196
[INT. SCOTLAND ROAD / E-DECK]
The widest passageway in the ship, it is used by crew and steerage
alike, and runs almost the length of the ship. Right now steerage
passengers move along it like refugees, heading aft.
CRASH! A wooden doorframe splinters and the door bursts open under
the force of Jacks shoulder. Jack and Rose stumble through, into the
corridor. A STEWARD, who was nearby herding people along, marches over.
STEWARD :Here you! You'll have to pay for that, you know. That's White
Star Line property--
JACK AND ROSE :(turning together) Shutup!
Jack leads her past the dumbfounded steward. They join the steerage
stragglers going aft. In places the corridor is almost completely blocked
by large families carrying all their luggage.
AN IRISH WOMAN gives Rose a blanket, more for modesty than because
she is blue-lipped and shivering.
IRISHWOMAN :Here, lass, cover yourself.
Jack rubs her arms and tries to warm her up as they walk along.
The woman's husband offers them a flask of whiskey.
IRISHMAN :This'll take the chill off.
Rose takes a mighty belt and hands it to Jack. He grins and follows
suit. Jack tries a number of DOORS and IRON GATES along the way, finding
them all locked.
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197
[EXT. BOAT DECK]
ON THE BOAT DECK, the action has moved to the aft group of boats,
numbers 9, 11, 13, and 15 on the starboard side, and 10, 12, 14 and 16
on the port side. The pace of work is more frantic. You see crew and
officers running now to work the davits, their previous complacency gone.
CAL pushes through the crowd, scanning for Rose. Around him is
chaos and confusion. A woman is calling for a child who has become
separated in the crowd. A man is shouting over people's heads. A woman
takes hold of Second Officer Lightoller's arm as he is about to launch
Boat 10.
WOMAN :Will you hold the boat a moment? I just have to run back to my
room for something--
Lightoller grabs her and shoves her bodily into the boat. Thomas
Andrews rushes up to him just then.
ANDREWS :Why are the boats being launched half full?!
Lightoller steps past him, helping a seaman clear a snarled fall.
LIGHTOLLER :Not now, Mr. Andrews.
ANDREWS :(pointing down at the water) There, look... twenty or so in
a boat built for sixty five. And I saw one boat with only
twelve. Twelve!
LIGHTOLLER :Well... we were not sure of the weight--
ANDREWS :Rubbish! They were tested in Belfast with the weight of 70
men. Now fill these boats, Mr. Lightoller. For God's sake, man!
The shot HANDS OFF to Cal, who sees Lovejoy hurrying toward him
through the aisle connecting the port and starboard sides of the boat
deck.
LOVEJOY :She's not on the starboard side either.
CAL :We're running out of time. And this strutting martinet...
(indicating Lightoller) ... isn't letting any men in at all.
LOVEJOY :The one on the other side is letting men in.
CAL :Then that's out play. But we're still going to need some insurance.
(he starts off forward) Come on.
Cal charges off, heading forward, followed by Lovejoy. The SHOT
HANDS OFF to a finely dressed elderly couple, IDA and ISADOR STRAUS.
ISADOR :Please, Ida, get into the boat.
IDA :No. We've been together for forty years, and where you go I go.
Don't argue with me, Isador, you know it does no good.
He looks at her with sadness and great love. They embrace gently.
LIGHTOLLER :Lower away!!
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198
[EXT. BRIDGE/FORWARD WELL DECK/ FOC'SLE]
AT THE BOW... the place where Jack and Rose first kissed... the
bow railing goes under water. Water swirls around the capstans and
windlasses on the foc'sel deck.
Smith strides to the bridge rail and looks down at the well
deck. Water is shipping over the sides and the well deck is awash.
Two men run across the deck, their feet sending up spray. Behind
Smith, Boxhall fires another rocket. WHOOSH!
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199
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201
[INT. E-DECK CORRIDORS AND STAIRWELL]
Fabrizio, standing with Helga Dahl and her family, hears Jack's
voice.
JACK :Fabrizio! Fabri!
Fabrizio turns and sees Jack and Rose pushing through the crowd.
He and Jack hug like brothers.
FABRIZIO :The boats are all going.
JACK :We gotta get up there or we're gonna be gargling saltwater.
Where's Tommy?
Fabrizio points over the heads of the solidly packed crowd to
the stairwell.
TOMMY has his hands on the bars of the steel gate which blocks
the head of the stairwell. The crew open the gate a foot or so and
a few women are squeezing through.
STEWARD #2 :Women only. No men. No men!!
But some terrified men, not understanding English, try to rush
through the gap, forcing the gate open. The crewmen and stewards
push them back, shoving and punching them.
STEWARD #2 :Get back! Get back you lot! (to the crewmen) Lock it!!
They struggle to get the gate closed again, while Steward #2
brandishes a small revolver. Another holds a fire axe. They lock
the gate, and a cry goes up among the crowd, who surge forward,
pounding against the steel and shouting in several languages.
