Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest
Will Raise up the foreyard!
Davy Jones Rack the starboard! Send his beloved Pearl back to the depths. [the cannons fire and some hit the Pearl as it retreats]
Ragetti [spots the Flying Dutchman in pursuit through a cannonball made hole] She’s on us! She’s on us!
Davy Jones Let them taste the triple guns.
Undead pirate: Aye, Captain. [triple cannons are rolled out in the front an they fire, further damaging the ship; Jack takes over the steering]
Will [maneuvering the sails, hand the rope over to another] Make fast!
Pintel [pets the ship’s railing] Don’t let me down. Show us what you’ve got.
Elizabeth She’s falling behind!
Gibbs Aye, we’ve got her.
Will We’re the faster?
Gibbs Against the wind the Dutchman beats us, that’s how she gets her prey. But with the wind…
Will We’ve got her advantage.
Gibbs Aye.
Blowfish headed pirate: We’re out of range!
Davy Jones Break off pursuit, run on light and douse canvas!
Hammer-head shark Pirate: We’ve given up, sir? [smiles wickedly and they pirate smiles with him; the call for the Kraken is worked up once more]
Marty They’ve given up. Yeaaaah! [the Crew cheers; Ragetti and Pintel do a jig]
Will [to Jack] My father is on that ship. If we can outrun her, we can take her. We should turn and fight.
Jack Why fight when you can negotiate? All one needs is the proper leverage. [place the jar of dirt on the banister and pets it; the ship shudders to a halt and the jar falls and breaks, scattering his dirt everywhere; he runs down to sift through the dirt, but the heart’s not there] Where is it? Where is the thump thump?
Sailor We must’ve hit the reef. [points down where the water is bubbling under the hull]
Will No. It’s not a reef! [grabs Elizabeth] Get away from the rail!
Elizabeth What is it?
Will The Kraken. To arms!
Gibbs Load guns, defend the mast!
Will It’ll attack the starboard, I’ve seen it before. Roll out the cannons and hold for my signal. [the cannons are loaded and run out; the tentacles of the Kraken begin creeping up the ship’s sides]
Will Easy boys.
Elizabeth Will?
Will Steady! Steady.
Elizabeth Will?
Will Hold. Hold!
Pintel I think we’ve held fire long enough!
Elizabeth Will!
Will Fire! [the cannons are fired and the Kraken retreats slightly wounded; the Crew cheers] It’ll be back. We have to get off the ship.
Elizabeth There’s no boats. [the boats are all broken]
Will [sees a barrel of powder roll across the deck] Pull the grates; get all the gunpowder onto the net in the cargo hold. [hands Elizabeth a rifle] Whatever you do, don’t miss.
Elizabeth As soon as you’re clear.
Sailor [the grates are pulled off and the net and powder readied] We are short-stocked on gunpowder. Six barrel!
Gibbs [to Will] There’s only half a dozen kegs of powder.
Will Then load the rum! [everyone get very quiet and stares at Will]
Gibbs [after some hesitation, the Crew staring expectantly at him now] Aye, the rum, too! [his face contorts in mourning for the rum; the rum is loaded onto the net]
[Jack is rowing away from the Pearl]
Elizabeth [to Cotton] Step to. [spots Jack in his row boat] You coward. [the ship shudders again]
Marty Not good.
[the Kraken is much more vigorous this time and smashes its tentacles straight into the ship at both sides]
Will [with the rum and powder] Haul away!
Gibbs Heave! Heave like you’re being paid for it! [the Kraken is wreaking havoc, throwing Sailors around and breaking everything in the bottom holds; one is pulled through the porthole with a lot of cracking bones right between Ragetti and Pintel]
[Jack is still rowing away; stops, looks at his groaning ship, then looks to the island he was making for; pulls out his compass to check on his decision, we do not yet see where it pointed]
Gibbs I gotcha! I gotcha! [holds the arms of a Sailor being pulled away by a tentacle]
Sailor [gets pulled away] Save me!
[Elizabeth runs to get her rifle and Will founders in the net when the Kraken breaks the wheel that was being turned to lift the net]
Will Hyah! Come on! [flings his sword around at the Kraken] Come and get me! I’m over here. Come on! [the Kraken upsets the net and Will’s leg gets caught in the netting, he takes out his father’s knife to free himself]
Will [Elizabeth tries to aim but hesitates as Will is still on the net] Shoot! Elizabeth, shoot! [she still hesitates and her footing is taken out from under her as a tentacle starts dragging her away; Ragetti severs it; she runs back to get the gun, but a foot steps on at she’s about to pick it up – Jack’s returned and he takes aim now as she clings to his legs; Will finally severs the rope holding his leg and falls free of the net; Jack shoots and is successful in blowing the kegs up as the Kraken is tugging at them; it retreats with a groan of pain, charred pieces of tentacles left on deck; the dazed survivors walk over to the railing]
Marty Did we kill it?
