Donner's Superman 2

Superman II
The Richard Donner version

Scenes 472 - 484, "Battle of Titans", pt. 1

472 EXT. SKY - NIGHT

The VILLAINS and SUPERMAN maneuver in the night sky like wary fighter planes looking for an opening.

ZOD
(yelling)
Now, son of Jor-El! Submit, and swear loyalty to Zod!

SUPERMAN
(yelling back)
Not tonight, you pitiful little crackpot. Never!

The furious ZOD gestures NON forward with a sweep of his arm.

473 ANGLE ON NON AND SUPERMAN

NON zooms through the air at SUPERMAN, cocks his fist. SUPERMAN ducks, spins NON around, smashes him in the face, sending him shooting backwards.

474 EXT. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - NIGHT

NON hits the Empire State Building like a cannonball, knocks off the top section, sending showers of electrical sparks spiraling up into the air. The section falls down toward the street as the PEOPLE below scream, start to flee in panic.

475 ANGLE ON SUPERMAN

SUPERMAN pauses in mid-air looks - horrified at what is about to happen. He zooms down under the falling section of the building, holds it up, giving the PEOPLE a chance to scatter. NON comes up from behind, yanks SUPERMAN off: the section falls to the street smashing into bits as the first sounds of police cars and fire engines are heard. NON whacks SUPERMAN mightily, sends him streaking backwards, down and out of frame.

476 EXT. 42nd STREET BRIDGE - NIGHT

SUPERMAN whizzes down backward from the impact of the blow, smashes through the 42nd Street Bridge as cars plunge off it into the street. SUPERMAN hits the pavement. CAMERA ZOOMS IN: He has cracked it, causing a deep cavity. SUPERMAN lies there, stunned, tries to clear his head. More sirens are heard.

477 ANGLE ON NON

NON streaks down for the kill, is suddenly battered by a withering barrage of bullets from the POLICE which buzz by and bounce off him like a swarm of irritating flies. NON turns to look, angry: A SWAT truck wheels around the corner, headed in his direction.

478 WIDER ANGLE

NON roars, uproots a lamppost, swings it like a baseball bat, "swats" the S.W.A.T. truck, totally demolishing it. He wheels in mid-air, turning his attention to SUPERMAN.

479 EXT. STREET - ANGLE ON SUPERMAN

SUPERMAN, still dazed, lies in the pit he created in the sidewalk, actually utters a barely audible moan. NON hovers over him, smiling cruelly, as ZOD'S VOICE is heard ringing through the air.

ZOD'S VOICE
Yield, son of Jor-El! I command you to yield!

NON starts down. SUPERMAN suddenly springs to life, surprising him, ramming him in the stomach with his head, at super-speed.

480 ANGLE ON NON AND BUILDING

NON shoots up and backwards from the force of the butt, crashing through a glass building on the 14th floor, and emerging from the other side on the 30th floor as huge pieces of plate glass rain down into the street.

481 ANGLE ON SUPERMAN

SUPERMAN looks down, deeply concerned about the havoc and destruction he is helping to cause.

SUPERMAN
(still half-dazed)
Too many innocent people... have to get him away...

NON starts for him again. This time SUPERMAN flies away from him.

482 EXT. SKY OVER EAST RIVER - NIGHT

NON pursues the apparently fleeing SUPERMAN to an area over East River. SUPERMAN suddenly pivots mid-air, heads straight back at NON at tremendous speed. The original irresistible force VS. the original immovable object. They crash head-on with a sickening impact, both of them knocked half-senseless, trying desperately to keep their equilibrium in the air. SUPERMAN is the first to recover. He flies behind the stunned NON, rams him in the behind with his legs, sends him rocketing head- first, out of frame.

483 ANGLE ON STATUE OF LIBERTY

NON streaks forward like a missile, rams the Statue of Liberty head-first, knocking off the illuminated torch- arm so that electrical sparks explode into the sky, and the metal staircase inside is exposed. The shattered arm sails down harmlessly into the sea.

484 INT. PERRY WHITE'S OFFICE - NIGHT

PERRY, JIMMY and LOIS stand near the edge of the floor which used to connect to the missing wall, peer out into the night sky trying to get a glimpse of what's going on. Fire and police sirens wail loudly below. From the distance we can hear the sound of "thumps" and "whacks" echoing sonorously across the city, signifying that the super-fight is still continuing.

1

LUTHOR lies back calmly, propped up against the wall. He checks his watch, mumbles.

LUTHOR
(to himself)
Who would have thought this thing would go the distance...

Sources:
1 - via ebay.com; original source unknown.

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