I did not write any of this. I copied it from lamort_noir's
site. She gets alllll the credit.
Scene
1: (Dream sequence of
Will
’s
rescue)
Young
Elizabeth
:
[standing at the bow of a ship and
singing] …We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties
yo ho! We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Drink up me 'earties yo ho!
Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me. We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack.
Drink up – [
Gibbs
puts
his hand on her shoulder which surprises her]
Gibbs
:
Quiet, missy, cursed pirates sail these waters. You don’t want to bring them
down on us now, do ya?
Norrington:
Mr.
Gibbs
that will do!
Gibbs
:
She was singing about pirates. Bad luck to be singing about pirates with us
mired in this unnatural fog. Mark my words.
Norrington:
Consider them marked. On your way.
Gibbs
:
Aye, Lieutenant. It’s bad luck to have a woman on board, too, even a miniature
one.
Young
Elizabeth
:
I think it’d be rather exciting to meet a pirate.
Norrington:
Think again,
Miss
Swann
. Vile and dissolute
creatures, the lot of them. I intend to
see to it that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand
gets what he deserves – a short drop and a sudden stop. [
Elizabeth
glances
at
Gibbs
who
mimes a hanging]
Governor
Swann
:
Lieutenant
Norrington
, I appreciate your fervor.
But I’m…I’m concerned about the effect this subject will have upon my
daughter.
Norrington:
My apologies,
Governor
Swann
.
Young
Elizabeth
:
Actually, I find it all fascinating.
Governor
Swann
:
Yes, that’s what concerns me.
Young
Elizabeth
:
[sees a parasol and then a piece of
wreckage with a boy on it in the water] Look, a boy! There’s a boy in the
water!
Norrington:
Man overboard! Fetch a Hook!
Haul him aboard. [they get him on board]
He’s still breathing.
Gibbs
:
[spots burning ship]
Mary
, Mother of God!
Governor
Swann
:
What happened here?
Norrington:
It’s most likely the powder magazine. Merchant vessels run heavily armed.
Gibbs
:
A lot of good it did them. Everyone’s thinking it; I’m just saying it –
pirates!
Governor
Swann
:
There’s no proof of that. It was probably an accident.
Norrington:
Rouse the Captain immediately! Heave to and take in sail, launch the boats.
Governor
Swann
:
Elizabeth
I want you to accompany the
boy. He’ll be in your charge. Take care of him. [she
nods and walks over to the young
Will
]
Young
Elizabeth
:
[Will awakes, grabbing her wrist]
It’s ok. My name’s
Elizabeth
Swann
.
Young
Will:
W-W-Will
Turner
.
Young
Elizabeth
:
I’m watching over you,
Will
. [
Will
faints, she notices
medallion and examines it] You’re a p-pirate. [hides
it when Norrington approaches]
Norrington:
Has he said anything?
Young
Elizabeth
:
His name is
William
Turner
, that’s all I found out.
Norrington:
[to sailors] Take him below.
[
Elizabeth
studies
the medallion closer and upon looking up sees a ship with the black flag flying
at its mast; she closes her eyes]
[End
dream]
Scene
2: (A beautiful dress and an impressive sword)
[
Elizabeth
awakes
and decides to take out the medallion from a hiding place in her bureau drawer;
she puts it on; there’s a knock on the door]
Governor
Swann
:
Elizabeth
! Are you alright? Are you
decent?
Elizabeth
:
[hides medallion in the bodice of her
nightgown, throws on a robe] Yes, yes!
Governor
Swann
:
Still abed at this hour? [opens the
curtains and the window] It’s a beautiful day. I have a gift for you. [reveals
dress]
Elizabeth
:
Oh, it’s beautiful!
Governor
Swann
:
Isn’t it?
Elizabeth
:
May I inquire as to the occasion?
Governor
Swann
:
Does a father need an occasion to dote upon his daughter? [to
the maids] Go on. Actually, I, uh…I had hoped you might wear it for the
ceremony today.
Elizabeth
:
The ceremony?
Governor
Swann
:
Captain
Norrington
’s promotion ceremony.
Elizabeth
:
I knew it!
Governor
Swann
:
Commodore Norrington as he’s about to become! [the
maids lace
Elizabeth
up
into a corset] Fine
gentleman, don’t you think. He fancies you.
Elizabeth
? How’s it coming?
Elizabeth
:
It’s difficult to say.
Governor
Swann
:
I’m told it’s the latest fashion in
London
Elizabeth
:
Well, women in
London
must’ve learned not to
breathe.
Servant:
M’lord
, you have a visitor.
[
Will
studies
a sconce and upon touching it, a piece comes off in his hand; he buries it in
the vase that’s holding canes and umbrellas]
Governor
Swann
:
[walks downstairs after the servant]
Ah,
Mr.
Turner
, good to see you again.
Will:
Good day, sir. I have your order. [opens
case and takes out the sword] The blade is folded steel, that’s gold
filigree laid into the handle. If I may? [balances
the sword] Perfectly balanced. The tang is nearly the full width of the
blade. [flips the sword and presents it
gracefully to the Governor]
Governor
Swann
:
[takes the sword] Impressive, very
impressive. Ah, now, Commodore Norrington is going to be very pleased with this.
Do pass my compliments on to your Master.
Will
:
I shall. A craftsman is always pleased to hear his work is appreciated.
Governor
Swann
:
[enter
Elizabeth
]
Ah,
Elizabeth
, you look absolutely
stunning.
Elizabeth
:
Will! So good to see you. I had a dream about you last night.
Will
:
About me?
Governor
Swann
:
Elizabeth
, is that entirely proper
for you to…?
Elizabeth
:
About the day we met, do you remember?
Will
:
How could I forget,
Miss
Swann
?
Elizabeth
:
Will, how many
times must I ask you to call me
Elizabeth
?
Will:
At least once more,
Miss
Swann
, as always.
Governor
Swann
:
There, see, at least the boy has a sense of propriety. Now, we really must be
going. Farewell.
Elizabeth
:
Good day,
Mr.
Turner
.
Governor
Swann
:
Come along.
Will:
Good day… [Elizabeth and the Governor
exit,
Will
trailing
after them, they leave in a carriage]
Elizabeth
.
Scene
3: (A most excellent entrance, the debate, and the proposal)
[Jack
stands on the mast of his boat, noticing that it’s filling up with water he
jumps down to bail it out; notices three pirate skeletons hanging with a sign
“pirates ye be warned” and pays homage to them; reaches the port, his boat
sinking lower and lower until he is at the dock and is able to simply walk off
the boat’s mast]
Harbormaster:
[to
Jack
]
What? Hold up there, you. It’s a shilling to tie up your boat at the docks. [they
both look at the sunken boat] And I shall need to know your name.
Jack
:
[hands him three shillings] What
d’ye say to three shillings and we forget the name
Harbormaster:
Welcome to
Port Royal
,
Mr.
Smith
.
[
Jack
sees
the Harbormasters money pouch and takes it]
[Norrington’s
promotion ceremony]
Shouted orders to soldiers: Two paces front! Right about turn! Present arms! [Norrington
walks to get his promotion, unsheathes his new sword]
Murtogg:
[spots
Jack
]
This dock is off limits to civilians.
Jack
:
I’m terribly sorry, I didn’t know. If I see one, I shall inform you
immediately. [tries to continue on his
way but is again thwarted] Apparently there’s some sort of a high toned
and fancy to do up at the fort, eh? How could it be that two upstanding
gentlemen such as yourselves did not merit an invitation?
Murtogg:
Someone has to make sure this dock stays off limits to civilians.
Jack
:
It’s a fine goal to be sure but it seems to me that a… [shifts
again] a ship like that [points out
the Dauntless] makes this one here a bit superfluous, really.
Murtogg:
Ah, the Dauntless is the power in these waters, true enough, but there’s no
ship that can match the Interceptor for speed.
Jack
:
I’ve heard of one, supposed to be very fast, nigh un-catchable…the Black
Pearl.
Mullroy:
Well…there’s no real ship that can match the Interceptor.
Murtogg:
The Black Pearl is a real ship.
Mullroy:
No, no it’s not.
Murtogg:
Yes, it is, I’ve seen it.
Mullroy:
You’ve seen it?
Murtogg:
Yes.
Mullroy:
You haven’t seen it.
Murtogg:
Yes, I have.
Mullroy:
You’ve seen a ship with black sails, that’s crewed by the damned and
captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out?
Murtogg:
No.
Mullroy:
No.
Murtogg:
But I have seen a ship with black sails. [
Jack
slips
away while they banter]
Mullroy:
Oh, and no ship that’s not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil
that Hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails therefore
couldn’t possibly be any other ship than the Black Pearl. Is that what
you’re saying?
Murtogg:
[nods] No.
Mullroy:
Like I said… there’s no real ship as can match the Interceptor. [notices
Jack
at
the wheel of the Interceptor]
Murtogg:
Hey! You! Get away from there.
Mullroy:
You don’t have permission to be aboard there, mate.
Jack
:
I’m sorry, it’s just it’s such a pretty boat – ship.
Murtogg:
What’s your name?
Jack
:
Smith or…Smithy, if you like.
Mullroy:
What’s your purpose in
Port Royal
,
Mr.
Smith
?
Murtogg:
Yeah, and no lies.
Jack:
Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick
up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my
weasely black guts out!
Murtogg:
I said no lies!
Mullroy:
I think he’s telling the truth.
Murtogg:
If he were telling the truth, he wouldn’t have told us.
Jack
:
Unless, of course, he knew you wouldn’t believe the truth even if he told it
to you.
[on
the battlements of the Fort]
Norrington: May I have a moment? You
look lovely,
Elizabeth
. I apologize if I seem
forward but I… must speak my mind. This promotion throws into sharp relief
that which I have not yet achieved – a marriage to a fine woman. You have
become a fine woman,
Elizabeth
.
