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"Superman I, la película: Versión cinematográfica de 1978".
00:54 horas. 20 de Mayo de 2012 Publicado por Alberto Angulo Morales
www.smallvillechronicles-spain.blogspot.com
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Smallvillechronicles-spain os presenta el guión original de la versión cinematográfica estrenada por primera vez en Diciembre de 1978. Esta es la tercera parte del guión.
"SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (1978)"
Guión del rodaje.
Revisado por TOM MANKIEWICZ
Dirigido por RICHARD DONNER
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185 INT. LOIS LANE'S APARTMENT - DAY
A lovely apartment in a high-rise building with a balcony-terrace off the living room. Books,
modern art posters, desk with typewriter, etc. CLARK sits at one end of the sofa. LOIS paces
next to him.
LOIS
(outraged)
It wasn't a trick!
CLARK
Oh sure. A man flies in the sky like a pigeon
and it wasn't a trick. It was probably done with
wires. They must have rigged him up like Peter Pan.
LOIS
There weren't any wires. I looked.
CLARK
Mirrors, then.
LOIS
He grabbed me! He held me! How could that be done with mirrors?
185 CONTINUED
CLARK
I don't know, Lois, but I do know a fraud when I
hear one. This thing goes against all natural laws.
LOIS
(pause)
You're just jealous.
CLARK
Jealous! Of what?
LOIS
Of this...Superman.
CLARK frowns as he hears the name for the first time, then stifles a smile.
CLARK
(musing)
Super...man. Hmmm...
LOIS
I'm going to make some coffee.
Want some?
CLARK
No thanks.
LOIS crosses to open the kitchen door.
LOIS
You know something? I've only
said three words to the man...but
for the first time in a long time - I
think I'm kind of...stuck on someone.
SHE enters the kitchen. The door swings shut behind her. CLARK rises, listens, interested.
185 CONTINUED
LOIS (O.S.)
Just...three little words, as
they say. "Help" and "Thank
you." Not exactly the basis for
a meaningful relationship, is it?
I mean, for all I know, he's got
a wife and kids on some other
planet. But somehow I just can't
stop...fantasizing about him, you know?
CLARK has heard something. He cocks his head, looks off at the terrace.
LOIS (CONTD)
So I called a guy who's married to
this girl I went to college with. He's a
shrink. I made an appointment and went
to see him...
186 EXT. TERRACE - DAY
CLARK comes out, listening intently. CAMERA ZOOMS to a rooftop across the street covered with TV aerials. CLARK'S super hearing picks up an announcement coming over the air waves.
ANNOUNCER'S COICE
...tape recording left at station W.M.E.T.
Police chief James Vitucci listened to it
immediately, put the police on emergency
alert, and warned citizens to remain in their
homes in he downtown area. Here is the
recording:
187 EXT. METROPOLIS SCHOOL - DAY
Lines of SCHOOL CHILDREN file out the front doors and down the steps of a public
school. being monitored by TEACHERS and POLICE who load then into busses.
LUTHOR'S VOICE
(over air waves)
This is the voice of Lex Luthor. I have a challenge for
this...unidentified flying object. This bogus blue baffoon.
There is an abandoned warehouse at the corner of Fifth
and Main...
188 EXT. LOIS" TERRACE - DAY
CLARK listens, eyes widening.
LUTHOR'S VOICE
Somewhere inside that warehouse is a pellet filled with a
propane lithium compound. At precisely twelve noon it
will drop into a beaker of acid.
CLARK checks his watch.
189 INSERT SHOT - CLARK'S WATCH
The time is 11:50
LUTHOR'S VOICE
Within a matter of seconds a poison gas will be released
that will annihilate everyone within a forty block radius...
190 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - DAY - ANGLE OF TERRACE
Looking up from the street: CLARK jumps off Lois' terrace. CAMERA PUSHES IN: as he
falls, a gradual transformation to Superman takes place in blurred. overlapping stages.
LUTHOR'S VOICE
I would remind the tin-plated minions
of law that this warehouse has been fitted
with anti-personnel devices, which will
render any police action totally ineffective...
SUPERMAN hits the street, the transformation having completed. He shoots off into the sky.
191 EXT. METROPOLIS HOSPITAL - DAY
Bed-ridden PATIENTS are being wheeled out of the Emergency Exit of a hospital by NURSES and ATTENDANTS, and loaded into waiting ambulances under POLICE supervision.
