221
[EXT. BOAT DECK/ PORT SIDE - NIGHT]
ON THE PORT SIDE Lightoller is getting people into boat 2.
He keeps his pistol in his hand at this point. Twenty feet below
them the sea is pouring into the doors and windows of B deck
staterooms. They can hear the roar cascading into the ship.
LIGHTOLLER :Women and children please. Women and children only.
Step back, sir.
Even with Jack's arms wrapped around her, Rose is shivering in
the cold. Near her a woman with two young daughters looks into the
eyes of a husband she knows she may not see again.
HUSBAND :Goodbye for a little while... only for a little while.
(to his two little girls) Go with mummy.
The woman stumbles to the boat with the children, hiding her
tears from them. Beneath the false good cheer, the man is choked
with emotion.
HUSBAND :Hold mummy's hand and be a good girl. That's right.
Some of the women are stoic, others are overwhelmed by emotion
and have to be helped into the boats. A man scribbles a note and
hands it to a woman who is about to board.
MAN :Please get this to my wife in DeMoines, Iowa.
Jack looks at Tommy and Fabrizio.
JACK :You better check the other side.
They nod and run off, searching for a way around the deckhouse.
ROSE :I'm not going without you.
JACK :Get in the boat, Rose.
Cal walks up just then.
CAL :Yes. Get in the boat, Rose.
She is shocked to see him. She steps instinctively to Jack.
Cal looks at her, standing there shivering in her wet slip and
stockings, a shocking display in 1912.
CAL :My God, look at you. (taking off his coat) Here, put this on.
She numbly shrugs into it. He is doing it for modesty, not the cold.
LIGHTOLLER :Quickly, ladies. Step into the boat. Hurry, please!
JACK :Go on. I'll get the next one.
ROSE :No. Not without you!
She doesn't even care that Cal is standing right there. He
sees the emotion between Jack and Rose and his jaw clenches. But
then he leans close to her and says...
CAL :(low) There are boats on the other side that are allowing
men in. Jack and I can get off safely. Both of us.
JACK :(he smiles reassuringly) I'll be alright. Hurry up so we can
get going... we got our own boat to catch.
CAL :Get in... hurry up, it's almost full.
Lightoller grabs her arm and pulls her toward the boat. She
reaches out for Jack and her fingers brush his for a moment. Then
she finds herself stepping down into the boat. It's all a rush and blur.
LIGHTOLLER :Lower away!
The two men watch at the rail as the boat begins to descend.
CAL :(low) You're a good liar.
JACK :Almost as good as you.
CAL :I always win, Jack. One way or another.
(looks at him, smiling) Pity I didn't keep that drawing.
It's going to be worth a lot more by morning.
Jack knows he is screwed. He looks down at Rose, not wanting
to waste a second of his last view of her.
222
ROSE'S PERCEPTION... IN SLOW MOTION: The ropes going through
the pulleys as the seamen start to lower. All sound going away...
Lightoller giving orders, his lips moving... but Rose hears only
the blood pounding in her ears... this cannot be happening... a
rocket bursts above in slow motion, outlining Jack in a halo of
light... Rose's hair blowing in slow motion as she gazes up at
him, descending away from him... she sees his hand trembling, the
tears at the corners of his eyes, and cannot believe the unbearable
pain she is feeling..
Rose is still staring up, tears pouring down her face.
SUDDENLY SHE IS MOVING. She lunges across the women next to her.
Reaches the gunwale, climbing it...
Hurls herself out of the boat to the rail of the A-Deck
promenade, catching it, and scrambling over the rail. The Boat 2
continues down. But Rose is back on Titanic.
JACK :No Rose! NOOOO!!
Jack spins from the rail, running for the nearest way down to
A-Deck.
Hockley too has seen her jump. She is willing to die for this
man, this gutter scum. He is overwhelmed by a rage so all consuming
it eclipses all thought.
