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Superman II
The Richard Donner version
Scenes 285 - 286, "The Daily Planet", pt. 2
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285 ANGLE ON PERRY WHITE PERRY WHITE stands impatiently in front of the open door to his office. He wheels, heads back inside. 286 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY CLARK smiles nicely at LOIS as they enter. LOIS, almost bursting with the new-found knowledge, still hangs on to her newspaper. CLARK How are you, Lois... LOIS Oh, just... (sly wink) Super, thanks... CLARK looks at her curiously. PERRY stares out his open window, turns, checks his watch. PERRY You're late this morning, Kent. CLARK Sorry, Mr. White. I... got stuck in traffic. LOIS (half to herself) Hmm. That's a new one... CLARK Excuse me? LOIS I mean as opposed to: "I had to make a phone call", or "I was locked in the washroom", or... CLARK Lois, what are you... PERRY Listen. If you two want to bicker, that's great, because I got just the assignment for you. You're going to pose as a honeymoon couple, in Niagara Falls to get an expose of the newlywed racket. Some of the hotels up there are bilking these kids for every cent they can get. Real human interest stuff. Your Aunt Edna'll cry her eyes out. CLARK (shocked) Newlyweds? Us? LOIS (quickly) That's a great idea, Mr. White. CLARK (protesting) But I'm right in the middle of my series on the City Council, and... 
1LOIS Oh, it won't take long, Clark. We can just... (coy gesture) fly right up there and then sort of... zoom right back again. (quick smile) You know. Like Superman. CLARK has caught her drift now, grows slightly alarmed. PERRY Hey. If he could give you to ride we could save a couple of bucks... (checks watch) I gotta go. Six lousy photographs and Olsen wants to hit me for a raise... PERRY leaves. LOIS sits in her chair, humming, taps the newspaper on her knee. She looks up at CLARK, flashes a broad grin. He looks back at her apprehensively. CLARK Well. You certainly look like the cat who swallowed the canary this morning. LOIS Canary? (rising) No. Actually I was thinking of something much bigger that flies... something more in blue... CLARK Lois, as usual, I'm totally in the dark about... LOIS Here, Clark. Let me turn on the lights for you. 
2LOIS drops the paper down on PERRY'S desk, open to the page with her retouched picture of SUPERMAN. LOIS Get the picture? CLARK crosses, looks down at it, frowning. LOIS You know, I never started to put it together before. And that's funny, because a good reporter isn't supposed to let anything slip by her. CLARK Lois? This is... very amusing (nervous chuckle) Yes, Sirree, very amus... LOIS Tall, broad shoulders, dark hair... listen, I've got to give you credit. I mean you fooled me... (cool stare) And I'm nobody's fool - Superman. CLARK Su... Superman? (total disbelief) You think I'm Superman? LOIS Think? I'd bet my life on it. Literally. LOIS walks casually over to the window. CLARK pauses, then bursts into hysterical laughter. CLARK Lois... you're priceless... you know that? I mean, that's the single funniest thing... LOIS swings one leg out the window. CLARK (suddenly concerned) Lois, what do you think you're doing? LOIS I'm not worried, Superman. You won't let me die...
LOIS smiles, swings the other leg out, jumps, disappears from view.
CLARK Lois!
Sources: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 - Superman the Movie DVD/DVD-Rom, 2001 Warner Home Video; colorization by Greg R. 2 - image courtesy of PropWorld.nu. |
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