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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 frowns; Gibbs helpfully mimes: a man being hung.
SWANN
Lieutenant Norrington, I appreciate
your fervor. But ImIm concerned about
the effect this subject will have upon
my daughter.
NORRINGTON
My apologies, Governor Swann.
ELIZABETH
Actually, I find it all fascinating.
SWANN
Yes ... thats what concerns me.
Chastised, she turns away, to look out over the bow rail.
From out of the fog floats a PARASOL.. Surprised, delighted at
this oddity, Elizabeth watches as it bounces off the hull
--and then she sees the body of a young boy emerge from the fog.
It is WILL TURNER, floating on his back, unconscious.
ELIZABETH
Look, a boy! Theres a boy in the
water!
Norrington and Swann spot him -NORRINGTON
Man overboard! Man the ropes! Fetch
a hook! Haul him aboard!
Sailors scramble to haul the boy aboard, lay him on the deck.
NORRINGTON (CONT'D)
Hes still breathing.
Gibbs spots something appearing through the fog.
GIBBS
Mary mother of God ...
His gasp turns everyone's attention from the boy to -- The sea
... no longer empty. WRECKAGE from a ship litters the water.
What remains of the hull BURNS; a ragged British flag floats in
the water.
The Dauntless slips past. The scene calls for hushed voices.
SWANN
What happened here?
NORRINGTON
Its most likely the powder magazine.
Merchant vessels run heavily armed.
GIBBS
Lot of good it did them ...
(off Norrington's look)
Everyone's thinking it! I'm just
saying it! Pirates!
SWANN
There ...Theres no proof of that.
It couldProbably an accident.
NORRINGTON
(to a sailor)
Rouse the Captain, immediately!
(to the crew)
Heave to and take in sails! Launch the
boats!
They lift the boy. Swann turns to Elizabeth.
SWANN
Elizabeth, I want you to accompany
the boy. Hell be in your charge.
Take care of him.
Elizabeth nods gravely. Swann watches her move away.
A BOAT
Loaded with crew, rowing its way toward the flaming wreckage.
THE BOY
Lays motionless. Elizabeth beside him.
His good looks are not lost on her. She gently brushes the hair
from his eyes -- suddenly, he grabs her wrist, awake now. Their
eyes lock. She takes his hand in hers.
ELIZABETH
Its ok. My names Elizabeth
Swann .
YOUNG WILL
Will Turner.
ELIZABETH
Im watching over you, Will.
He slips back into unconsciousness. His movement has opened the
collar of his shirt; he wears a chain around his neck. Elizabeth
tugs it free, revealing
A GOLD MEDALLION. She takes the medallion from around his neck.
One side is an Aztec skull gazing at her. To her eyes, it can
mean one thing only -ELIZABETH (CONT'D)
Youre a pirate.
NORRINGTON
Has he said anything?
...and then snap open again, wide with fear. But this is no
longer twelve-year-old Elizabeth on the Dauntless; this is
twenty-year-old Elizabeth, in bed.
She looks as far out the corner of her eyes as possible. Might
there be someone in the room with her? Elizabeth sits up, ready
for anything. She is alone.
She turns up the flame on an oil lamp beside the canopied bed.
Carries the lamp across to a dressing table.
Pulls a drawer all the way out, reaches into a space beneath and
removes -- The MEDALLION. It has not lost its luster -- or sense
of menace. She stares, absently returns the drawer to its place.
She puts on the medallion, looks at herself in the mirror. A
BOOMING knock on the door;
SWANN (O.S.)
Elizabeth?
Elizabeth jumps, startled, knocking over her chair.
SWANN (O.S.)
Are you alright?
She throws on a dressing gown, hides the medallion under her
nightgown.
SWANN (O.S.)
Are you decent?
ELIZABETH
Yes -- yes!
Against the sky, a mast comes into view. Standing atop the
yardarm in all his swashbuckling splendor is JACK SPARROW.
He gazes keen-eyed at the H.M.S. Dauntless, looming in the
harbor. His attention is drawn to something below. He leaps from
the yardarm to the rigging to
Jack's boots SPLASH into the foot of water filling the hull of
the Jolly Mon, a small fishing dory with a single sail. Jack
sloshes through floating net buoys and fish heads, picks up a
bucket, and starts bailing.
The boat slips past
The SKELETAL REMAINS of three pirates hang from a gallows on a
rocky promontory. A fourth, unoccupied noose bears a sign:
PIRATES - YE BE WARNED.
The boat slips past the gallows. Jack jumps to his feet and
removes his hat, gazes at the pirates, the empty noose, paying a
moment of respect.
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Jack Sparrow makes his way down to the dock, passing --Two marines on sentry duty, MURTOGG and MULLROY, taking
advantage of what little shade there is on the dock. But when
Jack saunters up, they are immediately on alert.
MURTOGG
This dock is off-limits to civilians.
JACK
Im terribly sorry, I didnt know.
If I see one, I shall inform you
immediately.
Jack tries to move around the sentries, but they block his path.
JACK (CONT'D)
Apparently theres some sort of high-toned
and fancy to do up at the fort, eh? How
JACK
Its a fine goal to be sure... But
it seems to me that a ship like that
(indicates the Dauntless)
-- makes this one here a bit
superfluous, really.
MURTOGG
Oh, the Dauntless is the power in
these waters, true enough but
theres no ship that can match the
Interceptor for speed.
JACK
Ive heard of one, supposed to be
very fast, nigh uncatchable ... the
Black Pearl.
Mullroy scoffs at the name.
MULLROY
Well ... theres no real ship as 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
Youve seen a ship with black sails,
thats 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've have seen a ship with
black sails.
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
... no.
MULLROY
(turns back to Jack)
Like I said theres no real ship as
Can match the Intercept --Hey!
But Jack's not there. Murtogg and Mullroy look around, spot Jack
standing at the wheel of the Interceptor, casually examining the
mechanism.
MULLROY (CONT'D)
You!
Jack looks over in exaggeratedly innocent surprise. The sailors
hurry toward the gangplank and board the ship. They raise their
guns and approach Jack.
MULLROY (CONT'D)
Get away from there! You don't have
permission to be aboard there, mate!
JACK
Im sorry, its just, its such a
pretty boat ship.
MURTOGG
What's your name?
JACK
Smith. Or Smithy, if you like.
MULLROY
What's your business 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.
Murtogg and Mullroy consider that point --
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Jack, Murtogg and Mullroy are still in shock from the sight.
JACK
Will you be saving her, then?
MULLROY
I can't swim.
Murtogg shakes his head -- neither does he.
JACK
(not surprised)
Prides of the King's Navy, you are.
He strips off his hat and coat, hands his pistol, and sword
belt to Murtogg.
JACK (CONT'D)
Do not lose these.
And then he dives into the water.
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UNDERWATER
UNDERWATER:
Elizabeth's unmoving form hits the bottom -- and then
Jack is there. He wraps an arm around her and makes for
the surface.
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ON THE SURFACE
UNDERWATER
OMITTED
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AT THE DOCK
NORRINGTON
Carefully, lieutenant.
Elizabeth steps forward. Swann's jacket slips off her. She is
unconcerned, but he is intent on putting it back on her.
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.
Gillette snaps the manacles closed on Jack's wrists.
JACK
Though it seems enough to condemn
him.
NORRINGTON
(smiles)
Indeed.
Now that Jack is safely chained, Norrington nods to his men.
They stow their weapons.
JACK
Finally.
Lightning-quick, Jack has the manacle chain wrapped around
Elizabeth's throat.
Guns are drawn again, but now Elizabeth serves as a shield.
SWANN
No! No! Don't shoot!
JACK
(to Governor Swann)
I knew youd warm up to me.
Commodore Norrington, my effects,
please. And my hat.
