151
[INT. G-DECK FORWARD]
In steerage, Fabrizio comes out into the hall to see what's going on.
He sees dozens of rats running by.
FABRIZIO :Ma-- che cazzo!
152
IN HIS STATEROOM Tommy gets out of his top bunk in the dark and drops
down to the floor. SPLASH!!
TOMMY :Cor!! What in hell--?!
He snaps on the light. The floor is covered with 3 inches of freezing
water, and more coming in. He pulls the door open, and steps out into the
corridor, which is flooded. Fabrizio is running toward him, yelling
something in Italian. Tommy and Fabrizio start pounding on doors, getting
everybody up and out. The alarm spreads in several languages.
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153
[INT. FIRST CLASS CORRIDOR / A-DECK]
A couple of people have come out into the corridor in robes and
slippers. A STEWARD hurries along, reassuring them.
WOMAN :Why have the engines stopped? I felt a shudder?
STEWARD #1 :I shouldn't worry, m'am. We've likely thrown a propeller blade,
that's the shudder you felt. May I bring you anything?
THOMAS ANDREWS brushes past them, walking fast and carrying an armload
of rolled up ship's plans.
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154
[EXT. FORWARD WELL DECK]
Jack and Rose are leaning over the starboard rail, looking at the
hull of the ship.
JACK :Looks okay, I don't see anything.
ROSE :Could it have damaged the ship?
JACK :It didn't seem like much of a bump. I'm sure we're okay.
Behind them a couple of steerage guys are kicking the ice around
the deck, laughing.
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155
[INT. STEERAGE FORWARD]
Fabrizio and Tommy are in a crowd of steerage men clogging the
corridors, heading aft away from the flooding. Many of them have grabbed
suitcases and duffel bags, some of which are soaked.
TOMMY :If this is the direction the rats were runnin', it's good enough
for me.
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156
[INT. CORRIDOR ON B DECK]
Bruce Ismay, dressed in pajamas under a topcoat, hurries down the
corridor, headed for the bridge. An officious steward named BARNES comes
along the other direction, getting the few concerned passengers back
into their rooms.
STEWARD BARNES :There's no cause for alarm. Please, go back to your rooms.
He is stopped in his tracks by Cal and Lovejoy.
STEWARD BARNES :Please, sir. There's no emergency--
CAL :Yes there is, I've been robbed. Now get the Master at Arms.
Now, you moron!
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157
[INT. BRIDGE/ CHARTROOM]
C.U. CAPTAIN SMITH studying the commutator.
He turns to Andrews, standing behind him.
SMITH :A five degree list in less than ten minutes.
SHIPS CARPENTER JOHN HUTCHINSON enters behind him, out of breath
and clearly unnerved.
HUTCHINSON :She's making water fast... in the forepeak tank and the
forward holds, and in boiler room six.
ISMAY enters, his movements quick with anger and frustration.
Smith glances at him with annoyance.
ISMAY :Why have we stopped?
SMITH :We've struck ice.
ISMAY :Well, do you think the ship is seriously damaged?
SMITH :(glaring) Excuse me.
Smith pushes past him, with Andrews and Hutchinson in tow.
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158
[INT. BOILER ROOM 6]
Stokers and firemen are struggling to draw the fires. They are
working in waist deep water churning around them as it flows into
the boiler room, ice cold and swirling with grease from the
machinery. Chief Engineer Bell comes partway down the ladder and shouts.
BELL :That's it, lads. Get the hell up!
They scramble up the escape ladders.
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159
[EXT. B-DECK FORWARD/ WELL DECK]
The gentleman, now joined by another man, leans on the forward
rail watching the steerage men playing soccer with chunks of ice.
GENTLEMAN :I guess it's nothing serious. I'm going back to my cabin
to read.
A 20ish YALE MAN pops through the door wearing a topcoat over
pajamas.
YALEY :Say, did I miss the fun?
Rose and Jack come up the stairs from the well deck, which are
right next to the three men. They stare as the couple climbs over
the locked gate.
A moment later Captain Smith rounds the corner, followed by
Andrews and Carpenter Hutchinson. They have come down from the
bridge by outside stairs. The three men, their faces grim, brush
right past Jack and Rose. Andrews barely glances at her.
SMITH :Can you shore up?
HUTCHINSON :Not unless the pumps get ahead.
The inspection party goes down the stairs to the well deck.
JACK :(low, to her) It's bad.
ROSE :We have to tell Mother and Cal.
JACK :Now it's worse.
ROSE :Come with me, Jack. I jump, you jump... right?
JACK :Right.
Jack follows Rose through the door inside the ship.
160
[INT. B-DECK FOYER/ CORRIDOR]
Jack and Rose cross the foyer, entering the corridor. Lovejoy
is waiting for them in the hall as they approach the room.
LOVEJOY :We've been looking for you miss.
Lovejoy follows and, unseen, moves behind Jack and smoothly
slips the diamond necklace into the pocket of his overcoat.
