Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest
Governor Swann Ah… [nervously turns back to the carriage to try to save Elizabeth, but more soldiers run up] Elizabeth. Oh! [he is stopped by a soldier before he can get near the carriage] What are you doing?!
Mercer [opens the carriage but there is no one inside] Where is she?
Governor Swann Who? [Swann is swung around until his back is pressed against the carriage; it looks like they want to beat the answer out of him]
[Beckett’s rooms – Beckett enters the study and notices that the chest carrying the pardon papers has been disturbed, opens it and sees the pardon letter gone]
Beckett No doubt you’ve discovered that loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm as your father believes.
Elizabeth [steps out of the shadows at his back] Then what is?
Beckett I’m afraid currency is the currency of the realm.
Elizabeth I expect then that we can come to some sort of understanding. I’m here to negotiate. [they slowly approach one another]
Beckett I’m listening. [Elizabeth swings out a pistol, cocks it and points it at his forehead] I’m listening intently.
Elizabeth [holds up the pardon papers] These Letters of Marque, they are signed by the King?
Beckett Yes, and they’re not valid until they bear my signature and my seal.
Elizabeth Or else I would not still be here. You sent Will to get you the compass and buy Jack Sparrow, it Will do you no good.
Beckett Do explain.
Elizabeth I have been to the Isla de Muerta, I have seen the treasure myself. There is something you need to know. [she keeps leaning further in as she speaks and Beckett keeps leaning away]
Beckett Aah, I see. You think the compass leads only to the Isla de Muerta and so you hope to save me from an evil fate. But you mustn’t worry. [walks towards the large map of the world on the wall] I care not for cursed Aztec gold, my desires are not so provincial. There’s more than one chest of value in these waters. So perhaps you may wish to enhance your offer.
Elizabeth [puts the muzzle of the pistol under Beckett’s chin and cocks it once more] Consider it in your calculations that you robbed me of my wedding night. [presses the papers to Beckett’s chest roughly]
Beckett So I did. [takes the papers and unfolds them, signs the letter] A marriage interrupted. [melts the end of a stick of wax in a candle’s flame] Or fate intervenes. [stamps the wax with his signet ring] You’re making great efforts to ensure Jack Sparrow’s freedom.
Elizabeth These are not going to Jack.
Beckett Oh, really. To insure Mr. Turner’s freedom? I’ll still want that compass. Consider that in your calculations. [Elizabeth snatches the papers out of his hand and walks cautiously at first, then runs out of the room]
[somewhere on the sea, Ragetti and Pintel are in a little rowboat, Ragetti has a book open and is flipping the pages, his good eye to the small print, while Pintel is doing the rowing]
Ragetti Well, I say it was divine providence what escaped us from jail.
Pintel And I’ll say, it was me being clever. [the dog with the keys pops up behind him] Ain’t that right, poochy?
Ragetti Well, how d’you know it weren’t divine providence what inspired you to be clever. Anyways, I’m no’ stealing no ship.
Pintel It ain’t stealing, it’s salvaging. And since when did you care?
Ragetti Since we’re not immortal no more. We’ve got to take care of our immortal souls. [points finger at the open page]
Pintel You know you can’t read.
Ragetti It’s the Bible, you get credit for trying.
Pintel Pretending to read the Bible’s a laugh! That’s a mark against the… [points up into the sky; dog barks and they turn to see what the fuss is about] Look. [they see the Pearl is beached on the island] There it is. [the dog jumps off the boat and makes for the beach]
Ragetti It’s gonna swim?
Pintel Must’ve seen a catfish. [raises an eyebrow and chuckles, Ragetti catches on and laughs with him]
Ragetti [shouts to the dog who’s already on the beach] Stupid mongrel! [they row closer and a wave overturns their boat]
Pintel Come on! [they approach the ship cackling with glee] It’s ours for the taking!
Ragetti Tide’s coming in, that should help. Salvaging is saving, in a manner of speaking.
Pintel There’s the truth of it! [they run up to the ropes holding the ship in place, but stop, looking to the mountain where deep drums sound]
Ragetti Suppose we’d better save it as soon as we can. What with us in such a vulnerable state, y’know?
Pintel [crosses himself twice] Amen to that. [they scramble up the ropes]
Scene 6: (The interrupted feast and the escape from the cannibals)
[the cannibals are getting ready for a ritual, drumming rhythmically]
Jack [two natives attach a necklace of severed human toes and fingers to Jack’s neck] Thank you. [picks out a toe, studies it, bites off the tip of the nail, chews a little and spits it back out]
Will [hanging in cages suspended in the air between two cliffs] Why would he do this to us? If Jack is the chief –
Gibbs Aye. The Pelegostos have made Jack their chief. But he only remains chief as long as he acts like a chief.
Will So he had no choice. He’s a captive there as much as the rest of us.
Gibbs Worse, as it turns out. You see, the Pelegostos believe that Jack is a god in human form. And they intend to do ‘im the honor of releasing him from his fleshy prison. [Cotton grabs Gibbs’ right hand bites it, Gibbs snatches it away] They’ll roast him and eat him.
Will Where’s the rest of the Crew?
Gibbs These cages we’re in weren’t built ‘till after we got here. [Will snatches his hand away from the cage in alarm] The feast is about to begin. Jack’s life Will end… when the drums stop.
Will Well, we can’t just sit here and wait then, can we?