LUTHOR'S VOICE
Is this cape-flapping freak all that he seems
or are we merely victims of mass hysteria?
Thousands of innocent lives hang in the
balance. I make this gesture as a public
service, by the way - and without thanks. Thanks.
192 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - DAY
LOIS can still be heard talking from the kitchen.
LOIS (O.S.)
...and then he said, "maybe the guy's
a father figure." So I said, "look. My
Pop's a terrific guy, but he doesn't
go flying around town in a red cape..."
LOIS enters the living room, looks around.
LOIS
Clark...Clark?
(pause)
Nuts. Now I've gone and hurt his
feelings.
193 EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY - WIDE SHOT
The warehouse is cordoned off. Fire trucks and police cars are drawn up. BOMB SQUAD
PERSONNEL stand nearby strapping on their protective gear; now look up as they suddenly hear a "whooshing " sound O . S .
194 CLOSE ON WAREHOUSE DOOR
SUPERMAN lands directly in front of the warehouse door, waves the POLICE back. He turns to face the warehouse. The massive metal doors are linked with a giant padlock.
195 INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR VIEWING THEATER - DAY
LUTHOR, EVE and OTIS sit in comfortable seats in an elegant viewing theater somewhere inside the underground complex. A bank of large TV screens faces them. One screen projects
the live image of SUPERMAN. (NOTE: As the action progresses through the warehouse,
different screens will be activated presumably from different cameras). LUTHOR sips a tall
drink, smugly adjusts several knobs on a large console next to him. EVE chews gum, stares curiously at SUPERMAN. OTIS munches a large candy bar, excited.
LUTHOR
Look at that overgrown Boy Scout, Miss
Teschmacher, Tell me what you see.
EVE
(chewing)
Cuteness. Dimples.
LUTHOR'S eyes flash. EVE smiles nervously.
EVE
Did I miss something, Lex?
LUTHOR glowers at SUPETRMAN ominously.
LUTHOR
Confidence
196 EXT.WAREHOUSE - DAY
SUPERMAN jerks the padlock backwards off the doors. They open with a huge explosion -
the SCREEN is filled with smoke and flame. As the smoke clears: SUPERMAN stands in
the doorway, unharmed. He tears apart what's left of the doors like tinfoil, steps inside. A
bright row of arrows painted on the warehouse floor points the way for him.
197 INT. LUTHOR'S VIEWING THEATER - DAY
LUTHOR scowls, a bit unnerved.
OTIS
This guy handles himself pretty good,
Mr. Luthor.
LUTHOR
All right, all right, so he's tough! We
knew that.
(TO EVE')
So you like dimples, eh, Miss Teschmacher?
I'll give him dimples.........
198 INT. WAREHOUSE ROOM #1 - DAY
SUPERMAN follows the painted arrows into a bare room. The door suddenly slams shut behind him. Instantly: wall panels slide open on all sides filled with machine gun barrels.
They all open fire at once in a withering deafening, blinding barrage. SUPERMAN stands erect, arms folded, as thousands of bullets ricochet of him. The barrage finally ends. The
floor of the room is totally covered with spent shells. Brushing them aside with his boot to
find the painted arrows, SUPERMAN calmly proceeds on his way.
199 LUTHOR ' S VIEWING THEATER - DAY
LUTHOR looks nervous, flustered even, as he fumbles with the controls on his panels.
EVE
Dimples. Would you settle for acne?
LUTHOR
Don't worry, don't worry, we'll find his weakness.....
OTIS
Hey. Maybe he's got a glass jaw.
(LUTHOR glares)
Then, on the other hand......
200 INT. WAREHOUSE ROOM #2 - DAY
SUPERMAN enters the second room, has reached the center when: the walls and ceiling suddenly come alive with flaming gas jets. The room becomes a blinding inferno. SUPERMAN stands in the center serenely, waits until the holocaust dies down. Then, adjusting his cape, he nonchalantly starts off for the third room.
201 INT. LUTHOR ' S VIEWING THEATER - DA Y
LUTHOR holds his head in his hands. EVE and OTIS watch.
LUTHOR
But how can it be? That creep should have
melted in there!
EVE
He doesn't even look soft around the edges,
Lex.
202 INT. WAREHOUSE ROOM #3 - DAY
SUPERMAN enters room, suddenly disappears from view into the middle of an incredibly
thick blizzard. The blinding snowstorm fills the SCREEN.