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161
[INT. ROSE AND CAL'S SUITE]
Cal and Ruth wait in the sitting room, along with the Master
at Arms and two stewards (Steward #1 and Barnes). Silence as Rose
and Jack enter. Ruth closes her robe at her throat when she sees Jack.
ROSE :Something serious has happened.
CAL :That's right. Two things very dear to me have disappeared this
evening. Now that one is back...
(he looks from Rose to Jack) ... I have a pretty good idea where
to find the other. (to Master at Arms) Search him.
The Master at Arms steps to Jack.
MASTER AT ARMS :Coat off, mate.
Lovejoy pulls at Jack's coat and Jack shakes his head in dismay,
shrugging out of it. The Master at Arms pats him down.
JACK :This is horse shit.
ROSE :Cal, you can't be serious! We're in the middle of an
emergency and you--
Steward Barnes pulls the Heart of the Ocean out of the pocket of Jack's coat.
STEWARD BARNES :It this it?
Rose is stunned. Needless to say, so is Jack.
CAL :That's it.
MASTER AT ARMS :Right then. Now don't make a fuss.
He starts to handcuff Jack.
JACK :Don't you believe it, Rose. Don't!
ROSE :(uncertain) He couldn't have.
CAL :Of course he could. Easy enough for a professional. He memorized the
combination when you opened the safe.
FLASHBACK: Rose at the safe, looking in the mirror and meeting Jack's
eyes as he stands behind her, watching.
ROSE :But he was with me the whole time.
CAL :(just to her, low and cold) Maybe he did it while you were putting
your clothes back on.
JACK :They put it in my pocket!
LOVEJOY :(holding Jack's coat) It's not even your pocket, son.
(reading)"Property of A.L. Reyerson".
Lovejoy shows the coat to the Master at Arms. There is a label inside
the collar with the owners name.
MASTER AT ARMS :That was reported stolen today.
JACK :I was going to return it! Rose--
Rose feels utterly betrayed, hurt and confused. She shrinks away from
him. He starts shouting to her as Lovejoy and the Master at Arms drag him
out into the hall. She can't look him in the eye.
JACK :Rose, don't listen to them... I didn't do this! You know I didn't!
You know it!
She is devastated. Her mother lays a comforting hand on her shoulder
as the tears well up.
RUTH :Why do women believe men?
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162
[INT. MAIL SORTING ROOM/ HOLD]
Smith and Andrews come down the steps to the mail sorting room and
find the clerks scrambling to pull mail from the racks. They are furiously
hauling wet sacks of mail up from the hold below.
Andrews climbs partway down the stairs to the hold, which is almost
full. Sacks of mail float everywhere. The lights are still on below the
surface, casting an eerie glow. The Renault is visible under the water,
the brass glinting cheerfully. Andrews looks down as the water covers his
shoe, and scrambles back up the stairs.
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163
[INT. BRIDGE/ CHARTROOM]
Andrews unrolls a big drawing of the ship across the chartroom table.
It is a side elevation, showing all the watertight bulkheads. His hands are
shaking. Murdoch and Ismay hover behind Andrews and the Captain.
ISMAY :When can we get underway, do you think?
Smith glares at him and turns his attention to Andrews' drawing.
The builder points to it for emphasis as he talks.
ANDREWS :Water 14 feet above the keel in ten minutes... in the
forepeak... in all three holds... and boiler room six.
SMITH :That's right.
ANDREWS :Five compartments. She can stay afloat with the first four
compartments breached. But not five. Not five. As she goes
down by the head the water will spill over the tops of the
bulkheads... at E Deck... from one to the next... back and
back. There's no stopping it.
SMITH :The pumps--
ANDREWS :The pumps will buy you time... but minutes only. From this
moment, no matter what we do, Titanic will founder.
ISMAY :But this ship can't sink!
ANDREWS :She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. And she
will. It is a mathematical certainty.
Smith looks like he has been gutpunched.
SMITH :How much time?
ANDREWS :An hour, two at most.
Ismay reels as his dream turns into his worst nightmare.
SMITH :And how many aboard, Mr. Murdoch?
MURDOCH :Two thousand two hundred souls aboard, sir.
A long beat. Smith turns to face his employer.
SMITH :I believe you may get your headlines, Mr. Ismay.
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164
[EXT. BOAT DECK]
Andrews is standing along the boat deck, as seamen and officers
scurry to uncover the boats. Steam is venting from the pipes in the
funnels overhead, and the din is horrendous. Speech is difficult
adding to the crew's level of disorganization. Andrews sees some men
fumbling with the mechanism of one of the Wellin davits and yells to
them over the roar of steam.
ANDREWS :Turn to the right! Pull the falls taut before you unchock.
Have you never had a boat drill?
SEAMAN :No sir! Not with these new davits, sir.
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165
[INT. ROSE AND CAL'S SUITE]
From inside the sitting room they can here knocking and voices
in the corridor.
RUTH :I had better go dress.
Ruth exits and Hockley crosses to Rose. He regards her coldly
for a moment, then SLAPS her across the face.
CAL :It is a little slut, isn't it?
