Svengali (1983 film)

Svengali is a 1983 film about an old singer who coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger.
 * Directed by Anthony Harvey. Written by Frank Cucci.

Anton Bosnyak

 * You shall hear nothing, you shall see nothing, you shall think nothing, you shall be nothing but Svengali, Svengali, Svengali...

Zoe Alexander

 * The world does not collapse every time you stop looking at it.

Dialogue

 * Anton Bosnyak: Quite a little snot nose, that girl, always answering back.
 * Eve Swiss: When I took lessons from you, you never used to let me say 'boo!'
 * Anton Bosnyak: You had no talent. That always irritates me.
 * Eve Swiss: So why did you keep taking my money, then?
 * Anton Bosnyak: Somebody had to prove to you that you could not sing.


 * Eve Swiss: [about Zoe] I have a lot of people lined up. When can we hear her?
 * Anton Bosnyak: Give the fruit a little time to ripen before you strip it, will you.


 * Eve Swiss: You know... I can't quite make up my mind whether or not she's beautiful. What do you think?
 * Anton Bosnyak: When she sings the way I want her to sing... she's beautiful.


 * Anton Bosnyak: Tonight, we will not have a lesson. From now on, I would like to work just once a week.
 * Zoe Alexander: Why?
 * Anton Bosnyak: Well... you're at a very good condition now, and... I need a rest.
 * Zoe Alexander: Well, you've worked harder than I have.
 * Anton Bosnyak: The young usually don't notice these things.
 * Zoe Alexander: Not so young. Twenty-two.
 * Anton Bosnyak: Hehe. Poor old lady.


 * Anton Bosnyak: The word 'teach' means 'to make known'. When you came to me, you didn't know what you were, who you were, nothing. Together, we made your voice known to you; and we made it known to you by making yourself known to you. The sounds of loving that you make, your sounds of endurance, your betrayals...
 * Zoe Alexander: You think I betrayed you?
 * Anton Bosnyak: It doesn't matter! Together we were able to release what you are. The work of every artist is to make themselves wholly known. Now, I want you to go away, and amaze me.
 * Zoe Alexander: I need you!
 * Anton Bosnyak: No. You are intact now. Go away, and leave me intact. Please.
 * Zoe Alexander: So... you're sending me away. It's all I was to you? Something, something "amazing", huh?
 * Anton Bosnyak: That is all that matters.

Cast

 * Peter O'Toole — Anton Bosnyak
 * Jodie Foster — Zoe Alexander
 * Elizabeth Ashley — Eve Swiss
 * Larry Joshua — Johnny Rainbow
 * Pamela Blair — Trish
 * Barbara Bryne — Mrs. Burns-Rizzo
 * Ron Weyand — Hypnotist
 * Robin Thomas — Mendy Weindenbaum
 * Brian Carney — Abbot Renfrew
 * Madeleine Potter — Antonia
 * Holly Hunter — Leslie
 * Vera Mayer — Gizella
 * Stuart Charno	— Boomer