203 INT. LUTHOR'S VIEW/ING THEATER - DAY
LUTHOR watches the smog-filled monitor.
LUTHOR
What's the temperature?
EVE
(checking a gauge)
Fifty below and falling.
LUTHOR
When it gets to a hundred - stabilize it.
204 INT. WAREHOUSE ROOM # 3 - DAY
The blizzard stops. The air slowly clears. In the middle of the room: a large cone of ice-has
formed. Suddenly, a thin crack appears, running down the center. The crack breaks open.
SUPERMAN steps out, rubs his hands together briskly, then starts off.
205 INT. LUTHOR'S VIEWING THEATER - DAY
LUTHOR watches, his face twisted with rage.
OTIS
The guy probably never owned a sweater in
his life...
LUTHOR swivels, hurls his drink at OTIS, who ducks: it smashes into the wall behind him.
OTIS
He did?
206 INT. WAREHOUSE CIRCULAR ALCOVE - DAY
SUPERMAN has exited the third room into a circular alcove with four lead doors leading off from it. Each is sealed by a huge tumbler lock similar to those on bank vaults. The painted
arrows lead off to all four doors. SUPERMAN stops, stares hard at the doors, momentarily mystified.
207 INT. LUTHOR'S VIEWING THEATER - DAY
LUTHOR leans in toward the screen, fascinated for once by what he sees.
EVE
Don't tell me he's suddenly got a problem....
LUTHOR
(eyes glued)
Ssshhh.......
208 INT. WAREHOUSE ALCOVE - DAY
If SUPERMAN did have a problem, he solves it quickly. He rips off all four lend doors in
super-speed. They crash to the ground, twisted. Finding the doorway he wants, SUPERMAN enters.
209 INT. WAREHOUSE ACID ROOM - DAY
The central area of the room has been blocked off by a ceiling-high thick wire mesh fence.
Behind it: the propane lithium pellet hangs suspended by a thin cord over a beaker of acid. SUPERMAN glances O.S.
210 INSERT SHOT - WALL CLOCK
A timer clock on the wall indicates eight seconds left.
211 BACK TO SCENE
SUPERMAN approaches the fence. It starts to hum. His hands reach out, grab hold of the
wire: Fierce electric sparks shoot out like lightening bolts, the current passing through him harmlessly. He rips through the fence as: the pellet suddenly drops. SUPERMAN dives at it
with super-speed, catches it at the last second. Staring at it curiously he shrugs, pops it in his mouth, swallows it. He looks down at the beaker of acid, lifts it, swallows it. He looks down at the beaker of acid, lifts it, then quaffs it down as a chaser. Tapping his chest lightly with his fist, he lets out a discreet "burp."
212 INT. PERRY WHITE'S OFFICE - DAY
CAMERA CLOSE on PERRY'S desk where lies an edition of The Daily Planet with the screaming headline: SUPERMAN SAVES THOUSANDS.
213 WIDER ANGLE
A dozen REPORTERS, including LOIS and CLARK, stand at attention as PERRY paces
back and forth behind his desk, ranting.
PERRY
Now look! We' re sitting on top of the story of the century
here! Our only problem is how to get it - exclusively!
(waves paper )
I want the name Superman and the Daily Planet
to go together like bacon and eggs!
CLARK
(pause)
Well, I shouldn't think he'd lend himself to any
cheap promotion schemes....
PERRY
Who's talking cheap? I'll make him a goddamn partner
if I have to! I want the inside dope on the real Superman!
Who is he? Where's he from? What's his favorite ball team?
(leans in)
And I'll tell you one thing, boys and girls -whichever one
of you Gets it out of him will have the single most important
interview since Moses talked to Cod .
214 INT. DAILY PLANET CITY ROOM - DAY
The REPORTERS file out. LOIS has a look of grim determination on her face. CLARK
notices, comes up.
LOIS
(totally preoccupied)
There must be a way. Maybe if I hung myself, off
another building. . . . .lay down on some train
tracks, .or something....
CLARK
A, Lois....about tonight....
LOIS
(snaps to)
Mmm? What about tonight, Clark?
CLARK
Our date.
(Shy smile)
Well, our. . . .dinner.. Don't you remember?
214 CONTINUED
LOIS
Sorry, Clark...I must have forgot.
CLARK
Gee. I planned on it all week...
LOIS
(sigh)
All right, Clark. I'll go out with you.
Might as well get it over with.