Elizabeth
:
I can’t breathe.
Norrington:
Yes, I’m a bit nervous myself. [she
falls over battlement]
Scene
4: (The daring rescue and escape)
Jack
:
[in boat with guards] …and then
they made me their chief.
Norrington:
Elizabeth
?
Elizabeth
! [makes
to jump in after her]
Gillette
:
[stops him] The rocks! Sir, it’s a
miracle she missed them.
Jack
:
Will you be saving her then?
Mullroy:
I can’t swim.
Jack
:
[glances at Murtogg who stares back at
him]
Pearl
of the King’s Navy you
are. [hands the guards his effects]
Do not lose these. [dives in to save her]
Murtogg:
[the medallion calls to the Black
Pearl
]
What was that? [helps
Jack
with
Elizabeth
]
I got her. Not
breathing!
Jack
:
Move! [shoves him aside, cuts open corset
and
Elizabeth
spits
out water and gasps for breath]
Mullroy:
Never would have thought of that.
Jack
:
Clearly you’ve never been to
Singapore
. [sees
medallion, to
Elizabeth
]
Where did you get that?
Norrington:
[to
Jack
,
pointing his sword at him]
On your feet.
Governor
Swann
:
[helps
Elizabeth
up]
Elizabeth
. Are you alright?
Elizabeth
:
Yes, I’m fine.
Governor
Swann
:
[sees
Murtogg holding
Elizabeth
's
corset; Murtogg points at
Jack
;
Swann looks over at
Jack
]
Shoot him!
Elizabeth
:
Father! Commodore, do you really intend to kill my rescuer?
Norrington:
I believe thanks are in order. [offers
his hand to shake; reveals ‘P’ for pirate] Had a brush with the East
India Trading company, did we, pirate?
Governor
Swann
:
Hang him.
Norrington:
Keep your guns on him, men.
Gillette
, fetch some irons. [sees
tattoo of a sparrow in flight] Well, well…
Jack
Sparrow
, isn’t it?
Jack
:
Captain
Jack
Sparrow
, if you please, sir.
Norrington:
Well, I don’t see your ship…Captain.
Jack
:
I’m in the market as it were.
Murtogg:
He said he’d come to commandeer one.
Mullroy:
Told ya he was telling the truth. These are his, sir. [hands
him
Jack
’s
effects]
Norrington:
No additional shots nor powder. A compass that doesn’t point north. [unsheathes
sword] And I half expected it to be made of wood. You are, without doubt,
the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of.
Jack
:
But you have heard of me. [is pulled
along to be put in chains]
Elizabeth
:
Commodore, I really must protest.
Norrington:
Carefully Lieutenant.
Elizabeth
:
Pirate or not this man saved my life.
Norrington:
One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness.
Jack
:
Though it seems enough to condemn him.
Norrington:
Indeed. [
Gillette
moves
away from
Jack
]
Jack
:
Finally. [throws his irons around
Elizabeth
’s
neck]
Governor
Swann
:
No, don’t shoot!
Jack
:
I knew you’d warm up to me. Commodore Norrington, my effects, please, and my
hat. Commodore!
Elizabeth
. It is
Elizabeth
isn’t it?
Elizabeth
:
It’s
Miss
Swann
.
Jack
:
Miss
Swann
, if you’d be so kind.
Come, come, dear, we don’t have all day. Now if you’d be very kind. [she
straps on his sword, puts on his hat, etc.] Easy on the goods, darling.
Elizabeth
:
You’re despicable.
Jack
:
Sticks and stones, love. I saved your life, you saved mine, we’re square.
Gentlemen, m’lady, you will always remember this as the day that you almost
caught
Captain
Jack
Sparrow
! [pushes
Elizabeth
away
and escapes, swinging around and landing on a beam above their heads]
Governor
Swann
:
Now, will you shoot him?
Norrington:
Open fire! [
Jack
is
shot at] On
his heels. [
Jack
throws
his chains about a rope and slides down to the ground]
Gillette
,
Mr.
Sparrow
has a dawn appointment with
the gallows…I would hate for him to miss it.
Soldier:
[the soldiers run around searching for
Jack
]
Search upstairs. Look lively, men.
Scene
5: (The duel between
Jack
and
Will
)
Jack
:
[enters smithy, sees drunk and sleeping
Mr.
Brown
and
pokes him to see if he’ll awaken]
Whoa! [tries to get rid of the irons with
a hammer but it doesn’t work; uses the red hot end of a metal rod to spur the
donkey; succeeds in breaking the link between them by putting them on two
turning wheels in the machinery powered by the donkey; hides when Will enters]
Will
:
[calms the donkey; sees
Brown
]
Right where I left you. [sees hammer]
Not where I left you. [notices
Jack
’s
hat and reaches for it; enter
Jack
with
sword unsheathed] You're
the one they're hunting. The pirate.
Jack
:
You seem somewhat familiar. Have I threatened you before?
Will
:
I make a point of avoiding familiarity with pirates.
Jack
:
Ah. Well, then it would be a shame to put a black mark on your record. So, if
you'll excuse me – [turns away and is
about to leave when
Will
gets
his own sword]
Do you think this wise, boy, crossing blades with a pirate?
Will
:
You threatened
Miss
Swann
.
Jack
:
Only a little. [they parry] You know
what you’re doing, I’ll give you that. Excellent form but how’s your
footwork? If I step here; [he steps]
very good. Now I step again. Ta. [sheathes
sword and walks to the door;
Will
throws
sword which gets stuck in the door, barring the exit;
Jack
tries
to pull it out but is unsuccessful]
That is a wonderful trick except once again you are between me and my way out.
And now you have no weapon. [
Will
takes
out a sword with a heated tip; they fight]
Who makes all these? [looks pointedly at
swords]
Will
:
I do! And I practice with them three hours a day!
Jack
:
You need to find yourself a girl, mate! Or, perhaps the reason you practice
three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of
wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you? [looks
down]
Will
:
I practice three hours a day, so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it! [they
continue their swordfight jumping onto a cart that sways under them; Will hooks
a knife in the irons hanging from Jack’s left wrist and throws it up so it is
embedded in the beam above, in return Jack hits a loose board which throws Will
off the cart; Jack uses his body weight to get the knife out of the wood and
falls back on the cart just as Will climbed back on; Will is thrown up into the
rafters and cuts free a heavy sack which vaults Jack up into the rafters as
well; they fight, jumping from beam to beam; Jack loses his weapon and blinds
Will with sand; takes out his pistol while Will protects his eyes] You
cheated!
Jack
:
Pirate! [hears men trying to break the
door down] Move away.
Will:
No.
Jack
:
Please, move.
Will:
No! I cannot just step aside and let you escape.
Jack
:
This shot is not meant for you. [gets hit
on the head with a bottle of alcohol and falls unconscious]
Norrington:
[his men break in the door] Excellent
work,
Mr.
Brown
. You’ve assisted in the
capture of a dangerous fugitive.
Mr.
Brown
:
Just doing my civic duty, sir.
Norrington:
Well, I trust you’ll always remember this as the day that
Captain
Jack
Sparrow
almost escaped. Take him
away.
Scene
6: (Talk of the right match and
Port
Royal
under
attack!)
Prisoners:
[whistling and waving a bone to a dog
that has the keys to the prison in its jaws] Come here, boy. Want a nice
juicy bone? Come here. Come on
Jack
:
You can keep doing that forever, the dog is never going to move.
Prisoner:
Oh, excuse us if we haven't resigned ourselves to the gallows just yet.
[in
the Governor’s house;
Elisabeth
’s
room] Estrella:
There you go,
Miss.
[puts
a bed warmer between the sheets] It was a difficult day for you, I’m sure.
Elizabeth
:
I suspected Commodore Norrington would propose but I must admit I wasn’t
entirely prepared for it.
Estrella:
Well, I meant you being threatened by that pirate, sounds terrifying.
Elizabeth
:
Oh, yes, it was terrifying.
Estrella:
But the Commodore proposed. Fancy that, that’s a smart match, Miss, if it’s
not too bold to say.
Elizabeth
:
It is a smart match. He’s a fine man; he’s what any woman should dream of
marrying.
Estrella:
Well, that
Will
Turner
, he’s a fine man, too.
Elizabeth
:
That is too bold.
Estrella:
Well, begging your pardon, Miss, it was not my place. [leaves]
[meanwhile
Will
is
hammering a new sword, he looks out unto the deserted street]
[on
top of the Fort]
Governor
Swann
:
Has my daughter given you an answer yet?
Norrington:
No, she hasn’t.
Governor
Swann
:
Well, she has had a very trying day. Ghastly weather, don’t you think?
Norrington:
Bleak, very bleak.
Governor
Swann
:
What’s that?
Norrington:
Cannon fire! [tackles the Governor] Return
fire!
[in
the jail]
Jack
:
I know those guns. [looks out of his
little window] It’s the
Pearl
.
Prisoner:
Black
Pearl
? I’ve heard stories.
She’s been preying on ships and settlements for near ten years. Never leaves
any survivors.
Jack
:
No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?
[the
Black Pearl’s guns are destroying the battlements, the pirates are now coming
ashore in boats; Will takes up a sword, a hatchet, and a knife to fight the
invading pirates; on the battlements]
Norrington: Governor, barricade
yourself in my office. That’s an order!
[Saves
a maid by killing a pirate with his hatchet]
[the
Governor’s house; pirates are running through the gates an knocking on the
door]
Elizabeth
:
[to butler] Don’t! [the
butler opens the door]
Pintel:
Hello, chump. [shoots butler and the
pirates swarm into the house] Up there! [points
at
Elizabeth
]
Pirate:
Girl! [
Elizabeth
runs
upstairs]
Estrella:
[they lock the chamber door]
Miss
Swann
, they’ve come to kidnap
you.
