The Iron Giant1999

George:
This is Nautilus. What's the Giant's current position?

Rick:
[through radio] 67.71972 degrees west by 44.50177 degrees north.

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.]

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.

Rick:
What boy?

Dean:
[sees the truck is empty; alarmed] Hogarth!

[Hogarth runs up to Giant as Dean and Annie look on.]

Annie:
[worried] Hogarth, no!

[Giant targets the battleship as Hogarth arrives to stop him.]

Hogarth:
Hey! No! STOP!

[Giant turns to Hogarth and he shoots to sky, narrowly missing the battleship, as the army reacts in shock. Kent looks at General Rogard.]

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!

[camera cuts to Hogarth as Giant points his weapon at him.]

Hogarth:
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.

[Giant turns around, and the camera cuts to inside the Nautilus submarine.]

John:
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!

[soldiers arm their rifles, after hear the Giant's footsteps]

Dean:
General, you shoot now, and the whole thing starts all over again!

Kent:
Stop it now, General! Our future's at stake!

Rick:
Orders, sir?

Dean:
Which is why you have got to stop, General!

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.

[Giant angrily stares at Kent for knocking Hogarth unconscious, and Kent is alarmed]

John:
[through radio] This is Nautilus, standing by.

Kent:
[snatches radio; screaming] LAUNCH THE MISSILE NOW!

[Nautilus captain pushes the red button, launching the missile up to the sky.]

General Rogard:
[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.

[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.]

Hogarth:
[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.]

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.

[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.]

Hogarth:
[through memory] You are who you choose to be.

Giant:
[last word; heroically] Superman...

[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]

General Rogard:
[solemnly] Let's go home.