Stardust (2007 film)

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I know a lot about love. I've seen it, seen centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable.

Stardust (2007) is a fantasy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name, originally published by DC Comics.

See also : Stardust (1998 Novella)

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[edit] Tagline

  • This summer a star falls. The chase begins.
  • The fairytale that won't behave
  • Love is Magic

[edit] Quotes from Stardust

[edit] Narrator

  • A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?" Pointless really. Do the stars gaze back? Now that's a question.
  • They ruled for 80 years. But no man can live forever, except he who possesses the heart of a star, and Yvaine had given hers to Tristan completely. When their children and grandchildren were grown, it was time to light the Babylon Candle... and they still live happily ever after.

[edit] Victoria

  • Now you're just being silly. You can't cross the wall. Nobody crosses the wall.
  • Humphrey, stop it. Are you all right?
  • Listen I'm sorry about Humphrey last night, he was really rude.
  • You may walk me home if you wish.
  • Well, I can't exactly say no, not after he's gone all the way to Ipswich!
  • A polar bear's head!?

[edit] Dunstan

  • Because, let's be honest, it's a field. Look. Do you see another world out there? No, you see a field. Do you see anything non human? No, and you know why? Because it's a field!

[edit] Tristan

  • Grow up, get over yourself.
  • It's alright Humphrey, she's all yours. You two really are suited to one-another.
  • Yvaine, hold me tight and think of home.
  • I find the fastest way to travel is by candlelight!
  • He [the Captain] told me that my true love was right in front of my eyes. And he was right.
  • You seriously think I could kill anybody? Even if I could, I mean, everlasting life? I imagine it would be kind of lonely. Well, maybe if you had someone to share it with. Someone you loved. Then it might be different.

[edit] Lamia

  • Mormo, Empusa. A star has fallen!
  • Has your mind become as decrepit as your face Empusa?
  • How have we lived like this for so long? When I return I want you to have made this place fit for the queens we are.
  • I seek a star. Once I find her I shall cut out her heart with my great knife and the glory of our youth ... shall be restored!
  • Limbus grass? You dare steal truth from my lips by feeding me limbus grass!
  • The burning golden heart of a star at peace is so much better than your frightened little heart. All the same, better than no heart at all.
  • You can ride in the carriage or be dragged behind it.
  • (Feigning distress) Youth, beauty, it all seems so meaningless now. My sisters are dead, everything I cared about. Take her and go. Go. GO!
  • (She laughs maniacally) I owe you thanks. What use would a broken heart have been to me. And you got rid of my sisters, now I can have it all to myself.

[edit] Yvaine

My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange — no gifts, no goods, no demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me, too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.
  • Hmm... Murdered by pirates, heart torn out and eaten, meet Victoria... Can't quite decide which sounds more fun...
  • Yeah, I was perfectly fine here until I was hit by a magical flying moron!
  • You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, seen centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... Made me want to turn away and never look down again. But to see the way that mankind loves... I mean, you could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So, yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan, is... I think I love you. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange — no gifts, no goods, no demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me, too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.
  • What do stars do? ... Shine!
  • You were a mouse! You wanted cheese!
  • [To Ditchwater Sal] Would I be correct in thinking that you can neither see nor hear me? [Apparently so] Then I'd like to tell you that you smell of pee. You look like the wrong end of a dog. And I swear, if I don't get my Tristan back as he was, I'll be your personal poltergeist!
  • [sarcastic, when Tristan has told her that he intends to make her a present to Victoria] But of course! Nothing says "romance" like a kidnapped injured woman! I'm not going anywhere with you!
  • The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can buy.
  • If there's one thing I've learned in all my years watching earth -- is people aren't what they may seem. There are shopboys, and, there are boys who just happen to work in shops for the time being.
  • No star can shine with a broken heart.

[edit] Captain Shakespeare

  • Ever tried to get blood-stains out of a silk shirt?.... Nightmare!
  • No, seriously, don't mention it. Reputations you know — a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

[edit] Dialogue

Yvaine: You have a Babylon candle?
Tristan: Yes, I have bubbling candle.


Dunstan: Tristan, he's 97 years old!
Tristan: Well then.. he's had plenty of time to practice, hasn't he?


Quartus, Quintus, Sextus: Secundus!
Secundus: Sextus, Quartus, Quintus, you're alive! (the three replies "No") Oh. I'm...
Sextus: ...stuck like this until the near king is crowned.
Secundus: I was that close.
Quartus: I won't made funy of what he looks.
Secundus: Oh, please, you're not annoyed about that whole murder thing, are you? I'm mean, that was 10 years ago.
Quartus: Yeah, great deal of good it did killing me, didn't it Secundus? Because now, of course, you are King of all Stormhold. Oh, sorry, wait, you're dead.


