EXT. BLACK PEARL – MAIN DECK – DAY
The top masts of the H.M.S. Interceptor sink into the
smooth’ crystal waters of the Caribbean –as Will and Elizabeth, held by pirates, are brought
before Barbossa-and see that Jack stands beside him,
manacled.
Gibbs, AnaMaria and Cotton and the other crewmembers huddle
together.
Barbossa’s wrath falls on Elizabeth.
BARBOSSA
Welcome back, Miss. Last time on board,
you played me right clever, make
pretending and all. I hope your stay
this time is more pleasant. Boys, show
her some hospitality!
He shoves her into a group of pirates; they yell their
approval. She is pushed from one to another.
This goads Will to action. He head-butts the pirate behind
him, grabs a pistol, waves it at the pirates.
WILL
She goes free!
Will leaps onto the ship’s rail. He steadies himself with a
hand on the rigging. Points the pistol at Barbossa.
BARBOSSA
What’s in your head, boy?
WILL
She. Goes. Free.
BARBOSSA
You’ve got one shot-and we can’t
die.
WILL
You can’t. I can.
He leans out over the ocean.
ELIZABETH
No!
Jack pushes forward.
JACK
Will-don’t do anything stupid!
Don’t say anything stupid – WILL
My name is Will Turner, the son of
Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs
in my veins.
(raises the gun to his head)
You need my blood. And on my word I
will pull this trigger, and sink all
the way down to Davy Jones’ Locker!
Pintel squints at Will; the pirates murmur surprise.
TWIGG
It’s true – he’s the spittin’ image of
old Bootstrap. Even talks the same!
Jack drops his head. Barbossa grins at him.
BARBOSSA
Looks like you’re back to having
nothing to offer.
PINTEL
And hers got Old Bill’s courage. A
curse on him, and you!
Barbossa steps forward.
BARBOSSA
Enough of that!
(to Will)
Name your terms.
WILL
Elizabeth goes free!
BARBOSSA
We got that part. Anything else?
WILL
And Jack. And the crew. Free and
unharmed. I f you agree… then…
I will remain with you.
Barbossa considers; his crew waits. Finally – BARBOSSA
Agreed. You have my word, as a
gentleman of fortune – ELIZABETH
Will-you can’t trust him.
WILL
You must swear by the Holy Bible.
BARBOSSA
Eh? You have my word, then-on the
Good Book, I do swear, and the Lord
spare my worthless soul.
Barbossa crosses himself, as do many of his men.
Will lowers the gun … steps down-the pirates surround
him. They snatch away the pistol.
BARBOSSA (CONT’D)
Boatswain! Take your captives
belowdecks. Chain them in the galley,
and teach ’em how to row.
Gibbs, AnaMaria, Cotton and the rest are led away under
guard. Barbossa looks out to sea, toward the islet.
BARBOSSA (CONT’D)
Hah. Look there. That’s the very
same island we made Jack governor
of on our last trip.
(nods”)
When you sail the open sea as long as
I, you learn to trust the signs fate
sends your way.
GIBBS
(dejected)
Amen to that…
BARBOSSA
Jack, Elizabeth … I’m a man of my
word and you’re to be set free, right
quick.
(loudly)
Men, break out the plank!
A CHEER goes up from the pirates. Will realizes what
Barbossa intends to do, struggles with his captors.
WILL
No! You gave your word!
BARBOSSA
Quiet, boy, or you’ll lose your tongue.
Those as know me know I wouldn’t cross
my word, and bring down bad luck on the
ship.
(nods)
I agreed to set them free. I didn’t say
when. .. nor where.
EXT. CARIBBEAN SEA – DAY
The Black Pearl lies at anchor, closer now to the islet.
EXT. BLACK PEARL – MAIN DECK – DAY
Jack, wrists still bound, stands in the classic ‘walking
the plank’ pose. Elizabeth is next in line. Pirates crowd
the ship’s rail to watch.
JACK
It’s pure evil to make a Captain walk
the plank of his own ship, twice in one
lifetime. No good can come of it.
BARBOSSA
Now, Jack. That reef is less than a
league distant. It’s a square deal all
around, and you can’t hope for better.
JACK
Someone needs to cut these bonds, then.
Barbossa smiles, shows a pistol. Points it at Jack.
BARBOSSA
You’d best take a swim, Jack.
JACK
The last time you did this, you
left me a pistol, with one shot.
The pirates mutter agreement.
PINTEL
That’s proper, sir, according to the
code.
BARBOSSA
By the Powers, you’re right!
( turns around)
Where’s Jack’s pistol? Who’s got
it? Bring it forward!
JACK
A gentleman might give us two pistols,
seeing as there are two of us, this
time.
A pirate hands Jack’s pistol to Barbossa.
BARBOSSA
Tell you what. I’ll give you one
pistol, and let you be the gentleman,
an’ shoot the lady, and starve to death
yourself!
(grins)
That is, presuming you’re not both drownded.
The pirates laugh. Barbossa tosses Jack the pistol-but
over his head, and down into the water with a splash.
BARBOSSA (CONTID)
So how did you get off that island,
anyway?
JACK
You can go to your grave not knowing.