[CUT TO]
223
[INT. GRAND STAIRCASE]
TRACKING WITH JACK as he bangs through the doors to the foyer and
sprints down the stairs. He sees her come into the A-Deck foyer, running
toward him, Cal's long coat flying out behind her as she runs.
They meet at the bottom of the stairs, and collide in an embrace.
JACK :Rose, Rose, you're so stupid, you're such an idiot--
And all the while he's kissing her and holding her as tightly as he can.
ROSE :You jump I jump, right?
JACK :Right.
HOCKLEY comes in and runs to the railing. Looking down he sees them
locked in their embrace. Lovejoy comes up behind Cal and puts a restraining
HAND on him, but Cal whips around, grabbing the pistol from Lovejoy's
waistband in one cobra-fast move.
He RUNS along the rail and down the stairs. As he reaches the landing
above them he raises the gun. SCREAMING in rage, he FIRES.
The carved cherub at the foot of the center railing EXPLODES. Jack
pulls Rose toward the stairs going down to the next deck. Cal fires again,
running down the steps toward them. A bullet blows a divet out of the oak
paneling behind Jack's head as he pulls Rose down the next flight of stairs.
Hockley steps on the skittering head of the cherub statue and goes
sprawling. The gun clatters across the marble floor. He gets up, and
reeling drunkenly goes over to retrieve it.
[CUT TO]
224
[INT. D-DECK RECEPTION ROOM]
The bottom of the grand staircase is flooded several feet deep.
Jack and Rose come down the stairs two at a time and run straight into
the water, fording across the room to where the floor slopes up, until
they reach dry footing at the entrance to the dining saloon.
STEADICAM WITH HOCKLEY as he reels down the stairs in time to see
Jack and Rose splashing through the water toward the dining saloon. He
FIRES twice. Big gouts of spray near them, but he's not a great shot.
The water boils up around his feet and he retreats up the stairs a
couple of steps. Around him the woodwork groans and creaks.
CAL :(calling to them) Enjoy your time together!!
Lovejoy arrives next to him. Cal suddenly remembers something
and starts to laugh.
LOVEJOY :What could possibly be funny?
CAL :I put the diamond in my coat pocket. And I put my coat... on her.
He turns to Lovejoy with a sickly expression, his eyes glittering.
CAL :I give it to you... if you can get it.
He hands Lovejoy the pistol and goes back up the stairs. Lovejoy
thinks about it... then slogs into the water. The icewater is up to his
waist as he crosses the pool to the dining saloon.
225
[INT. DINING SALOON]
Lovejoy moves among the tables and ornate columns, searching...
listening... his eyes tracking rapidly. It is a sea of tables, and
they could be anywhere. A silver serving trolley rolls downhill,
bumping into tables and pillars.
He glances behind him. The water is following him into the room,
advancing in a hundred foot wide tide. The reception room is now a
rolling lake, and the grand staircase is submerged past the first
landing. Monstrous groans echo through the ship.
ON JACK AND ROSE, crouched behind a table, somewhere in the
middle. They see the water advancing toward them, swirling over the
floor. They crawl ahead of it to the next row of tables.
JACK :(whispering) Stay here.
He moves off as--
Lovejoy moves over one row and looks along the tables. Nothing.
The ship GROANS and CREAKS. He moves another row.
ANGLE ON A METAL CART... five feet tall and full of stacks of
china dishes. It starts to roll down the aisle between tables.
ON ROSE as the cart rolls toward her. It hits a table and the
stacks of dishes topple out, EXPLODING across the floor and showering her.
She scrambles out of the way and--
Lovejoy spins, seeing her. He moves rapidly toward her, keeping
the gun aimed--
That's when Jack tackles him from the side. They slam together
into a table, crashing over it, and toppling to the floor. They land
in the water which is flowing rapidly between the tables.
Jack and Lovejoy grapple in the icy water. Jack jams his knee
down on Lovejoy's hand, breaking his grip on the pistol, and kicks
it away. Lovejoy scrambles up and lunges at him, but Jack GUTPUNCHES
him right in the solar plexus, doubling him over.
