Clash of the Titans Page #25

CAPTAIN:

Joppa is under siege! King

Kepheus needs these supplies!

Something huge breaches the surface. The captain squints

through the rain... and sees the GIGANTIC SCUTED TAIL of

Leviathan. IT GOES RIGHT PAST THEM, miraculously leaving

the fleet untouched.

But then -- they HEAR a sound BIGGER than the typhoon.

The dark sky gets darker as an ENORMOUS BLACK SHAPE

appears behind the Fleet, bearing down on them at

impossible speed --

TIAMAT'S PALACE-GALLEON so dwarfs the Fleet that it PLOWS

THROUGH the other ships without noticing, obliterating

them in seconds, sending all hands to the depths.

EXT. TIAMAT'S PALACE-GALLEON - PROW - CLOSE ON TIAMAT'S

FRIGHTENING VISAGE - NIGHT

Lit by FLASHES OF LIGHTNING. The Goddess smiles in

satisfaction at the devastation.

EXT. JETTY (THE TETHYS SEA) - DAY

A bleak shore. A boulder jetty juts into the cold pewter

sea and fades into the fog. Chunks of ice bob on the

lapping waves.

SUPERIMPOSE:
THE TETHYS SEA... 12 DAYS REMAINING

The Expedition, miserably wet, waits for passage around a

campfire on the frigid beach. Perseus, polishing the

shield he got from the Norns, looks to Amoun, who sits

smoking.

PERSEUS:

Tell of the Gorgoneion.

(CONTINUED)

81.

CONTINUED:

AMOUN:

The Rape of Medusa?

Everyone falls silent. The soldiers shift, suddenly

nervous.

THAD:

With respect, Magi, do not recite

that black tale. You'll bring the

sky down upon us.

SPYROS:

Does a fairy tale frighten you,

soldier?

Thad looks at him, sharply.

DRACO:

Tell the story, sir. My men fear

only one thing -- to let fear in

their hearts.

Mongke says something that means, "Go ahead already."

AMOUN:

Medusa was a tender young woman

once -- a mortal creature of such

rare beauty as to tempt even the

Gods. One night, on the road

home, she caught the eye of the

God of Deserts and Entropy -- Set

the Void.

FLASHBACK - EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - NIGHT

A stunning beauty, YOUNG MEDUSA, carries a water pitcher.

Suddenly, frightened, she turns, sees something, drops

the pitcher and runs.

AMOUN (V.0.)

She hastened to hallowed ground,

thinking the Goddess Tiamat would

protect her in her temple. But

the God Set followed.

A SHADOW passes swiftly over the shattered pitcher, in

pursuit.

INT. TEMPLE OF TIAMAT - NIGHT

In the center of the dark hall, SET overtakes Medusa, L.

forcing her down.

(CONTINUED)

82.

CONTINUED:

His cloak ripples as SHAPES PUSH THROUGH THE SPECTRAL

FOLDS -- the girl's reaching fingers, her screaming face.

AMOUN (V.0.)

He ravished her on the cold floor.

She felt the heartless passion of

a God.

SAME SCENE - LATER

Alone, Medusa crawls with bloody fingernails toward the

altar.

AMOUN (V.0.)

Despoiled and broken in the shadow

of Tiamat's altar, she prayed for

comfort and pleaded for courage...

But the Goddess of the Deep

regarded Medusa with disdain. The

prayers of such a frail and filthy

mortal angered Tiamat.

A bust of Tiamat chiseled from black crystal opens her

BLAZING eyes, THROWING A LONG SHADOW OF MEDUSA onto the

wall.

AMOUN (V.0.)

The Goddess twisted young Medusa

into a loathsome new thing...

The contorting shadow shows the transformation. Legs

twist and snap and become a slithering tail. Snake heads

wriggle from her skull.

L:

EXT. JETTY (TETHYS SEA) - BACK TO THE CAMPFIRE - DAY

(PRESENT)

The Expedition all hang on Amoun's every word.

AMOUN:

.. and cursed her with a hateful

stare that petrifies to stone all

that look upon her.

Grave silence. Draco realizes he's burned his dinner on

the fire. Spyros shakes his head. Perseus just stares,

a believer.

NOISES come from the fog: SPLINTERING ICE; SLOSHING

OARS. A SHAPE emerges -- an ice-cutting THREE-TIERED

GALLEY, oars moving with precision.

(CONTINUED)

83.

CONTINUED:

AMOUN:

Charon's ferry.

EXT. THE TETHYS SEA - DAY

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