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
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!
REVISION 21/3/77
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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