TOMMY :For the love of God, man, there are women and children
down here! Let us up, so we can have a chance!
But the crewmen are scared now. They have let the situation get
out of hand, and now they have a mob. Tommy gives up and pushes his
way back through the crowd, going down the stairs. He rejoins Jack,
Rose and Fabrizio.
TOMMY :It's hopeless that way.
JACK :Well, whatever we're goin' to do, we better do it fast.
Fabrizio turns to Helga, praying he can make himself understood.
FABRIZIO :(with alot of hand gestures) Everyone... all of you...
come with me now. We go to boats. We go to boats. Capito? Come now!
They can't understand what he's saying. They can see his urgency,
but OLUF DAHL, the patriarch of the family, shakes his head. He will
not panic, and will not let his family go with this boy. Fabrizio
turns to Helga.
FABRIZIO :Helga... per favore... come with me, I am luck. Is my destiny
to go to America.
She kisses him, then steps back to be with her family. Jack lays a
hand on his shoulder, his eyes saying "let's go".
FABRIZIO :I will never forget you.
He turns to Jack, who leads the way out of the crowd. Looking back
Fabrizio sees her face disappear into the crowd.
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202
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203
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204
[INT. CAL AND ROSE'S SUITE]
CLUNK! Cal opens his safe and reaches inside. As Lovejoy watches, he
pulls out two stacks of bills, still banded by bank wrappers. Then he
takes out the "Heart of the Sea", putting it in the left pocket of his
overcoat, and locks the safe.
CAL :(holding up the stack of bills) I make my own luck.
LOVEJOY :(patting the .45 in his waistband) So do I.
Cal grins, putting the money in his pocket as they go out.
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205
[INT. STEERAGE, AFT]
Jack, Rose, Fabrizio and Tommy are lost, searching for a way out.
They push past confused passengers... past a mother changing her baby's
diaper on top of an upturned steamer trunk... past a woman arguing
heatedly with a man in Serbo-Croatian, a wailing child next to them...
past a man kneeling to console a woman who is just sitting on the floor,
sobbing... and past another man with an English/ Arabic dictionary,
trying to figure out what the signs mean, while his wife and children
wait patiently.
Jack et al come upon a narrow stairwell and they go up two decks
before they are stopped by a small group pressed up against a steel
gate. The steerage men are yelling at a scared STEWARD.
STEWARD :Go to the main stairwell, with everyone else. It'll all get
sorted out there.
Jack takes one look at this scene and finally just loses it.
JACK :God damn it to Hell son of a bitch!!
He grabs one end of a bench bolted on the floor of the landing.
He starts pulling on it, and Tommy and Fabrizio pitch in until the
bolts shear and it breaks free. Rose figures out what they are doing
and clears a path up the stairs between the waiting people.
ROSE :Move aside! Quickly, move aside!
Jack and Tommy run up the steps with the bench and RAM IT INTO
THE GATE with all their strength. It rips loose from it's track and
falls outward, narrowly missing the steward. Led by Jack, the crowd
surges through. Rose steps up to the cowering steward and says in
her most imperious tone:
ROSE :If you have any intention of keeping your pathetic job with
the White Star Line, I suggest you escort these good people
to the boat deck... now.
Class wins out. He nods dumbly and motions for them to follow.
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206
[EXT. BOAT 6/ TITANIC - NIGHT]
Ruth rows with Molly Brown, two other women and the incompetent
sailors. She rests on her oars, exhausted, and looks back at the ship.
It slants down into the water, still ablaze with light. Nothing
is above water forward of the bridge except the foremast. Another
rocket goes off, lighting up the entire area... there are a dozen
boats moving outward from the ship.
207
AT THE BOAT DECK RAIL Captain Smith is shouting to Boat 6 through
a large metal megaphone.
SMITH :Come back! Come back to the ship!
CHIEF OFFICER WILDE joins him, blowing his silver whistle.
208
FROM BOAT 6 the whistle come shrilly across the water.
Quartermaster Hichens grips the rudder in fear.
HICHENS :The suction will pull us right down if we don't keep going.
MOLLY :We got room for lots more. I say we go back.
HICHENS :No! It's our lives now, not theirs. And I'm in charge of this
boat! Now row!!
209
CAPTAIN SMITH, at the rail of the boat deck, lowers his megaphone
slowly.
SMITH :The fools.
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210
[INT. A-DECK FOYER]
As Cal and Lovejoy cross the foyer they encounter Benjamin
Guggenheim and his valet, both are dressed in white tie, tail
coats and top hats.
CAL :Ben, what's the occasion?
GUGGENHEIM :We have dressed in our best and are prepared to go down
like gentlemen.
CAL :That's admirable, Ben.
(walking on) I'll be sure to tell your wife... when I get to New York.
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211
[INT. FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM]
There are still two cardgames in progress. The room is quiet and
civilized. A silver serving cart, holding a large humidor, begins to
roll slowly across the room. One of the cardplayers takes a cigar from
it as it rolls by.
