Godzilla Page #10

GAS CANISTERS:

Firing from the air cannons, the GAS CANISTERS streak

across the sky landing behind Godzilla. The Yellow gas

forms a wall of smoke that drifts upwards.

ANOTHER ANGLE - OPPOSITE CORNER

Across the way eight MORE CANISTERS are FIRED at the

beast. Quickly Godzilla is surrounded by the gas fumes.

ANGLE - NICK

Frustrated at his inability to see through the smoke, he

DASHES forward over to a large BRONZE STATUE.

GODZILLA:

The smoke annoying and distracting him, Godzilla spins,

his tail waving the smoke away. But the smoke returns.

Godzilla YELLS OUT. Frustrated he rears back and

BLASTS!

For the first time we SEE the infamous POWER BREATH of

Godzilla. With amazing FORCE the smoke, canisters, cars

and anything that isn't nailed down SAILS BACKWARDS from

the intense pressure.

Nick is HIT by the WAVE of air pressure and is sent

FLYING BACKWARDS, impossibly high in the air.

An enormous fabric BANNER advertising this season at the

MET, catches Nick who SLIDES down the banner, hitting

the ground, HARD. Just as he looks up he SEES...

A LARGE TRUCK:

Tumbling toward him from the power breath. Nick

SCRAMBLES to his feet just in time as the rolling Truck

SMASHES into the building behind where he just sat.

ANGLE - TROOPS - FORTIFICATION

The troops have to SCATTER as the tumbling trucks and

cars are FLUNG AT THEM, disabling their attack forces.

Trucks and rocket launches are CRUSHED by the tumbling

debris.

Godzilla CONTINUES to BLOW at everything around him.

Cars and trucks ROLLING. Soldiers DIVING for cover. It's

chaos.

The glass in all the surrounding buildings SHATTER,

shards of glass raining down. Windows, street lamps, all

blown out by the tremendous gale force winds.

81 INT. COMMAND TENT - MAJOR HICKS - SAME - NIGHT81

On the monitors we SEE the melee.

MAJOR HICKS:

Fire at will!

82 EXT. ROOFTOP - SERGEANT O'NEAL - SAME - NIGHT82

SERGEANT O'NEAL

Fire at will. Fire at will.

83 EXT. FLAT IRON SQUARE - SAME - NIGHT83

From all angles, soldiers rush back to their equipment

and attempt to FIRE. Very few are able to get off

rounds.

84 EXT. ROOFTOP - SAME - NIGHT84

O'Neal tries to steady himself as the soldiers FIRE down

at the creature below. One HOISTS a MISSILE launcher.

ANGLE - GODZILLA - NIGHT

As the FIREPOWER begins around Godzilla, he takes a hit

in the shoulder and SCREAMS OUT. Suddenly he LEAPS away

just as several MISSLES HIT the Flat Iron Building

behind where Godzilla was standing only moments

earlier.

Dashing down a side street, Godzilla LEAPS over the

waiting tanks who cannot adjust their cannons in time.

WE'VE NEVER SEEM HIM MOVE THIS QUICKLY. Several tanks

are SQUASHED as the beast bull dozes right through the

regiment.

85 INT. COMMAND TENT - SAME - NIGHT85

We SEE the Flat Iron Building crumbling on one of the

monitors near Major Hicks. In the rear of the room the

Mayor looks sick.

86 EXT. FLAT IRON SQUARE - SAME - NIGHT86

Soldiers come out from behind the crashed vehicles and

debris. Only the smoldering devastation is left behind.

87 INT. COMMAND TENT - MAJOR HICKS - SAME - NIGHT87

The monitors only show static or devastation.

MAJOR HICKS:

(into radio)

O'Neal, what the hell is going on

there!?

88 EXT. ROOFTOP - SAME88

Quickly his men are packing up.

SERGEANT O'NEAL

(into radio)

He's gone, Sir. Echo division's in

pursuit.

89 EXT. AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS (6TH AVE.) - SAME - NIGHT89

Four ARMORED MILITARY VEHICLES come SKIDDING around the

corner in hot pursuit. Each with a team manning enormous

mounted weaponry.