Norrington hesitates, balls his fists in frustration.
JACK (CONT'D)
Commodore!
Norrington takes them from Mullroy, holds them out to Jack.
JACK (CONT'D)
Elizabeth -- it is Elizabeth isn't
it?
Elizabeth is more angry than frightened.
ELIZABETH
It's Miss Swann.
JACK
Miss Swann, if you'd be so kind?
Come, come, dear, we dont have all day.
She takes the belt and pistol from Norrington -- Jack's
quicker than she is, and takes the pistol from her. He
jerks her around so she is facing him, belly to belly.
JACK (CONT'D)
Now, if you'll be very kind?
She figures out what he wants: put the hat and belt on him.
JACK (CONT'D)
Easy on the goods, darling.
ELIZABETH
(as she works)
You're despicable.
JACK
Sticks and stones, love. I saved
your life, you've save mine,
were square.
Done. He turns her again, and then backs up until he bumps
against the cargo gantry.
JACK (CONT'D)
Gentleman ... m'lady ... you will
always remember this as the day you
almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.
He shoves Elizabeth away, grabs a rope and kicks free a
belaying pin -- a counterweight drops and Jack is lifted
up to the middle of the gantry, where he grabs a second
rope
Jack swings out, out, out, away from and around the gantry.
SWANN
Now will you shoot him?
NORRINGTON
Open fire!
(muskets fire - and miss)
On his heels!
Navy men race after him. Jack swings out onto a yardarm,
spots a rope leading down
Jack snaps the manacle's chain over the rope. He slides down
to a further dock, drops down.
Jack makes his way across a bridge, dodging bullets.
Norrington watches as Jack disappears into the streets.
NORRINGTON
Gillette, Mr. Sparrow has a dawn
appointment with the gallows. I
would hate for him to miss it.
Gillette nods, gathers a search party by eye, heads off 22
Jack slips through the pass-thru doors. The forge is dark, Lit
by lanterns. Every tool is in its place, the workbench tidy and
neat. Jack removes his hat and reaches for a short-handled
sledge.
A bottle hits the ground and a snort, and Jack jumps. MISTER
BROWN, in a blacksmith's apron, sleeps in the corner. Jack
checks to make sure Mr. Brown is indeed passed out, gives him a
hard poke. Brown snorts, turns away. Jack turns to go then turns
back and shouts. Another snort.
Quickly Jack moves to an anvil, brings the sledge down on the
manacle links. It's not working. Jack reacts in frustration.
He looks around, spots the gears of a mill. Below it stands a
small donkey, a harness attached to the animal.
CUT TO:
JACK
pulling a tool from the blacksmith's fire. The end is red hot.
He looks over at the unsuspecting donkey.
CUT TO:
THE DONKEY
Jumps and starts to move, tugging on the harness. It begins to
move the gears of the mill.
Jack puts the links of the manacle between two of the gears.
As they come together, the link snaps. Jack's wrists are free.
The SOUND of the latch on the door -- Jack dives for cover.
Will enters, notices the mill moving. He stops the donkey,
looks around the place. He spots the drunken Mister Brown
in the corner.
WILL
Right where I left you.
Will takes off his coat, then notes: the sledge resting on
top of the anvil.
WILL (CONT'D)
(under his breath)
Not where I left you.
He moves casually toward the sledge. Then spots something
nearby; Jack's hat. Will reaches for it -- but the flat of a
sword blade slaps his hand. Will steps back.
Jack stands there, sword leveled at Will. He backs Will up,
toward the door. Will glares at him.
WILL (CONT'D)
You're the one they're hunting. The
pirate.
Jack acknowledges it with a tip of his head... then frowns.
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 ...
Beside the door is a grindstone, a sword resting in the honing
guide. Before Jack can react, Will has it in hand.
JACK (CONT'D)
Do you think this wise, boy? Crossing blades
with a pirate?
In response, Will assumes an en garde position.
WILL
You threatened Miss Swann.
Jack runs his sword blade along Will's.
JACK
Only a little.
Jack attacks. The two men trading feints, thrusts and
parries with lightning speed, almost impossible to follow.
Will has no trouble matching Jack.
JACK (CONT'D)
You know what you're doing, I'll give
you that ... Excellent form ... But
how's your footwork? If I step here -He takes a step around an imaginary circle. Will steps the
other way, maintaining his relationship to Jack.
JACK (CONT'D)
Very good! And now I step again.
(continuing in a circle)
They are now exactly opposite their initial positions.
JACK (CONT'D)
Ta!
Jack turns and heads for the door, now directly behind him.
Will registers angry surprise -- and then with a vicious
overhand motion, throws his sword -- it buries itself into
the door, just above the latch, barely missing Jack.
Jack tugs on the sword a few times -- it is really stuck in
there. He rattles the latch -- the sword blocks it. Jack mouths
a curse, but when he turns back to Will, he's smiling.
JACK (CONT'D)
That is a wonderful trick. Except,
once again, you are between me and my
way out.
(draws his sword)
onto the cart, sending Will flying upward where he lands on top
of one of the beams.
Jack rolls off, hitting his head. Dazed, he gets to his feet but
can't find Will until he looks up... just in time to see Will
cutting the rope that holds a bunch of casks. The casks fall
onto the cart sending Jack flying up to the beam.
Jack hangs onto the beam, gets to his feet and the fight
continues as they both straddle the beams. Will finally is able
to knock the sword from Jack's hand. Jack jumps off the beam.
Will follows and points his sword at the unarmed Jack.
Jack compresses the bellows, blowing a SHOWER OF SPARKS into
Will's face, knocking him back and kicks Will's sword out of
his hand.
Will grabs a piece of iron, looks up and.Jack's pistol is aimed
between Will's eyes.
WILL (CONT'D)
You cheated.
JACK
(smiles; what do you expect?)
Pirate.
Jack steps forward. Will steps back, fully blocking the back
door. From outside come the SOUNDS of pursuit.
JACK (CONT'D)
Move away.
WILL
No.
JACK
Please move!
WILL
No! I can not just step aside and let
you escape.
Jack cocks the pistol. Will stares back. A long moment.
JACK
This shot is not meant for you.
Suddenly there is the sound of breaking glass. Jack's eyes glaze
over, then he crumples to the ground, revealing Mister Brown has
SLAMMED his bottle against Jack's skull.
The front doors smashes open, and SAILORS fill the room.
Norrington pushes forward, sees Jack on the ground.
NORRINGTON
Excellent work, Mr. Brown . Youve
assisted in the capture of a
dangerous fugitive.
BROWN
Just doing my civic duty, sir.
Norrington stands over Jack, smiles.
NORRINGTON
Well, I trust you will always remember
this as the day that Captain Jack Sparrow
almost escaped.
(to his soldiers)
Take him away.
Norrington's men move to haul Jack away.
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The thick fog blankets the entire bay now, and the town. Only
Fort Charles is visible above it, set against a black sky. The
moon gives both Fort and fog an eerie glow.
27
With each BOOM of the ship's guns, cannon fire lights up the
fog. Both the fort and the town are being hammered now.
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Will arms himself: boarding axe at the small of his back, three
dirks in his belt, sword in his scabbard and a second sword and
A woman runs past, chased by JACOBY -- the wild eyed pirate with
clay bombs.
Will's AXE flies through the air, hits him in the back, and
he drops to the ground -- a deadly blow. Will recovers the axe,
heads up the street
Death and mayhem everywhere as townfolk battle the pirates.
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Elizabeth looks out from the balcony: through the fog, multiple
fires are visible. Ships burn in the harbor. Cannon fire ECHOES.
Movement below: SHADOWY FIGURES approach pirates. Elizabeth
bolts from her room --35
She reaches the landing above the foyer just as the Butler opens
the door -ELIZABETH
Don't!