JACK :Compliments of the Chippewa Falls Dawsons.
He grabs Lovejoy and slams him into an ornate column. Lovejoy drops
to the floor with a splash, stunned.
JACK :Let's go.
Jack and Rose run aft... up hill... entering the galley. Behind
them the tables have become islands in a lake... and the far end of
the room is flooded up to the ceiling.
Lovejoy gets up and looks around for his gun. He pulls it up out
of the water and wades after them.
[CUT TO]
226
[INT. GALLEY / STAIRWELL]
They run through the galley and Rose spots the stairs. She starts
up and Jack grabs her hand. He leads her DOWN.
They crouch together on the landing as Lovejoy runs to the stairs.
Assuming they have gone up (who wouldn't?) he clomps up them two at a
time.
They wait for the footsteps to recede. A long CREAKING GROAN. Then
they hear it... a CRYING CHILD. Below them. They go down a few steps
to look along the next deck.
[CUT TO]
227
[INT. E-DECK CORRIDORS]
The corridor is awash, about a foot deep. Standing against the
wall, about 50 feet away, is a little BOY, about 3. The water swirls
around his legs and he is wailing.
ROSE :We can't leave him.
Jack nods and they leave the promise of escape up the stairwell
to run to the child. Jack scoops up the kid and they run back to the
stairs but--
A torrent of water comes pouring down the stairs like rapids.
In seconds it is too powerful for them to go against.
JACK :Come on.
Charging the other way down the flooding corridor, they blast up
spray with each footstep. At the end of the hall are heavy double
doors. As Jack approaches them he sees water spraying through the gap
between the doors right up to the ceiling. The doors groan and start
to crack under the tons of pressure.
JACK :Back! Go back!!
Rose pivots and runs back the way they came, taking a turn into
a cross-corridor. A MAN is coming the other way. He sees the boy in
Jack's arms and cries out, grabbing him away from Jack. Starts cursing
him in Russian. He runs on with the boy--
ROSE :No! Not that way! Come back!
228
DOUBLE DOORS BLAST OPEN. A wall of water thunders into the
corridor. The father and child DISAPPEAR instantly.
Jack and Rose run as a wave blasts around the corner, foaming
from floor to ceiling. It gains on them like a locomotive. They make
it to a stairway going up.
[CUT TO]
229
[INT. STAIRWELL]
Jack and Rose pound up the steps as white water swirls up behind
them. PULL BACK to reveal that a steel gate blocks the top of the
stairs. Jack SLAMS against the gate, gripping the bars.
A terrified steward standing guard on the landing above turns to
run at the sight of the water thundering up the stairs.
JACK :Wait! Wait! Help us! Unlock the gate.
The steward runs on. The water wells up around Jack and Rose,
pouring through the gate and slamming them against it. In seconds
it is up to their waist.
ROSE :Help us! Please!
The steward stops and looks back. He sees Jack and Rose at the
gate, their arms reaching through... sees the water POURING through
the gate onto the landing.
STEWARD :Fucking 'ell!
He runs back, slogging against the current. He pulls a key ring
from his belt and struggles to unlock the padlock as the water
fountains up around them.
The lights short out and the landing is plunged into darkness.
The water rises over the lock and he's doing it by feel.
JACK :Come on! Come on!
Jack and Rose are right against the ceiling...
Suddenly the gate gives and SWINGS OPEN. They are pushed through
by the force of the water. They make it to stairs on the other side
of the landing and follow the steward up to the next deck.
[CUT TO]
230
[EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD SIDE]
Cal comes reeling out of the first class entrance, looking
wild-eyed. He lurches down the deck toward the bridge. Waltz
music wafts over the ship. Somewhere the band is still playing.