CLARK
You're wonderful, Lois. Where would
you like to go?
LOIS
Oh, I don't know...
(in jest)
How about the Gold Room at the Park Towers?
CLARK
The Gold Room? But that's the most
expensive place in town.
JIMMY walks by, has heard, interrupts, full of admiration for CLARK.
JIMMY
The Gold Room? Golly Mr. Kent, are you
really going to take Miss Lane to the Gold
Room.
CLARK is trapped. He shrugs, decides to play along with the image, gets very "Mr. Terrific."
CLARK
Oh. I don't know, Jimmy. Maybe... if
she's a ...
(cocky wink)
good girl, that is...
LOIS
And if I'm not a good girl...
(cocky wink)
Let's let Jimmy take the pictures: okay?
214 CONTIUNUED
CLARK blushes. LOIS leaves with a smirk.
JIMMY
Boy. What do you suppose she meant
by that, Mr. Kent?
215 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT
LOIS, looking absolutely gorgeous in her best evening gown, puts the finishing touches to
her hair in front of a mirror near the open door to her terrace. She stares at herself critically
for a moment, then smiles, nods.
LOIS
Not too bad, kid. As a matter of fact -
just this side of sensational.
(checks her watch)
Hmm. Clark is late....
She smiles, crosses to a small bar, pour.' a glass of wine.
LOIS
Probably out in the hall getting up enough nerve
to knock.
LOIS takes her glass, wanders out onto the terrace.
216 EXT. LOIS' TERRACE - NICHT
A beautiful night. The lights of the city are visible in the distance. LOIS sips her wine, stares wistfully up into the sky.
LOIS
(to herself)
You know something, Lois? You're too hard on
Clark sometimes. He's a decent kind of guy and he
has got this terrific crush on you.... I mean it's not
his fault he'll never be a ......
There is a loud "whoosh." SUOERMAN lands on the top comer of her terrace ledge, looks
down at the stunned LOIS.
LOIS
....Superman.
216 CONTINUED
SUPERMAN
Good evening. Miss Lane. . . .
(Notices her gown)
I'm sorry. Were you just about to go out?
LOIS
Ah. . . . .no. . . .no! Whyever would you. . .
(looks at gown)
Oh. This old thing....
SUPERMAN
It's no trouble for me to come back later. I mean I
don't have to park or anything.
LOIS
You just stay right where you are! Please! Don't move!
Or move, if you want, but don't fly away.
LOIS rushes inside. SUPERMAN smiles to himself, hops down onto the terrace, speaks in
the direction of the open doorway.
SUPERMAN
Sorry to just...drop in on you like this, Miss Lane, hut I
realize there must be many questions about me the
world would like the answers to. . . .
LOIS emerges with reporter's pad and pencil, takes a seat at the terrace table.
SUPERMAN
So it's become important for me to have very
close relations with the press.
LOIS smiles, hiding her nervousness, lights a cigarette from a box on the table.
SUPERMAN
You really shouldn't smoke, you know.
LOIS
Don't tell me. Lung cancer, right?
217 INSERT SHOT - LOIS' LUNGS
Seen through SUPERMAN'S X-RAY vision: A flashing medical X-Ray type shot of LOIS' lungs.
218 BACK TO SCENE
SUPERMAN
Not yet, thank goodness.
LOIS blinks, puts out her cigarette, picks up her pad.
LOIS
Let's...ah...start with your vital statistics,
okay? Age?
SUPERMAN.
Thirty.
LOIS
Height?
SUPERMAN
Six-four
LOIS
Weight?
SUPERMAN
One ninety-five.
LOIS
And I take it the rest or your bodily functions
are what we'd consider...normal?
SUPERMAN
I beg your pardon?
LOIS
Well - putting it delicately - do you eat?
SUPERMAN
When I'm hungry.
LOIS
Would you like a cookie?
SUPERMAN
What kind?
LOIS
Macaroons.
218 CONTINUED
SUPERMAN
Thanks anyway.
LOIS
A glass of wine?
SUPERMAN
I never drink when I fly.
LOIS blinks, realizes he's serious, returns to her pad.
LOIS
Is it true you can see through anything?
SUPERMAN
Pretty much.
LOIS
And you're totally impervious to pain?
SUPERMAN
So far.
LOIS
(not looking up)
What Color underwear am I wearing?
219 ANGLE ON LOIS - SUPERMAN ' S POV
A quick flash of LOIS sitting in the chair, dressed only in her bra and panties.