PINTEL
'ello, chum.
His pistol BOOMS, and the butler crumples.
Elizabeth stifles a scream -- too late, Ragetti's wooden eye
squeaks as he looks up toward her.
RAGETTI
Up there!
They rush for the stairs even as more pirates come in through
the door with torches. Elizabeth scrambles back -36
The pirates rush in -- but the room is empty. Curtains trail out
an open window. Ragetti starts to climb through, but Pintel
stops him. Indicates "She's still here."
PINTEL
We know you're here, poppet.
RAGETTI
Poppet...
PINTEL
Come out and we promise we won't
hurt you.
Ragetti, still smoldering, gives him look -- he wants to hurt
her plenty. Pintel shakes his head: 'Don't worry, I'm lying.'
PINTEL (CONT'D)
We will find you, poppet ... You've
got something of ours, and it calls
to us!
RAGETTI
Gold ...
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PINTEL (CONT'D)
Hello, poppet.
Pintel yanks open the doors of the china closet, revealing
Elizabeth -ELIZABETH
Parley!
Pintel can't believe his ears.
PINTEL
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!
He steps forward, dirk drawn -- Pintel stops him.
PINTEL
She wants to be taken to the Captain,
and she'll go without a fuss.
(to Elizabeth)
We must honor the code.
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The wall of the cells EXPLODES inward. Jack dives for cover.
Moonlight spills in through the gaping hole created by the
cannon ball. Beyond it: freedom.
But it is centered on the other cell. The part of Jack's cell
that is gone is too small for a man to slip through.
The other prisoners scramble through.
PRISONER
(back to Jack)
My sympathies, friend -- you've no
manner of luck at all!
The four descend the rocks beyond, disappearing from view. Jack
watches them go in resignation.
THE MOON
Appears from behind the clouds casting an eerie light in
JACK'S JAIL CELL
Jack is alone. Cannon fire continues, occasional hits shaking
the fort. The dog cowers under a long bench, key ring still in
his mouth. Jack sighs -- resigned, he picks up the bone from the
other cell, and tries coax the dog forward.
JACK
Come on, doggie... its just you and me
now. Its you and ol Jack, come on... Come
'ere, that's a boy... Good boy. Come get the
bone. Thats a good boy, come on! Bit closer,
bit closer. Thats it, thats it,doggie.
Come on you filthy, slimy, mangy cur.
To his surprise, the dog crawls out from under the bench. The
key ring is nearly within Jack's reach -- -suddenly, the dog's
attention turns to the cell block door. He backs away from the
door, whining.
JACK (CONT'D)
No, no, no, don't do that. No, no,
I didnt mean it. I didnt...
The dog bolts down the hall -- taking the keys with him.
Jack watches as a sentry falls to the bottom of the stairs,
dead. A pair of pirates follow: KOEHLER and TWIGG.
TWIGG
This aint the armory.
He turns to go, but Koehler has spotted Jack.
KOEHLER
Well, well, well... Look what we have
here, Twigg. Captain Jack Sparrow.
Very well.
She darts to the rail, pulls out and dangles the MEDALLION over
the side. The pirates go quiet.
ELIZABETH (CONT'D)
I'll drop it!
BARBOSSA
Me holds are bursting with swag. That
bit of shine matters to us ... Why?
ELIZABETH
Its what youve been searching for.
I recognize this ship. I saw it eight
years ago on the crossing from England.
BARBOSSA
(interested)
Did you, now?
Elizabeth glares at him. She's getting nowhere.
ELIZABETH
Fine. Well, I suppose if it is
worthless then theres no point
in me keeping it.
She drops it a bit, the pirates lunge forward.
BARBOSSA
NO!
She catches it by the chain, smiles at him triumphantly.
BARBOSSA (CONT'D)
Ah. (chuckles) You have a name, Missy?
ELIZABETH
Elizabeth -(stops herself from saying "Swann"; then --)
Turner.
(embroidering)
I'm a maid in the governor's household.
(curtsies)
Barbossa reacts to the name Turner. He turns to the other
pirates --the pirates exchange surreptitious glances.
BARBOSSA
Miss Turner!
PINTEL
Bootstrap!
BARBOSSA
And how does a maid come to own
a trinket such as that? Family
heirloom, perhaps?
ELIZABETH
I didnt steal it, if thats what
you mean.
BARBOSSA
(comes to a decision)
Very well. You hand that over, we'll
Will bursts in, still armed with sword and boarding axe.
WILL
They've taken her! They've taken
Elizabeth!
A group stares at him: Swarm, Norrington, and Gillette, gathered
around a huge map of the Caribbean; it drapes over the desk and
chair.
Behind them Murtogg and Mullroy.
NORRINGTON
Mr. Murtogg, remove this man.
Murtogg grabs Will by the arm, but Will shakes it off.
WILL
We have to hunt them down! We must
save her!
SWANN
And where do you propose we start? If
you have any information concerning
my daughter, please -- share it.
Murtogg has remembered something. He ventures it warily:
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 can lead us to it!
NORRINGTON
No. The pirates who invaded this fort
left Sparrow locked in his cell.
Ergo, they are not his allies.
(through with Will)
Governor, we will establish their
most likely course
Will slams the boarding axe into the desk, through the map.
WILL
That's not good enough!
Norrington yanks the axe from the desk as he comes around. He
does not quite threaten Will with it, but close enough.
NORRINGTON
Mr. Turner, you are not a military
man, you are not a sailor. You are
a blacksmith This is not the moment
for rash actions.
Norrington throws a strong arm across Will's shoulders, moves
him to the door. He pauses, and leans close to Will.
NORRINGTON
(low)
Do not make the mistake of thinking
you are the only man here who cares
for Elizabeth.
Norrington emphasizes the point with a stare -- and then shoves
the axe at Will. Will's face sets in resolve, and he leaves.
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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
sail from the dreaded Isla de Muerta
... its an island that cannot be
found -- except by those who already
know where it is.
WILL
The ships real enough. Therefore its
anchorage must be a real place. Where
is it?
JACK
Why ask me?
Jack lays back and nonchalantly studies his nails.
WILL
Because you're a pirate.
JACK
And you want to turn pirate yourself,
is that it?
WILL
Never!
(beat)
They took Miss Swann.
JACK
Oh, so it is that youve found a girl.
I see. Well, if youre intending to
brave all, hasten to her rescue and
so win fair ladys heart, youll have
to do it alone, mate. I see no profit
in it for me.
WILL
I can get you out of here.
JACK
Hows that? The keys 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.
WILL (CONTD)
With the right leverage and the proper
application of strength, the door will
lift free.
Jack looks closely -- suspiciously -- at Will.
JACK
What's your name?
WILL
Will Turner.
Jack sits up. He recognizes the name, but doesn't let on.
JACK
(nods)
That will be short for William, I
imagine. Good, strong name. No doubt
named for your father, eh?
WILL
Yes.
JACK
(he stands)
Ah hah. Well, Mr. Turner, Ive
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.
(sticks out his hand)
Do we have an accord?
Will gives him a suspicious look. Jack keeps his hand out, still
smiling. Will shakes it.
WILL
Agreed.
JACK
Agreed! Get me out.
Will puts the bench over (his fulcrum). Wedges the bench under
the cell door, puts his weight on it, straining -- the cell door
rises, falls forward, CRASHES down.
WILL
Hurry, someone will have heard that.
JACK
Not without my effects.
DELETED SCENE:
Jack finds them. Straps on the belt, checks his pistol.
WILL
Why bother with that? You could have
escaped if you killed me, but you
weren't willing to use it.
JACK
Are you advising me that was a
mistake?
He levels the pistol at Will. Will gazes at him, unafraid.
JACK (CONT'D)
When you've only got one shot, it's
best to wait for the opportune moment.
