Kent
[Hogarth opens the door and sees Kent Mansley.]
Hey there, scout. Kent Mansley. I work for the government. [Hogarth quickly closes the door and he gasps]
Annie
Hogarth? [Kent knocks and rings the doorbell] Hogarth? [Hogarth opens the door]
Kent
Hey there, scout. Kent Mansley. [smile disappears] Work for the government. Your parents home?
Hogarth
We're eating.
Kent
Mmm, boy.
Annie
Who's there, honey?
Kent
[stares at Annie's chest; huskily]
Well, hello there. [clears throat and regains composure] Do you have a telephone I could use?
Annie
Yes, there's one in the kitchen.
Kent
Well, thank you. Thank you very much. [to Hogarth] Here. [puts his fedora on Hogarth's head] Pretend you're a gangster. [chuckles]
General Rogard
[Kent calls General Rogard's home phone number. The general picks up while watching a western on TV.] [annoyed]
Damn it, Mansley, you called me at home for this?
Kent
You don't understand, sir. It-it-it-- It ate my car!
General Rogard
And you saw this happen?
Kent
No, I didn't actually see it. It went off into the... woods.
General Rogard
So, you don't have any evidence.
Kent
But-But sir, I've got an eyewitness!
General Rogard
An eyewitness with a concussion.
Kent
[shouts]
This thing i--! [covers his mouth and lowers his voice] This thing is a menace. It-It-It-It tore up a power station and-- [phone falls, and he picks up] --and caused a train wreck!
General Rogard
What did? Tell me again, Mansley, and this time, listen to yourself.
Kent
[sighs; wearily]
A giant metal monster. [Rogard guffaws on the other end. Kent turns around a kitchen mitt that seems to mock him.] Please, sir. I've got a feeling about this one.
General Rogard
That's lovely, Kent. But let me try to explain how this works: If you told me you'd found, say, um, a giant footprint, I might send over an expert to make a plaster cast of it. Hell, you get me a photograph of this thing and I could probably get some troops over there! But you tell me you've got a feeling.
Kent
All right, then fine. You want evidence? I'll get you evidence, and when I do, I'm gonna want a memo distributed.
General Rogard
[dryly]
That sounds swell, Kent.
Kent
I'm gonna want that memo carbon-copied, and redistributed, [Rogard hangs up.] and-- [Kent stops, and tries to hang up the phone, which falls off the receiver, twice; he gets angry, yelling incoherently and bangs the phone against the receiver several times, then composes himself.] Hi. Thanks for the use of your phone. [goes outside the door and puts his fedora back on.] Well, thank you for the use of your phone, Mrs.--?
Annie
Hughes. Annie Hughes. And this is my son, Hogarth.
Kent
Thank you, Annie. Hobart.
Hogarth
That's Hogarth! [grumbles irritably]
Kent
[Kent gets into his government-issue car and starts driving.]
"Hogarth"? What an embarrassing name. Might as well call him Zeppo or something. What kind of a sick person would name their kid Hogar--? [stops and looks over to Hogarth's smashed B-B gun which says "Hog Hug," instead of "Hogarth Hughes." ] "Hog Hug". "HOG HUG"?! [realizes] HOGARTH HUGHES!
Kent
Hey, mind if I ask you a few questions there, buckaroo? Now, why would you tell your mom about a giant robot, slugger? So, what'd you see at the power station, huh, tiger? Tell anyone else about this, buddy? How big is this thing, Ranger? Been in the forest lately, Junior? Hey, where you goin'? Champ? Slugger? Hey, Cowboy, where you goin'? Where you goin'?
Hogarth
[exasperated]
I'M GOIN' OUT! [takes his jacket]
Annie
Well, why don't you take Mr. Mansley with you, show him the sights?
Hogarth
Oh, Mom, the sights?
Kent
[puts his fedora on]
Hey, I'd love that. Give us a chance to get acquainted, swap some stories. Huh, chief?
Dean
There are two kinds of metal in this yard: Scrap and art. If you gotta eat one of them, eat the scrap. What you currently have IN YOUR MOUTH IS ART!
Giant
[takes the art scrap out of his mouth]
Hmm. Art?
Dean
[Dean looks at him, annoyed. Giant mashes up the scrap some more, trying to repair it.]
Forget it. Forget it. [Giant puts down the damaged art scrap on the ground.] It's gone. It's-- [Dean notices the readjustment of the art scrap and is amazed] Hmm. That's not bad.
G George
This is Nautilus. What's the Giant's current position?
R Rick
[through radio]
67.71972 degrees west by 44.50177 degrees north.
R Robert
Locked and loaded.
Annie
[caressing Hogarth]
Oh, my baby, I'm so sorry.
Hogarth
[regains consciousness; to Dean]
Stop the car.
Annie
[surprised]
Hogarth! Oh, my God! Honey, you're all right!
Hogarth
Go back! We've gotta help him!