BARBOSSA
That’s fair.
Jack glares at Barbossa. Then he’s prodded with a cutlass,
takes a step out. Reaches the end of the plank-steps
off.
Jack plunges down into the water. Appears on the surface,
floundering, struggles to stay afloat. Will and Elizabeth
exchange helpless looks; there is nothing they can do.
BARBOSSA (CONT’D)
The lady’s next. But first, I’ll be
wanting that dress back, if you please.
Elizabeth hesitates … then strips it off, leaving her in
a silk slip. She throws it at him.
ELIZABETH
Here-it will go well with your
black heart !
Barbossa indicates the plank.
ELIZABETH (CONT’ D)
I will not walk into the ocean.
You’ll have to throw me in!
Barbossa raises an eyebrow, grins, nods.
BARBOSSA
Have at her, lads!
The pirates rush to comply. Lift her up, toss her over the
rail-with a scream she falls-EXT. CARIBBEAN SEA – UNDERWATER – DAY
We follow Elizabeth amid foam and bubbles as she PLUNGES
down
through the water. Blue and clear, with streaks of sunlight
cutting down; bright coral and tropical fish, and a lovely
young woman in a silk dress. .. if it weren’t for the
mortal danger, the scene could be described as gorgeous.
Elizabeth spots Jack, below her now, sinking, struggling.
She swims down … unties his bonds.
Elizabeth starts for the surface. Inexplicably, Jack swims
the other way, further down into the depths.
EXT. CARIBBEAN SEA – DAY
Elizabeth breaks the surface, looks around. And then,
finally Jack appears, sucking in air. He shows what he went
after: his pistol. He tucks it into his shirt.
ELIZABETH
You went back for that? We need to
head for the reef!
She starts swimming. Jack hesitates. The Black Pearl is
already underway; he stares at it.
JACK
That’s the second time I’ve had to
watch that man sail away with my ship.
He turns away, and swims after Elizabeth.
EXT. ISLET – BEACH – DAY
CLOSE ON: The surf line. Elizabeth’s feet leave prints in
the sand … and then meet up with matching footprints she
made earlier, going in the same direction. She has walked
all the way around the island.
JACK (O.S.)
Not all that big, is it?
Jack lays on the beach. He has dismantled his pistol; the
parts, ball and powder dry on his scarf.
ELIZABETH
Has it changed since the last time you
were here?
JACK
The trees are taller.
Jack checks to see if the pistol parts are dry; they are.
He sets about re-assembling and loading his pistol.
ELIZABETH
I hope you have no intention of using
that.
Jack has finished putting his pistol back together. He
shoves it in his belt, walks off.
JACK
Not yet. Ask me again in a few weeks.
Elizabeth can’t believe it.
ELIZABETH
Captain Sparrow! We have to get
off this island-immediately!
JACK
Don’t be thinking I’m not already
working on it.
He climbs up toward a clump of palm trees. Digs for
something beneath the sand. He finds it: a large iron ring.
ELIZABETH
What is that? Is there a boat
under there?
Jack heaves the trap door up and over, revealing a pit.
Inside are barrels and bottles of rum … all covered with
dust and cobwebs, long abandoned. Jack’s face falls.
ELIZABETH (CONT’D)
What? What’s wrong? How will this
help us get off the island?
JACK
It won’t. It won’t, and so we
won’t.
He jumps down into the pit, cracks open a bottle of rum,.
takes a swig.
ELIZABETH
But … you did it before! Last
time – JACK
Last time, I was here a grand
total of three days. Last time,
the rumrunners who used this
island as a cache came by, and I
bartered passage off.
JACK (CONT’D)
But from the looks of this,
they’ve long been’out of business,
and so that won’t be happening
again.
(takes another swig)
We probably have your friend
Norrington to thank for that.
ELIZABETH
So that’s it? That’s the secret
grand adventure of the infamous
Jack Sparrow? You spent three days
on the beach drinking rum?
JACK
Welcome to the Caribbean, love.
He gathers up a few bottles, heads for the beach.
JACK (CONT’D)
You should look at our contretemps
this way: we’ve got shade trees,
thank the Lord. We’ve got some
food on the trees, thank the Lord
again. And we’ve got rum, praise
the Lord. We can stay alive a
month, maybe more. Keep a weather
eye open for passing ships, and
our chances are fair.
ELIZABETH
A month? Will doesn’t have a
month! We’ve got to do something
to help him!
JACK
You’re right.
(hoists the bottle)
Here’s luck to you, Will Turner.
He drinks-and defiantly returns Elizabeth’s angry gaze.
But then turns away, sits down.
JACK (CONT’D)
Don’t be thinking I’m happy about
this, Elizabeth. But I see no use
in wailing and gnashing my teeth
over that which I can do nothing
about.
ELIZABETH
Not when you can drink instead, at
least.
Jack tosses her a bottle.
JACK
Try it. It goes down rough, but it
goes down – – and the second swig
goes down easier.
Elizabeth considers. Comes to a decision. She unseals the
bottle, takes a swig. They sit in silence for a bit.
ELIZABETH
And you will call me Miss Swann.