(beat)
That wasn't it.
A beat -- and then Jack grins, lowers his aim.
JACK (CONT'D)
Nor is this.
50
Jack and Will peek out from beneath the bridge, near where
dozens of fishing boats rest upside down on the beach.
Beyond the busy docks, in the harbor, the Dauntless looms.
WILL
We're going to steal a ship?
(Looks at the Dauntless)
That ship?
JACK
Commandeer. We're going to commandeer
that ship.
(points to the Inteceptor)
Nautical term..
Jack gives Will a critical look.
JACK
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
(no hesitation)
I'd die for her.
Good answer; Jack's relieved.
JACK
Oh, good. No worries, then.
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GILLETTE
Sir, theyve taken the Dauntless!
Commodore! Theyve taken the ship!
Sparrow and Turner, theyve taken
the Dauntless!
Norrington moves his spyglass to the Dauntless. The ship's
forward sail luffs and billows. On the main deck, he picks out
Will -NORRINGTON (O.S.)
Rash, Turner, too rash .
-- and Jack Sparrow, preparing to sail.
NORRINGTON (CONT'D)
That is, without doubt, the worst
pirate I have ever seen.
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Too late. One BRAVE SAILOR tries to swing across on a rope, but
misses badly, and SPLASH!
Jack waves at Norrington:
JACK
Thank you, Commodore, for getting
us ready to make way! We'd 've had
a hard time of it by ourselves!
Some soldiers on deck fire fruitlessly at Jack. Norrington
seethes, but his order is measured:
NORRINGTON
Set top sails and clear up this mess.
OFFICER
With the wind a quarter astern we
won't catch them -NORRINGTON
I dont need to catch them, just get
them in range of the long nines.
Officer is surprised at the order -- but relays it.
OFFICER
Hands, come about. Run out the guns!
(to Norrington)
We're to fire on our own ship, sir?
NORRINGTON
Id rather see her at the bottom of
the ocean than in the hands of a
pirate.
The STEERSMAN tries to turn the wheel. No change in course.
STEERSMAN
Commodore!
(tries to turn the wheel)
He's disabled the rudder chain, sir.
60 EXT. HARBOR - LONGBOAT - DAY
Gillette stands in the prow of the rowboat, the only one on
board to see the hull of the Dauntless looming toward them -GILLETTE
Abandon ship!
A SHADOW falls across the boat: the men look around, drop their
oars and dive for the water -- a loud CRUNCH -61
62
71
A dank, dirty port, where the tides have swept together the scum
of the Caribbean. Pirates drag a merchant for sport. Pirates
fire guns, chase ladies and drink to excess.
Jack and Will walk through the streets. Will studies the
environment with a dubious expression.
JACK
... More importantly, it is indeed a
sad lot that has never breathed deep
the sweet proliferous bouquet that is
Tortuga, savvy?
(breathes deep)
What do you think?
Will looks around, sees a two fisted pirate drinking his fill of
rum. Painted ladies display their wares. A Donkey bellows.
WILL
It'll linger.
JACK
Ill tell you mate, if every town
in the world were like this one,
no man would ever feel unwanted.
A REDHEAD in a scarlet dress spots Jack. She strides up to him JACK (CONT'D)
Scarlett !
-- SLAPS him hard, and stalks off.
JACK (CONT'D)
Not sure I deserved that.
He turns back, just as a SMILING BLONDE WENCH plants herself in
front of him. Jack smiles back.
JACK (CONT.'D)
Giselle!
SMILING BLONDE WENCH
(pointing after the redhead)
Who was she?
Jack looks after the redhead, then back -- in time to receive
another SLAP! Giselle stalks off.
JACK
I may have deserved that.
DELETED SCENE
JACK (CONT'D)
We should escape this wretched pit
as quickly as possible.
WILL
With a crew ...
JACK
Ah, yes. Well it just so happens
that you know the man who knows the
A DRUNKEN MAN lays in the mud, asleep with three pigs. He wears
an old tattered Navy jacket. WATER splashes across his face,
revealing: this is old JOSHAMEE GIBBS. He sputters and roars:
GIBBS
Curse you for breathing, you slack-jawed
idiot!
(recognizes Jack)
Mother's love, Jack! You know better
than to wake a man when he's sleeping.
It'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.
Jack helps Gibbs to his feet -- and then Gibbs is hit with a
second wave of water. Will stands there with the bucket.
GIBBS (CONT'D)
Blast it, I'm already awake!
WILL
That was for the smell.
Gibbs starts to retort angrily, reconsiders, shrugs: 'Fair
enough.'
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GIBBS (CONT'D)
Now, what's the nature of this
venture of yorun?
Jack leans forward. Gibbs leans forward, takes a drink.
JACK
I'm going after the Black Pearl.
Gibbs chokes on his rum, like he's been hit. Jack has not moved.
JACK
I know where its going to be, and I'm
going to take it.
GIBBS
Jack, its a fools errand. You know
better than me the tales of the Black
Pearl.
JACK
Thats why I know what Barbossa is up
to. All I need is a crew.
GIBBS
From what I hear tell of Captain
Barbossa, hes not a man to suffer
fools nor strike a bargain with one.
JACK
Well, then I'd say its a very good
thing Im not a fool then, eh?
GIBBS
Prove me wrong. What makes you think
Barbossa will give up his ship to you?
JACK
Lets just say its a matter of
leverage, eh?
He jerks his head toward -- WILL, standing vigilant just out of
earshot -- or he is within earshot, and listening? Jack jerks
his head again. At first, Gibbs doesn't understand. Finally...
GIBBS
The kid?
JACK
That is the child of Bootstrap Bill
Turner. His only child. Savvy?
Gibbs' eyes widen over the edge of the tankard.
GIBBS
(musing)
Is he now?
(he's on board)
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
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BARBOSSA
Find it, we did. There be the chest,
inside be the gold, and we took them all.
We spent 'em and traded 'em and frittered
'em awayon 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, but now
we are consumed by it.
The monkey SCREECHES; Barbossa consoles it, putting it on his
shoulder. She takes the opportunity to palm her dinner knife.
BARBOSSA (CONT'D)
There is one way we can end our curse.
All the scattered pieces of the Aztec
gold must be restored and the blood
repaid.
The monkey jump off his shoulder.
BARBOSSA
(beat)
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 you. Yet.
Elizabeth is horrified. Barbossa holds an apple out to her.
BARBOSSA (CONT'D)
Apple?
Elizabeth slaps the apple out of his hand-- and comes up out of
her chair, brandishing the stolen knife. A beat, and then she
tries to run from Barbossa. They struggle briefly, and then
suddenly she buries the stolen KNIFE in Barbossa's chest.
Barbossa is completely unaffected. He opens his coat to get a
better look at the knife, pulls it out with little effort. There
is BLOOD on the blade, but none anywhere else.
BARBOSSA (CONT'D)
I'm curious -- after killing me, what
is it you're planning on doing next?
Elizabeth backs away, whirls and barrels out the door -67
Of course it does.
(to Will)
Satisfied?
WILL
Well, youve proved they're mad.
ANAMARIA (O.S.)
And what's the benefit for us?
Jack turns at the sound of the voice as pirates murmur
agreement. Jack moves along, stops in front of a hunched sailor,
eyes downcast, face shaded by a buckled tricorn hat.
Jack leans to the side, trying to peer beneath the hat. The
sailor looks up --- it's ANAMARIA. And she's angry.
JACK
AnaMaria.
Really angry. She SMACKS Jack with a hard right cross.
WILL
I suppose you didnt deserve that one,
either?
JACK
No, that one I deserved.
ANAMARIA
You stole my boat!
JACK
Actually -AnaMaria SMACKS him again, even harder.
JACK
Borrowed. Borrowed without
permission. But with every
intention of bringing it back.