220 BACK TO SCENE
SUPERMAN
Pink.
LOIS writes it down, all business in spite of her blush.
LOIS
Ah....do you have a first name?
SUPERMAN
You mean like Ralph, or something?
LOIS
I mean what's your background?
Where do you hail from?
220 CONTINUED
SUPERMAN
I was born on a planet in the Xeno Galaxy.
A place called Krypton.
LOIS
(writing )
Uh-huh. And do you....
(looks up)
Like pink?
SUPERMAN
(nice smile)
I like pink very much, Lois.
LOIS puts down her pad, flustered in spite of herself.
LOIS
Look. Just why are you in the in first place? I mean ,
why are you here? There must be a reason.
SUPERMAN
I'm here to fight for truth justice, and the
American way.
LOIS
You'll wind up fighting almost every elected
official in this country.
SUPERMAN
I'm sure you don't really mean that, Lois.
LOIS
Listen. With all these strange powers
of yours...
SUPERMAN
(slightly hurt)
You find them ......strange?
LOIS
Let's just say your average Joe can't deliver an airmail letter without putting a stamp on it.
220 CONTINUED
SUPERMAN
I wouldn't do that. It's against the law.
LOIS
(to herself)
I don't believe this...
SUPERMAN
I never lie.
LOIS
(blinks)
Ah....just how fast do you fly, by the way?
SUPERMAN
I don't know really. I've never actually timed myself.
Let's find together, okay?
LOIS
And just how would you propose we do that?
SUPERMAN
Take a ride with me. Now
(hopefully)
Would you like to?
LOIS
(unbelieving):
A ride? You mean would I like to fly?
SUPERMAN
(modestly)
Well. I'll be handling the flying of course.
LOIS
This is utterly fantastic! If only Clark
could see me now....
SUPERMAN
Clark? Is he your....boyfriend?
LOIS
Clark? Oh, he's sort of....nothing at all, really.
Dull, mild-mannered, you know the type.
220 CONTINUED
SUPERMAN
(a bit offended)
I'm sure he's actually very nice.
LOIS heads quickly back inside.
SUPERMAN
Where are you going?
LOIS
To get a coat. Isn't it kind of cold up there?
SUPERMAN
You'll be warm enough. I'll wrap you in my cape.
SUPERMAN crosses, smiles, covers her with his cape, his arm encircling her. He looks deeply into her eyes. LOIS looks back, trembling slightly, her hand inadvertently grazing his bicep.
SUPERMAN
Ready?
LOIS
Clark said you were only rigged with wires.
Like Peter Pan.
SUPERMAN
Peter Pan flew with children, Lois.
In a fairy tale.
He tightens his grip, sweeps her off her feet. They shoot up into the night sky.
221 EXT. SKY - NICHT
SUPERMAN flies through the night sky holding LOIS, his swirling cape covering them. They look off as CAMERA PANS DOWN: the gleaming lights of Metropolis grow smaller in the distance.
222 FLYING MONTAGE
A series of. aerial POVS INTERCUT with flying reaction shots of SUPERMAN and LOIS as the circle the world, passing through different time zones.
A. EXT. PARIS - NIGHT
The illuminated Place D'Etoile at night.
B. EXT'. VATICAN - NIGHT
The illuminated St. Peter's Square and Cathedral.
C. EXT. GIZA - EGYPT - DAY
The sun rises behind the Great pyramids
D. EXT. AGRA - INDIA - DAY
A day view of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
E. EXT. CHINA - DUSK
The sun sets behind the Great Wall of China.
F. EXT. METROPOLIS (NEW YORK) - NIGHT
The glittering lights of Metropolis loom up again.
G. EXT. SKY - ANGLE DOWN ON LOIS' TERRACE - NIGHT
CAMERA ZOOMS DOWN on LOIS' terrace from the sky.
223 EXT. LOIS' TERRACE - NIGHT
SUPERMAN deposits LOIS Gently on the terrace once again. She is absolutely struck dumb with wonder, stares at him.
SUPERMAN
I figure it took about ninety seconds.
How about you?
LOIS
Mmm?
SUPERMAN
Are you feeling all right?
223 CONTINUED
LOIS
Mmm? Mmm.
SUPERMAN
Well, So long, then....
SUPERMAN hops on the terrace ledge, shoots off into the night sky. CAMERA PUSHES IN on LOIS' face, almost drugged with contentment.