Jack toasts her: you got it. Elizabeth studies her
bottle… gives Jack a sidelong glance. Back to her bottle
…
ELIZABETH (CONT’D)
(under her breath)
Drink up me hearties, yo ho…
JACK
What? What was that?
(Elizabeth smiles)
Something funny, Miss Swann? share.
Please,
ELIZABETH
Nothing … it’s nothing. Just …
I’m reminded of a song I learned
as a child. A song about pirates.
JACK
I know a lot of songs about pirates,
but none I’d teach a child. Let’s hear
it.
ELIZABETH
Oh, no … it’s silly. Back in
England we didn’t know a thing
about pirates, really. They seemed
so romantic and daring – Jack likes the way that sounds.
ELIZABETH (CONT’D)
(looks at him)
That was before I met one, of
course.
JACK
Now I must hear this song. An
authentic pirate song. Have at it.
ELIZABETH
Well, perhaps … with a bit more
to drink, I might …
JACK
More to drink!
He gathers two more bottles, tosses one to her. She drops
her half-finished bottle to catch it. Opens it, takes a
sip.
JACK (CONT’D)
Well?
Elizabeth clears her throat, begins to sing selfconsciously,
becoming stronger as she goes on.
ELIZABETH
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle,
we loot, Drink up me hearties, yo
ho.
She gestures for him to drink. He does.
ELIZABETH (CONT’D)
We kidnap and ravage and we don’t
give a hoot, Drink up me hearties,
yo ho – EXT. ISLET – BEACH – LATER – NIGHT
The middle of the night. A fire BLAZES. Jack and Elizabeth
are roaring drunk, arm in arm, singing the song all the way
up to the stars-JACK/ELIZABETH
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for
me!
Yo ho, yo ho, it’s a pirates life for me!
JACK
I LOVE this song!
(sings)
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for
me! We’re beggars and blighters,
ne’er do well cads, Drink up me
hearties, yo ho!
(gives it a touch of
Irish ballad)
Aye but we’re loved by our mums and our
dads. Drink up me hearties, yo ho!
They hoist their bottles, but only Jack drinks. He drains
the bottle, then tosses it away.
JACK (CONT’D)
When I get the Black Pearl back, I’m
going to teach it to the whole crew,
and we’ll sing it all the time!
ELIZABETH
You’ll be positively the most fearsome
pirates to sail the Spanish Main.
Elizabeth salutes the idea with her bottle. Jack doesn’t
have a bottle to salute back. She hands him hers. He
drinks, then settles shakily to the ground. Elizabeth sits
beside him.
JACK
Not just the Spanish Main. The whole
ocean. .. the whole world. Wherever we
want to go, we go. That’s what a ship
is, you know. Not just a keel and a
hull and a deck and sails. That’s what
a ship need_ … but what a ship is-what the Black Pearl really-is … is
freedom.
Elizabeth lays her head on his shoulder.
ELIZABETH
Jack, it must be so terrible for you,
to be trapped here on this island, all
over again.
JACK
Ah, well… the company is better
than last time. And the scenery
has definitely improved.
ELIZABETH
(coy)
Mr. Sparrow! I’m not sure I’ve had
enough rum to allow that kind of talk.
JACK
We’ve got a few bottles left …
and we’ve yet to tap the kegs.
Elizabeth shrugs with a sleight-but promising-smile.
She picks up the empty bottle from the ground, holds it up.
ELIZABETH
To freedom.
JACK
To the Black Pearl.
They tap the bottles together. Elizabeth feigns a drink as
he chugs. He taps his bottle against her again. She laughs,
feigns another drink – EXT. ISLET – BEACH – MORNING
CLOSE ON-JACK’S FACE, dead asleep, lying in the
sunlight. His nose twitches. A bit of SMOKE drifts by. His
nose twitches again. His eyes open.
Jack GROANS and sits up. He rubs his head, looks over –all of the foliage in the middle of the island is ON
FIRE. Smoke rises high up into the clear blue sky.
Jack leaps to his feet. He sees Elizabeth, as she pours out
the last of the rum, dowsing a scrub brush at the base of a
palm tree. It goes up in FLAMES. She rolls the barrel
forward-it starts to BURN merrily.
Jack can’t believe his eyes.
JACK
What are you doing? You’ve burned
our food, the shade-the rum!
ELIZABETH
Yes, the rum is gone.
She wipes her hands together. One of the rum barrels in the
fire EXPLODES.
JACK
Why?
ELIZABETH
One, because it is a vile drink that
turns even the most respectable men
into scoundrels. Two – She points to the sky.
ELIZABETH (CONT’D)
That signal is over a thousand feet
high, which means it can be seen for
two hundred leagues in every direction.
The entire Royal Navy is out to sea
looking for me-do you think there is
even a chance they could mass it?
JACK
You-you burned up the island, for a
one-time chance at being spotted?
ELIZABETH
Exactly.
Elizabeth turns toward the sea.
ELIZABETH (CONT’D)
Just you wait, Captain. In an hour,
maybe two, keep a ‘weather eye open’
and you’ll be seeing white sails on
that horizon!