ANAMARIA
But you didn't!
JACK
You'll get another one!
ANAMARIA
(a threat)
I will.
WILL
A better one.
JACK
(agreeing)
A better one!
WILL
(points to the Interceptor)
That one.
Jack whirls around with a wide-eyed look at Will.
JACK
(to Will)
What one?
Will gives him a hard look in return ("Get with the program!")
Jack and crew all turn and look at the Interceptor. Jack turns
back to Will -JACK
(incredulously)
THAT one?!
(considers it a moment, realizes
it's a good plan).
Aye, that one! What say you?
AnaMaria and sailors respond: Aye!
COTTON'S PARROT
Anchors Aweigh!
GIBBS
No, no, no, no. It's frightful
bad luck to bring a woman aboard,
sir.
Jack glances up at the sky, back to Gibbs.
JACK
It'll be far worse not to have her.
He moves away. Gibbs and Will exchange a puzzled look -75
GIBBS
(shouts)
What's in your head as puts you in
such a fine mood, Captain?
JACK
(shouts)
We're catching up!
Jack looks back to sea, enjoying himself.
EXT. AN ISLAND BAY - DAY
The Black Pearl is anchored in the bay.
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80
GIBBS
Cap'n! What if the worst should
happen?
JACK
Keep to the Code.
GIBBS
(agreeing)
Aye, the code.
They part. Will watches Jack speculatively.
82
The pirate lets go of the rope and moves off. Elizabeth stops at
the sight of pirates adding their booty to a spectacular
treasure: piles of coins, gold and silver ingots, jewelry,
objects d' art, jade and ivory, brightly colored silks,
furniture, jewels and pearls, mirrors and swords ...
At the center, a hole in the ceiling lets in a column of sunlight, which illumines: an Aztec stone
chest.
Koehler gives Elizabeth a shove in the back.
KOEHLER
Move.
As they move off FOCUS on Pintel and Ragetti hauling a large
hope chest between them.
PINTEL
Ten years of hoarding swag ---
RAGETTI
(way too excited)
-- and now we finally get to spend
it!
They dump the chest, pick through it. Ragetti finds a parasol.
PINTEL
Once we're quit of the curse -we'll be rich men, 'n you can buy
an eye what actually fits -- and's
made of glass.
Ragetti is genuinely moved. He reaches up to wipe a tear.
RAGETTI
This one does splinter something
terrible ...
PINTEL
(genuinely sympathetic)
Stop rubbin' it!
They look over -- the Bo'sun stares at them darkly, then moves
away. Pintel hits Ragetti with his parasol.
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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!
Some pirates voice their approval: Yeah! Aye! etc.
RAGETTI
Suffered I have!
BARBOSSA
Punished we were, the lot of us.
(pounds fist in had for emphasis)
Disproportionate to our crime!
A louder response: Aye!
Barbossa kicks off the lid to the stone chest. Inside are
hundreds of gold coins, identical to the medallion. A stone
knife lays atop them.
BARBOSSA
Here tis, the cursed treasure of
Corts himself. Every last piece that
went astray we have returned save
for this.
Barbossa points to medallion around Elizabeth's neck.
The pirates -- including BO'SUN now -- CHEER.
BARBOSSA
And whose blood must yet be paid?
ALL PIRATES
(point to Elizabeth)
HERS!
90D
PINTEL
No.
(realizes)
He shot me!
RAGETTI
It didn't work!
TWIGG.
The curse is still upon us!
Barbossa searches for an answer ... turns to Elizabeth.
BARBOSSA
You. Maid. Your father. What was his
name?!
(grabs her roughly)
Was your father William Turner?!
Elizabeth takes time to smile before answering:
ELIZABETH
No.
Barbossa gathers himself, getting his rage under steely control.
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?
Barbossa SLAPS her hard, sending her sprawling down to the
water's edge behind them, unconscious. The medallion falls next
to her.
BO'SUN
(to Pintel & Ragetti)
You two. You brought us the wrong
person!
PINTEL
No, she had the medallion! She's the
proper age!
The pirate argument grows. Suddenly a hand comes over
Elizabeth's mouth; she has the presence not to scream. It's
Will, soaked. He nods toward the water.
Elizabeth sees the medallion on the water's edge. She grabs it.
RAGETTI
(bursts out)
She said her name was Turner! You
heard her!
(suddenly realizes it)
I think she lied to us.
Twigg looks at Barbossa.
TWIGG
You brought us here for nothing?
BARBOSSA
I won't take questioning or second
guesses, not from the likes of you,
Mister Twigg.
KOEHLER
Who's to blame him? Every decision
you've made's led us from bad to
worse!
MALLOT
It's you who sent Bootstrap to the
depths -The Monkey spots Elizabeth and Will and SCREECHES -Bo'sun draws his sword, approaches Barbossa.
BO'SUN
And its you who brought us here in
the first place.
Barbossa draws his sword.
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.
PIRATES
(together)
Yeah!
Barbossa spots the Monkey's SCREECHING -- He turns -- Elizabeth
is gone. The Monkey jumps and HOWLS, pointing toward: Will and
Elizabeth, just disappearing out of the cavern. Barbossa looks
around, sees -BARBOSSA
The medallion! Shes taken it! Get
after her! You feckless pack of
ingrates.
The pirates race out of the main cavern to -92
The pirates scramble to launch their boats, reach for the oars
- and then realize:
BO'SUN
The oars've gone missing! Find
'em!
The pirates search the cave, overturning chests and upsetting
piles of treasure.
Jack wanders out into the middle of this, dazed, holding the oar
Will hit him with. He looks around without comprehension.
Ragetti notices him, and blanches.
RAGETTTI
You!
Jack looks behind him, then back at Ragetti.
PINTEL
You're supposed to be dead!
JACK
Am I not?
Pintel draws his pistol, so do the other pirates. Jack's eyes go
wide. He thinks, tries to remember something -- got it -JACK (CONTD)
Perlerley...
(no, not it)
Pereleyloo. Parlene.Parsnip.
Parsley. Part... partner, partner...
RAGETTI
Parley?
JACK (CONT'D)
(nods; that's it)
Thats the one! Parley! Parley!
The pirates lower their weapons -- except Pintel, who really
wants to shoot this guy -- and he's annoyed with Ragetti.
PINTEL
'Parley'! Damn to the depths whatever
muttonhead thought up 'parley'!
JACK
That would be the French.
93
ANAMARIA
(an order to the crew)
Weigh anchor and hoist the sails!
Split-quick, you dibbis!
Gibbs looks after Will speculatively.
94
Jack leans on the oar, the pirates eyeing him. They part, and
Barbossa steps out to see what they've found. He stares.
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.
Im Captain Jack Sparrow.
BARBOSSA
Ah, well, I wont be making that
mistake again. Gents, you all
remember Captain Jack Sparrow!
Kill him.
He turns away. Pintel is happy, grabs his pistol, aims it -JACK
The girl's blood didn't work, did it?
Barbossa snaps back around.
BARBOSSA
Hold your fire.
Pintel reacts with silent exasperation. So close. Barbossa glares at Jack, working it through -- and
then he's certain:
BARBOSSA (CONT'D)
You know whose blood we need.
JACK
I know whose blood you need.
Barbossa clenches his jaw. He hates this guy.
95
WILL
(beat)
Here ... let me.
She lets him take over the task.
ELIZABETH
Thank you.
He begins to gently wrap her hand.
WILL
You said -- you gave Barbossa my name
as yours. Why?
She gazes into his eyes levelly, but can't quite bring herself
to say what she's thinking.
ELIZABETH
(she knows exactly why)
I don't know.
They hold the gaze; a slight smile begins to play on Will's
lips, matched by Elizabeth -- she WINCES, pulls her hand back
slightly.