Elizabeth
:
What?
Estrella:
You’re the Governor’s daughter.
Elizabeth
:
They haven’t seen you. Hide and
the first chance you
get, run to the fort.
[distracts Ragetti and Pintel as the maid
runs out, hits Pintel in the face with the bed warmer]
Ragetti:
Gotcha! [catches
Elizabeth
and
she releases ashes onto his head]
It’s hot! It’s on me!
Pintel:
[to Ragetti] Come on! [Estrella
escapes; Elizabeth is cornered on the stairs and while pirates are distracted by
one of their own being taken out by a cannon she runs away; Pintel and Ragetti
are stopped by a falling chandelier and Elizabeth locks the door and then tries
to get a sword out but is unable; Pintel and Ragetti break the door] We know
you’re here, Poppet.
Ragetti:
Poppet.
Pintel:
Come out and we promise we won’t hurt you. [Ragetti
looks at Pintel questioningly who only smiles] We will find you, Poppet.
You’ve got something of ours and it calls to us. The gold calls to us.
Ragetti:
Gold calls…
Pintel:
[opens door of the closet] ‘Ello,
Poppet.
Elizabeth
:
Parley!
Ragetti:
What?
Elizabeth
:
Parley. I invoke the right of parley. According to the code of the brethren, set
down by the pirates
Morgan
and
Bartholomew
, you have to take me to
your Captain.
Pintel:
I know the code.
Elizabeth
:
If an adversary demands parley you can do them no harm until the parley is
complete.
Ragetti:
To blazes with the code.
Pintel:
She wants to be taken to the Captain. And she’ll go without a fuss. We must
honor the code.
[
Port
Royal street
;
Will
is
fighting with Grapple]
Grapple: [to
Will
,
holding him defenseless]
Say goodbye! [signs falls on him]
Will:
Goodbye.
Pintel:
[to
Elizabeth
,
leading her to the Black
Pearl
]
Come on!
Elizabeth
:
Will.
Will
:
[spots them]
Elizabeth
. [sees
the same pirate he killed with his hatchet and is confused]
Pirate:
Outta my way, scum. [knocks
Will
on
the head, he faints]
Scene
7: (No luck and on board the Black
Pearl
)
[in
jail] Prisoner:
[a hole is blown in a cell, to
Jack
]
My sympathies friend, you’ve no manner of luck at all.
Jack:
[picks up the bone and whistles] Come
on, doggy. It’s just you and me now. It’s you and ol’
Jack
, come on. Come on, good
boy. That’s it, good boy, come on! Bit closer, bit closer. That’s it,
that’s it, doggy. Come on you filthy, slimy, mangy cad. [there’s
a crash downstairs and the dog runs away] No, no, no, no, no, I didn’t
mean it. I didn’t... [a crash as the
prison guard is thrown down the stairs]
Twigg:
[looks a round] This ain’t the
armory.
Koehler:
Well, well, well, look what we have here Twigg –
Captain
Jack
Sparrow
.
Twigg:
[spits] Last time I saw you, you were
all alone on a godforsaken island, shrinking into the distance. His fortunes
aren’t improved much.
Jack
:
Worry about your own fortunes, gentlemen. The deepest circle of Hell is reserved
for betrayers and mutineers. [Koehler
grabs
Jack
’s
throat;
Jack
sees
skeletal arm] So
there is a curse. That’s interesting.
Koehler:
You know nothing of Hell. [they leave]
Jack
:
That’s very interesting.
[
Elizabeth
is
rowed across with the pirates; on board the Black
Pearl
]
Bo’sun
:
I didn’t know we were takin’ on captives.
Pintel:
She’s invoked the right of parley with
Captain
Barbossa
.
Elizabeth
:
I am here to negotiate – [is backhanded
by
Bo’sun
]
Bo’sun
:
You will speak when spoken to.
Barbossa:
[grabs
Bo’sun
’s
wrist] And
ye’ll not lay a hand on those under the protection of parley.
Bo’sun
:
Aye, sir.
Barbossa:
My apologies, Miss…
Elizabeth
:
Captain
Barbossa
, I am here to negotiate the
cessation of hostilities against
Port Royal
.
Barbossa:
There are a lot of long words in there, Miss; we’re naught but humble pirates.
What is it that you want?
Elizabeth
:
I want you to leave and never come back.
Barbossa:
I’m disinclined to acquiesce to your request…means no.
Elizabeth
:
Very well. I’ll drop it. [dangles
medallion over the sea]
Barbossa:
Me holds are burstin' with swag and that bit of shine matters to us? Why?
Elizabeth
:
It’s what you’ve been searching for. I recognized the ship. I saw it eight
years ago on the crossing from
England
.
Barbossa:
Did ya now?
Elizabeth
:
Fine, well, I suppose if it is worthless then there’s no point in me keeping
it. [it drops a bit, the pirates lunge
forward]
Barbossa:
Ah. [chuckles] You have a name,
Missy?
Elizabeth
:
Elizabeth
…Turner. I’m a maid in
the Governor’s household. [she
curtsies]
Barbossa:
Miss
Turner
…?
Pintel:
Bootstrap.
Barbossa:
And how does a maid come to own a trinket such as that. Family heirloom,
perhaps?
Elizabeth
:
I didn’t steal it if that’s what you mean.
Barbossa:
Very well, you hand it over and we’ll put your town to our rudder and never
return.
Elizabeth
:
[she hands it over] Our bargain? [Barbossa
walks away from her]
Bo’sun
:
Still the guns and stow ‘em, Signal the men, set the flags and make good to
clear port.
Elizabeth
:
Wait! You have to take me to shore. According to the code of the order of the
brethren -
Barbossa:
First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement
so I must do nothing. And secondly, you must be a pirate for the pirate’s code
to apply and you’re not. And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call
"guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome aboard the Black
Pearl
,
Miss
Turner
.
Scene
8: (To save
Elizabeth
and
Jack
’s
rescue)
Will
:
[awakes on the street in the morning; to
Norrington] They’ve taken her. They’ve taken
Elizabeth
.
Norrington:
Mr.
Murtogg
, remove this man.
Will
:
We have to hunt them down, we must save her.
Governor
Swann
:
And where do you propose we start? If you have any information concerning my
daughter, please, share it.
Murtogg:
That
Jack
Sparrow
. He talked about the Black
Pearl.
Mullroy:
Mentioned it, is more what he did.
Will
:
Ask him where it is. Make a deal with him he could lead us to it.
Norrington:
No…the pirates who invaded this Fort left Sparrow locked in his cell ergo they
are not his allies. Governor, we will establish their most likely course…
Will
:
[buries hatchet in the table]
That’s not good enough!
Norrington:
Mr.
Turner
, you are not a military
man, you are not a sailor. You are a blacksmith and this is not the moment for
rash actions. Do not make the mistake of thinking you are the only man here who
cares for
Elizabeth
. [hands
him back his hatchet]
[in
jail]
Jack
:
[trying to pick the lock with a bone]
Please.... [hears footsteps, leaves the
bone in the lock and lies down]
Will:
You, Sparrow!
Jack
:
Aye.
Will
:
You are familiar with that ship, the Black Pearl?
Jack
:
I’ve heard of it.
Will
:
Where does it make berth?
Jack
:
Where does it make berth? Have you not heard the stories?
Captain
Barbossa
and his crew of miscreants
sailed from the dreaded
Isla
de Muerta
. It’s an island that
cannot be found except by those who already know where it is.
Will
:
The ship’s real enough. Therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is
it?
Jack
:
[studies his nails] Why ask me?
Will
:
Because you’re a pirate.
Jack
:
And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it?
Will
:
Never! They took
Miss
Swann
.
Jack
:
Oh, so it is that you’ve found a girl. I see. Well, if you’re intending to
brave all, hasten to her rescue and so win fair lady’s heart you’ll have to
do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me.
Will
:
I can get you out of here.
Jack
:
How’s that? The key’s run off.
Will
:
I helped build these cells. These are half pin-barrel hinges. [picks
up a bench and places it at the bottom of the cell door] With the right
leverage and a proper application of strength, the door will lift free.
Jack
:
What’s your name?
Will:
Will
Turner
.
Jack
:
That will be short for
William
, I imagine. Good, strong
name. No doubt, named for your father, aye?
Will:
Yes.
Jack
:
Aha. Well,
Mr.
Turner
, I’ve changed me mind. If
you spring me from this cell, I swear on pain of death, I shall take you to the
Black Pearl and your bonny lass. Do we have an accord?
Will
:
[they shake hands] Agreed.
Jack
:
Agreed, get me out.
Will
:
[lifts the door free] Hurry, someone
will have heard that.
Jack
:
Not without my effects.
Scene
9: (Commandeering a ship)
Will
:
We’re going to steal a ship. That ship? [glances
at the Dauntless]
Jack
:
Commandeer. We’re going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term. One question
about your business boy, or there’s no use going. This girl, how far are you
willing to go to save her?
Will
:
I’d die for her.
Jack
:
Oh, good. No worries, then.
Will
:
[under boat underwater with
Jack
in
the lead] This
is either madness or brilliance.
Jack
:
It’s remarkable how often those two traits coincide. [they
board the Dauntless] Everyone stay calm, we are taking over the ship.
Will
:
Aye, avast! [the men laugh]
Gillette
:
This ship cannot be crewed by two men. You’ll never make it out of the bay.
Jack
:
[points his pistol at
Gillette
’s
nose] Son, I’m
Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?
Navy
officer: [notices
Gillette
and
his men a small boat]
Commodore!
Gillette
:
[waving and screaming from the boat]
Sir, they’ve taken the Dauntless. They’ve taken the ship. Sparrow and
Turner, they’ve taken the Dauntless.