She sits down, determined. Shields her eyes, scans the
water, waiting, searching. Jack is speechless. He throws up
his hands, stalks up the sand dune, just to get away from
her.
EXT. ISLET – LEEWARD SHORE – DAY
At the crest of the dune, Jack stops-and stares,
incredulous. We come around to see what he is looking at – Past Jack, anchored the other side of the island, white
sails glorious against the turquoise waters, is the H.M.S.
Dauntless. A longboat is already being rowed toward them.
Jack shakes his head.
JACK
They’ll be no living with her
after this.
EXT. H.M.S. DAUNTLESS – MAIN DECK – DAY
Norrington gives Elizabeth a hand disembarking from the
raised long boat.
NORRINGTON
Elizabeth, I’m” relieved you’re
safe.
(re: Jack)
Clap him in irons. And behind his
back this time.
ELIZABETII
Commodore, you can’t do that!
NORRINGTON
You’re speaking up for him again?
ELIZABETH
He can locate Isla de Muerta-but I doubt he’ll be willing to
help us from the brig.
JACK
(she’s right)
We had time to get to know each other.
NORRINGTON
We are bound for Port Royal, not
Isla de Muerta.
ELIZABETH
No. The pirates have taken Will – NORRINGTON
Your father is frantic with worry.
Our mission was to rescue you and
return home. That is what we shall
do. Mr. Turner’s fate is
regrettable. But so was his
decision to engage in piracy.
ELIZABETH
Commodore, please!
JACK
Norrington, think about it … the
Black Pearl, its captain and
crew… the last pirate threat in
the Caribbean. How can you pass
that up?
NORRINGTON
By remembering that I serve
others, not only myself.
ELIZABETH
Commodore, I beg you-please do
this … for me. As a wedding
gift.
NORRINGTON
I am to understand that you will
accept my marriage proposal on the
condition I rescue Mr. Turner?
ELIZABETH
Not as a condition-a request.
Norrington considers. To Gillette:
NORRINGTON
Free Mister Sparrow, and prepare to
come about. He’ll give you our heading.
Gillette unlocks Jack’s manacles. Jack raises an eyebrow.
JACK
Congratulations, sir.
Crew men lead Jack toward the bridge. Sailors go about
their tasks, and the ship begins its slow turn.
NORRINGTON
Elizabeth, I hereby withdraw my
proposal.
ELIZABETH
What?
NORRINGTON
I know now where your heart truly
lies.
Elizabeth looks at Norrington, seeing him in a new light.
ELIZABETH
And now I know… where yours
does, as well.
They gaze at each other for a moment. Norrington looks
away.
NORRINGTON
You may seclude yourself in my
cabin. I’m afraid we do not have
any ladies’ clothing aboard.
ELIZABETH
Then I can wear men’s clothing.
NORRINGTON
That would hardly be proper.
ELIZABETH
Well, I am not going to stay
hidden in a some cabin, 80 I
suppose it’s going to be heaving
bosoms and bare ankles for the
remainder of the voyage!
Norrington is exasperated, but then can’t help but grin – this is exactly why he loves her. She grins back at him – she’s not going to change.
NORRINGTON
Murtogg, take our guest below, and find
her some trousers, and a shirt.
Elizabeth smiles, allows herself to be escorted away.
Norrington watches her go … then turns his gaze to the
sea.
INT. THE BLACK PEARL – BRIG – DAY
Pintel enters the cell. It appears empty-but that’s
because Will is hanging from the rafters, trying to shove
up the ceiling planks with his legs.
PINTEL
That ain’t going to work. That’s the
gun deck above yea
Will drops lightly to the deck. Suddenly:
WILL
What happened to William Turner?
PINTEL
Ah, William Turner. Stupid blighter. He
threw in with us after we relieved Jack
Sparrow of his captaincy, but turned
out, it never sat well with himparticularly
after we found Cortes’
treasure, and its peculiar condition.
He thought we deserved to be cursed,
for leaving ol’ Jack to the fate we
did. That’s why he sent off a piece of
the treasure-to you, as it were: so
it would never be recovered, and so
cursed we_ remain.
WILL
And then he ran. And he’s hiding out
someplace where you haven’t been able
to find him.
PINTEL
That’s a nice thought, to be sure, and
I wager your da wishes he’d thought it
hisself. But, no. See, what he’d done,
_ didn’t sit too well with Captain
Barbossa … so he chained a cannon to
his legs and dumped him over.
Will reacts with shock at the account of his father’s fate.
PINTEL (CONT’D)
Yep, last I saw of Bootstrap Bill,
was his face looking up, as he
sank down to the crushing black
oblivion of Davy Jones’ locker.
(sighs)
It was only after, we found out we
needed his blood to solve the curse.
That’s what you call ironic.
Barbossa appears behind Pintel, flanked by several other
pirates. He regards Will for a moment, then:
BARBOSSA
Bring him.
EXT. H. M.. S.. DAUNTLESS – MAIN DECK – EVENING
Jack goes to the rail and waits, pretending to look out at
the sea. Elizabeth, dressed in sailor’s clothes to
excellent effect, joins him.
ELIZABETH
You didn’t tell Commodore Norrington
everything.
