signal defeat. Suddenly, he rakes the pieces off the board,
grabs his fountain pen and lunges at the FOURTEEN year old,
stabbing him repeatedly in the chest. They fall to the floor.
The ADULTS try to pull them apart. The NINE year old struggles
ferociously, SCREAMING and kicking like a mad man.
INT. HOSPITAL WARD - 1972 - DUSK
In the b.g. we see the Nine year old Boy sleeping. A DOCTOR
and the bo
impact
on the next decade and beyond.
To ensure we choose the right path,
the President has appointed
as his top advisor in this area...
Dr Albert S Meinheimer.
As Im sure youre aware
his reputation is without peer,
and Dr Meinheimer
will present his recommendations
to the annual national
press club dinner...
Mr President...
I want you all
to be the first to know
that I am basing my administratio
signals an okay to Helen.
Before the door behind her closes, we see the COP prepare to
stand guard outside. HELEN walks past the stall with the
high heels to a stall several doors down.
CLOSE UP HIGH HEELS:
And a tattoo that the cop missed seeing on one of the
ankles. The shoes are kicked off. The feet disappear from
view as
HELEN, a few stalls away, methodically places toilet paper
around the se
Blackness. Then a hint of green becomes EARTH. It lies across an expanse of space. Richly colored. Fertile.
A GIGANTIC ASTEROID cuts into frame, Burning into EARTHS ATMOSPHERE and striking down in the currant area of Guzumel, Mexico.
Voice : An impact equivalent to ten thousand nuclear weapons detonating simultaneously.
A HUGE DINOSAUR FOOT steps down hard and is VAPORIZED with a deafening ROAR.
SUPERMAN LIVES
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Written by
Kevin Smith
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EXT. SPACE
An Alien craft floats through the void, approaching a slow-moving
ASTEROID.
INT. ALIEN CRAFT
Two humanoid ALIENS dressed in uniforms pilot their craft nearer
to the asteroid.
ALIEN #1
Receiving a signal from an alien system,
but theres interference on the channels.
ALIEN #2
Once we get past this asteroid, it should
clear up.
Suddenly, THRO
fun.
Fathers.
I must say...
...the Japanese do get
a few things right.
No, no, no. Stay there.
Thats the perfect position to start.
May I please use your restroom?
Dont keep me waiting.
Here we go. Here we go.
Now drop the pin and take the pill.
Come on.
Drop the fucking pin
and take the pill.
-Somethings wrong. No signal.
-She may be in trouble.
Im going up.
Brodie, get me emergency services.
signaling the end of the period.
ON ALEX
as we see her for the first time, startled. Shes seventeen and pretty,
though in a simple way. Her eyes are the most striking. Deep. Intense.
If Alex has a problem, its the fact that she thinks too much, and its
reflected in her eyes.
Across from her is MR. WEAVER, a high-school guidance counselor and that
was his voice we heard with Alexs. Hes unexception
In black, we hear a chain-gang chant, many voices together, spaced around the unison strike of picks against rock. A title burns in:
O muse!
Sing in me, and through me tell the story
Of that man skilled in all the ways of contending...
A wanderer, harried for years on end...
On the sound of an impact we cut to:
A PICK
splitting a rock.
As the chant continues, wider angles show the chain-gang at w
SHOWER OF SPARKS, A SCREECH OF RUBBER AND METAL
As the gear hits the deck. The hook catches the 3 wire and the F-14 TOMCAT is slammed to a halt. Its the scariest thing youve ever seen, the most dangerous maneuver in aviation and just another day at the office for a Naval Aviator.
TITLES OVER
HARD DRIVING ROCK AND ROLL - The Cars - "Ride Me High".
FLIGHT DECK - THE LANDING SIGNAL OFFICER - (LSO)
signal is unidentified.
TECH TWO
(hanging up the phone)
The boy from Air Res Traffic say the
skies are clear. No terrestrial
launches.
TECH ONE
Its the real thing. A radio
signal from another world.
The room becomes quiet as they realize that after years of
searching the heavens, they might have finally found
something.
SUPERVISOR
Lets not jump the gun. Run a
trajectory source computation.
Tech