LOIS
I....wonderful.....you....
Suddenly - the doorbell rings from inside. Then, loud knocks on the apartment door. CLARK enters B. G., crosses quickly out onto the terrace, fussily angry.
CLARK
Lois, for goodness sake. Didn't you hear me knock?
LOIS turns, smiles vapidly.
LOIS
Hi.....
CLARK looks at LOIS curiously, then spots the wine glass on the table, lifts it suspiciously.
CLARK
Lois, you're not...
LOIS smiles, shakes her head.
CLARK
Well I should hope not. Let's push off then, okay?
LOIS
(secret smile)
Okay.....
CLARK
You know something, Lois? I'll admit I was nervous at
first, about but then, well, darn it - I decided I was going
to show you the time of your life.
LOIS
(pause)
That's Clark, nice...
6/4/77 TM
224 INT. LUJTHOR'S LAIR - DAY
CAMERA CLOSE on the front of a newspaper held by EVE who reads it intently, OTIS peering over her shoulder. The banner headline is clearly visible: I SPENT THE NIGHT WITH SUPERMAN - an exclusive interview by Lois Lane. CAMERA PANS to the desk.
LUTHOR sits behind a massive pile of books, notations, calculators, etc. He works feverishly with a slide rule, his face aglow with demonic inspiration.
LUTHOR
Now then ... given the location of the galaxy he
mentions . . .
(more slide rule)
And its proximity to our own solar system ..amazing...
(eyes lighting up)
Too good to be true! ...
EVE
(reading)
You said it ... six-four, blue eyes, doesn't drink, tells
the truth ...
LUTHOR suddenly slams the slide rule down on the desk in a rage. It breaks in two, part of
it whizzing across the room. EVE looks up, terrified. LUTHOR manages a patient smile, rises.
LUTHOR
Some people can read War and Peace and come away
thinking it was a simple adventure story. Others can
read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and
unlock the secret of the universe.
EVE
(insulted)
I read the article, Lex.
LUTHOR
Exactly, Miss Teschmacher.
LUTHOR crosses to the massive wall of books behind him, climbs a large rolling wooden
ladder attached to the shelves. He turns to OTIS .
6/4/77 TM
224 CONTINUED
LUTHOR
Onward to the letter N. Otis. Let's roll!
OTIS crosses to the ladder.
OTIS
Was that "M," Mr. . Luthor?
LUTHOR
As in "moron"? No, Otis, N, as in nitwit, nincompoop,
Neanderthal...
OTIS begins to push the rolling ladder along the wall.
LUTHOR
(rolling)
Now then. According to that interview the planet
Krypton blew up on May 23, 1948. " The rocket
carrying the revolting little freak took three years to
reach Earth. Ergo?
OTIS
He is thirty years old?
The staircase stops. LUTHOR looks down.
LUTHOR
Do you know why the number 200 is so vitally descriptive
of both of' us, Otis? It represents your weight - and my I.Q.
(turns)
Think, people, think! Deductive reasoning, that's the name
of the game!
LUTHOR turns dramatically, pulls out a specific periodical, starts to leaf through it.
6/4/77 TM
224 CONTINUED
LUTHOR
Since .fragments of Krypton must have been shot
out into space by the explosion, it's reasonable to
assume some of the debris would have landed here
on Earth.
EVE
You mean meteorites?
LUTHOR
Jawohl.
He finds the page he was looking for, his face lighting up. EVE and OTIS pick it up eagerly, look.
LUTHOR
Et ... voila!
LUTHOR lets the periodical sail down to the floor. EVE and OTIS pick it-up eagerly, looks.
225 INSERT SHOT - PERIODICAL PHOTO
The photo shows an ETHOPIAN FARMER holding a wedge-shaped green rock about a foot long and five inches high. The FARMER grins at the camera. The caption beneath reads: Meteorite Lands near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June, 1951.
226 BACK TO SCENE
EVE and OTIS stare at the picture, mystified.
EVE
I know I'm going to get rapped in the mouth for saying
this, but - so what?
LUTHOR
So -what? You mean to us it's just a meteorite? Fair
enough. . .
6/4/77
226 CONTINUED
LUTHOR
But because of its high level of specific
radioactivity - to someone from the planet
Krypton - this substance would be lethal!
OTIS
You mean bullets and .fire can't hurt him, but
this kind of rock
LUTHOR
Will kill him!
