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Synopsis: Godzilla is a 1998 American science fiction monster film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich and a reimagining of Toho's Godzilla franchise. It is the 23rd film in the Godzilla franchise and the first Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio.[Note 1] It stars Jean Reno, Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn.
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  10 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
16%
PG-13
Year:
1998
139 min
2,732 Views


The old Cook slides over the side as the enormous tanker

FLIPS OVER.

CUT TO:

WINDSHIELD WIPERS

Clearing at their highest speed, we see through the rain

doused windshield, DR. NIKO "NICK" TATOPOULOS. Music

blares from the tiny headphones of his Walkman.

NICK:

(singing)

...I'm singing in the rain, just

singing in the rain...

CUT TO:

10 INT. RUSSIAN TOWN - RAIN - DAY10

The utility van races through this small Russian town

right past a roadblock marked with the international

signs for "no trespass" and "nuclear radiation."

NICK:

..."What a glorious feeling. I'm happy

again..."

As the van disappears down the road, we CRANE UP

revealing a city sign reading: CHERNOBYL, RUSSIA.

11 EXT. CHERNOBYL DIRT PARK - RAIN - DAY11

With the infamously crippled nuclear power plant in the

distance, the utility van slides to a muddy stop by this

field of dirt.

Nick hops out quickly and rushes to the back of the van.

He opens the back of the van and grabs several metallic

cases.

Walking a few yards away from the van, he dumps the

cases on the ground, opening them to REVEAL an

assortment of sophisticated scientific equipment.

Taped to the inside are several photos of a girl we'll

meet later. Some of the photos are of her looking young

and beautiful. Others are of the two of them happily

together.

With a switch he turns on the equipment which comes to

life. Inside one of the cases are several cables

attached to long SPIKES. He grabs them and dashes away.

NICK:

..."I'm laughing at clouds, so dark up

above..."

Nick rushes over to a small patch of land and begins to

SHOVE the spikes into the muddy earth.

NICK:

..."The sun's in my heart and I'm

ready for love..."

Once firmly in the ground, he rushes back over to the

van and pops the hood.

CLOSE - VAN'S ENGINE

We SEE the steaming engine and a large electric car

BATTERY.

NICK:

..."Let the cloudy skies chase..."

He attaches the cables to the battery and they SPARK!

Nick YELPS and jumps back. Shaking off the shock, he

rushes back over to the mud pit, dropping down to his

knees.

Suddenly, raising from the mud we see DOZENS OF

EARTHWORMS. Excitedly Tatopoulos grabs a big empty glass

jar and begins filling the jar with worms, happily in

his element.

NICK:

..."I'm singin' in the mud, just

scooping up my worms..."

Unable to hear over his Walkman, he is oblivious as an

enormous RUSSIAN MILITARY HELICOPTER lands right behind

him.

From the intense wind kicked up by the helicopter,

Tatopoulos finally turns in time to see several RUSSIAN

OFFICERS coming toward him. Nick scrambles to his feet.

NICK:

(broken Russian)

Good day. I am here with

permission...I have a, a...

(in English)

Permit. How do you say permit?

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Dean Devlin

Dean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, television director and former actor. He is the founder of the production company Electric Entertainment. more…

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