CARDPLAYER :It sees we've been dealt a bad hand this time.
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212
[EXT./ INT. A-DECK PROMENADE]
Cal and Lovejoy are walking aft with a purposeful stride. They pass
CHIEF BAKER JOUGHIN, who is working up a sweat tossing deck chairs over
the rail. After they go by, Joughin takes a break and pulls a bottle of
scotch from a pocket, upending it. He drains it, and tosses it over the
side too, then stands there a little unsteadily.
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213
[EXT. BOAT DECK AND A-DECK, AFT]
PANIC IS SETTING IN around the remaining boats aft. The crowd here
is now a mix of all three classes. Officers repeatedly warn men back
from the boats. The crowd presses in closer.
Seaman SCARROTT brandishes the tiller of boat 14 to discourage a
close press of men who look ready to rush the boat. Several men break
ranks and rush forward.
Lightoller pulls out his Webley revolver and aims it at them.
LIGHTOLLER :Get back! Keep order!
The men back down. Fifth Office Lowe, standing in the boat, yells
to the crew.
LOWE :Lower away left and right!
Lightoller turns away from the crowd and, out of their sight, breaks
his pistol open. Letting out a long breath, he starts to LOAD IT.
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214
[EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD SIDE, AFT]
CAL AND LOVEJOY arrive in time to see Murdoch lowering his
last boat.
CAL :We're too late.
LOVEJOY :There are still some boats forward. Stay with this one...
Murdoch. He seems quite... practical.
215
IN THE WATER BELOW there is another panic. Boat 13, already in
the water but still attached to it's falls, is pushed aft by the
discharge water being pumped out of the ship. It winds up directly
under boat 15, which is coming down right on top of it.
The passengers shout in panic to the crew above to stop lowering.
They are ignored. Some men put their hands up, trying futiley to
keep the 5 tons of boat 15 from crushing them.
Fred Barrett, the stoker, gets out his knife and leaps to the
after falls, climbing rudely over people. He cuts the aft falls
while another crewman cuts the forward lines. 13 drifts out from
beneath 15 just seconds before it touches the water with a slap.
CAL, looking down from the rail hears GUNSHOTS--
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216
[EXT. BOAT DECK/ A-DECK, PORT, AFT]
Fifth Officer Lowe, in boat 14 is firing his gun as a warning to a
bunch of men threatening to jump into the boat as it passes the open
promenade on A-Deck.
LOWE :Stay back you lot!
BLAM! BLAM!
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217
[EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD, AFT]
The shots echo away.
CAL :It's starting to fall apart. We don't have much time.
Cal sees three dogs run by, including the black French bulldog.
Someone has released the pets from the kennels.
Cal sees Murdoch turn from the davits for boat 15 and start
walking toward the bow. He catches up and falls in beside him.
CAL :Mr. Murdoch, I'm a businessman, as you know, and I have a
business proposition for you.
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219
[EXT. BOAT DECK, PORT]
Jack, Rose et al burst out onto the boat deck from the crew stairs
just aft of the third funnel. They look at the empty davits.
ROSE :The boats are gone!
She sees Colonel Gracie chugging forward along the deck, escorting
two first class ladies.
ROSE :Colonel! Are there any boats left?
GRACIE :(staring at her bedraggled state) Yes, miss... there are still
a couple of boats all the way forward. This way, I'll lead you!
Jack grabs her hand and they sprint past Gracie, with Tommy and
Fabrizio close behind.
ANGLE ON THE BAND... incredibly they are still playing. Jack,
Rose and the others run by.
TOMMY :Music to drown by. Now I know I'm in First Class.
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220
[EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD, FORWARD]
Water pours like a spillway over the forward railing on B-Deck.
CAMERA SWEEPS UP past A-Deck to the boat deck where Murdoch and his
team are loading Collapsible C at the forward-most davits.
NOTE: There are four so-called collapsibles, or Engelhardt boats,
including two which are stored on the roof of the officers quarters.
The crowd here is sparse, with most people still aft. Cal slips
his hand out of the pocket of his overcoat and into the waist pocket
of Murdoch's greatcoat, leaving the stacks of bills there.
CAL :So we have an understanding then?
MURDOCH :(nodding curtly) As you've said.
Cal, satisfied, steps back. He finds himself waiting next to
J. Bruce Ismay. Ismay does not meet his eyes, nor anyone's. Lovejoy
comes up to Cal at that moment.
LOVEJOY :I've found her. She's just over on the port side. With him.
MURDOCH :Women and children? Any more women and children?
(glancing at Cal) Any one else, then?
Cal looks longingly at this boat... his moment has arrived.
CAL :Go damn it to hell! Come on.
He and Lovejoy head for the port side, taking a short-cut
through the bridge.
Bruce Ismay, seeing his opportunity, steps quickly into
Collapsible C. He stares straight ahead, not meeting Murdoch's
eyes.
MURDOCH :(staring at Ismay) Take them down.
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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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