Superman Page #23

248EANGLE ON CRACK - SUPERMAN' S POV

The crack slams shut with a sickening sound.

248FEXT. MOUNTAIN TOP

SUPERMAN deposits the squashed car with LOIS inside on a mountain top, rips the door

off, helps her out.

SUPERMAN:

Sorry about the car ...

LOIS:

Forget it, it's a Hertz.

249EXT. DAM - DAY

JIMMY holds on to the top railing of the huge dam which shakes and strains under the force

of the quake. He bravely tries to take pictures with his camera which dangles from his neck,

suddenly hears something, looks down in horror.

249AANGLE ON DAM - JIMMY'S POV

The dam begins to crack - little cracks at first, then growing larger and more numerous.

250WIDER ANGLE

SUPERMAN suddenly appears - a tiny blue dot as compared to the size of the mighty dam. He pushes back against it.

251CLOSE ON SUPERMAN

The cracks start to run in all directions, now grow wider. It's hopeless. SUPERMAN looks up in desperation as JIMMY yells down at him.

JIMMY:

Superman! I'm up here, Superman! I'm ...

252CLOSE ON JlMMY

Before Jimmy can finish his sentence he is scooped up into air by SUPERMAN.

253ANGLE IN MID-AIR

SUPERMAN wheels in mid-air holding JIMMY, looks down at the dam, then back at JIMMY again.

SUPERMAN:

Want a picture on page one of every newspaper in

the world?

JIMMY:

(grinning)

You know it.

SUPERMAN:

Ready...?

(looking down)

Now!

253AANGLE DOWN ON DAM - THEIR POV

The enormous dam suddenly bursts. Huge jets of water spit through the crumbling structure on all sides.

254EXT. MOUNTAIN TOP

FLASH CUT:
LOIS stands by her squashed car on the mountain top. A blur seems to cross the SCREEN, then instantaneously leave. JIMMY is standing next to her.

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255EXT. DAM

The structure collapses. A gigantic wall of water cascades down toward the valley town below.

256EXT. VALLEY TOWN STREET - DAY

Screaming, panicked citizens react in terror as the raging torrent heads down directly at them.

257ANGLE LOOKING DOWN FROM SKY

SUPERMAN dives to earth, carves a wide new river bed like a human bulldozer, channeling

the water so it bypasses the town. The current rushes off down its new course into the desert

lands beyond.

258EXT. INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY

The assembled INDIANS watch, thunderstruck, as the new river bed is carved through their

land, irrigating it. They cheer wildly. SUPERMAN waves happily back at them, then flies

off.

259EXT. MOUNTAIN TOP - DAY

SUPERMAN lands on the mountain top, joining LOIS and JIMMY. The rumbling hasstopped. JIMMY notices.

JIMMY:

It's over! You did it, Superman!

SUPERMAN smiles modestly, turns to LOIS.

SUPERMAN:

Sorry I left you waiting all the way up here,

Lois, but I was kind of busy down there for a

while.

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259CONTINUED

LOIS:

(totally in love)

Oh, I understand ...

(beaming)

Your work comes first.

SUPERMAN:

(nodding grimly)

And there's one last piece of unfinished

business left...

(to JIMMY)

Take care of her, Jimmy. I'll be back in

a minute.

SUPERMAN zooms off into the air. LOIS watches him go, a hopefully wistful smile on her

face.

JIMMY:

Boy. Superman sure seems to care about

you, Miss Lane.

LOIS:

Superman cares about everyone,

Jimmy. ....

(a new thought - eyes

narrowing)

But who knows? . . . Maybe one day . . .

(cocky smile)

If he's lucky . . .

260EXT.PRISON YARD - DAY

The recreationyard of a large prison. CONVICTS mill about under the supervision

of watch towers. Off to one side of the yard the WARDEN confers with two of his GUARDS.

261CLOSE ON WARDEN AND GUARDS

The WARDEN looks up in astonishment as SUPERMAN whizzes down through the air

holding LUTHOR and OTIS with either arm, lands directly in front of them.

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261CONTINUED

SUPERMAN:

Hello, Warden. I think these men

should be safe here with you until

they can get a fair trial.

WARDEN:

Thanks, Superman.

(sternly - to GUARDS)

Take 'em away, boys . .

LUTHOR and OTIS are led away. The WARDEN turns admiringly to SUPERMAN.

WARDEN:

This country is safe again, Superman -

thanks to you.

SUPERMAN:

(and he means it)

And you, Warden. And the fireman, the

doctor,the teacher, the clergyman - the

cop on the beat . . .

(nice smile)

We're all on the same team.

SUPERMAN flies higher into the NIGHT sky.

261AEXT. SKY - NIGHT to DAY

As SUPERMAN flies higher into the atmosphere we SEE the other side of the EARTH as he FLIES into DAYLIGHT.

262EXT. SKY - DAY

SUPERMAN flies majestically through the sky, gaining altitude. He's done his job well. OR HAS HE? CAMERA PANS OFF HIM, ZOOMS UP INTO SPACE.

263EXT. SPACE

ROCKET #1 which SUPERMAN hurled upward from earth continues traveling through space, unchecked by gravitational pull. It speeds through other solar systems, gradually approaching something which - to our horror - we recognize from earlier: The Phantom Zone containing the THREE GREAT VILLAINS: ZOD, URSA, and NON

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264CLOSE 0N ROCKET

The ROCKET nears the Phantom Zone, then suddenly explodes. The massive shock waves ripple furiously through space.

265CLOSE ON PHANTOM ZONE

The intense waves caused by the nuclear explosion collide with the Phantom Zone. It cracks

releasing the VILLAINS. They rush to the opened section and their unexpected freedom. NON lets out the horrible roar or an animal suddenly uncaged.

ZOD:

Free!

URSA:

Free!

Their grotesque faces fill the SCREEN with howls of glee as they drift off into space.

IMMEDIATE CUT TO:

SELECTED SCENES FROM SUPERMAN II

Selected film clips from SUPERMAN II with the exact content to be determined, but certainly establishing:

A.LOIS and SUPERMAN making love .

B.JOR-EL physically appearing before SUPERMAN to give him new life.

C.CLARK KENT being beaten up and bloodied.

D.ZOD, URSA and, NON destroying and conquering the world.

INSERT SHOT - COMIC BOOK

The tiny CHILD'S hand seen in the opening shot of the film comes back into frame, quietly turns over the final page of the SUPERMAN comic book. On the back cover is the enticing message

DON'T MISS THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN!

COMING SOON!

FADE OUT:

THE END OF:

PART I:

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