REVERSE ANGLE - 6TH AVE. - GODZILLA

Galloping like a Gisele uptown, Godzilla is SPEEDING up

the boulevard. The armored vehicles OPEN FIRE. Some

shots CLIP into Godzilla's back. Ahead he is running

directly into...

MOBILE MISSILE LAUNCHERS

Blocking off the street in front of him. They FIRE.

Pinned down, the creature SCREAMS and DUCKS away down

another side street. The missiles can't turn fast enough

and SLAM into a building, DEMOLISHING it.

90 EXT. ELECTRONICS STORE - SAME - NIGHT90

The window is SMASHED in. A small group of LOOTERS are

loading up their mini-van. Finishing up the group is

about to leave.

LOOTER #1

Jimmy, let's go.

LOOTER #2

Wait. I want this. Help me!

The group rejoins Jimmy as they try to pull an enormous

Pin Ball machine from the window. As they carry the

machine back towards the mini-van...

SQUASH! - GIGANTIC FOOT

Godzilla's enormous foot flattens the mini-van like a

pancake. The Looters go pale. As the Military Armored

Vehicles RACE by in hot pursuit.

91 EXT. BROADWAY - SAME - NIGHT91

Godzilla BOUNDS onto Broadway and FREEZES, looking

around. As he looks downtown he SEES...

GODZILLA'S P.O.V. - MILITARY ARMORED VEHICLES

Skidding around the corner a few blocks back, the

armored vehicles reappear.

Godzilla turns uptown and BOLTS. As he gets up to full

speed...

COBRA HELICOPTERS

A team of FOUR COBRA HELICOPTERS swoops down heading

directly for Godzilla.

92 INT. COMMAND TENT - MAJOR HICKS - NIGHT92

The Mayor stands over a Radio technician.

HELICOPTER PILOT (O.S.)

(filtered)

We have him, locked on.

MAJOR HICKS:

Then FIRE damn it!

93 EXT. TIMES SQUARE - SAME - NIGHT93

Godzilla runs into the famous lighted square (looking

remarkably like Tokyo) just as the COBRA'S come SWEEPING

DOWN out of the sky.

Godzilla SPOTS them and leaps away just as they FIRE

missiles, which RIP INTO the famous JUMBO TRON VIDEO

BILLBOARD, demolishing the building.

The Cobra's SWERVE quickly, pursuing Godzilla down a

side street.

94 EXT. LEXINGTON AVENUE - SAME - NIGHT94

Godzilla appears, turning the corner and racing down the

street. From behind, the Cobra helicopters come

SCREAMING down on him, they FIRE ROCKETS at Godzilla

who, again, deftly turns a corner.

The errant rockets BLAST into the CHRYSLER BUILDING, as

they attempt to follow him but fail. Shards of glass come

RAINING DOWN as the building crumbles.

ANGLE - ARMORED VEHICLES

As they race around the corner they SLAM ON THE BREAKS

just as the familiar CONE of the Chrysler building comes

CRASHING DOWN just inches in front of the vehicles,

tumbling into the street.

95 INT. COMMAND TENT - SAME - NIGHT95

The static increases over the radio.

HELICOPTER PILOT

(filtered)

That is a negative impact.

The Mayor, in the back of the room stands, furious.

MAYOR:

Negative impact!?! It's the goddamned

Chrysler building, that's what it is!

His aides try to calm him.

MAJOR HICKS:

(into radio)

You said he was locked on!

96 EXT. SIDE STREET - COBRA HELICOPTER P.O.V. - NIGHT96

Moving through the narrow side street.

HELICOPTER PILOT (O.S.)

The heat seekers can't lock. He's

colder than the buildings around him.

97 EXT. 5TH AVENUE - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT97

The four Cobra helicopters ZOOM around the corner and

into 5th avenue.

COBRA HELICOPTER P.O.V. - GODZILLA

Godzilla is ahead of us. The choppers FIRE again, this

time using their gun turrets, ACCELERATING toward the

beast.

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