Norrington:
[sees the two on board the ship through
his spy glass] Rash, Turner, too rash. He is without doubt the worst pirate
I have ever seen.
Will
:
[notices the Interceptor set sail]
Here they come.
Gillette
:
[to his crew about the boat] Bring
her around, bring her around!
Norrington:
[he and his men board the Dauntless]
Search every cabin, every hold, down to the bilges. [
Jack
and
Will
swing
onto the Interceptor and sail away; Norrington notices]
Sailors, back to the Interceptor! Now!
Sailor:
Quickly men! [they try but are too late]
Jack
:
Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We’d have a hard time
of it by ourselves.
Norrington:
Set top sails and clear up this mess.
Navy
officer: With the
wind a quarter astern, we
won’t catch them.
Norrington:
We don’t need to catch them just get them in range of the long nines.
Navy
officer: Men,
come about. Run out the guns. [to
Norrington] We open fire on our own ship, sir?
Norrington:
I’d rather see her at the bottom of the ocean than in the hands of a pirate.
Sailor:
Commodore, he’s disabled the rudder chain, sir!
Gillette
:
[the Interceptor bears down on his boat]
Abandon ship! [they jump off just in time
as the boat is broken up and sinks under the Interceptor]
Navy
officer: That’s
got to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen.
Norrington:
So it would seem.
Scene
10: (Revelations and
Tortuga
)
Will
:
[sharpening his sword] When I was a
lad living in
England
, my mother raised me by
herself. After she died, I came out here, looking for my father.
Jack
:
Is that so?
Will:
My father,
Will
Turner
. And in jail it was only
after you learned my name that you agreed to help. Since that’s what I wanted,
I didn’t press the matter. I’m not a simpleton, Jack. You knew my father.
Jack
:
I knew ‘im. Probably one the few who knew him as
William
Turner
, everyone else just called
him Bootstrap or Bootstrap Bill.
Will:
Bootstrap?
Jack
:
Good man, good pirate. I swear you look just like him.
Will
:
It’s not true, he was a merchant sailor; a good, respectable man who obeyed
the law
Jack
:
He was a bloody pirate, a scallywag.
Will
:
My father was not a pirate. [takes out
his sword]
Jack
:
Put it away, son. It’s not worth you getting beat again.
Will
:
You didn’t beat me; you ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight,
I’d killed you.
Jack
:
And that’s no incentive for me to fight fair, is it? [moves
one of the sails so that the yard catches
Will
and
swings him out over the sea]
Now as long as you’re just hanging there, pay attention. The only rules that
really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can’t do. For
instance – you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man or you
can’t. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you’ll have to square with that
someday. And me, for example, I can let you drown but I can’t bring this ship
into
Tortuga
all by me onesies, savvy?
So… [swings him back on board and
offers him his sword] can you sail under the command of a pirate or can you
not?
Will
:
[takes the sword]
Tortuga
?
Jack
:
Tortuga
. [on
the island] ... More
importantly, it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed deep the sweet
proliferous bouquet that is
Tortuga
, savvy? What do you think?
Will
:
It'll linger.
Jack
:
I’ll tell you mate, if every town in the world were like this one, no man
would ever feel unwanted.
Jack
:
Scarlet! [she slaps him] Not sure I
deserved that. Giselle!
Giselle:
Who was she?!
Jack
:
What? [she slaps him] I may have
deserved that.
Scene
11: (A proposition)
Gibbs
:
[
Jack
throws
a bucket of water at him]
Curse you for breathing, you slack jawed idiot! Mother’s love!
Jack
! You should know better
then to wake a man when he’s sleeping. ‘S bad luck.
Jack
:
Ah, fortunately I know how to counter it. The man who did the waking buys, the
man who was sleeping, a drink. The man who was sleeping drinks it while
listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking.
Gibbs
:
Aye, that'll about do it. [
Will
throws
another bucket of water at him]
Blast! I’m already awake!
Will
:
That was for the smell.
Jack
:
[they enter a tavern; to
Will
]
Keep a sharp eye. [sits at a table with
Gibbs
]
Gibbs
:
Now, what’s the nature of this venture your’n?
Jack
:
I’m going after the Black Pearl. [
Gibbs
almost
chokes on his drink]
I know where it’s going to be and I’m going to take it.
Gibbs
:
Jack
, it’s a fool’s errand.
Well, you know better than me the tales of the Black Pearl.
Jack
:
That’s why I know what Barbossa is up to… all I need is a crew.
Gibbs
:
From what I hear tell of
Captain
Barbossa
, he’s not a man to suffer
fools nor strike a bargain with one.
Jack
:
Well, then I say it’s a very good thing I’m not a fool then, aye?
Gibbs
:
Prove me wrong. What makes ye think Barbossa will give up his ship to you?
Jack
:
Let’s just say it’s a matter of leverage, aye? [nods
at
Will
]
Gibbs
:
The kid?
Jack
:
That is the child of Bootstrap Bill Turner. His only child, savvy?
Gibbs
:
Is he now? Leverage says you, I think I feel a change in the wind says I. I’ll
find us a crew, there’s bound to be some sailors on this rock crazy as you.
Jack
:
One can only hope. Take what you can… [toasts
Gibbs
]
Gibbs
:
[they clink their tankards] …Give
nothing back. [drain their drinks]
Scene
12: (The origin of the curse)
Pintel:
You'll be dinin' with the captain. And he requests you wear this. [gives
her a dress]
Elizabeth
:
Well, you may tell the captain that I am disinclined to acquiesce to his
request.
Pintel:
He said you’d say that. He also said if that be the case you'll be dinin' with
the crew…and you'll be naked. [she
snatches the dress] Fine.
[in
the Captain’s cabin, the food is laid out]
Barbossa: [
Elizabeth
eats
daintily]
There’s no need to stand on ceremony, nor call to impress anyone. You must be
hungry. [gives her a goblet with wine]
Try the wine. And the apples? [offers her
one] One of those next.
Elizabeth
:
It’s poisoned.
Barbossa:
There would be no sense to be killing ye
Miss
Turner
.
Elizabeth
:
Then release me, you have your trinket; I’m of no further value to you.
Barbossa:
[takes out the medallion] You don’t
know what this is, do ye?
Elizabeth
:
It’s a pirate medallion.
Barbossa:
This is Aztec gold. One of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest
to Cortés himself. Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them
with his armies. But the greed of Cortés was insatiable. So the heathen gods
placed upon the gold…a terrible curse. Any mortal that removes but a piece
from that stone chest shall be punished for eternity.
Elizabeth
:
I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore,
Captain
Barbossa
.
Barbossa:
Aye, that’s exactly what I thought when we were first told the tale. Buried on
an island that cannot be found except for those who know where it is. Find it,
we did. There be the chest, inside be the gold, we took them all. Spent them and
traded them. We frittered them away…on drink and food and pleasurable company.
The more we gave them away, the more we came to realize – the drink would not
satisfy, food turned to ash in our mouths, and all the pleasurable company in
the world could not slake our lust. We are cursed men,
Miss
Turner
. Compelled by greed we
were, and now we are consumed by it. [
Elizabeth
takes
a butter knife and hides it]
There is one way we can end our curse. All the scattered pieces of the Aztec
gold must be restored and the blood repaid. Thanks to ye we have the final
piece.
Elizabeth
:
And the blood to be repaid?
Barbossa:
That’s why there’s no sense to be killing ye…yet. [offers
her an apple] Apple? Arr. [she stabs
him with the knife; he takes it out] I’m curious, after killing me what
was it you planning on doing next? [she
runs out and sees the pirates, all decaying skeletons] Look! The moonlight
shows us for what we really are. We are not among the living and so we cannot
die but neither are we dead. For too long I’ve been parched with thirst and
unable to quench it. Too long I’ve been starving to death and haven’t died.
I feel nothing, not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea, nor the warmth
of a woman’s flesh. [walks out into the
moonlight and reveals a skeleton] You best start believing in ghost stories
Miss
Turner
; you’re in one! [drinks
and it pours over his ribs, laughs and the crew laughs with him] What are ye
looking at? Back to work!
Scene
13: (
Jack
’s
crew)
Gibbs
:
Feast your eyes, Captain. All of them, faithful hands before the mast. Every man
worth his salt. And crazy to boot.
Will
:
So this is your able-bodied crew?
Jack
:
You, sailor!
Gibbs
:
Cotton, sir.
Jack
:
Mr.
Cotton
. Do you have the courage
and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost
certain death?
Mr.
Cotton
! Answer man!
Gibbs
:
He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to
talk for him. No one’s yet figured how...
Jack
:
Mr.
Cotton
's... parrot. Same question.
Parrot:
Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!
Gibbs
:
Mostly, we figure, that means 'yes.'
Jack
:
O’course
it does. [to
Will
]
Satisfied?
Will
:
Well, you’ve proved them mad.
Anamaria:
And what’s the benefit for us?
Jack
:
[comes over to the voice and takes off
the sailors hat, revealing a woman] Anamaria. [she
slaps him]
Will
:
I suppose you didn’t deserve that one either.
Jack
:
No, that one I deserved.
Anamaria:
You stole my boat!
Jack
:
Actually [she slaps him again] …
borrowed, borrowed without permission. But with every intention of bringing it
back to you.
Anamaria:
But you didn’t!
Jack
:
You’ll get another one.
Anamaria:
[points her forefinger at him] I
will.
Will:
A better one.
Jack
:
A better one!
Will:
That one. [points to the Interceptor]
Jack
:
What one? That one?! Aye! That one. What say you?
Crew:
Aye!
Gibbs
:
No, no, no, no, no, it’s frightful bad luck to bring a woman aboard, sir.
Jack
:
It’d be far worse not to have her.
[a
storm breaks upon them at sea]
Will
:
How can we sail to an island that nobody can find with a compass that doesn’t
work?