WILL
I'm sorry -- blacksmith's hands. I
know, they're rough ...
ELIZABETH
No... I mean, yes. They are. But -She considers, smiles to herself: anything she says will reveal
the truth ... and so she says the truth.
ELIZABETH (CONT'D)
But don't stop.
They lock eyes. Will ties off the bandage, but doesn't drop her
hand. He runs his palm up her forearm passion takes them. Will caresses her face, moves closer to
her.
WILL
Elizabeth ...
She takes his hand from her face ... brings it down to her neck
then down her chest ...
... and then, despite not wanting to ruin the moment, she moves
his hand across, over the medallion. She tugs it out and lays it
in his hand.
ELIZABETH
It's yours.
He gives it a glance, a puzzled look.
Will looks again -- then does remember.
WILL
I thought Id lost it the day they
rescued me --
(beat)
It was a gift from my father ... He
sent it to me ... why did you take it?
ELIZABETH
(reliving the memory)
Because I was afraid you were a
pirate. That would have been awful.
Will stares at the medallion. He realizes:
WILL
It wasn't your blood they needed.
It was my father's blood. My blood.
The blood of a pirate.
She lays a hand on his arm. He does not react.
ELIZABETH
Im so sorry, please forgive me.
He does not look at her. He closes his fist around medallion,
slams it against a table; She watches him for a moment ...
turns away and leaves.
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The door slams shut, is bolted by Bo'sun. Jack looks around the
cell. There's standing water on the floor.
JACK
Apparently there's a leak.
He notices a crack in the bulkhead. Peaks out through it. But he
sees only empty sea -- and a cask drift by.
101
104
Hatches slide back on the hull, and galley OARS extend out each
side. In unison they catch the water; the ship shoots forward -102B EXT. INTERCEPTOR - FORWARD DECK - DAY
Marty and another crewman dump a cannon barrel overboard; they
move to the next one, pull the pins, tip it --Will's foot comes down on the cannon, keeping it in place.
WILL
We're going to need that.
He points astern --103
OMITTED
105
OMITTED
106
The Interceptor cuts through the chop. The Black Pearl enters
the frame, gaining once again -107
CLOSE ON: Jack's eye, peering through the crack in the hull.
PAN OVER to see the ship's oars, rowing in unison --110
Gibbs joins Will and AnaMaria, who eyes the Black Pearl.
GIBBS
The Pearl's going to luff up on our port
quarter! She'll rake us, without ever
presenting a target!
Elizabeth sees the problem. She looks up toward the bow of the
Interceptor. Gets an idea.
ELIZABETH
Lower the anchor on the right side.
On the starboard side!
The three look at her in dismay. She nods her head vigorously
"It's a good idea." She looks to Will for support:
WILL
('what the hell')
It certainly has the element of
surprise.
ANAMARIA
You're daft, lady! You both are!
GIBBS
Daft like Jack! LOWER THE STARBOARD
ANCHOR!
Crewmen give him the same look Elizabeth got.
GIBBS (CONT'D)
Do it, you gobs! Or it's you we'll
load into the cannons!
111
Let go!
AnaMaria releases the wheel just as it starts to SPIN with a
vengeance -116
The anchor cable spool creaks and cracks under the strain -EXT. BLACK PEARL - DECK - DAY
Barbossa realizes what's happening --
BARBOSSA
They're clubhaulin'! Hard aport!
Rack the starboard oars!
119
Pintel and Ragetti stand ready to fire, and they see: Cotton and
Nameless and the mouth of their cannon a dozen feet away.
123
WILL
Now!
ELIZABETH
Fire all!
EXT. CARIBBEAN SEA - DAY
All hell breaks loose as the two ships fire all guns at once.
The Interceptor takes far more damage than the Black Pearl -125
OMITTED
126
A shot crashes through the brig, blasting the door; Jack spins
away, taking cover
JACK
Stop blowing holes in my ship!
127
Another BLAST rocks the ship -Jack sloshes through knee-deep water. Floating on top is Gibbs'
FLASK.
Jack tries to take a swig from the empty flask. He notices the
door -- a hole in it. He pushes the door open.
131
Elizabeth, Will, AnaMaria, Gibbs and the rest of the crew use
the gunwales as cover from the pirates' small arms fire -GIBBS
We could use a few more ideas, lass!
ELIZABETH
Your turn!
GIBBS
We need us a devil's dowry!
ANAMARIA
(grabs Elizabeth by the hair)
We'll give 'im her!
WILL
She's not what they're after!
Will cuts his eyes to Elizabeth -- they both believe the pirates
are after him. Elizabeth clutches for the medallion around her
throat -- but it's not there.
ELIZABETH
The medallion!
Will sprints for the forward hatch, drops inside...
BARBOSSA
Strike your colors, you blooming
cockroaches!
(to his crew)
Hands! Grapnels at the ready! Prepare
to board!
INT. INTERCEPTOR - CABIN - DAY
Will continues to search for the medallion.
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The impact causes the hatch to fall shut, a large beam cutting
Will off from the exit. Will struggles out from under the
debris. Water pours into the cabin.
132B EXT. INTERCEPTOR/BLACK PEARL - DAY
The Interceptor's mast LEANS and FALLS -The mast CRASHES down on the deck of the Black Pearl -- right
next to Barbossa, who doesn't flinch.
BARBOSSA
Pistols and cutlasses, men! Koehler,
Twigg -- to the powder magazine! And
the rest of you -- bring me that medallion!
The Monkey scampers across on the fallen mast, now a bridge
between the two ships. Pirates swarm across, jumping from deck
to deck and swinging from the rigging.
INT. INTERCEPTOR - CABIN - DAY
Will struggles to get out -- the water is rising fast -INT. INTERCEPTOR - BELOW DECK - DAY
Koehler and Twigg descend to the Interceptor's magazine -EXT. INTERCEPTOR - DECK - DAY
The battle continues topside.
134
Koehler and Twigg pour a fuse from a keg of gunpowder, away from
Will struggles to get out -- the water is rising fast -A SCREECH -- Will looks up --- the MONKEY is at a hole in the
bulkhead holding the MEDALLION -- it leaps and is gone --135
Water fills the cabin nearly to the roof. Will takes a breath
and submerges -INT. INTERCEPTOR - BELOW DECK - DAY
Twigg sets off a gunpowder trail leading to the Interceptor's
magazine -138
Jack's crew are tied to the mast by Ragetti. Pintel eyes them,
pistol drawn.
PINTEL
Any of you so much as thinks the
word 'Parley' I'll have your
guts for garters.
Barbossa holds the medallion in his hand. Looks off in the
direction of the Interceptor.
In the distance, the Interceptor suddenly EXPLODES. Elizabeth
twists free -ELIZABETH
Will!
The wreckage lands. Elizabeth rushes Barbossa -- he grabs her
wrists.
BARBOSSA
Welcome back, Miss. You took
advantage of our hospitality last
time. It holds fair now you return
the favor.
He shoves her to some pirates; they hoot their approval --WILL
Barbossa!
He's standing on the rail, soaking wet. He jumps down and grabs
a pistol.
WILL (CONT'D)
She goes free!
Elizabeth is overcome to see him. Jack, less so.
BARBOSSA
What's in your head, boy?
WILL
She. Goes. Free.
BARBOSSA
The pistol FLOATS DOWN onto some coral. Jack's hands appear. He
grabs the pistol, pushes for the surface -141A
A wave pounds the sand, washes back ... Jack and Elizabeth have
made it to the beach. They stand. Jack looks back out to sea:
The Black Pearl, under full sail, but listing badly to one side,
moves away.
JACK
That's the second time I've had
to watch that man sail away with
my ship.
142 OMITTED -DELETED SCENE:
CLOSE ON: The surf line. Elizabeth's feet walking, leaving
prints ... and meet up her own footprints going away.