JACK
Nor did you, I noticed.
ELIZABETH
He might delay the rescue … and
that would be too late.
JACK
Exactly.
ELIZABETH
These men will be facing an enemy
that seemingly cannot be killed.
JACK
I have a plan. If it succeeds, then any
battle will be decidedly brief … and
one-sided.
ELIZABETH
What’s your plan?
LOOKOUT (O.S.)
LAND HO!
Isla de Muerta lay dark and menacing on the horizon.
NORRINGTON
Elizabeth-below decks. I will
not compromise your safety..
She starts to speak; he turns away..
NORRINGTON (CONT’D)
Lieutenant, escort Elizabeth to my
quarters, and make sure she stays
there.
Norrington gazes through his spyglass, at the island. Jack
watches with some amusement as Elizabeth is escorted away.
NORRINGTON (CONT’D)
I don’t like the situation, mister
Sparrow. The island is riddled
with caves. I will not put my men
at a disadvantage.
JACK
Funny, I was thinking along those lines.
How about you let me go in alone, and
while you’re setting up an ambush, I’ll
trick the pirates out to you.
NORRINGTON
You would do that?
JACK
They left me stranded. Twice. What
have you got to lose?
NORRINGTON
(looks at him)
Nothing I wouldn’t be please to be rid
of.
JACK
(smiles)
I knew you’d listen to reason!
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – CAVE ENTRANCE – EVENING
Torches are lit. Barbossa leads Will, guarded by Pintel and
a band of pirates, into the caves.
EXT. H.M.S. DAUNTLESS – MAIN DECK – NIGHT
A long boat is prepared to be lowered over the side. Jack
wraps his pistol securely in an oilskin pouch.
JACK
That chart I drew up’11 get you
past the reefs. If you’re
steersman’s good enough, that is.
NORRINGTON
I’ll be at the wheel myself.
JACK
I’ll slip in, talk them into to come
out, and you’ll be free to blow holy
high heaven the whole lot of them.
The crewmen release the lines, and the boat drops – INT. ISLA DE MUERTA – CAVES – NIGHT
The pirate group moves deeper into the caves. Will moves
along unwillingly.
PINTEL
No reason to fret. It’s just a prick of
the finger and a few drops of blood.
BARBOSSA
Turner blood doesn’t flow pure in
his veins.
(grins)
Best play it safe, and spill it all.
PINTEL
I guess there is a reason to fret.
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTE – NIGHT
The Dauntless drifts into the lagoon. Norrington and his
men prepare to go ashore. h
INT. ISLA DE MUERTA – CAVES – NIGHT
Lit by torchlight. Will notices: a crack runs between the
floor and the wall of the cave, widening into a ravine.
BARBOSSA
Careful, now. You could fall in and
still be wonder’n when you’ll hit dirt.
Will makes a decision. He intentionally stumbles. Pintel
shoves him forward-Will continues forward, grabs the
pirate in front of him, swings him into the wall of the
cave. Catches the pirate’s torch, and uses it to ward off
the others.
WILL
You deserve to be cursed-and
remain cursed!
He steps to one side-and drops into the ravine. The wall
of the ravine becomes a loose gravel slope; Will hits it,
and tumbles down, disappears into black.
BARBOSSA
Blast him! A pox on him, and his
father, and the whole damnable
line! Fan out! Find him!
INT. DAUNTLESS – CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS – NIGHT
Elizabeth looks out the Captain’s small porthole-sees
boats laden with Navy men headed for shore.
She turns away from the porthole, wishing there was
something she could do. Suddenly there is a flutter at the
window-Cotton’s parrot is there.
COTTON’S PARROT
Drink UP me hearties yo ho! Drink UP me
hearties yo ho!
The bird flutters off; Elizabeth races to the porthole, and
then to the stern window to see it flyaway.
She looks down-and there, fastened to the stern of the
ship, is a small rowboat.
INT. ISLA DEMUERTA – CAVES – NIGHT
Will races forward, turning this way and that. He sees a
light ahead, heads for it, turns a corner –and runs straight into Jack.
JACK
Do you have any idea where you’re
going?
WILL
Jack!
JACK
Don’t talk. These caves magnify
sound. Just follow me.
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – THE BEACH – NIGHT
Norrington and men land on the beach, and spread out. They
silently take up positions around the main cave entrance.
INT. CAVES – NIGHT
Jack leads Will out of a narrow passage-and stops,
staring. Will is a few steps behind.
WILL
Are you certain this is the right way?
JACK
It’s the right way.
Will join him-and see what Jack is staring at:
Treasure piled on treasure, sparkling, glowing, seemingly
endless. At the center is the moonlit clearing, and the
stone Aztec chest.
BARBOSSA
Thank you, Jack Sparrow.
The jump-Barbossa is standing right behind them, flanked
by his men. The trio whirl to run – – more pirates emerge
from hiding. Nearly the entire crew of the Black Pearl is
there.
The pirates grab Will and Jack. Will struggles, but Jack
does not fight at all.
BARBOSSA (CONT’D)
You couldn’t have led him back
more directly if you knew exactly
where you were going.
