Godzilla Page #7

FIELD REPORTER:

(filtered)

...military and government health

officials set up a command post on the

New Jersey coast this afternoon...

Surprised at first, Audrey suddenly becomes very

excited. She SEES Caiman exiting the studio at the end

of the hall. She rushes over to him.

AUDREY:

Caiman, wait. Take me with you.

CAIMAN:

What?

AUDREY:

I've got something on this. I know a

guy on the inside with the

military...

CAIMAN:

Not now. You got my bag?

Audrey holds up his bag as they walk towards the

elevator.

AUDREY:

You don't understand, I can get us

information...

CAIMAN:

Listen, this is the time when the big

boys have to go to work, okay Honey?

With that, Caiman walks into the elevator. Pissed,

Audrey just stares at him.

CAIMAN:

The bag?

Audrey THROWS the bag at him, knocking him backwards as

the elevator doors close. Lucy walks over.

LUCY:

Come on, Girl, we've gotta go!

43 EXT. WNEW OFFICE BUILDING - MINUTES LATER - DAY43

Lucy and Audrey carry their bags outside into the chaos

that has taken over the city. Hundreds of people trying

to leave at once. Gridlock.

As they move into an overcrowded subway entrance,

Audrey looks up just in time to SEE the WNEW NEWS

HELICOPTER lifting off from the building behind them.

CUT TO:

44 EXT. MANHATTAN - HELICOPTER SHOT - LATE AFTERNOON44

We SEE the destroyed parts of downtown Manhattan. Police

barricade the streets as firemen work to contain the

fires.

CAIMAN (O.S.)

...in what city officials are calling

the worst act of destruction since the

World Trade Tower bombing...

45 INT. WNEW NEW HELICOPTER - SAME - LATER AFTERNOON45

Caiman stares earnestly at his video camera.

CAIMAN:

...Police and the National Guard have

quarantined off over twenty square

city blocks...

46 EXT. OVERHEAD HELICOPTER SHOT OF MANHATTAN - SAME46

Below we see the largest traffic jam in the history of

the city. Police and National Guardsmen guide the

traffic.

CAIMAN:

...hundreds of thousands have jammed

the streets in the largest evacuation

in the history of the city. And many

people are not happy about it.

47 EXT. MAN ON THE STREET INTERVIEW - VIDEO FOOTAGE47

Quick cuts of people who where interviewed earlier.

WOMAN:

I don't understand why we have to

leave our homes. It's over already,

isn't it?

MAN:

What are we running from? A big

lizard? I've got cockroaches in my

building that could kick the crap out

of it.

48 EXT. TIMES SQUARE - GRIDLOCK - LATE AFTERNOON48

Near chaos as police and National guardsmen attempt to

bring order to the hundreds of honking, screaming

motorists.

RIOT POLICE VAN:

Dozens of armed officers pile out of the van.

NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

Maintaining blockades in front of their military

vehicles.

49 EXT. SEVENTH AVE E - ROADBLOCK - LATER AFTERNOON49

The evacuation effort is made more difficult as traffic

must be diverted away from the quarantined destruction

area ahead. Police block the street, smoldering

buildings behind them. The detour only makes things

worse.

50 EXT. CITY BANK BUILDING - WALL STREET - SAME50

Several National Guardsmen walk up to the City Bank

building where they find an ENORMOUS HOLE smashed into

the side of the building. The Guardsmen peek inside.

GUARDSMEN'S P.O.V. - INTO BUILDING

We SEE THROUGH the building to a hold on the other side.

Godzilla apparently walked RIGHT THROUGH. The Guardsmen

are visibly shaken.

51 INT. SUBWAY STATION - SAME51

Way beyond capacity, the flooded subway platform bursts

with people pushing and shoving to get into the trains.

Caught in the craziness we find Audrey and Lucy trying

desperately to get on board.

P.A.

Please don't push. People are getting

shoved down onto the tracks and the

trains can't leave...

The last to fit inside, Lucy and Audrey cram in just as

the doors shut behind them. People left behind BANG on

the closed doors as the subway pulls out.

52 EXT. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE - HELICOPTER SHOT - SAME52

A gigantic traffic back up all the way down the Westside

Highway. The bridge is a veritable parking lot.

MAYOR (O.S.)

Well this is great!

53 INT. MAYOR'S HELICOPTER - LATER AFTERNOON53

With his close aides in tow, the Mayor stares at the

melee below.

MAYOR:

If we're wrong on this evacuation

they'll string me up from the Liberty

torch.

54 EXT. COMMAND CENTER - JERSEY CLIFF SIDE - LATE54

AFTERNOON:

The Mayor's helicopter sails over the George Washington

Bridge and over to a small landing pad near the Command

Center. A large group of people dressed in business

suits await the helicopter.

55 INT. MAYOR'S HELICOPTER - LATE AFTERNOON55

Just as the helicopter is landing, the crowd moves

toward the chopper.

MAYOR:

Who the hell are they?

AIDE:

It's a contingent of building owners

and community business

representatives.

MAYOR:

I don't have time for this nonsense.

AIDE:

Most of them are campaign

contributors.

Well that's a different story.

56 EXT. LANDING PAD - CONTINUOUS - LATE AFTERNOON56

As the Mayor steps out he's greeted by a nervous crowd

of people shouting, "How long do we have to shut our

business down? Will the city cover the damages? Etc."

Among them, DONALD TRUMP tries to get the Mayor's

attention.

MAYOR:

I share your concerns. I want to get

the city back in business as soon as

possible.

As he pushes through the dense crowd he runs directly

into...

RAYMOND:

Who waits for the Mayor. The Mayor is momentarily

stopped.

RAYMOND:

(handing his card)

CHARGURES Insurance. We represent

nearly thirteen percent of the

buildings in your city.

MAYOR:

If you'll excuse me...

RAYMOND:

We are very happy that you are in

control of this situation.

With that he gently pats the Mayor on the back, leaving

a small, nearly undetectable DEVICE on the Mayor's

collar.

RAYMOND:

You can count on our emotional and

financial support.

MAYOR:

Oh, well, thank you very much.

Briskly he shakes his hand as he pushes his way through

the crowd. Raymond watches him pass, seeing the device

stuck to the Mayor's collar.

ANGLE - WNEW NEWS CHOPPER

Rushing over from the parked news chopper, Animal and

Caiman race for the Mayor who walks through a mob of

reporters.

CAIMAN:

Hurry, we're going to miss the Mayor.

But before he can get close, two POLICE OFFICERS stop

them.

POLICE OFFICER:

Sorry, you gotta have a press ID past

this point.

CAIMAN:

Don't you watch t.v.?

POLICE OFFICER:

Can we see your press pass, sir?

Flustered, Caiman searches his pockets for his press

pass.

CAIMAN:

I had one here on my bag. Where the

hell did I put it?

CAIMAN'S PRESS PASS - ECU

We SEE Caiman's plastic smile on his press ID. Suddenly

AUDREY'S picture is placed on top of Caiman's.

WIDEN TO:

REVEAL:

57 INT. SUBWAY STATION - SAME - LATER AFTERNOON57

Smashed together like sardines, Audrey plays with

Caiman's press pass, trying to put her photo over his.

LUCY:

What the hell are you doing?

AUDREY:

Remember my friend we saw on t.v.?

LUCY:

Your old sweetheart?

AUDREY:

Yeah, well he just turned up in New

Jersey at the military command post.

Somehow all this is related to what

happened down in Panama. There's a

story here. I know it. You got any

tape or glue?

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