JACK (O.S.)
It's really not all that big,
is it?
Jack reclines on the beach. The pistol in parts, drying on his
scarf. He starts to reassemble it.
ELIZABETH
If You going to shoot me, please
do so without delay.
JACK
Is there a problem between us,
Miss Swann?
ELIZABETH
You were going to tell Barbossa
about Will in exchange for a ship!
JACK
We could use a ship. The fact is,
I was going to NOT tell Barbossa
about bloody Will in exchange for
a ship, because as long as he
didn't know about bloody Will,
I had something to bargain with
which now no one has, thanks to
bloody stupid Will.
ELIZABETH
Oh.
JACK
Oh.
Pistol reassembled, Jack heads inland. Elizabeth follows.
ELIZABETH
He still risked his life to save ours -JACK
Ha!
ELIZABETH (CONT'D)
So we have to do something to
rescue him!
JACK
Off you go, then. Let me know
how that turns out.
143
ELIZABETH
To freedom!
JACK
To the Black Pearl!
They tap bottles. Elizabeth feigns a drink as he chugs
Jack falls back onto the beach, passed out.
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NORRINGTON
I know. But is it wrong for me to
wish it given unconditionally?
ELIZABETH
It is not a condition. It is a
request. Your answer would not
change mine. You are a fine man ...
James.
For a brief moment, Norrington breaks into a wide, boyish smile.
His military bearing reasserts itself, but only just.
NORRINGTON
Well. Very well. Excellent.
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Pintel and Ragetti mop tar onto the interior of the hull. A few
inches of water still stand in the brig. Jack's crew are crowded
into Jack's cell (now repaired) -- including Cotton and his
parrot.
COTTON'S PARROT
Shiver me timbers!
Gibbs helpfully translates:
GIBBS
Cotton here says you missed bit.
Pintel slaps his mop against the cell. Gibbs takes the hint.
Will is alone in the other cell, watching the pirates.
WILL
(suddenly, to Pintel)
You knew William Turner?
Any excuse not to work. Pintel leans on his mop.
PINTEL
Ol' Bootstrap Bill. We knew him.
Ragetti keeps working.
Will frowns; Pintel explains:
PINTEL
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.
Will never suspected this. He furrows his, brow, only halflistening now, as he considers his father in a new light.
RAGETTI
Stupid blighter.
GIBBS
Good man.
JACK
Now, to be quite honest with you,
there's still a slight risk to
those aboard the Dauntless, which
includes the future Mrs. Commodore.
He watches Norrington as he considers that -151
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JACK
She's safe, just like I promised.
She's all set to marry Norrington
just like she promised.
(brightly)
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.
Pirates surround Jack; Barbossa points a knife at him -BARBOSSA
Shut up ! You're next!
He again puts the knife to Will's throat -JACK
You don't want to be doing that,
mate.
Barbossa glances back at him.
BARBOSSA
No, I really think I do.
JACK
(shrugs)
Your funeral.
Barbossa presses the blade to Will's throat -- he wants to do it
-- goddammit! He whirls back on Jack.
BARBOSSA
Why don't I want to do it?
JACK
Well, because...
Jack shrugs away from the pirates. He steps forward -JACK
Because the H.M.S. Dauntless, pride
of the Royal Navy, is floating just
off shore, waiting for you.
Barbossa hesitates, the pirates react,
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Pirates head toward the boats, and then past them. Pintel and
Ragetti are among them -- suddenly, Bo'sun snaps across their
chests, stopping them: A PARASOL. Bo'sun smiles.
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Moonlight shines down into the shallow waters. Suddenly all the
fish SCATTER.
Distant FIGURES appear, wavering in the shifting current. They
move into the shadow of the Dauntless' keel. It's the PIRATES,
walking across the ocean floor.
The first figure, Koehler, steps from the shadow into waterfilter moonlight, transforming to SKELETAL
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Gentle SPLASHING echoes from the cave mouth. The marines in the
longboats on either side raise their rifles
A BOAT EMERGES -- Norrington's men stare -In the boat are two WOMEN -- Pintel and Ragetti in drag. A PARASOL shades them from the moon.
Well, that's weird. Norrington signals his men -NORRINGTON
Hold Fire.
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Pintel and Ragetti row past, toward the Dauntless. Ragetti fans
himself.
RAGETTI
This is just like what the Greeks
done at Troy. 'Cept they was in a
horse n'stead of dresses. Wooden
horse.
Pintel glowers at him to shut up, glances over his shoulder
toward the Dauntless -160 EXT. DAUNTLESS - NIGHT
Twigg breaks the surface near the Dauntless, climbs the anchor.
More skeleton-pirates follow -155B
SWANN (CONT'D)
I just want you to know .. I believe
you made a very good decision today
...Couldn't be more proud of you.
But, you know, even a good decision,
if made for the wrong reasons ...
could be a wrong decision.
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Twigg peeks over the rail onto the deck of the Dauntless. A few
lone sentries patrol.
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Several knotted bed sheets hang from the captain's cabin window.
Below, Elizabeth rows through the water, the Dauntless receding
behind her. She looks over her shoulder -160
Koehler sneaks up behind the first Sentry and slits his throat.
Bo'sun strangles another sentry, he falls to the deck. The
pirates advance towards the stern of the ship.
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Inside the Captain's cabin Swann appears at the open window and
sees the knotted sheets. Glances out, glances up, looks out at
the black sea -SWANN
Oh ...What have you done?
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IN THE BOAT
Pintel drops his parasol, throttles Ragetti, who also drops his
parasol, and the two are revealed as SKELETONS -167
ON THE DAUNTLESS
IN THE BOAT
BARBOSSA
I must admit, Jack: I thought I had
you figured. But turns out, you're
a hard man to predict.
JACK
(shakes his head: "nah.")
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.
Jack moves near a pirate examining some of the treasure. In one
quick move, Jack pulls the sword from the pirate's scabbard,
kicks him into the water and flips the sword up -- to Will.
Despite his surprise, Will catches it (behind his back, his
hands still bound) and knocks the pirate guarding him into the
water.
Jack pulls out his own sword. Barbossa looks from Jack to Will,
not quite registering what is taking place. He scrambles to his
feet, pulls out his sword and ...
Jack and Barbossa square off; Jacoby slashes at Will, who turns
and parries so that his hands are freed by the cut. The other
two pirates attack him; he fights back -171
Will hold off three pirates -Jack and Barbossa duel furiously; They cross swords and come
face to face
BARBOSSA
(to Jack)
You're off the edge of the map, mate.
Here there be monsters!
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Elizabeth jumps from the tiny rowboat to Black Pearl. Climbs up,
toward the gun port. She can hear voices -159C
Two Pirates, MALLOT and GRAPPLE, set out a feast: wine and rum,
jerky, cakes, apples, biscuits.
MALLOT
What would you pick to eat first?
We should decide now, so we're ready,
when the time comes.
Elizabeth continues to climb up.
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GRAPPLE
I was thinking ... Cake.
MALLOT
(with menace)
I was thinking cake too.
Mallot & Grapple are still focused on their mock feast; the
Monkey SCREECHES as it drops onto a cannon with a CLANG! The
monkey remains on the barrel of the cannon for a beat.
GRAPPLE
What was that?
They turn and look out the gun port. They see the dazed monkey
sitting on the cannon, then it slides off and plummets down to
the water. A SPLASH follows.
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Elizabeth races down stairs, hides: Pirates race past, headed up to the deck.
159H
Pintel and Ragetti climb onto the ship through a gun port as
ON DECK
Other pirates swarm the deck, taking on the sailors. A wounded
crewman RINGS the bell.
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NORRINGTON
Make for the ship! Move!