He laughs, and moves toward the stone chest. The pirates
follow, dragging Will and Jack with them.
WILL
You did know where you were going!
You did lead us directly to them!
(Jack’s silence confirms it)
Why?
Jack looks away-as Will is manhandled toward the chest.
Barbo8sa steps up to him (becoming skeletal in the
moonlight) and puts the medallion around Will’s neck.
He picks up the stone knife.
BARBOSSA
What was begun by blood, let blood now
end!
He raises the knife to Will’s throat – JACK
You don’t want to be doing that.
Barbossa pretends to think about his words.
BARBOSSA
No, I really think I do.
JACK
(shrugs)
All right then.
That makes Barbossa pause. He steps out of the moonlight.
BARBOSSA
Why don’t I want to do this?
JACK
Because, right about now, the H.M.S.
Dauntless is lying in wait in the
harbor.
WILL
Jack!
JACK – – and its guns and crew will cut you
and your men to pieces the moment you
step outside these caves.
A buzz of apprehension sweeps through the pirates.
PINTEL
Do you believe him?
BARBOSSA
No.
(indicates Will)
But him I believe. He is genuinely
angry.
JACK
You’ve no hope of surviving
Norrington’s attack … that is, if
you’re mortal.
BARBOSSA
What’re you suggesting?
Jack shakes off the hands holding him, strolls toward
Barbossa, Will, and the chest of coins.
JACK
Simple. Don’t kill the boy yet.
Wait for a more opportune moment.
Will glares, listening to every word he says. Jack scoops
up a handful of coins from the chest.
JACK (CONT’D)
(drops the coins one-byone
back into the chest)
Like after you’ve killed… Every…
Last … One … of Norrington’s men.
BARBOSSA
I can’t help wondering, Jack, why
you’re being so helpful and all? Last
time you did that, it didn’t end 80
well for you.
JACK
The situation has changed.
BARBOSSA
That so?
JACK
Aye. See, after you’re done with the
Royal Navy, you’ll have a bit of a
problem: the H.M.S. Dauntless. There
you’ll be, with two lovely ships on
your hands, and what to do? Of course
you’ll decide you deserve the bigger
one, and who’s to argue? The Dauntless
a first-rate ship-of-line, and with it,
you can rule the seas.
(beat)
But if you’re Captain of the Dauntless,
who’s left for the Black Pearl?
Jack smiles and spreads his hands: me.
JACK (CONT’D)
I sail for you as part of your fleet, I
give you fifteen percent of my plunder,
and you get to introduce yourself at
tea parties and brothels as ‘Commodore
Barbossa.’
(sticks out his hand)
Do we have an accord?
Barbossa licks his lips. It’s tempting …
JACK (CONT’D)
Now, you can take care of the
Dauntless, right?
BARBOSSA
Men! Are you up for it?
The pirates yell to the affirmative.
BARBOSSA (CONT’D)
Mr. Pintel, select five men to
stay here. Take the rest of the
men out … not through the caves.
Jack’s expression falters; this he hadn’t planned for.
JACK
There’s … another exit?
BARBOSSA
Aye, for us there is.
EXT. LAGOON – UNDERWATER – NIGHT
Moonlight shines down into the shallow waters, brightening
coral, sparkling over the rippled sand floor.
Suddenly all the fish SCATTER. Briefly, the waters are
empty.
And then FIGURES appear in the distance, seeming to waver
in the shifting current. They scuffle forward, kicking up
clouds of sand-The figures resolve into the skeleton PIRATES, moving
silently across the lagoon floor, swords glinting. The
tatters of their clothing drift in the water. Their skull
heads are fixed in an endless grin.
The LEAD PIRATE glides forward – And stops next to a huge iron ANCHOR-twice his’ height,
even buried halfway into the sand. A heavy CHAIN with
barrel-sized links climbs up toward the surface – A SHADOW falls across the Lead Pirate-he TRANSFORMS, and
we see that it is Pintel. He looks up – Above, the heavy chain leads to the giant bottom hull of
the H.M.S. Dauntless, silhouetted by moonlight.
The huge shift drifts, again spilling moonlight below – And the pirates gathered around the anchor are once again
SKELETONS, staring with upturned faces. The Pintel-skeleton
puts a knife between his teeth, starts to crawl up the iron
rings.
Other pirates crowd forward, and soon the anchor-chain is
clustered with skeletons – EXT. LAGOON – NIGHT
Elizabeth has the small boat out, and rows away from the
Dauntless, looking ahead over her shoulder. Cotton’s parrot
is nowhere to be seen.
In the distance, Pintel breaks the surface near the
Dauntless, intent on climbing the anchor; he looks over – Just as Elizabeth rounds the point, and rocks obscure the
small longboat from view.
More skeleton-pirates appear, and Pintel continues his
climb.
EXT. LAGOON – DAUNTLESS – NIGHT
Two SAILORS, alert and vigilant, stare out toward shore.
The island reveals nothing but blackness.
There is a scurrying sound-bones scraping against wood – and the sailors JUMP. They listen, intently-nothing.
TALL SAILOR
Ship rats. Big ones.
SHORT SAILOR
(nods)
Hate those things.