LUTHOR steps off the ladder, beams proudly at EVE.
LUTHOR
At times like these you must experience a certain
shudder of ecstasy just being in the same room
with me.
EVE
Not like the kind of shudder you're going to feel
when you try and lay that rock on him. He can spot
you coming miles away with those super-peepers
of his.
LUTHOR stares up at the ceiling dramatically.
LUTHOR
Lord, you gave them eyes, but
they see not!
(QUICKLY)
And neither can Superman - through lead. Four doors,
Miss Teschmacher, lead doors, and he had to rip them
all down to find that poisoned pellet. This bilious bluebird
has two Achilles' heels!
EVE
(dawning on her)
You mean lead can hide things from him...
6/4177 TM
226 CONTINUED
LUTHOR
And the Kryptonite - will destroy him!
(quick smile)
Any more Questions?
EVE
(thoughtful pause)
I wonder what they're wearing in Addis
Ababa.
227 EXT. SKY - DAY
SUPERMAN flies easily over the ocean, scans the horizon for trouble. He looks down.
227A ANGLE ON CONCORDE - SUPERMAN'S POV
The super-sonic Concorde airliner streaks through the sky below and just ahead of him.
227B CLOSER ON CONCORDE
The PILOT is visible in the cockpit. He glances out the side, momentarily blinks in disbelief
as SUPERMAN pulls up parallel to him. Suddenly realizing who it is, the PILOT grins, gives
SUPERMAN a friendly salute which the Man of Steel returns. Then, accelerating, SUPERMAN passes the plane.
228 EXT. SKY NEAR U.S. COASTLINE - DAY
SUPERMAN nears the eastern coast of America, looks down, suddenly concerned.
228A ANGLE ON OIL RIG - SUPERMAN'S POV
An offshore oil rig, seen from the air. WORKERS scramble about quickly in all directions as
a black oil spill begins to appear around the rig, spreading rapidly.
228B EXT. OIL RIG - DAY
The WORKERS run back and forth across the deck of the rig, looking over the side desperately. A loud alarm blares ominously. One WORKER yells up at another in the cab of the drilling rig.
WORKER #1
Shut it down! Shut it down!
WORKER #2
Too late! Pipe's jumped the bit!
Can't control it...!
WORKER #3
(pointing off)
Hey, look!
228C ANGLE ON SUPERMAN - THEIR POV
A blue streak knifes into the water next to them.
228D UNDERWATER SHOT - CLOSE ON SUPERMAN AND DRILLING PIPE
SUPERMAN shoots through the water with the same ease as he does though the air. He
reaches the disconnected drilling pipe, which dances wildly around the open bit to the
drilling hole from which oil now spews forth. Grabbing the pipe, he straightens it, then forces it back into the bit hole, securing it. SUPERMAN checks his work, heads up quickly for the surface.
228E EXT. SKY NEAR RIG - LOOKING DOWN
SUPERMAN breaks the waterline, wheels in mid-air, blows hard across the surface with his
super-breath. He forces the mass of heavy oil across the water and away from the rig, circling
it as he goes, compressing it. Rising higher into the air, he trains his x-ray vision on the
gooey oil clot. It turns white-hot, explodes, then completely disappears. A cheer is heard O.S.
from the WORKERS on the rig.
229 CLOSE ON SUPERMAN
He is about to start off again, then notices something wrong near the base of the rig.
229A EXT. BASE OF OIL RIG - DAY
A sea eagle is perched forlornly on one of the lower cross-struts of the rig. Its feathers are heavily matted with oil. Its body trembles, unable to fly. SUPERMAN lands next to it, slowly reaches out, meticulously starts to clean the feathers by blowing warmth into his hands and melting the coated-on oil with them. The process completed, SUPERMAN takes the bird in his hands, tosses it gently upwards. The sea eagle takes off, heading higher into the sky.
229B EXT. SKY - TOP OF CLOUD BANK - DAY
The eagle bursts through a white cloud bank up once more into the clean blue air. After a short moment SUPERMAN does likewise, trailing the bird. For a few moments we are privileged to witness this real beauty and poetry of flying as the eagle and SUPERMAN chase each other through the air doing banks, loops, and dives, swooping closely together like two beautiful fighter planes in tight formation. The unspoken ceremony over, they silently acknowledge each other, then head off in different directions.
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www.smallvillechronicles-spain.blogspot.com - "Superman I: La película" - Alberto Angulo Morales
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