Quickly, his men are rowing for the Dauntless -INT. DAUNTLESS - GUN DECK - NIGHT
A pirate hears the bell, sees the crewman and runs him through
with his sword. The bell STOPS clanging.
NORRINGTON
And his men continue to make their way toward the Dauntless.
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Swann peers out the glass window at the mayhem on the deck.
Swann drops down below the window -- he peeks up again as a face
of a dead marine slams on the glass right next to him.
Swann looks up and sees a pirate looking at him. Swann cowers
and begins backing away below the window. Pirate hands reach
through the windows, grabbing at him. One of the pirate hands
grabs Swann's wig and pulls it off his head. Swann refuses to
let it go and has a tug-of-war with the pirate over his wig.
Swann grabs a bull horn off the table behind him and whacks at
the skeleton arm, which falls off on the floor.
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Will continues his battle, now with two pirates. He gets between
them. Just as both pirates thrust their swords at him, Will
jumps out of the way and runs and the pirates wind up sticking
their swords in each other. A beat, as they look at each other,
then they remove the swords from their chests and chase after
Will passing -JACK AND BARBOSSA
Still fighting it out.
Barbossa and Jack duel in and out of the moonlight.
BARBOSSA
So what now, Jack Sparrow? Are we to
be two immortals, locked in an epic
battle 'til Judgment Day and trumpets
sound? Hmmm?
JACK
Or you could surrender.
Barbossa smiles -- not likely -- and attacks -159B
(hurt, indignant)
They're stealing our ship!
Ragetti gripped with rage. He spits out:
RAGETTI
Bloody pirates!
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disadvantage, trapped.
Jacoby laughs, raises his sword.
JACOBY
I'm gonna teach you the meaning of PAIN!
ELIZABETH (O.S.)
You like pain?
Jacoby turns. From out of the smoke ELIZABETH appears -- she
swings a long gaffe, knocking Jacoby aside.
ELIZABETH (CONT'D)
Try wearing a corset.
She looks at Will, smiles. He grins back -- she pulls him up
with the gaffe. Turning, Elizabeth notices Jack (skeletal)
dueling with Barbossa. Her smile is gone.
ELIZABETH
Whose side is Jack on?
WILL
At the moment?
Elizabeth, nods ('with Jack; who can tell?') The two pirates
attack; Will and Elizabeth dart away -Jacoby recovers, prepares another bomb -Will gets an idea. Moving between the pirates and parrying
their blows, he helps Elizabeth thrust the gaffe, using it to
hook all three pirates together, Jacoby in the middle.
Will grabs one of Jacoby's bombs and yanks it free, sparking the
fuse. He shoves it up inside Jacoby's rib cage, and shoves all
three out of the moonlight -Jacoby clutches at his now-flesh chest -- no way to get to the
lit bomb.
Jacoby looks at Will, mouth agape -- SMOKE issues out -JACOBY
No fair!
Will grabs Elizabeth, dives away with her as the bomb EXPLODES.
Jacoby's and the other skeletal remains crashes down in a nearby
pool of moonlight.
Barbossa slashes at Jack, frustrated beyond measure. He drives
Jack backwards. Jack takes the medallion he palmed, slices his
hand with his sword so blood gets on it, then tosses it to Will.
As he fights, Barbossa notices Will's movement on the other side
of the cave.
He breaks off the fight, pulls his pistol. Aims it at Elizabeth.
She registers her danger.
A shot ECHOES in the cavern -Barbossa looks surprised, turns to Jack. He can't believe it.
Jack, pistol raised and aimed, still smoking, has shot him.
BARBOSSA
Ten years you carry that pistol,
and now you waste your shot?
WILL (O.S)
He didn't waste it.
Barbossa turns, sees Will standing over the Aztec chest, holding
the knife, his left hand in a fist. He opens the fist --both his and Jack's medallions drops from his hand, revealing
the cut in his palm -- the bloody medallions LAND in the chest
full of the rest of the medallions.
Barbossa looks down at his chest. Blood blossoms on his shirt
around the bullet hole.
Jack lowers the pistol.
Barbossa stares at the blood ... Looks up at Jack, at Will, at
Jack. Anger, dismay ... and even relief color Barbossa's
features.
BARBOSSA
I feel ... cold.
Barbossa collapses on his back. He looses the grip on the apple
he held in his hand. He's dead.
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Twigg, who has been fighting nearby, seen Koehler fall and looks
in surprise at Norrington. He then looks up at the full moon and
realizes what has happened. Norrington puts his sword to Twigg's throat. Twigg drops his weapon.
One by one the other pirates drop their weapons also.
Ragetti still chasing his eyeball manages to grab it and put it
back in. He looks at Pintel who is standing with his hands in
the air and then turns and looks down the barrel of a gun. The
weapons are held by Murtogg and Mullroy.
PINTEL
Parley?
NORRINGTON
The ship is ours gentlemen.
The soldiers and sailors all cheer.
Swann peeks out of the cabin window and sees the battle is over.
He comes out of the cabin and joins the cheers, congratulating
marines.
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Problem: The Black Pearl is not there. Jack scans the area. No
good; it's gone.
In the rowboat: Jack sits at the bow, facing forward; Will at
the oars, facing backwards; Elizabeth in the stern, facing Will.
Jack has a large sack filled with treasure.
ELIZABETH
I'm sorry, Jack.
JACK
They done what's right by them.
Can't expect more than that.
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Jack surfaces.
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GILLETTE
Idiot. He's nowhere to go but
back to the noose.
Not quite -- a soldier yells --SOLDIER
Sail ho!
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WILL
(low, to Elizabeth)
I will accept the consequences
of my actions.
Elizabeth understands, admires that; she releases his arm. Will
joins Norrington, who still holds the sword. A private moment
between the two men.
NORRINGTON
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 is surprised; then nods to Norrington: they understand each
other.
WILL
Thank you.
Norrington turns away, start down the stairs.
GILLETTE
Commodore? What about Sparrow?
NORRINGTON
(smiles, anticipating)
Oh, I think we can afford to give
him one day's head start.
Gillette watches him go, confused. Then Gillette gets it.
ON THE PARAPET, Elizabeth and Will lock eyes, and then move
together into each other's arms. At last -SWANN
So this is the path you've chosen,
is it? After all, he is a blacksmith ...
ELIZABETH
No ...
(smiles wide at Will)
He's a pirate.
Swann smiles, turns away to give them a bit of privacy.
Will smiles, turns and they KISS -- a kiss that makes up for
everything ever held back between them -193J
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Jack looks up at Gibbs.
JACK
Thought you were supposed to keep
to the code.
GIBBS
We figured they were more actual...
guidelines.
Gibbs smiles, offers Jack his hand and helps him to his feet.
Jack takes his hat from Cotton, the parrot on Cotton's shoulder.
JACK
(to Cotton)
Thank you.
Jack puts on the hat. Reveal AnaMaria standing at the wheel. She
steps away, holds out Jack's coat, welcoming him aboard. As Jack
shoulders into it...
ANAMARIA
Captain Sparrow ... the Black Pearl is yours.
Jack runs a hand lovingly along the wheel. It feels good
right -- in his hands. Suddenly, he feels the eyes of the crew
on him.
JACK
On deck, you scabrous dogs... Hands
to braces... Let go and haul to run free...
The crew scatters, obeying his commands.
JACK
(to himself)
Now... Bring me that horizon...
He opens the compass, takes a reading, and adjusts the course.
Begins to hum to himself ...
JACK
...and really bad eggs... Drink up
me hearties, yo ho ...
Jack flips the compass closed and we -CUT to BLACK as CREDITS ROLL
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The Monkey climbs the treasure pile, to the chest. The lid is
partially open. The Monkey grabs out a coin -The Monkey SCREECHES as the moonlight turns it SKELETAL --
THE END