Bishop: [toasting the princes] To the new King of Stronghold. Whichever of you fine young men it might be.
[They acknowledge him and drink. The bishop's face contorts and he collapses, dead. They look uncomprehendingly at their cups, and then eye each other suspiciously. Tertius breaks the atmosphere with a laugh, then chokes and dies]
Septimus: [To Primus] You...
[Clutches his throat and chokes on the poison, falls. Primus' eyes light up in realization, and he picks up the crown reverently. Septimus sits up, laughing]
Septimus: You really thought you were king?
Primus: You killed the bishop.
Septimus: No, Primus, I think you'll find that you killed the bishop by drinking from the wrong cup. [Primus looks crestfallen] Oh look, once you've finished wrestling with your conscience I suggest you return to your chamber. Leave the quest for the stone to me.


Septimus: Una?
Una: Septimus.
Primus, Tertius, Secundus, Quartus, Quintus, Sextus: Sister!


Tristan: (to Yvaine) Excuse me, but have you seen a fallen star anywhere?
Yvaine: You're funny.
Tristan: No, I'm serious. We're in a crater; this must be where it fell.
Yvaine: Yeah, this is where it fell. Or if you want to be really specific, up there is where this weird, bloody necklace knocked it out of the heavens when it was minding it's own business, over there is where it landed, and here, this is where it got hit by a magical, flying, moron!


Tertius: [peeks his ghostly head through a wall] Hey! Guys, you gotta come and see this!
Secundus: No thank you.
Quintus: Pervert.
Tertius: Suit yourselves.


Ditchwater Sal: What do you want with me stranger, a harmless old ...
Lamia: Oh do shut up. I know what you are and I swear by the ordinances of the Sisterhood to which we both belong, that I mean you no harm.


Lamia: Limbus grass! You dare steal truth from my lips by feeding me limbus grass! Do you have any idea what a big mistake you've made Ditchwater Sal?
Ditchwater Sal: How do you know my name? Who are you?
Lamia: Look again. [Lamia's eyes darken]
Ditchwater Sal: [Falls to her knees] I shall not seek the star Your Dark Majesty, I swear.
Lamia: [Her voice booming and echoing unnaturally] Seek all you wish. You shall not see the star, touch it, smell or hear it. You shall not perceive her even if she stands before you. Pray that you never meet me again Ditchwater Sal.


Lamia: You better be telling me the truth you two-faced dog.
Ferdy: I can get you one of them. Very good guard dogs, they can watch the front and the back at the same time.


Tristan: You sort of - glitter now. Is it... Is it normal?
Yvaine: Let's see if you can work it out for youself. What do stars do?
Tristan: Hmm... Attract trouble?
[Yvaine pushes him, amused]
Tristan: [grinning] All right, I'm sorry. Let me do another guess. Is it: Do they know exactly how to annoy a boy called Tristan Thorn?


Tristan: [having crashed against and fell on top of Yvaine] Mother? Oh! Oh, Mother. I'm so sorry. Are you all right?
Yvaine: No, I'm not... and I'm not your mother, so get off me!
Tristan: [stands up] You're not my mother?
Yvaine: Do I look like I'm your mother?

[edit] Quotes about Stardust

  • A fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, Stardust leavens its mature fairy tale with elements of romance, horror, and comedy. ... Although the film may appear, at first glance, to be a family film, it contains enough content to make it a dubious choice for young children. There are sequences of mild horror, in which characters die, sometimes gruesomely. ... In the end, this is very much a fairy tale in the truest sense of the term, with plenty of the darkness left in that is often expunged from such stories. ... The darker elements are nicely modulated. They're not graphic but they convey the point.
  • Even though my character is sort of being talked about as the villain of Stardust, everyone is a villain in Stardust ... I'm probably the ugliest villain in Stardust, for sure [laughs] and the oldest because I age ... I'm 5,000 years old or something ridiculous like that, but I think as fun as these characters I play in the beginning, you don't want to fall into the trap of just going out and being mean. Mean people don't think they're being mean; mean people think they're completely justified in their outbursts or their comments and the truth underneath it all is they're fighting and angry, they feel like the victim, as twisted as they might be, so that's also why it's so interesting to play those because you kind of get to figure that all out.

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