[at the feast] Jack: [when it looks like the cannibals have finished building a “pyre”] No! No no. Oi, no no! More wood. Big fire. Big fire! I am chief, want big fire! C’mon then. Oi [motions to the one behind his throne] Maboogey snickle snickle. Toute suite. C’mon. [shoos the native away] More wood. [smiles as he see them pile on big logs; when they turn around, he’s gone; Jack runs across a rickety bridge, past some huts and almost falls off a cliff; goes back to the camp, picks up a long bamboo stick, smiles, then looses the smile and drops it; goes into one hut which is filled with what looks like items stolen by the pirates; finds a length of rope and then picks up a can of paprika, on the bottom of which there is an East India Trading Company logo; he steps out of the hut and finds his subjects waiting for him outside] Oh, bugger. [drops the rope and with a flourish uncaps the paprika, sprinkling it under his arms] A little seasoning, aye? [throws the can away and smells himself faintly]
Jack [is tied for the roasting and hoisted over the kindling; a few more branches are added at the last minute] Well done.
[in the cages, the Crew is swinging the cages, trying to reach the side of the cliff, but not quite making it the first time and almost making it the second if the grass had not torn off in their hands; after several tries, they manage to latch onto stronger vines]
Gibbs Put your legs through! Start the climb!
Will [climbing the vine] Come on men, it’ll take all of us to Crew the Black Pearl!
Pirate #1: Actually, you wouldn’t need everyone. About six would do. [the two groups exchange a tense look] Oooh, dear.
Will [looks to Gibbs who nods in a agreement] Hurry! [they try to outdo each other in the climb]
Marty Heave! Is that all you’ve got?
Will [a young native passes on the bridge to their left; Will spots him first] Stop, stop. [whispers forcefully to the ones in the other cage] Stop! [they stop]
Pirate #1: Shh. [motions for the Crew to continue and they move on]
Will Stop. [he is ignored]
Pirate #1: [grabs a poisonous snake instead of the vine] Snake! Aaaaaa! [everyone let’s go and they fall back, the rope holding the cage over the ravine breaks and they tumble down, screaming all the way; the commotions draws the attention of the young native]
Will Move!
[at the feast] Cannibal: [runs in with a torch in hand] Aii, fai fai! [lowers a torch in order to light the fire under Jack but the one who saw the prisoners escaping interrupts]
Young Cannibal La esta so, la pelesa so. Eva kaka seisei. [everyone pauses and stands around in confusion]
Jack Well, go on, go get them! Helalla!
Cannibals Helalla! [the one holding the torch drops it next to the kindling and they all run off] No no, oi! No no. Not good. [starts blowing on the spreading embers, but the kindling lights up anyway so he blows faster]
[Will and the Crew get the cage to the top of the cliff]
Will Pull it loose, find a rock!
[Jack is still on the spit, he’s practically jumping, the bamboo stick jumping with him until he manages to dislodge it and lands next to the fire; he breaks the rope binding his legs and runs off with the stick still tied to him]
[the cannibals reach the cage before the Crew had managed to break it]
Will Roll the cage! [they roll off, the cannibals running after them; roll up and tree and crash to the ground] Lift the cage!
The Crew Hurry!
Gibbs Lift it high like a lady’s skirt. [they lift it and run, holding it up like a skirt; the cannibals are still behind them]
[while the Crew is running from the cannibals, Jack is running across the plank bridge, hunched over because of the pole; runs back to the huts and frees his hands, but the ropes refuse to loosen and the stick stays on his back; he spots a native child who is holding a knife and fork; sidles up to him and grabs the knife, ready to cut the ropes; that’s when he sees the two women staring at him; he screams and charges them, they step aside and he runs pole-first into a pile of coconuts, one of which gets stuck to the tip; he gets a bright idea and launches it at one of them; she stops the coconut from hitting her face without difficulty]
[the Crew is still running from the cannibals, they fall into a crag and down into water where the cage breaks by itself]
Gibbs This way lads. [they swim for cover, arrows and spears flying down on them]
[meanwhile, Jack is being attacked by various fruits which he blocks with his arms and then they end up being strung onto both ends of the bamboo stick; finally Jack’s had enough]
Jack Stop it! [the two women stop and stare, there are fruit neatly strung on each end of the pole]
[the Crew hides as the cannibals continue their pursuit; the child from the little village runs up] Child: Manka! Ma estoto. Ma estoto. [points in the direction of the village; everyone rushes off]
[Jack, with a yell, runs for the cliff, the front end of the pole lodges in the ground and he flips to the other side, landing upright just on the edge; the position makes the fruit slide down and they overbalance him; he falls, the rope untangling, his foot caught in a loop on its end]
Native Woman #1: Anifi.
Native Woman #2: Aboogey.
Jack [the stick starts dislodging, and he’s till handing upside down, dangling by one foot] Bugger. [he falls and over half a dozen plank bridges slow his fall as he breaks through each one, screaming all the way] Ooh. [breaks through another bridge] Ah. [he finally lands on the ground, the pole thudding very down into the earth very close to his head, the fruits not far behind]
[the Crew finally make it out to the Pearl]
Pintel [a rope in his hands, standing in the surf] Pull loose the mooring line. The mooring line!
Ragetti [on deck, the monkey’s gets his wooden eye as he’s crawling after it] Hey! Little hairy thing. Give it back! [the monkey puts the eye in it’s mouth] Don’t bite it!
Pintel Pull loose the mooring line! [Jack’s Crew comes up behind him]
Ragetti [points to his empty eye socket] It’s got me eye. It won’t give it back.
Pintel Well, how’d you get it back last time?
Gibbs [thumps Pintel on the back] Excellent! Our work’s half done!
Pintel We done it for you! Knew you’d be coming back for it.
Gibbs Make ready to sail, boys!
Will What about Jack? I won’t leave without him.
