Wonderwoman Page #21

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SENTRIES patrol a fortified bunker deep in enemy

territory.

Ludendorff enters to find the GERMAN WAR COUNCIL, chief

among them COMMANDER VON HINDENBURG.

VON HINDENBURG:

You were absent at the council

meeting, General.

LUDENDORFF:

(frustrated)

You've begun negotiating the terms

of the armistice.

VON HINDENBURG:

On the Kaiser's behalf.

LUDENDORFF:

(accusatory)

But on your insistence.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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LUDENDORFF (CONT'D)

(to the council)

We can easily win this war

still...

(beat)

If only you had faith in me.

The way Ludendorff says it, he almost expects everyone to

simply agree with him, but Von Hindenburg gets to his

feet, angry --

VON HINDENBURG:

We don't. There are shortages of

food, medicine, ammunition. Every

hour we delay costs thousands of

German lives.

LUDENDORFF:

One attack and the war is ours.

As we speak, my chemist and her

team are --

VON HINDENBURG:

We stand against you and your

witch, Ludendorff! Enough!

(calming)

Twenty-four hours from now this

war will end. It is over.

Ludendorff looks around, nods.

LUDENDORFF:

For all of you.

Ludendorff turns and exits --

73 EXT. GERMAN OPERATIONS BUNKER - CONTINUOUS ACTION 73

Ludendorff nods to Dr. Maru who throws a CANISTER OF GAS

in.

Maru watches curiously as Ludendorff then tosses a GAS

MASK in. Von Hindenberg and the men look at the mask.

Ludendorff closes the doors as the canister erupts.

A COMMOTION within the room breaks out as the gas

spreads. Unable to escape, the men desperately fight

over the gas mask.

MARU:

The mask won't help.

LUDENDORFF:

Yes, but they don't know that.

(CONTINUED)

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Ludendorff cracks open a CAPSULE of GAS, inhaling it.

Again, it's a PAINFUL process -- again Ludendorff's veins

BULGE and PULSATE.

With heightened strength, Ludendorff presses against the

doors -- the SCREAMS of the dying men in the bunker seep

out. It's music to Maru. She can hear a HISSING as the

gas scars the doors inside. Ludendorff pulls Maru away --

LUDENDORFF:

It's time to stage our

demonstration for the Kaiser.

74 OMITTED 74

74A EXT. DIRT ROAD (WOODS) - DAY 74A

DIANA, CHARLIE, SAMMY, and THE CHIEF follow STEVE down a

MUDDY ROAD in the woods, the SOUNDS OF BOMBS in the b.g.

Diana takes in the bleakness of the world. A cluster of

villagers runs past. Fleeing from something. A BABY

cries in its mother's arms. Diana stares -- hears

SCREAMS ahead.

IN A DITCH on the side of the road, TWO HORSES pulling a

CART OF MUNITIONS (that has tipped) are stuck in the MUD.

A SOLDIER whips the horses, trying to get them out.

DIANA:

Those animals. Why are they

hurting them?

CHARLIE:

Because they need to move. Like

us.

DIANA:

But I can help them!

CHARLIE:

There's no time! C'mon, woman.

Steve and the team jog down the road, Diana reluctantly

following. A WAILING man is heard ahead.

ON THE ROAD.

Diana looks ahead to where a WOUNDED SOLDIER crying out

in pain, surrounded by OTHER SOLDIERS trying to

administer help (as best they can).

(CONTINUED)

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WOUNDED SOLDIER:

Oh, God. God, help me! Please.

He continues to CRY OUT. Diana horrified.

DIANA:

That man... He's injured.

SAMEER:

There is nothing we can do about

it, Diana. We must keep moving.

AS THEY MOVED FORWARD, Diana looks ahead sees beyond the

woods -- NO MAN'S LAND...

PRE-LAP:
The SOUNDS of RAIN and THUNDER, which BOOMS,

then fades into the SOUNDS of GUNFIRE and EXPLOSIONS.

75 EXT. RAIN-SOAKED COUNTRYSIDE (BELGIUM) - DAY 75

Chief leads the team through the muddy Belgian

countryside on their HANDS AND KNEES, bullets flying

overhead. They stop at a DUGOUT ENTRYWAY to --

76 EXT. ALLIED TRENCH (BELGIUM) - CONTINUOUS ACTION 76

-- the ALLIED TRENCH at the BELGIAN FRONT.

The team moves into the muddy trench, occupied by TOMMIES

-- BRITISH SOLDIERS. Diana and the others get to their

feet, bullets and shells whistling and EXPLODING

overhead.

DIANA:

Where are we?

STEVE:

You wanted me to take you to the

war. This is it. The front

lines.

DIANA:

But where are Ares' men -- the

Germans?

Charlie motions past the shelling and flying bullets.

CHARLIE:

Couple hundred yards that way. In

a trench like this one.

(CONTINUED)

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Diana's dismay grows. She looks at the faces of the

frightened, worn-down soldiers as they move through a

seemingly endless, narrow passage carved deep into the

earth, walled on either side by SANDBAGS and DIRT, which

is quickly pooling into MUD at their feet.

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