Gibbs
:
Aye, the compass doesn’t point north but we’re not trying to find north, are
we? [to
Jack
]
We should drop canvas (?), sir.
Jack
:
She can hold a bit longer.
Gibbs
:
What’s in your head that’s put you in such a fine mood, Captain?
Jack
:
We’re catching up.
Scene
14: (
Jack
’s
past revealed)
[on
the
Pearl
]
Pintel: Time to go, Poppet. [Barbossa
latches the medallion around
Elizabeth
’s
neck and the all sail to the cave]
Parrot:
[singing as they enter a lagoon] Dead
men tell no tales.
Gibbs
:
[the whole crew is looking at the wrecks
strewn everywhere in the water] Puts
a chill in the bones how many honest sailors have been claimed by this
passage.
Will
:
[watches as
Jack
closes
the compass when
Cotton
stares
at him too much]
How is it that
Jack
came by that compass?
Gibbs
:
Not a lot known about
Jack
Sparrow
before he showed up in
Tortuga
with a mind to go after the
treasure of the
Isla
de Muerta
. That was before I met him.
Back when he was Captain of the Black Pearl.
Will:
What? He failed to mention that.
Gibbs
:
Well, he plays things close to the vest now. And a hard learned lesson it was.
See three days out on the venture the first mate comes to him and says
everything’s an equal share as should be the location of the treasure, too.
So,
Jack
gives up the bearings. That
night there was a mutiny. They marooned
Jack
on an island and left him
to die but not before he’d gone mad with the heat.
Will
:
Ah. So that's the reason for the… [acts
like
Jack
]
Gibbs
:
Reason's got nothing
to do with it. Now
Will
,
when a man is marooned he is a given a pistol with a single shot. Well it won't
do much good hunting or to be rescued. But after three weeks of starvin’
belly and thirst (?)
that pistol starts to look real friendly. But
Jack
made
it off the island and he still has that one shot. Oh, but he won't use it
though, save for one man. His mutinous first mate.
Will:
Barbossa.
Gibbs
:
Aye.
Will
:
How did
Jack
get off the island?
Gibbs
:
Well, I’ll tell you. He waded out into the shallows and there he waited three
days and three nights till all manner of sea creature came and acclimated to his
presence. And on the fourth morning he roped himself a couple of sea turtles,
harnessed them together and made a raft.
Will
:
He roped a couple of sea turtles?
Gibbs
:
Aye, sea turtles.
Will
:
What did he use for rope?
Jack
:
[
Jack
comes
up] Human hair,
from my back. Let go of the anchor!
Crew:
Let go of the anchor, sir!
Jack
:
Young
Mr.
Turner
and I are to go ashore.
Gibbs
:
Captain! What if the worst should happen?
Jack
:
Keep to the code.
Gibbs
:
Aye, the code.
Scene
15: (The blood ritual and
Jack
’s
not dead)
Pintel:
Ten years of hoarding swag.
Ragetti:
And now we’re finally getting to spend it. [they
empty a trunk and it turns out to be full of ladies’ clothes; they both pick
up parasols]
Pintel:
Once we’re quit of the curse we’ll be rich men. And you can buy an eye that
actually fits and is made of glass.
Ragetti:
This one does splinter something terrible. [rubs
it]
Pintel:
Stop rubbing it. [
Bo’sun
walks
by and rolls his eyes at them]
[in
the boat]
Will
:
[sees a skull] What code is
Gibbs
to keep to if the worst
should happen?
Jack
:
Pirate’s code.
Any man that falls behind is left behind.
Will
:
No heroes amongst thieves, eh?
Jack
:
You know for having such a bleak outlook on pirates you’re well on your way to
becoming one. Sprung a man from jail, commandeered a ship of the Fleet, sailed
with a buccaneer crew out of
Tortuga
[they both look at the gold
on the bottom of the little river] …and you’re completely obsessed with
treasure.
Will
:
That’s not true. I’m not obsessed with treasure.
Jack
:
[looks in on the gathering] Not all
treasure is silver and gold, mate.
Barbossa:
Gentlemen, the time has come! Salvation is nigh! Our torment is near at end.
Will:
Elizabeth
.
Barbossa:
For ten years we’ve been tested and tried and each man-jack of you (?) here
has proved his mettle a hundred times over and a hundred times again! [the men
cheer]
Ragetti:
Suffered I have.
Barbossa:
Punished we were. The lot of us -
disproportionate to our crime. Here it is [throws
off the chest’s lid] …the cursed treasure of Cortés himself. Every last
piece that went astray we have returned…save for this. [points
to the medallion on
Elizabeth
’s
neck]
Will
:
[scrambles up, upsetting some of the
treasure]
Jack
!
Jack
:
[pulls him down] Not yet. We wait for
the opportune moment.
Will
:
When’s that? When it’s of greatest profit to you?
Jack
:
May I ask you something? Have I ever given you reason not to trust me? Do us a
favor, I know it’s difficult for you but please stay here… and try not to do
anything stupid.
Barbossa:
And who among us has paid the blood sacrifice owed to the heathen gods?
Pirates:
Us!
Barbossa:
And whose blood must yet to be paid?
Pirates:
Hers!
Barbossa:
You know the first thing I’m goin’ to do after the curse is lifted…eat a
whole bushel of apples. [takes up the
knife] Begun by blood, by blood undone.
Will
:
[hits
Jack
with
oar] Sorry,
Jack
, I’m not going to be
your leverage.
Elizabeth
:
[her palm is cut] That’s it?
Barbossa:
Waste not. [drops the medallion; there is
an anticipation to see if it worked]
Koehler:
Did it work?
Ragetti:
I don’t feel no different.
Pintel:
How do we tell? [Barbossa shoots him]
Koehler:
You’re not dead.
Pintel:
No. He shot me!
Twigg:
It didn’t work. The curse it still upon us!
Barbossa:
You, maid! Your father, what was his name? Was your father
William
Turner
?
Elizabeth
:
No.
Barbossa:
Where’s his child? The child that sailed from
England
eight years ago, the child
in whose veins flows the blood of
William
Turner
. Where? [backhands
her]
Bo’sun
:
You two. You brought us the wrong person!
Pintel:
No! She had the medallion, she’s the proper age.
Ragetti:
She said her name was Turner, you heard her!
[
Will
motions
for
Elizabeth
to
follow him into the water; she takes the medallion with her]
Stupid blighter.
Twigg:
You brought us here for nothing.
Barbossa:
I won’t take questions and no second guesses, not
from the likes of you,
Master
Twigg
.
Koehler:
Who’s to blame? Every decision you’ve made has led us from bad to worse.
Pirate:
It was you who sent Bootstrap to the depths!
Bo’sun
:
And it’s you who brought us here in the first place.
Barbossa:
Any coward here dare challenge me, let him speak! Hmm?
Koehler:
I say, we cut her throat and spill all her blood, just in case.
Barbossa:
[sees the monkey pointing] The
medallion! She’s taken it! Well, after her! You pack of ingrates.
Bo’sun
:
The oars have gone missing. Find them!
Pintel:
[spots
Jack
]
You. You’re supposed to be dead!
Jack
:
Am I not? [looks down on himself]
Hmm. [finds pistols pointed at him]
Puhluley, puhlulehvoos, parleli, parsmi, pasley, parle, parle…
Ragetti:
Parley?
Jack
:
Parley! That’s the one. Parley! Parley!
Pintel:
Parley? Down to the depths whatever muttonhead thought up parley.
Jack
:
That would be the French.
Scene
16: (Keeping to the code, revealing the medallion, and talk of negotiation)
Elizabeth
:
[boards the Interceptor] Not more
pirates.
Gibbs
:
Welcome aboard,
Miss
Elizabeth
.
Elizabeth
:
Mr.
Gibbs
?
Gibbs
:
[Will climbs aboard] Hey, boy! Where
be
Jack
?
Elizabeth
:
Jack
?
Jack
Sparrow
?
Will
:
He fell behind. [leads
Elizabeth
away]
Gibbs
:
Keep to the code.
Anamaria:
Weigh anchor! Hoist the sails! Make quickly me divvies. (?)
[in
the cave] Barbossa:
How the blazes did you get off that island?
Jack
:
When you marooned me on that godforsaken spit of land, you forgot one very
important thing, mate…I’m Captain Jack Sparrow.
Barbossa:
Ah, well, I won’t be making that mistake again. Gents, you all remember
Captain
Jack
Sparrow
? Kill him. [the
pirates all point their weapons at
Jack
]
Jack
:
The girl’s blood didn’t work, did it?
Barbossa:
Hold your fire! [the pirates reluctantly
lower their weapons] You know whose blood we need?
Jack
:
I know whose blood ye need.
[in
the cabin of the Interceptor]
Elizabeth
:
[trying to bandage her palm] What
sort of a man trades a man’s life for a ship?
Will:
Pirate. Here, let me. [puts on bandages]
Elizabeth
:
Thank you.
Will
:
You said you gave Barbossa my name as yours. Why?
Elizabeth
:
I don’t know. [she winces and pulls
away]
Will
:
I’m sorry. Blacksmith’s hands, I know they’re rough.
Elizabeth
:
No…I mean yes, they are but… but don’t stop.
Will:
Elizabeth
…
Elizabeth
:
[takes out medallion] It’s yours.
Will:
I thought I’d lost it the day they rescued me. It was a gift from my father,
he sent it to me. Why did you take it?
Elizabeth
:
Because I was afraid that you were a pirate. That would’ve been awful.
Will
:
It wasn’t your blood they needed…it was my father’s blood…my blood…the
blood of a pirate.
Elizabeth
:
I’m so sorry, please forgive me. [
Will
slams
down the medallion on the table and she leaves]
[in
the Captains cabin of the Black
Pearl
]
Barbossa: So you expect to leave me
standing on some beach with nothing but a name and your word it’s the one I
need and watch you sail away on my ship?