They turn back toward the island, continue their vigil. A
long pause.
SHORT SAILOR (CONT’D)
Taste all right, though.
TALL SAILOR
That they do.
From behind, the two sailors at the rail are well-lit by a
lantern. Suddenly shadows appear, skeletons, climbing up
the sailor’s backs. -MOVE CLOSER and then the skeletons
appear, reaching-the two sailors are grabbed from behind – EXT. DAUNTLESS – SIDE – NIGHT
Two bodies are tossed out over the rail, hit the water with
a splash.
EXT. DAUNTLESS – SIDE – NIGHT
Pintel looks down into the water, satisfied. Puts away his
knife. Notices, pulls out a long piece of seaweed from his
rib cage. Tosses it. Turns to the others.
PINTEL
Be quick, now. Train the starboard guns
on the beach, and set your aim. Wait
for my signal, we don’t want to spook
them.
The pirates hurry to comply – EXT. LAGOON – BLACK PEARL – NIGHT
Elizabeth rounds the point further, and sees: the Black
Pearl, anchored in the neighboring cove. A fleck of color – Cotton’s parrot, as it darts in through a porthole.
Elizabeth slows her efforts, silently approaching the ship.
EXT. BLACK PEARL – MAIN DECK – NIGHT
Four PIRATES-who really ought to be keeping watch – instead have gathered wine bottles and rum casts into a
pile, along apples, biscuits-all the food on the ship.
They act out a mock-feast, in anticipation of the curse
being lifted. A SKINNY skeleton offers two bottles BIG
BONED
skeleton.
SKINNY
Which would you prefer first, good
sir -rum, or wine?
BIG-BONES
I believe I’ll have a spot o’ rum, if
you don’t mind, and thank’ee kind sir!
They burst out laughing-a hideous sound that wheezes
through their bones.
Behind them, unnoticed, Elizabeth peeks cautiously around a
corner. She picks her moment and sneaks past quickly, down
a gangway, disappearing into the blackness of the ship.
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – BEACH – NIGHT
Gillette crouches, running low behind a line of rocks. He
reports to Norrington:
GILLETTE
All the men in place, sir. Ready to
fire.
NORRINGTON
Wait for my order-what the blazes is
that?
It’s the sound of cannon fire-coming from the Dauntless.
Cannonballs hit the shore; men cry out in anguish.
NORRINGTON (CONT’D)
Men! Take cover!
The sailors scramble to find refuge – INT. ISLA DE MUERTA – MAIN CAVERN – NIGHT
Will, guarded by pirates, glares at Jack.
WILL
You’ve been planning this from the
beginning. Since you learned my name.
Jack takes the opportunity to move toward him.
JACK
Oh, please-do I really seem that
clever?
Before Will can answer, Jack smoothly slips the sword from
a Pirate’s scabbard-tosses it to Will, who catches it
despite his surprise.
JACK (CONT’D)
Use it well.
He draws his own sword-and clobbers the Pirate. Barbossa
and the other pirates stare in shock – BARBOSSA
Confound it, Jack-I was
actually beginning to like you!
Swords are drawn, and the Pirates attack.
Jack and Will take on multiple opponents, each with his own
style: Will parries, glissades and disarms with lightning
fast and perfect form, while Jack uses his blade, fists,
acrobatics and anything within reach to survive.
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – BEACH – NIGHT
The sailors charge. The moon emerges from behind a cloud – Suddenly army of SKELETON PIRATES rise up from the sea, and
charge the stunned sailors-several men are struck down – NORRINGTON
Steady, men! Remember-we’re the
Navy!
The sailors recover their nerve, and engage the enemy. It’s
a full on battle, Royal Navy against Skeleton Pirates – The Navy men are driven back, surrounded – Suddenly there is a massive BOOM of cannon fire.
Norrington, in the midst of a swordfight, tries to see – NORRINGTON (CONT’D)
What is happening out there?
EXT. LAGOON – NIGHT
It’s the Black Pearl, manned by Gibbs, AnaMaria and Cotton,
and captained by Elizabeth, coming around the point,
cannons blazing.
EXT. H.M. S. DAUNTLESS – NIGHT
The pirates on the ship are caught by surprise, try to turn
their cannons to this new foe – EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – BEACH – NIGHT
Gillette sees the Black Pearl firing on the Dauntless.
GILLETTE
They’re on our side! Take heart, men!
The Royal Navy stand their ground and fight – INT. CAVE – MAIN CHAMBER – NIGHT
Only two pirates left: Barbossa and Jacoby. Jacoby rounds
on Will; Barbossa faces off against Jack.
BARBOSSA
Just so you know, Jack-I don’t
think you’re that clever. I think
you’re a fool. A mortal fool.
JACK
Remarkable how often those two
traits coincide.
Jack drives him back, making Barbossa laugh.
BARBOSSA
You can’t beat me, Jack.
To prove his point, he drops his own sword-and catches
Jack’s sword with both hands. Jack can’t free it. Barbossa
twists the sword from Jack’s grip, reverses it – – – AND DRIVES THE SWORD INTO JACK’S CHEST.
Will battling Jacoby, sees it-he smashes Jacoby in the
jaw, crumpling him
WILL
Jack!
