Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest
Jack A chest of unknown size and origin.
Pintel What contains the still beating heart of Davy Jones. [Ragetti imitates a still beating heart after it has been torn out]
Jack And whoever possesses that chest, possesses the leverage to command Jones to do whatever it is he or she wants. Including saving brave William from his grim fate.
Norrington You don’t actually believe him, do you?
Elizabeth [it appears that Elizabeth does] How do we find it?
Jack With this. [holds up his compass] My compass… is unique.
Norrington Unique, here, having the meaning of broken.
Jack True enough. [Norrington walks off to throw up some more] This compass does not point north.
Elizabeth Where does it point?
Jack It points to the thing you want most in this world.
Elizabeth Jack. [shakes her head] Are you telling the truth?
Jack Every word, love. And what you want most in this world… [places the compass in her hands] is to find the chest of Davy Jones, is it not?
Elizabeth To save Will.
Jack By finding the chest of Davy Jones. [opens the compass and briskly steps away; the needle spins before finally stopping resolutely; Jack peers up cautiously to get the coordinates] Mr. Gibbs!
Gibbs Cap’n?
Jack We have our heading.
Gibbs Finally! Cast off those lines, weigh anchor, and trough that canvas!
Jack [with a sweep of his arm invites Elizabeth on board] Ms. Swann. [Norrington, swaying, follows]
Ragetti Welcome to the Crew, former Commodore. [shoves a goat into his arms]
[in Port Royal, the map of the world is still being painted]
Beckett [unsheathes what used to be Norrington’s sword] There’s something to knowing the exact shape of the world and man’s place in it. Don’t you agree?
Swann [without his wig, looking bedraggled and in chains] I assure you… [holds out his chained hands] these are not necessary.
Beckett I had you brought here because I thought you’d be interested in the whereabouts of your daughter.
Swann You have news of her?
Mercer Most recently seen on the island of Tortuga. The left in the company of the known pirate, Jack Sparrow, and other fugitives from justice.
Swann Justice? Hardly.
Beckett Including the previous owner of this sword. [sheathes it] I believe. Our ships are in pursuit and justice Will be dispensed by cannonade and cutlass and all manner of remorseless pieces of metal. I personally find it distasteful to even contemplate the horror facing all those on board. [looks pointedly as Swann]
Swann What do you want from me?
Beckett Your authority as Governor, your influence in London, and your loyalty to the East India Trading Company.
Swann [scoffs softly] To you, you mean.
Beckett [walks up to Swann] Shall I remove these shackles?
Swann Do what you can for my daughter. [with a glance from Beckett, the chains are unlocked]
Beckett So you see, Mercer, every man has a price which he Will Willingly accept. Even for what he hoped never to sell.
Scene 12: (Waging years of service)
[on the Flying Dutchman- the Crew is swabbing the deck, and a few are playing a strange game involving dice]
Hammer-head shark Pirate: [placing bets on the dice game] I wager ten years.
Undead pirate #1: I match the wager.
Undead pirate #3: Agreed.
Bootstrap [walks up behind Will who is watching the game] Wondering how it’s played?
Will I understand. It’s a game of deception. The game includes all the dice, not just your own. What are they waging?
Bootstrap The only thing we have: years of service.
Will So any Crew member can be challenged?
Bootstrap Aye, anyone.
Will I challenge Davy Jones. [the Crew stops to stare at him; Bootstrap is about to say something to him when they hear Jones’s thudding step]
Davy Jones I accept. [a low table and stools are brought up, the dice laid out on the table top] The stakes?
Will My soul. An eternity of servitude.
Bootstrap No!
Davy Jones Against?
Will I want this. [lays the rolled up drawing of a key on the table]
Davy Jones [picks up the cloth, looks at it and is taken aback; the Crew mutter amongst themselves] How do you know the key?
Will That’s not part of the game, is it? [sits down at the table] You can still walk away.
Davy Jones [sits down, takes the key out from under his tentacles and dangles it in front of Will to show him that he does indeed have the key; they shake their dice and thud them down on the table, another hand joins in unexpectedly – it is Bootstrap] What’s this?
Bootstrap I’m in, matching his wager.
Will No. Don’t do this.
Bootstrap Die’s cast. I bet three two’s. It’s your bid, Captain.
Davy Jones Four four’s.
Will Four five’s.
Bootstrap Six three’s.
Davy Jones [we see that he has five five’s] Seven five’s.
[unknown to Will, he has three five’s, Bootstrap has two three’s and three two’s]
Will Eight five’s.
Davy Jones Hehehe, welcome to the Crew, lad.
Bootstrap Twelve five’s. [Davy Jones stares at him] Twelve five’s. Call me a liar, I upped the bid.
Davy Jones And be called a liar myself for my trouble. [reveals all the dice] Bootstrap Bill, you’re a liar and you Will spend an eternity on this ship. [to Will] Master Turner, feel free to go ashore. The minute the next time we make port. [laughs, the Crew laughs with him and the leave the pair]
Will Fool. Why did you do that?
Bootstrap Because you’d lose.
Will It was never about winning or losing.
Bootstrap The key… you just wanted to know where it was.
[the Crew is mostly asleep] Bootstrap: [walks up to the one at the helm] Captain says I’m to relieve you. [the pirate cocks his head inquiringly] Captain’s orders.
[meanwhile, Will creeps into Davy Jones’s cabin where Jones is sleeping at the organ; with a quill and a stick, Will raises up a few tentacles and tries to navigate under them to get at the key; he drops a tentacle on the keys and as Jones is about to wake up, a music locket opens and plays a soothing tune; Will manages to get the key and put the drawing of it its place; Will walks out on deck and puts the key around his neck and his bag over his shoulder]
Bootstrap Here. [hands Will a knife] Take this, too. Now get yourself to land and stay there. It was always in my blood to die at sea.
Will [takes it and unsheathes it] It’s not a fate you had to choose for yourself either.
Bootstrap I… I could say I did what I had to when I left you to go pirating. But it would taste a lie to say it wasn’t what I wanted. You owe me nothing. Now, go.
Will They’ll know you helped me.
Bootstrap [laughs] What more can they do to me?
Will [holds up the knife] I take this with a promise, I’ll find a way to sever Jones’s hold on you and not rest ‘till this blade pierces his heart. I Will not abandon you. [a pause] I promise.
Scene 13: (Persuasion and the Kraken)
[on the Black Pearl, the Crew is swabbing the desk as well]
Jack Beckett.
Elizabeth Yes, they’re signed ‘Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company.’
Jack [holds the Letters of Marque closer to study the signature] Euhh. [sticks tongue out]
Gibbs Will was working for Beckett and never said a word.
Jack Ah.
Gibbs Beckett wants the compass. Only one reason for that.
Jack Of course. He wants the chest.
Elizabeth Yes, he did say something about a chest.
Gibbs If the Company controls the chest, they control the sea.
Jack A truly discomforting notion, love.
Gibbs Baaad! Bad for every mother’s son what calls himself pirate. I think there’s a bit more speed to be coaxed from these sails. [walks off to see to the sails] Brace the foreyard!
Jack Might I enquire as to how you came by these. [holds up the Letters of Marque]