Jack
:
No. I expect to leave you standing on some beach with absolutely no name at all,
watching me sail away on my ship and then I’ll shout the name back to you.
Savvy?
Barbossa:
But that still leaves us with the problem of me standing on some beach with
naught but a name and your word it’s the one I need.
Jack
:
Of the two of us I am the only one who hasn't committed mutiny, therefore
my word is the one we'll be trusting. Although, I suppose I should be
thanking you because in fact, if you hadn’t betrayed me and left me to die, I
would have an equal share in that curse same as you. [bites
into an apple] Funny ol' world, innit? [offers
him an apple]
Bo’sun
:
[enters] Captain, we’re coming up
on the Interceptor. [Barbossa goes
topside]
Jack
:
[runs out after Barbossa and stands in
front of him at the bow, blocking the view of the Interceptor] I’m having
a thought here, Barbossa. What say we run up a flag of truce? I scurry over to
the Interceptor and I negotiate the return of your medallion, aye? What say you
to that?
Barbossa:
Now you see,
Jack
, that’s exactly the
attitude that lost you the
Pearl
. People are easy to search
when they’re dead. [to
Bo’sun
]
Lock him in the brig. [throws away
Jack
’s
apple]
Scene
17: (The chase and the fight)
Gibbs
:
Hands aloft to loose t'gallants. With this wind she'll carry every sail we've
got.
Elizabeth
:
[the crew is running around] What’s
happening?
Anamaria:
The Black Pearl, she’s gaining on us. [looks
out at the
Pearl
]
Elizabeth
:
This is the fastest ship in the
Caribbean
.
Anamaria:
You can tell them that after they’ve caught us.
Elizabeth
:
We’re shallow on the draft, right?
Anamaria:
Aye.
Elizabeth
:
Well, then can't we lose them amongst those shoals?
Gibbs
:
We don’t have to outrun them long, just long enough.
Anamaria:
Lighten the ship, stem to stern.
Gibbs
:
Anything that we can afford to lose…see that it’s lost.
[on
the Black
Pearl
]
Jack
:
[is locked in the brig by
Bo’sun
;
he sloshes in the water]
Apparently there’s a leak.
Barbossa:
Haul on the main brace. Make ready the guns. And run out the sweeps. [the
Jolly Roger is hoisted up]
[on
the Interceptor, barrels are tossed over the side]
Will
:
[looks out at the Black
Pearl
and
sees the oars; stops a cannon from being thrown off]
We’re gonna need that.
Anamaria:
[sees the oars] It was a good plan up
‘till now.
Will:
Gibbs
! We have to make a stand.
We must fight! Load the guns!
Anamaria:
With what?
Will:
Anything. Everything! Anything we have left.
Gibbs
:
Load the guns! Take shot and langrage. Nails
and crushed glass! With
a will! [they stuff cutlery and other
assorted items into the cannons including
Gibbs
’
canteen] The
Pearl
is going to luff up on our
port quarter. She’ll rake us without ever presenting a target.
Elizabeth
:
Lower the anchor on the right side. On the starboard side!
Will
:
It certainly has the element of surprise.
Anamaria:
You’re daft, lady! You both are!
Gibbs
:
Daft like
Jack
! Lower the starboard
anchor! Do it ye dogs or it’s you we’ll load into the cannons! [the
anchor is lowered]
Elizabeth
:
[to Anamaria] Let go. [she
lets go of the wheel and the ship swings about]
Barbossa:
They're clubhaulin'! Hard
aport. Rack the starboard oars.
Bo’sun
:
Hard aport! [the two ships come up side
by side]
Will
:
Keep us steady now. Now!
Barbossa:
Fire!
Elizabeth
:
Fire! [the ships exchange cannon fire]
Jack
:
[a whole is blown in the hull] Stop
blowing holes in my ship! [notices that
the shot from the cannon destroyed the lock on the cell door]
Gibbs
:
We could use a few more ideas, lass.
Elizabeth
:
Your turn.
Gibbs
:
We need us a devil’s dowry.
Anamaria:
We’ll give them her. [points her pistol
at
Elizabeth
]
Will
:
She’s not what they’re after.
Elizabeth
:
[notices that it’s not at her throat]
The medallion. [
Will
goes
to search for it below]
Barbossa:
Strike yer colors ya bloomin’ cockroaches. Hands! Grapples, at the ready.
Prepare to board! [Ragetti and Pintel
fire a shot that severs the mast and it falls over; grapple hooks are thrown as
pirates board the Interceptor] … (?) Koehler and Twigg go to the powder
magazine. And the rest of you bring me the medallion! [pirates
board the Interceptor]
Will
:
[is trapped when the mast falls] Hey!
Hey! Below!
Jack
:
[takes a rope from a pirate] Thanks
very much. [swings onto the Interceptor]
Gibbs
:
Jack
!
Jack
:
[hands him canteen] Bloody empty. [helps
Elizabeth
]
That’s not very nice. Where’s the medallion?
Elizabeth
:
Wretch! [is about to slap him]
Jack
:
[catches her wrist] Ah, where’s
dear
William
?
Elizabeth
:
Will … [sees him under a grate]
Will!
Will:
Elizabeth
!
Jack
:
[sees monkey with medallion] Monkey! [runs
after it]
Elizabeth
:
I can’t move it. [is dragged away]
Will!
Will:
Elizabeth
!
Barbossa:
[gets medallion from monkey] Why
thank you,
Jack
.
Jack
:
You’re welcome.
Barbossa:
Not you. We named the monkey
Jack
. Gents, our hope is
restored! [the pirates ignite the powder
leading to the collection of powder kegs while
Will
struggles
to escape the cabin that is full of water]
Scene
18: (Misleading negotiations and walking the plank)
Pintel:
[to
Jack
’s
crew] If any of
you as much as thinks the word parley, I’ll have your guts for garters.
Elizabeth
:
[the Interceptor is blown up] Will…
[attacks Barbossa] You’ve got to
stop it! Stop it!
Barbossa:
Welcome back, Miss. You took advantage of our hospitality last time. It holds
fair now that you return the favor. [pushes
her to the crew]
Will
:
[leaps up on deck] Barbossa!
Elizabeth
:
Will.
Will
:
She goes free. [points pistol at Barbossa]
Barbossa:
What’s in your head, boy?
Will
:
She goes free!
Barbossa:
You’ve only got
one shot and we can’t die.
Jack
:
[to
Will
]
Don’t do anything stupid.
Will
:
You can’t…I can. [points gun at
himself]
Jack
:
Like that.
Barbossa:
Who are you?
Jack
:
[to Barbossa] No one. He’s no one.
A distant cousin of my aunt’s nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice,
though. Eunuch.
Will
:
My name is
Will
Turner
. My father was Bootstrap
Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins.
Ragetti:
He’s a spitting image of ol’ Bootstrap Bill come back to haunt us.
Will
:
On my word do as I say or I’ll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones’
Locker.
Barbossa:
Name your terms,
Mr.
Turner
.
Will
:
Elizabeth
goes free.
Barbossa:
Yes, we know that one. Anything else?
Will
:
[sees
Jack
point
at himself] And
the crew, the crew are not to be harmed.
Barbossa:
Agreed.
Pirate:
[to
Elizabeth
]
Go on! Walk the plank!
Will:
Barbossa, you lying bastard! You swore she’d go free!
Barbossa:
Don’t dare impugn me honor, boy. I agreed she’d go free it was you who
failed to specify when or where. [
Will
’s
gagged] Though
it does seem a shame to lose something so fine, don’t it lads?
Pirates:
Aye.
Barbossa:
So I’ll be having that dress back before you go.
Jack
:
[to pirate] I always liked you.
Elizabeth
:
It goes with your black heart. [throws
him the dress]
Barbossa:
[presses it to his face] Ooh, it’s
still warm.
Pirate
2: Off you go!
Come on!
Bo’sun
:
Too long! [shakes plank,
Elizabeth
falls
in]
Jack
:
[is dragged up to the plank] I really
had rather hoped we were past all this.
Barbossa:
Jack
.
Jack
! Did ya not notice? That
be the same little island that we made you Governor of on our last little trip.
[points out the distant island]
Jack
:
I did notice.
Barbossa:
Perhaps you’ll be able to conjure up another miraculous escape. But I doubt
it. [unsheathes his sword and brandishes
it at
Jack
’s
throat] Off you
go.
Jack
:
Last time you left me a pistol with one shot.
Barbossa:
By the powers, you’re right. Were be
Jack
’s pistol? Bring it
forward. [the pistol is brought]
Jack
:
Seeing as there’s two of us, a gentleman would give us a pair of pistols.
Barbossa:
It’ll be one pistol as before and you can be the gentleman and shoot the lady
and starve to death yourself. [throws the
pistol into the sea,
Jack
jumps
in after it and recovers it]
Scene
19: (Marooned again)
Jack
:
[looks back at the
Pearl
;
wades out onto the beach shaking off the ropes that bound his wrists]
That’s the second time I’ve had to watch that man sail away with my ship.
Elizabeth
:
[follows
Jack
as
he walks] But
you were marooned on this island before, weren’t you? So we can escape in the
same way you did then.
Jack
:
To what point and purpose, young missy? The Black Pearl is gone and unless you
have a rudder and a lot of sails hidden in that bodice, unlikely, young
Mr.
Turner
will be dead long before you
can reach him.
Elizabeth
:
[follows him as he knocks on a tree trunk
then takes four steps and jumps up and down a few times] But you’re
Captain
Jack
Sparrow
. You vanished from under
the eyes of seven agents of the
East India
Company. You sacked
Nassau
Port
without even firing a shot.
Are you the pirate I’ve read about or not? How did you escape last time?