CAL'S POV: A little girl, maybe two years old, is crying alone
in an alcove. She looks up at Cal beseechingly. Cal moves on without
a glance back... reaching a large crowd clustered around COLLAPSIBLE
A just aft of the bridge. He sees Murdoch and a number of crewmen
struggling to drag the boat to the davits, with no luck.
Cal pushes forward, trying to signal Murdoch, but the officer
ignores him. Nearby TOMMY AND FABRIZIO are being pushed forward by
the crowd behind. PURSER McELROY pushes them back, getting a couple
of seamen to help him. He brandishes his gun, waving it in the air,
yelling for the crowd to stay back.
[CUT TO]
231
[EXT. BOAT DECK, PORT SIDE/ ROOF OF OFFICERS' QUARTERS]
Lightoller, with a group of crew and passengers, is trying to get
Collapsible B down from the roof. They slide it down a pair of oars
leaned against the deck house.
LIGHTOLLER :Hold it! Hold it!
The weight of the boat snaps the oars and it crashes to the deck,
upside down. The two Swedish cousins, OLAUS and BJORN GUNDERSEN, jump
back as the boat nearly hits them.
[CUT TO]
232
[OMITTED]
233
[INT. STAIRWELL]
Jack and Rose run up seemingly endless stairs as the ship
groans and torques around them.
[CUT TO]
234
[EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD SIDE]
Murdoch, at Collapsible Am is no longer in control. The crowd
is threatening to rush the boat. They push and jostle, yelling and
shouting at the officers. The pressure from behind pushes them
forward, and one guy falls off the edge of the deck into the
water less than ten feet below.
TOMMY :Give us a chance to live, you limey bastards!
Murdoch fires his Webley twice into the air, then points it at
the crowd.
MURDOCH :I'll shoot any man who tries to get past me.
Cal steps up to him.
CAL :We had a deal, damn you.
Murdoch pushes him back, pointing the pistol at Cal.
MURDOCH :Get back!
A man next to Tommy rushes forward, and Tommy is shoved from
behind. Murdoch SHOOTS the first man, and seeing Tommy coming
forward, puts a bullet into his chest.
Tommy collapses, and Fabrizio grabs him, holding him in his arms
as his life flows out over the deck.
Murdoch turns to his men and salutes smartly. Then he puts the
pistol to his temple and... BLAM! He drops like a puppet with the
strings cut and topples over the edge of the boat deck into the
water only a few feet below.
Cal stares in horror at Murdoch's body bobbing in the black
water. The MONEY FLOATS out of the pocket of his greatcoat, the
bills spreading across the surface.
The crew rush to get the last few women aboard the boat.
PURSER MCELROY :(calling above the confusion) Any more women or
children?!
THE CHILD crying in the alcove. Cal scoops her up and runs
forward, cradling her in his arms.
CAL :(forcing his way through the crowd) Here's a child! I've got a child!
(to McElroy) Please... I'm all she has in the world.
McElroy nods curtly and pushes him into the boat. He spins with
his gun, brandishing it in the air to keep the other men back. Cal
gets into the boat, holding the little girl. He takes a seat with the
women.
CAL :There, there.
[CUT TO]
235
[INT. FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM]
Thomas Andrews stands in front of the fireplace, staring at the
large painting above the mantle. The fire is still going in the fireplace.
The room is empty except for Andrews. An ashtray falls off the
table. Behind him Jack and Rose run into the room, out of breath and
soaked. They run through, toward the aft revolving door... the Rose
recognizes him. She sees that his lifebelt is off, lying on a table.
ROSE :Won't you even make a try for it, Mr. Andrews?
ANDREWS :(a tear runs down his cheek) I'm sorry that I didn't build you a
stronger ship, young Rose.
JACK :(to her) It's going fast... we've gotta keep moving.
Andrews picks up his lifebelt and hands it to her.
ANDREWS :Good luck to you. Rose.
ROSE :(hugging him) And to you, Mr. Andrews.
Jack pulls her away and they run through the revolving door.
[CUT TO]
--
『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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