Superman Page #2

Silence. CAMERA PANS UP to the faces. The FIRST ELDER pauses momentarily.

FIRST ELDER:

Guilty.

The FIRST ELDER'S face instantly disappears from the domed ceiling.

SECOND ELDER:

Guilty.

The SECOND ELDER'S face disappears. One by one the remaining NINE ELDERS vote "guilty'" in rapid succession until the ceiling has become a black void.

11CLOSE ON JOR-EL AND VILLANS

JOR-EL faces GENERAL ZOD, his aura glowing as a separate island of light outside the circle.

JOR-EL

Do you have anything to say before

the decision of the Council is pronounced?

11CONTINUED

ZOD:

(cold stare)

The vote must be unanimous, Jor-El.

It has therefore now become your decision.

You alone will condemn us if you wish.

And you alone will be held responsible by me.

(JOR-EL stares blankly)

Join us. You have been known to disagree with

the Council before. Yours could become an

important voice in the New Order - second only

to my own. I offer you a chance for greatness, Jor-El.

Take it. Join us.

JOR-EL hesitates briefly, then suddenly disappears - his electric white aura extinguishing itself. ZOD's face twists with rage.

ZOD:

One day you will bow down before

me, Jor-El

12EXT. TRIAL CHAMBER IN SPACE - DAY

The domed roof of the building cracks open, starts to swivel back. In the distance:

a slate-gray atmospheric eminence (THE PHANTOM ZONE) travels rapidly through

the sky, approaches the opening.

13INT. TRIAL CHAMBER

The VILLANS are alone in the trial chamber. ZOD rants:

ZOD:

I swear it! No matter that it

takes an eternity! You will bow

down before me...

The gray mass of the Phantom Zone has entered through the open dome, closes down on the VILLANS, erasing the ring of white light as it progresses .

ZOD:

...Both you, and then one day,

your heirs!

REVISION 21/3/77

13CONTINUED

The Phantom Zone envelops the VILLANS, wiping them up in a linear, one-dimensional fashion, then sweeping them out toward space. ZOD is silenced.

14EXT. CITY AND .SPACE

The Phantom Zone travels quickly across the city, bearing the imprints of the THREE VILLANS, floats into space. CAMERA PANS OFF, DOWN at another specific building in the city, PUSHES IN, DISSOLVES THROUGH:

15INT. COUNCIL - DAY

A pristinely immaculate chamber that overlooks the city of Kryptonopolis. Austere, dominated by concentric circles around which the TWELVE ELDERS sit or stand. In the center of the inner circle revolved an intelligence source on which various information may be presented. JOR-EL enters the chamber, appearing almost through motivational volition than through physical propulsion. The ELDERS turn, look at him. JOR-EL is deeply concerned.

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