Superman Page #3

FIRST ELDER:

An unpleasant duty has been masterfully

performed, Jor-El. They have

received the fate they deserved -

isolation in the Phantom Zone - an

eternal living death.

JOR EL:

A... chance for life, nonetheless.

As opposed to us.

Consternation from the ELDERS. A suddenly angry JOR-EL gestures at the revolving intelligence source in the center - various unfathomable equations appear.

JOR-EL

You can't ignore these facts!

It's suicide! Worse! Genocide!

FIRST ELDER:

Jor-El, be warned. The Council has

already evaluated this... outlandish

theory of yours.

15CONTINUED

JOR-EL

My friends, you know me' to be

neither rash nor impulsive.

I am not given to wild, unsupported

statements. I tell you we must evacuate

this planet immediately!

FIRST ELDER:

You are one of Krypton' s greatest

scientists, Jor-El ...

SECOND ELDER:

But so is Vond-Ah.

VOND- AH

(rising)

Thank you ..

(to JOR-EL)

It isn't that I question your data.

The facts are undeniable.

VOND-AH gestures at the intelligence source. JOR-EL'S equations disappear, are immediately replaced by a new series. VOND-AH smiles thinly.

VOND-AH

It's your conclusions I find

unsupportable.

JOR-EL

This planet will explode within thirty

days! Sooner perhaps!

VOND- AH

I tell you Krypton is simply shifting

its orbit!

SECOND ELDER:

Jor-El, be reasonable...

JOR-EL

I have never been otherwise. The

madness is yours!

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15CONTINUED

FIRST ELDER:

(snaps firmly)

This discussion is terminated!

The decision of the council is

final.

(pause - to JOR-EL)

Any attempt by you to create A

Climate of fear and panic among

the populace must be deemed by

us an act of ... insurrection.

JOR-EL

You would accuse me of insurrection?

Has it now become a crime to cherish life?

FIRST ELDER:

(with reluctance)

You. . . would be banished to endless

imprisonment in the Phantom Zone - the

eternal void which you yourself discovered.

Deadly silence. The FIRST ELDER locks eyes with JOR-EL.

FIRST ELDER:

Will you abide by the Council's

decision?

JOR-EL

(long pause)

I will remain silent. Neither my wife

nor I will attempt to leave Krypton.

16EXT. KRYP'IONOPOLIS CITY OUTSKIRTS - DAY/NIGHT

JOR-EL'S house stands bathed in the strange glow of Kryptonian twilight.

17INT. JOR-EL'S LABORATORY - NIGHT

Massive brightly glowing energy columns encircle the lab. JOR-EL works in the centre, passes his hands over portions of a gleaming, spiny, silvery object (rocket ship) as he places crystals inside it which respond to him with throbbing lights.

REVISION 21/3/77

18ANCLE ON LARA

LARA (JOR-EL'S wife) enters lab. Carried in her arms: A BABY, swaddled in three blankets of' red, blue, and yellow. The sad look on LARA'S face deepens as she stops, watches JOR-EL who senses her presence, turns.

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