Jack
:
Last time…I was here a grand total of three days, alright? Last time [opens
a secret cellar door] …the rumrunners used this island as a cache. Came by
and I was able to barter a passage off. From the looks of things, they’ve long
been out of business. Probably have your bloody friend Norrington to thank for
that. [climbs out with two bottles of rum
in his hands]
Elizabeth
:
So that’s it then? That’s the secret grand adventure of the infamous
Jack
Sparrow
? You spent three days lying
on a beach, drinking rum?!
Jack
:
Welcome to the
Caribbean
, love. [hands
her a bottle]
Elizabeth
and
Jack
:
[singing and dancing around a fire]
We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'earties yo ho! Yo
ho yo ho a pirate's life for me.
Jack
:
I love this song! Really bad eggs! Woo. [falls]
When I get the
Pearl
back, I’m gonna teach it
to the whole crew and we’ll sing it all the time!
Elizabeth
:
And you’ll be positively the most fearsome pirate in the
Spanish Main
.
Jack
:
Not just the
Spanish Main
, love, the entire ocean,
the entire wo’ld. Wherever we want to go, we’ll go, that’s what a ship
is, you know. It’s not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails that's
what a ship needs but what a ship is…what the Black Pearl really is…is
freedom.
Elizabeth
:
Jack
, it must be really
terrible for you to be trapped on this island.
Jack
:
Oh, yes. [puts his arm around her
shoulder] But the company is infinitely better than last time, I think. And
the…the scenery has definitely improved.
Elizabeth
:
Mr.
Sparrow
, I’m not entirely sure
that I’ve had enough rum to allow that kind of talk.
Jack
:
I know exactly what you mean, love. [curls
his moustache]
Elizabeth
:
[toasts] To freedom.
Jack
:
To the Black
Pearl
. [drinks
and loses consciousness; wakes in the morning to the smell of smoke; sees the
island burning and runs to
Elizabeth
]
No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You burned all the food, the
shade, the rum!
Elizabeth
:
Yes, the rum is gone.
Jack
:
Why is the rum gone?
Elizabeth
:
One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into
complete scoundrels. Two, that signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire
Royal Navy is out looking for me, do you really think that there is even the
slightest chance that they won’t see it?
Jack
:
But why is the rum gone?
Elizabeth
:
[she sits to stare at the horizon]
Just wait, Captain Sparrow. You give it one hour, maybe two, keep a weather eye
out and then you will see white sails on that horizon.
Jack
:
[takes out pistol, thinks better of it
and puts it back, stalks off, imitates
Elizabeth
]
Must’ve been terrible for you to be trapped here,
Jack
. Must’ve been terrible
for you… Well it bloody is now! [spots
the Dauntless] There’ll be no living with her after this.
Scene
20: (A future wedding and Bootstrap’s bootstraps)
Elizabeth
:
But we’ve got to save
Will
.
Governor
Swann
:
No. You’re safe now. We will return to
Port Royal
immediately not go
gallivanting after pirates!
Elizabeth
:
Then we condemn him to death.
Governor
Swann
:
The boy’s fate is regrettable but then so is his decision to engage in piracy.
Elizabeth
:
To rescue me, to prevent anything from happening to me.
Jack
:
If I may be so bold as to interject my professional opinion. The
Pearl
was listing near to scuppers
after the battle. It’s very unlikely she’ll be able to make good time. Think
about it, the Black Pearl, the last real pirate threat in the
Caribbean
, mate. How can you pass
that up?
Norrington:
By remembering that I serve others,
Mr.
Sparrow
, not only myself.
Elizabeth
:
Commodore, I beg you, please do this. For me…as a wedding gift.
Governor
Swann
:
Elizabeth
. Are you accepting the
Commodore’s proposal?
Elizabeth
:
I am.
Jack
:
A wedding! I love weddings…drinks all around! [extends
his arms] I know…clap him in irons, right?
Norrington:
Mr.
Sparrow
, you will accompany these
fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearing to
Isla
de Muerta
. You will then spend the
rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase ‘silent
as the grave’. Do I make myself clear?
Jack
:
Inescapably clear.
[in
the brig of the Black
Pearl
;
Pintel and Ragetti are swabbing the floor]
Parrot: Awwk, shiver me timbers.
Gibbs
:
Cotton
‘ere says you missed a
bit.
Will
:
[to Pintel] You knew
William
Turner
?
Pintel:
Ol’ Bootstrap Bill …we knew him. Never sat well with Bootstrap what we did
to
Jack
Sparrow
, the mutiny and all. He
said it wasn’t right with the code, that’s why he sent off a piece of the
treasure to you as it were. He said we deserved to be cursed… and remain
cursed.
Ragetti:
Stupid blighter.
Gibbs
:
Good man.
Pintel:
But as you can imagine that didn’t sit too well with the Captain.
Ragetti:
That didn’t sit too well with the Captain, at all. Tell him what Barbossa did.
Pintel:
I’m telling the story! So, what the Captain did, he strapped a cannon to
Bootstraps’ bootstraps.
Ragetti:
Bootstraps’ bootstraps.
Pintel:
The last we saw of ol’
Bill
Turner
, he was sinking to the
crushing black oblivion of Davy Jones’ Locker. ‘Course it was only after
that we learned we needed his blood to lift the curse.
Ragetti:
That’s what you call ironic.
Barbossa:
[comes down and throws the key to
Will
’s
cell to Pintel]
Bring him!
[in
a boat with the rest of the soldiers and
Jack
]
Norrington: I
don’t care for the situation. Any attempt to storm the cave could turn to an
ambush.
Jack
:
Not if you’re the one doing the ambushing. I go in to convince Barbossa to
send his men out in their little boats. You and your mates return to the
Dauntless and blast the bejesus outta them with your little cannons, aye? [puts
an arm on Norrington’s shoulder] What do you have to lose?
Norrington:
[peels off the arm] Nothing I’d
lament being rid of.
Jack
:
Now, to be quite honest with you, there’s still a slight risk for those aboard
the Dauntless which includes the future
Mrs.
Commodore
.
[on
the Dauntless]
Gillette
:
[pulling
Elizabeth
along
with another soldier]
Sorry, but for your own safety.
Elizabeth
:
I don't care what the Commodore ordered, I must
tell him! The pirates…they cannot be killed!
Gillette
:
Don’t worry, miss, he’s already informed of that. A little mermaid flopped
up on deck and told him the whole story. [shuts
the doors]
Elizabeth
:
This is
Jack
Sparrow
’s doing! [she
is locked in]
Scene
21: (The blood ritual, again, interrupted)
[on
the way to the Aztec gold]
Pintel: [to
Will
]
No reason to fret, it’s just a prick of the finger and a few drops of blood.
Twigg:
No mistakes this time. He’s only half-Turner. We spill it all.
Pintel:
Guess there is reason to fret.
Jack
:
[pushing through the crowd of pirates]
Beg your pardon.
Barbossa:
[is ready to slit
Will
’s
throat] Begun by
blood…
Jack
:
Excuse me.
Barbossa:
…by blood un –
Will:
Jack
!
Barbossa:
S’not
possible.
Jack
:
Not probable.
Will
:
Where’s
Elizabeth
?
Jack
:
She’s safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like
she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all
men of our word really except for
Elizabeth
who is, in fact, a woman.
Barbossa:
Shut up! You’re next. [leans in to slit
Will
’s
throat again]
Jack
:
You don’t want to be doing that, mate.
Barbossa:
No, I really think I do.
Jack
:
Your funeral.
Barbossa:
Why don’t I want to be doing it?
Jack
:
Well, because [pushed a pirate’s arm
off his shoulder] …because the HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is
floating just offshore…waiting for you.
[in
the boats] Murtogg:
What are we doing here?
Mullroy:
Pirates come out, unprepared and unawares, we catch them in the crossfire, send
them down to see old Hobb.
Murtogg:
I know why we’re here. I mean why aren’t we doing what it was…what
Mr.
Sparrow
said we should do. With the
cannons and all.
Norrington:
Because it was
Mr.
Sparrow
who said it.
Murtogg:
You think he wasn’t telling the truth?
[in
the cave]
Jack
:
Just hear me out, mate. You order your men to row out to the Dauntless; they do
what they do best.
Robert
’s your
Uncle
Fannie
’s your Aunt, there you
are with two ships. The makings of your very own fleet. ‘Course you’ll take
the grandest as your flagship and who’s to argue? But what of the
Pearl
? Name me Captain, I’ll
sail under your colors, I’ll give you ten percent of me plunder and you get to
introduce yourself as…Commodore Barbossa. Savvy?
Barbossa:
I s’pose in exchange you want me not to kill the whelp.
Jack
:
No, no, not at all by all means, kill the whelp. Just not yet. Wait to lift the
curse… until the opportune moment. For instance, [picks
up a few medallions] after you’ve killed Norrington’s men… [throws
them back as he speaks] every… last… one. [pockets
one]
Will
:
[sees
Jack
take
a piece of the gold]
You’ve been planning this from the beginning. Ever since you learned my name.
Jack
:
Yeah.
Barbossa:
I want fifty percent of your plunder.
Jack
:
Fifteen.
Barbossa:
Forty.
Jack
:
Twenty-five. And I’ll buy you the hat, a really big one…Commodore.
Barbossa:
We have an accord. [they shake hands]
Jack
:
All hand’s to the boats! [sees Barbossa
look at him askance] Apologies, you give the orders.
Barbossa:
Gents! Take a walk. [the pirates walk
away]
Jack
:
Not to the boats? [the cursed pirates
walk on the sea’s floor to the Dauntless, the moonlight revealing their true
form]
Scene
22: (Just like
Troy
and
an epic battle)
[in
the boats] Norrington:
[sees women in a boat] Hold fire.