To Rose the blow is inconsequential compared to the blow her heart
has been given. Cal grabs her shoulders roughly.
CAL :Look at me, you little--
There is a loud knock on the door and an urgent voice. The door
opens and their steward puts his head in.
STEWARD BARNES :Sir, I've been told to ask you to please put on your
lifebelt, and come up to the boat deck.
CAL :Get out. We're busy.
The steward persists, coming in to get the lifebelts down from
on top of a dresser.
BARNES :I'm sorry about the inconvenience, Mr. Hockley, but it's
Captain's orders. Please dress warmly, it's quite cold
tonight. (he hands a lifebelt to Rose) Not to worry, miss,
I'm sure it's just a precaution.
CAL :This is ridiculous.
In the corridor outside the stewards are being so polite and
obsequious they are conveying no sense of danger whatsoever.
However, it's another story in...
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166
[INT. STEERAGE BERTHING AFT]
BLACKNESS. Then BANG! The door is thrown open and the light
snapped on by a steward. The Cartmell family rouses from a sound
sleep.
STEWARD #2 :Everybody up. Let's go. Put your lifebelts on.
IN THE CORRIDOR outside, another steward is going from door to
door along the hall, pounding and yelling.
STEWARD #3 :Lifebelts on. Lifebelts on. Everybody up, come on.
Lifebelts on...
People come out of the doors behind the steward, perplexed. In
the foreground a SYRIAN WOMAN asks her husband what was said. He shrugs.
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167
[INT. WIRELESS ROOM]
ON PHILLIPS, looking shocked.
PHILLIPS :CQD, sir?
SMITH :That's right. The distress Cal. CQD. Tell whoever responds that
we are going down by the head and need immediate assistance.
Smith hurries out.
PHILLIPS :Blimey.
BRIDE :Maybe you ought to try sending that new distress call... S.O.S.
(grinning) It may be our only chance to use it.
Phillips laughs in spite of himself and starts sending history's
first S.O.S. Dit dit dit, da da da, dit dit dit... over and over.
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168
[EXT. BOAT DECK]
Thomas Andrews looks around in amazement. The deck is empty
except for the crew fumbling with the davits. He yells over the
roar of the steam to First Officer Murdoch.
ANDREWS :Where are all the passengers?
MURDOCH :They've all gone back inside. Too damn cold and noisy for
them.
Andrews feels like he is in a bad dream. He looks at his
pocketwatch and heads for the foyer entrance.
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169
[INT. A-DECK FOYER]
A large number of First Class passengers have gathered near the
staircase. They are getting indigent about the confusion. Molly Brown
snags a passing YOUNG STEWARD.
MOLLY :What's doing, sonny? You've got us all trussed up and now we're
cooling our heels.
The YOUNG STEWARD backs away, actually stumbling on the stairs.
YOUNG STEWARD :Sorry, mum. Let me go find out.
The jumpy piano rhythm of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" comes out of
the first class lounge a few yard away. Band leader WALLACE HARTLEY has
assembled some of his men on Captain's orders, to allay panic.
Hockley's entourage comes up to the A-deck foyer. Cal is carrying
the lifebelts, almost as an afterthought. Rose is like a sleepwalker.
CAL :It's just the God damned English doing everything by the book.
RUTH :There's no need for language, Mr. Hockley. (to Trudy) Go back and
turn the heater on in my room, so it won't be too cold when we get
back.
Thomas Andrews enters, looking around the magnificent room, which he
knows is doomed. Rose, standing nearby, sees his heartbroken expression.
She walks over to him and Cal goes after her.
ROSE :I saw the iceberg, Mr. Andrews. And I see it in your eyes. Please
tell me the truth.
ANDREWS :The ship will sink.
ROSE :You're certain?
ANDREWS :Yes. In an hour or so.. all this.. will be at the bottom of the
Atlantic.
CAL :My God.
Now it is Cal's turn to look stunned. The Titanic? Sinking?
ANDREWS :Please tell only who you must, I don't want to be responsible
for a panic. And get to a boat quickly. Don't wait. You remember
what I told you about the boats?
ROSE :Yes, I understand. Thankyou.
Andrews goes off, moving among the passengers and urging them to put
on their lifebelts and get to the boats.
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170
[INT. MASTER AT ARMS OFFICE]
Lovejoy and the Master at Arms are handcuffing Jack to a 4" WATER PIPE
as a crewman rushes in anxiously and almost blurts to the Master at Arms...
CREWMAN :You're wanted by the Purser, sir. Urgently.
LOVEJOY :Go on. I'll keep an eye on him.
Lovejoy pulls a pearl handled Colt .45 automatic from under his coat.
The Master at Arms nods and tosses the handcuff key to Lovejoy, then exits
with the crewman. Lovejoy flips the key in the air. Catches it.
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--
『他鄉是一面負向的鏡子。
旅人認出那微小的部份是屬於他的，
卻發現那龐大的部份是他未曾擁有的，
也永遠不會擁有的。』
～『看不見的城市』；伊塔羅‧卡爾維諾
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