Gibbs No. We just made it angry. We’re not out of this yet. Captain, orders!
Jack Abandon ship. Into the long boat.
Gibbs Jack, the Pearl.
Jack She’s only a ship, mate.
Elizabeth He’s right, we have to head for land.
Pintel It’s a lot of open water.
Ragetti It’s a lot of water.
Will We’ll have to try it. We can get away as it takes down the Pearl.
Gibbs Abandon ship. Abandon ship or abandon hope. [they load the boat with some supplies while Jack says his silent goodbye to the Pearl; Elizabeth follows him]
Elizabeth Thank you, Jack.
Jack We’re not free yet, though.
Elizabeth You came back. I always knew you were a good man. [kisses him and Will chances to see it through a gap in the railing for a moment before Gibbs blocks his view]
Gibbs Prepare to cast off! No time to lose! C’mon, Will, step to it. [a shell shocked Will climbs down into the boat]
Elizabeth [backs him up against a mast and chains him to it] It’s after you, not the ship. It’s not us. It’s the only way, don’t you see. [leans in as if she’s going to kiss him again, but refrains] I’m not sorry.
Jack Pirate. [Elizabeth leaves Jack standing there, chained to the mast]
Will Where’s Jack?
Elizabeth He elected to stay behind to give us a chance. [everyone looks up and hesitate to cast off] Go! [they sail off, Elizabeth looking decidedly not well]
Jack [frantically tries to break the chains] Bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger. [there is a groaning underfoot, the Kraken is coming; Jack gets innovative and reaches for a lantern with his sword, breaks it and pours the oil over his chained wrist enabling him to slip it out of the shackle] C’mon. C’mon, that’s it. Ah. [he slips free just as the tentacles of the Kraken rise over the ship, it’s mouth opening wide in a roar, splattering Jack with its saliva and also spitting out his lost hat] Not so bad. [wipes the saliva off his face] Oh. [bends down to pick up his hat, puts it on] Hello, beastie. [takes out his sword and charges at it heroically as it swallows him up and then takes down the Pearl in a tight embrace; the Crew on the long boat watch quietly and Davy Jones watches through his telescope]
Davy Jones Jack Sparrow, our debt is settled.
Undead pirate: Captain goes down with his ship.
Hammer-head shark Pirate: Turns out not even Jack Sparrow can best the devil.
Davy Jones Open the chest. Open the chest, I need to see it! [the chest is opened and there is nothing inside] Damn you, Jack Sparrooooow!
Scene 17: (Bargaining and to World’s End)
[in Port Royal] Mercer: The last of our ships has returned.
Beckett Is there any news on the chest?
Mercer No. But, one of the ships did pick up a man, adrift at sea. He had these. [holds up the Letters of Marque and lays them down on the table; Beckett unfolds them]
Norrington I took the liberty of filling in my name.
Beckett [beckons to Norrington] If you intend to claim these, then you must have something to trade. D’you have the compass?
Norrington [shakes his head] Better. [thumps down a bag on the table, what’s inside is thumping, too] The heart of Davy Jones.
[in Tia Dalma’s swamp, the long boat makes it’s way to her hut and there are many people standing along their way, all holding candles and humming softly; once inside, Will keeps stabbing his knife into the grain of the wood and taking it out, pieces of the table coming out with it]
Tia Dalma [brings out a tray of drinks; offers to Elizabeth first] Against the cold. And a sorrow. [Elizabeth takes a cup, looking haunted; Will in next] It’s a shame. I know you’re thinking that with the Pearl, you could’ve—?? and free your father’s soul.
Will Doesn’t matter now. The Pearl’s gone… along with its Captain. [thuds his knife down into the table again]
Gibbs Aye. And already the world seems a bit less bright. He fooled us all, right to the end. But I guess that honest streak finally won out. [toasts] To Jack Sparrow!
Ragetti Never another like Captain Jack. [raises his cup]
Pintel He was a gentleman of fortune, he was. [raises his cup]
Elizabeth He was a good man. [drinks; Will says nothing just stares at Elizabeth]
Will If there was anything to be done to bring him back, Elizabeth…