Ragetti:
[dressed in a dress and holding a
parasol] This is just like what the Greeks done at
Troy
. ‘Cept they was in a
horse instead of dresses. Wooden horse. [while
they’re distracting the soldiers and sailors the pirates are boarding the
Dauntless]
[on
the Dauntless]
Governor
Swann
:
[to guard] A moment, please.
Elizabeth
? I just want you to know
I…I believe you made a very good decision today. Couldn’t be more proud of
you. [while he talks she throws down a
makeshift rope and climbs out into a waiting boat] But you know, even a good
decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.
Sailor:
[spots boat with two women] Lieutenant?
Ragetti:
Yoo-hoo!
Governor
Swann
:
Elizabeth
? Are you there?
Elizabeth
, are you even listening to
me? [enters and sees makeshift rope]
Oh, what have you done?
Ragetti:
Oooh!
Pintel:
Stop that! I already feel like a fool.
Ragetti:
You look nice,
though.
Pintel:
I look nice?! [they fight and are
revealed; the soldiers on board spot the invading pirates and they fight]
[in
the cave;
Jack
examines
the treasure] Barbossa:
I must admit,
Jack
, I thought I had ye
figured. It turns out that you’re a hard man to predict.
Jack
:
Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest...
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never
predict when they're going to do something incredibly… stupid. [unsheathes
a pirate’s sword and starts fighting]
Barbossa:
You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters.
[on
the Black
Pearl
;
Elizabeth
comes
on board] Pirate
guard 1:
Roger
that.
Pirate
guard 2: What
would you pick to eat first? I think we should decide now. Just so
we’re ready when the time comes.
Both:
[monkey falls on cannon] What was
that?
[down
in the hold]
Gibbs
:
Shh. [sees
Elizabeth
]
It’s
Elizabeth
!
[Ragetti
and Pintel board and load the cannons, firing them at the approaching boats with
the soldiers]
Norrington:
[hears bell tolling] Make for the
ship! Move!
[the
Governor’s wig is being taken by a cursed pirate, he ends up fighting with a
severed arm]
[in
the cave] Barbossa:
You can’t beat me
Jack
. [Jack
impales him, Barbossa sighs and, taking out the sword, impales
Jack
]
Jack
:
[staggers into the moonlight to reveal a
skeleton] That’s interesting. [reveals
the medallion] Couldn’t resist, mate.
[Barbossa and
Jack
fight;
Jack
runs
in front of
Will
]
Sorry.
Barbossa:
So what now,
Jack
Sparrow
? Will it be it two
immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound?
Jack
:
Or you could surrender.
Barbossa:
Arr. [laughs and runs after
Jack
]
[on
the Black
Pearl
;
having just thrown both guards into the sea]
Elizabeth
:
[runs out from the hold with crew]
All of you with me.
Will
is in that cave and we must
save him. Ready? And heave! Please, I need your help, come on!
Parrot:
Any port in the storm.
Gibbs
:
Cotton
’s right, we’ve got the
Pearl
.
Elizabeth
:
What about
Jack
, you’re just going to
leave him?
Sailor:
Jack
owes us a ship.
Gibbs
:
There’s the code to consider.
Elizabeth
:
The code? You’re pirates, hang the code and hang the rules. They’re more
like guidelines anyway. [rowing the boat alone to the cave] Bloody pirates.
Ragetti:
Oy.
Pintel:
What?
Ragetti:
Is it supposed to be doing that? [points
to the
Pearl
that’s
sailing away]
Pintel:
They’re stealing our ship!
Ragetti:
Bloody pirates! [is knocked on the head
and his wooden eye pops out] Ah, me eye! [crawls
after it]
Scene
23: (One last shot)
[in
the cave] Pirate:
[to
Will
]
I’m gonna teach you the meaning of pain.
Elizabeth
:
[enters] You like pain? [knocks
the pirate with heavy staff] Try wearing a corset. [helps
Will up and sees
Jack
as
a skeleton]
Whose side is
Jack
on?
Will
:
At the moment? [they string 3 pirates
together, stick a grenade into the middle one and push them out of the
moonlight]
Pirate:
No fair. [they explode]
Jack
:
[cuts
his hand and bleeds on medallion, tosses it to
Will
;
Barbossa aims pistol at
Elizabeth
;
Jack
shoots
Barbossa while he’s looking at
Elizabeth
]
Barbossa:
Ten years you carry that pistol and now you waste your shot.
Will
:
He didn’t waste it. [drops both
medallions into the chest]
Barbossa:
[drops his sword and looks at the blood
spreading from his wound] I feel…cold. [falls
dead, an apple rolling from his hand; the curse now lifted]
[on
board the Dauntless; Koehler suddenly falls dead after being run through by
Norrington] Pintel:
Parley? [while all the crew realize the
curse has been lifted and surrender]
Norrington:
The ship is ours, gentlemen.
Sailors
and soldiers:
Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! [the Governor
joins them]
[in
the cave]
Elizabeth
:
We should return to the Dauntless.
Will
:
Your fiancé will be wanting to know you’re safe. [
Elizabeth
turns
away]
Jack
:
[swaggers over to
Will
]
If you were
waiting for the opportune moment…that was it. Now if you’ll be so kind,
I’d be much obliged if you’d drop me off my ship.
[Will
rowing them in a boat to the Dauntless]
Elizabeth
:
I’m sorry, Jack.
Jack
:
They done what’s right by them. Can’t expect more than that.
Scene
24: (The interrupted hanging and the escape)
Official:
[reading a proclamation]
Jack
Sparrow
, be it known that you
have…
Jack
:
[standing on the gallows] Captain,
Captain
Jack
Sparrow
.
Official:
…for your willful commission of crimes against the crown. Said crimes being
numerous in quantity and sinister in nature. The most grievous of these to be
cited herewith: piracy, smuggling…
Elizabeth
:
[standing with her father and her future
husband] This is wrong.
Governor
Swann
:
Commodore Norrington is bound by the law. As are we all.
Official:
…impersonating an officer of the Spanish Royal Navy, impersonating a cleric of
the Church of England…
Jack
:
[smiling] Oh, yes. [looks
over at the executioner who glares at him]
Official:
…sailing under false colors, arson, kidnapping, looting, poaching, brigandage,
pilfering, depravity,
depredation and general lawlessness. And for these crimes you have been
sentenced to be on this day, hung by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on
your soul.
Will
:
[walks through the crowd to the raised
ground on which they stand]
Governor
Swann
. Commodore.
Elizabeth
. I should have told you
every day from the moment I met you…I love you. [walks
away; the noose is put around
Jack
’s
neck]
Elizabeth
:
[notices Cotton’s parrot] Can’t
breathe. [falls backward; the drums
sound]
Governor
Swann
:
Elizabeth
. [he
and the Commodore help her]
Will:
Move! [throws sword as
Jack
falls
through, the sword sticks in the wood and
Jack
has
a foothold; he fights to the gallows and there cuts
Jack
free;
they fight all the way up to a tower where they are cornered by Norrington’s
men]
Norrington:
[to
Will
]
I thought we might have to endure some manner of ill conceived escape attempt
but not from you.
Governor
Swann
:
On our return to
Port Royal
, I granted you clemency
and this is how you thank me? By throwing in your lot with him? He’s a
pirate!
Will
:
And a good man. [
Jack
points
to himself proudly]
If all I have achieved here is that the hangman will earn two pairs of boots
instead of one, so be it. At least my conscience will be clear.
Norrington:
You forget your place, Turner.
Will
:
It’s right here, between you and
Jack
.
Elizabeth
:
[stands next to
Will
]
As is mine.
Governor
Swann
:
Elizabeth
! Lower your weapons. For
goodness’ sake put them down! [the
weapons are lowered]
Norrington:
So this is where your heart truly lies, then?
Elizabeth
:
It is.
Jack
:
[notices the parrot] Well! I’m
actually feeling rather good about this. [to
Governor
Swann
]
I think we've all arrived at a very special place, eh? Spiritually,
ecumenically, grammatically? [to
Norrington] I want you to know that I was rooting for you, mate. Know that.
Elizabeth
…it would never have
worked between us, darling. I’m sorry.
Will
…nice hat. Men! This is
the day that you will always remember as the day that you – [falls
over battlement]
Gillette
:
Idiot. He has nowhere to go but back to the noose.
Sentry:
Sail ho!
Gillette
:
What’s your plan of action? Sir?
Governor
Swann
:
Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy,
piracy itself can be the right course?
Norrington:
Mr.
Turner
.
Will
:
[to
Elizabeth
]
I will accept the consequences of my actions.
Norrington:
[unsheathes his sword] This is a beautiful sword. I would expect the man who
made it to show the same care and devotion in every aspect of his life.
Will
:
Thank you.
Gillette
:
Commodore! What about Sparrow?
Norrington:
Well, I think we can afford to give him one day’s head start.
Governor
Swann
:
So, this is the path you’ve chosen, is it? After all…he is a blacksmith.
Elizabeth
:
No. [takes off
Will
’s
hat] He’s a
pirate. [the Governor walks away;
Elizabeth
and
Will kiss]
Jack
:
[is heaved onboard the Black
Pearl
;
to
Gibbs
]
I thought you
were supposed to keep to the code.
Gibbs
:
We figured they were more actual…guidelines. [helps
Jack
up]
Jack
:
[
Cotton
hands
him his hat]
Thank you.
Anamaria:
Captain Sparrow [puts his coat around his
shoulders] …the Black Pearl is yours.
Jack
:
[walks over to the wheel and looks around
fondly] On deck you scabrous dogs! Man the braces! Now...bring me that
horizon. [hums and takes out his compass]
And really bad eggs. Drink up, me 'arties yo ho.
END
[After
the credits]
[
Jack
the
monkey emerges from the water and scampers over to the chest with the Aztec
gold; he takes one of the medallions and is cursed once more; the moonlight
shows the monkey as a skeleton and screeching, he jumps at the camera]
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