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Superman II

The Richard Donner version


Scene 394 - 431, "Kryptonian conquest"



394 EXT. WASHINGTON MONUMENT - DAY

The cruel face of ZOD fills the screen. His voice booms out with a deep, penetrating quality.

ZOD
I am General Zod! Listen to me, people of the Earth!

CAMERA PULLS BACK: ZOD is perched on top of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. He stands erect on the pointed apex of the tall, needle-like edifice, his voice echoing across the landscape as terrified TOURISTS below scream, run away in panic.

ZOD
Today I bring a New Order to your planet! One which shall last until the end of time! Each of you...


395 INT./EXT. LINCOLN MEMORIAL - DAY

PEOPLE stand petrified inside and out of the Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool beyond as ZOD continues.

ZOD'S VOICE
... each man, each woman, each child - all will march proudly together in this New Order!


396 EXT. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL - DAY

CAMERA LOOKS THROUGH the Jefferson Memorial, across the Potomac River.

ZOD'S VOICE
Your lands, your homes, your possessions, your very lives...


397 EXT. WASHINGTON MONUMENT - ANGLE LOOKING DOWN

CAMERA LOOKS DOWN PAST ZOD. Police cars with flashing lights begin to converge in the distance.

ZOD
All of this and more you will gladly give to me!


398 EXT. KREMLIN - RUSSIA - DAY

An aerial view of the Kremlin in flames, the fire spreading throughout Moscow.

ZOD'S VOICE
There is no longer a need for separate nations in this world, no need for petty squabbles between one group and another...


399 EXT. TOKYO - DAY

TOKYO is in flames. Thousands of JAPANESE flee through the streets.

ZOD'S VOICE
All of you will work together, strive, produce, and sacrifice together - and all for a common goal!


400 EXT. PARIS - EIFFEL TOWER - DAY

The Eiffel Tower in Paris is suddenly bathed in a strange LIGHT.

ZOD'S VOICE
It is useless for you to resist as it is for me to annihilate you...


401 EXT. PARIS SKY - ANGLE ON NON

NON focuses his X-RAY vision on the Eiffel Tower.

ZOD'S VOICE
You will only bring death and destruction upon yourselves...


402 EXT. EIFFEL TOWER

The Eiffel Tower melts under the heat, sags, then collapses like a tin toy.

ZOD'S VOICE
... while I will lose the potential products of your labor...


403 EXT. MT. RUSHMORE - SOUTH DAKOTA - DAY

URSA stands in front of Mount Rushmore, turns on her X-Ray vision: The famous faces of the Presidents are obliterated, then replaced by those of ZOD, URSA, and NON as she burns them in with her eyes.

ZOD'S VOICE
There is now one law, one order, one ruler who alone will determine your collective destiny! One force before will all of you shall kneel forever!


404 EXT. WASHINGTON MONUMENT - DAY

ZOD continues to rant on top of the monument.

ZOD
In return for this submission you will have my generous protection! In other words - you will be allowed to live.


405 ANGLE ON BASE OF MONUMENT

A police car has pulled has pulled up at the base of the Monument. Flak-jacketed OFFICERS pile out, their CAPTAIN holding a bullhorn.

CAPTAIN
(to ZOD - through bullhorn)
You are trespassing on Federal Government property - illegally occupying a national monument...


406 BACK TO ZOD

ZOD'S eyes flash with anger as he looks down.

ZOD
I will not repeat myself again! There is no nation! Therefore there cannot be a monument to one...!


407 WIDER ANGLE

ZOD jumps off, smashes into the monument lower down: It crumbles into pieces, the cascading shower of stone burying the police cars and OFFICERS below.


408 CLOSE ON ZOD IN MID-AIR

ZOD
From this day forward - there is only Zod!

409-431 SCENES OMITTED


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