Dwan. That's my name. You know, like Dawn, except that I switched two letters to make it more memorable.
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Dwan : [to Kong] You know, we're going to be great friends. I'm a Libra. What sign are you? No wait, don't tell me. I bet you're an Aries. Aren't you? Of course you are." I just knew it. That's just wonderful.
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Dwan : You're just going to America to be a star.
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Dwan : [Kong has been wrecking the ship] Hey, Kong. Remember me from before, your blind date? Why are you waking up all these sleepy people?
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Dwan : [radiant smile] Hey, Jack, do I look different?
Jack Prescott : Yeah, you shine.
Dwan : That's right. I'm a star.
Fred Wilson : It's all set, Jack. Coast-to-coast tour. Lights! Camera! Kong! And probably Nuroyev and Fonteyn!
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Dwan : Oh, I didn't mean that. Honest, I didn't. Sometimes I get too physical. It's a sign of insecurity, you know, like, like when you knock down trees. Such a nice ape. Such a nice, sweet - nice, sweet, sweet monkey. You know, we're gonna be great friends. I'm a Libra. What sign are you?
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Dwan : Ohhh!
Jack Prescott : We're gonna do it! Are you ready?
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Dwan : I can't stand heights! Honest I can't. When I was ten years old, they took me up the Empire State Building and I got sick in the elevator. No. Put me down! You put me down! You put me down! Put me down. Please put me down.
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Dwan : How about that nice offer you made me? Do you still want me?
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Dwan : Do you remember that black-out they had here once? And all the little babies that were born exactly nine months later? Well, here's to all the future sons and daughters of King Kong.
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Dwan : God, it's scary. It's like there's a curse on all of us.
Fred Wilson : Damn it! I'm tired of you trying to confuse this girl's mind! This is her big chance and yours too! You know there are stars in Princeton the same way there are in Hollywood, Jack. You want out, you want me to cable Harvard or Yale and get Kong another keeper?
Jack Prescott : Coast to coast tours, beauty and the beast, that's a grotesque farce!
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Dwan : I wish you wouldn't go ashore tonight.
Jack Prescott : Oh, you think it'd be better to watch some old movie with the crew?
Dwan : No, of course not.
Jack Prescott : There's nothing else to do on this ship.
Dwan : Well, use your imagination.
Jack Prescott : Eighty times around the deck is a mile. We could jog.
[laughs]
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Dwan : Radio your computer and ask them if you don't believe me.
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Jack Prescott : You'll disappoint if you're here when I get back.
Dwan : What do you mean you'll be disappointed?
Jack Prescott : Oh, I was hopin' you'd be waiting for me in your cabin.
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Dwan : Oh, come on, Kong. Forget about me. This thing is just never gonna work. Can't you see?
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Jack Prescott : Do you remember anything?
Dwan : No. No. Yeah.
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Dwan : How can I ever thank you? I'm Dwan. D-W-A-N. Dawn. That's my name. You know, like Dawn - except that I switched two letters, you know, to make it more memorable.
Jack Prescott : I'm a mere Jack.
Dwan : You must be kidding. I mean, how could anybody who had saved my life ever be mere to me?
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Dwan : Harry had discovered me. He was going to put me in a movie he was making in Hong Kong.
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Dwan : Hey, that sounds dangerous.
Jack Prescott : I'll tell you, babe, it's a chance that comes once in a lifetime. You grab it or you're dead meat.
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Dwan : You know, you really shouldn't go ashore tonight. It's not a good night for Aries like you.
Jack Prescott : How did you know I was an Aries?
Dwan : By the shape of your ears.
[giggles]
Dwan : Alright, so I asked Fred Wilson. He knows everything about you.
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Carnahan : Are you trying to tell me there's people on this island?
Jack Prescott : Yes, I am. What's more, I'll characterize them. Scared people.
Dwan : Scared of what?
Jack Prescott : I don't exactly; but whatever it is, apparently, they thought they needed a wall this size to keep it out.
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Dwan : Do you think I need furs?
Jack Prescott : Yes, I think you need furs.
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Fred Wilson : Any chance of you two kids getting married?
Dwan : I don't know.
[looks expectantly into Jack's eyes]
Dwan : This is so sudden.
Fred Wilson : Maybe we can think of some nutty way for Kong to give away the bride.
[pained look from Jack]
Fred Wilson : Yeah, all right, *tough* to get him to do it anyway. Marriage is possibly an old-fashioned image, huh?
Dwan : I don't know. What do you think, Jack?
[no answer, only Kong's thunderous roar from deep inside the hull below]
