Clash of the Titans Page #29

KEPHEUS:

They take refuge from the Lower

Wharf. A sight I wish you'd never

seen.

ANDROMEDA:

You've sheltered me too long from

the hard things in this world.

KEPHEUS:

I would have it no other way.

ANDROMEDA:

And I thank you for the gift of my

cosseted youth. But now, with

Mother so...

(turns to him)

It's time I shared this burden

you've carried so long.

Filled with emotion, he puts an arm around her.

KEPHEUS:

You make me proud, but you are

only a child... my little one.

ANDROMEDA:

No, no longer. Your protection of

me has brought hardship to our

people...

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

93.

CONTINUED:

ANDROMEDA (CONT'D)

and to me, perhaps, new

understanding. I must ask you

something, Father.

She turns away from his gaze and looks down at the city.

ANDROMEDA:

If you could end this siege with

just one unselfish act, would you

do it?

KEPHEUS:

To save my people, yes, of course.

ANDROMEDA:

Such an act is within my power.

He studies her a moment, then becomes alarmed.

KEPH EUS:

Stop itl I forbid you to

entertain such thoughts.

ANDROMEDA:

Perseus and the others were

willing to give everything.

KEPHEUS:

(turns her to him)

Listen to me. By the time this is

over, your mother and I may well

be gone. But I guarantee the day

is coming when Joppa will know

glory under Queen Andromeda.

She embraces him, head upon his shoulder, where he can't

see her resolve.

ANDROMEDA:

Be at peace, Father, I will not

cause you any more sadness than I

already have.

EXT. OLIVE GROVES (ILLYRIA) - MILESTONE - DAY

An ancient walled road curves over the pastoral orchard

hills.

SUPERIMPOSE:
MILESTONE, HILLS OF ILLYRIA... 3 DAYS

REMAINING:

The exhausted Expedition is now six: Perseus, Vidalia,

Amoun, Spyros, Mongke, and Tamburlane. They've stopped

at a well beside a MILESTONE.

(CONTINUED)

94.

CONTINUED:

Spyros studies the ancient words carved into the

milestone:
"Polis of JOVE PATER : XI stadia S."

SPYROS:

Eleven stadia to the South... What

is 'Polis of Jove Pater'? I'm

ignorant of this.

AMOUN:

Jove the Father is another name by

which Zeus was known. This

milestone dates from when city

states were named for their patron

deities.

Perseus, filling his canteen, peers at the marker as

Amoun uses one hand to cover the letters "-VE" and the

other the letters "-TER."

AMOUN:

'The Polis of Jove Pater' is the

ancient name of --

PERSEUS:

-- Joppa.

AMOUN:

Yes, Joppa... once the most sacred

site in the worship of Jove.

PERSEUS:

(dawning on him)

Tiamat chooses the city of Zeus to

take hostage.

(as Amoun confirms

THIS)

She compels the people to make

human sacrifice of the Princess

Andromeda...

AMOUN:

. and transforms Joppa into the

new church of Tiamat. The ancient

abode of Zeus...

VIDALIA:

(QUIETLY)

becomes the new home of

Tiamat, granting her sway to

supplant him as the God of Gods.

(urgently to Perseus)

You can't allow Tiamat to rule

Olympos.

(CONTINUED)

95.

CONTINUED:

Perseus holds her look. "No," he won't let that happen.

But in his eyes are fear and doubt.

EXT. FOREST TRAIL (ILLYRIA) - MAGIC HOUR

The Expedition passes through deep woods. Spyros and

Perseus ride side by side.

PERSEUS:

Father, we've seen much on this

journey we cannot hold in our

hands. Yet these things are real

enough. At each turn, we find

monsters and Gods.

SPYROS:

Yes, the evidence is everywhere

once we leave our island. That's

why I so rarely leave. These

Gods, what do you make of them?

PERSEUS:

As you always said, they're petty,

vengeful... and dangerous.

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