Dean
Are you crazy, kid? You're lucky to be alive. We're taking you to a hospital. [sees the Army; stops truck.]
R Rick
Everyone, out of the car! We are to evacuate the area. [pulling Dean of out the truck]
Dean
What are you talking about? We gotta get this boy to a hospital.
Dean
[sees the truck is empty; alarmed]
Hogarth!
Annie
[Hogarth runs up to Giant as Dean and Annie look on.] [worried]
Hogarth, no!
Hogarth
[Giant targets the battleship as Hogarth arrives to stop him.]
Hey! No! STOP!
General Rogard
[Giant turns to Hogarth and he shoots to sky, narrowly missing the battleship, as the army reacts in shock. Kent looks at General Rogard.] [to Nautilus, through radio]
This is General Rogard. Ready the attack and prepare to retreat to the fallback position.
Annie
No! No! Stop! My son is out there!
Hogarth
[camera cuts to Hogarth as Giant points his weapon at him.]
No, wait! It's me, Hogarth. Remember? It's bad to kill. Guns kill. And you don't have to be a gun. You are what you choose to be. You choose. [braces for impact] Choose.
Giant
[his eyes return to normal]
Hogarth. [returns to his normal form, feeling regretful, as he moans.]
Hogarth
It's okay, It's okay. We gotta show them you're good.
J John
[Giant turns around, and the camera cuts to inside the Nautilus submarine.]
Nautilus to Rogard. Missile armed and ready.
General Rogard
What are you saying? He's friendly?
Dean
Yes! Attacking him is triggering a defense mechanism.
Kent
Don't listen, General! Destroy the monster while we still have the chance!
Dean
[soldiers arm their rifles, after hear the Giant's footsteps]
General, you shoot now, and the whole thing starts all over again!
Kent
Stop it now, General! Our future's at stake!
Dean
Which is why you have got to stop, General!
R Rick
[alarmed]
It's getting closer! Orders, sir?!
Hogarth
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
Annie
Hogarth!
General Rogard
Hold your fire! The boy's alive?
Kent
It's a trick; Launch the missile!
General Rogard
Are you mad, Mansley? All units, stand down! Rogard to Nautilus. Come in, Nautilus.
J John
[Giant angrily stares at Kent for knocking Hogarth unconscious, and Kent is alarmed] [through radio]
This is Nautilus, standing by.
Kent
[snatches radio; screaming]
LAUNCH THE MISSILE NOW!
General Rogard
[Nautilus captain pushes the red button, launching the missile up to the sky.] [grabs Kent by his trench coat] [angrily]
That missile is TARGETED TO THE GIANT'S CURRENT POSITION! WHERE'S THE GIANT, MANSLEY?!
Kent
[sees the Giant holding Hogarth in his hands standing behind him]
Wha--? Ohhhh....W-W-We can duck and cover! There's a fallout shelter right there. If we hur--
General Rogard
There's no way to survive this, YOU IDIOT!
Kent
[shocked]
You mean... we're all going to--?
General Rogard
To die, Mansley. For our country.
Kent
[his last words; alarmed]
Screw our country, I wanna live! [shoves a soldier out of a jeep and starts to drive away, but the Giant stops him by blocking his jeep with his hand.]
General Rogard
Hold him, men. [Soldiers aim their rifles at Kent.] Make sure he stays here, like a good soldier.
Hogarth
[an air raid siren goes off and the crowd gets worried and scared. Giant puts Hogarth down then he walks up to Annie and hugs her.] [shocked]
Oh, no. [looks to where the missile is heading.]
Giant
Hmm.
Hogarth
It's the missile. When it comes down, everyone will die. [Annie places her hand on Hogarth's shoulder.]
M Man
There it is! [the crowd sees the missile up in the sky as Giant looks at it then he looks to crowd knowing that the missile will kill everyone, and bravely looks at the missile.]
Annie
Shouldn't we get to a shelter?
Dean
[shaking his head]
It wouldn't matter.
Giant
I fix. [Hogarth feels surprised and he walks up to Giant.]
Hogarth
Giant? [Giant kneels down and gently places his finger at him.]
Giant
Hogarth. You stay. I go. [gently lifts Hogarth's chin, and sadly waves his other finger] No following. [backs slowly]
Hogarth
[softly]
I love you.
Hogarth
[The Giant takes off as Hogarth looks on and Annie comforts him. As the missile starts to descend, the Giant flies up into outer space, aiming himself towards it, to save the town.] [through memory]
You are who you choose to be.
Giant
[last word; heroically]
Superman...
General Rogard
[The Giant closes his eyes and flies straight into the missile, which explodes in a massive atomic fireball, as Annie, Dean and Hogarth shield their eyes from the blinding light. The townspeople and soldiers cheer as Rogard solemnly removes his helmet in respect for the Giant's sacrifice] [solemnly]
Let's go home.