Jack stares down at the sword jutting from his chest. He
takes a few steps backward, toward the Aztec gold-when
he steps into the moonlight, JACK BECOME SKELETAL.
JACK
Well, isn’t that interesting.
Skeleton Jack pulls the sword from his chest. He pulls
something from his pocket: one of the Aztec coins.
JACK (CONT’ D)
They’re so pretty, I just couldn’t
resist stealing one. It’s a curse,
I guess.
Barbossa grabs up his sword, and rushes Jack. Both men are
in moonlight now, two skeletons in pitched battle.
BARBOSSA
So what now, Jack Sparrow? Are we
to be two immortals, locked in
epic battle until the trumpets of
Judgment Day?
JACK
Or you could surrender.
He shoves Barbossa back, out of the moonlight. Barbossa
stalks the room, his attention focused on Jack.
BARBOSSA
Or I could chain you to a
cannonball and drop you in the
deepest part of the ocean, where
you can contemplate your folly
forever.
Barbossa charges – A SHOT RINGS OUT – Jack stands out of the moonlight, flesh and blood again,
holding his smoking pistol, still aimed at Barbossa.
BARBOSSA (CONT’D)
Hah. Ten years you carried that
pistol, and you end up wasting
your shot.
WILL
He didn’t waste it.
Will stands over the Aztec chest, holding a bloody sword,
his left hand in a fist. He opens the fist –the medallion, blood covering it, drops from his hand,
revealing the cut in his palm.
Barbossa stares, then looks down at his chest. Blood
blossoms on his shirt around the bullet hole. It spreads
quickly.
Barbossa clutches his chest, his face registering pain for
the first time in years. Barbossa falls heavily to the
ground, dead.
Jack blows the smoke from the barrel of his pistol…
tosses it away.
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – BEACH – NIGHT
Murtogg FIRES a pistol at a pirate. The pirate is hit,
screams in pain, and crumples to the ground. Mullroy runs
through another with his sword.
The pirates react to the sight, and quickly realize their
peril. They set their weapons down in surrender.
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – LAGOON – NIGHT
The Black Pearl comes alongside the Dauntless, and Jack’s
crew swarm across, overwhelming the pirates.
The sailors on the beach see it, and CHEER.
INT. ISLA DE MUERTE – CAVE – MAIN CAVERN – NIGHT
Will wraps a cloth around his palm; Jack joins him near the
chest.
WILL
Well, you’re the worst pirate I’ve ever
heard of.
(smiles)
You’re a man who can be trusted, who
can be counted on, and who can It
betray his friends. What kind of pirate
is that?
JACK
(admits it)
The worst.
(beat)
On the other hand, maybe I’m a man who
can’t pass up a chance for revenge
against the black-hearted bastard who
stole my ship and left me to die in the
middle of the ocean-twice!-and
who knows how to get what he wants. Now
that’s a great pirate.
Jack cuts his palm, grips the coin he stole above the chest
… and then hesitates.
Will looks at him…
Jack releases the coin. It lands in the chest beside the
other bloody coin.
Suddenly, the lid of the chest, all on its own, SLAMS SHUT.
Elizabeth stares at it.
WILL
Let’s get out of here.
EXT. ISLA DE MUERTA – BEACH – NIGHT – LATER
Jack, Will, and Norrington gather together on the beach.
Elizabeth calls out:
ELIZABETH
You’re all right!
The three men turn as one. An awkward moment-which of
them does she mean?
Elizabeth races across the sand, toward them-and
straight to Will. She throws her arms around his neck in a
hug.
WILL
Miss Swann-are you wearing trousers?
And how did you get off the island?
Elizabeth can’t believe that’s what he noticed. Indignant,
she steps away from him.
ELIZABETH
Yes, I am wearing trousers. And as for
how we got off the island-ah, that’s
a grand adventure, but now is not the
time to talk about it.
She reaches a hand behind his neck, decisively kisses him.
ELIZABETH (CONT’D)
There. And don’t you dare tell me
that wasn’t a proper kiss!
WILL
Elizabeth, I think it doesn’t matterthat
we are of a different class – ELIZABETH
It doesn’t!
WILL-but that was not a proper kiss.
Pure consternation on Elizabeth’s face – WILL (CONT’D)
This is a proper kiss.
Will sweeps her in his arms, leans her back, and kisses her
long and well – Jack puts a hand on Norrington’s shoulder.
JACK
Tough luck. I was rooting for you.
EXT. PORT ROYAL – FORT CHARLES – DAY
Close on: Will’s face, stoic, staring forward. He stands
straight and unmoving. Around him are members of the Royal
Navy, standing before for a group of witnesses from town.
It is the courtyard on the top of Fort Charles. A trial is
underway-with Will as the defendant.
NORRINGTON
…and though I do say so with
regret, the law is clear. The
penalty for piracy is death by
hanging.
In the crowd, Elizabeth squeezes the hand of her father,
Swann. She lets go as Swann stands.
SWANN
By your leave, I wish to speak on
behalf of the boy.
(a glance at Elizabeth)
It is clear that these deeds were
performed out of a sincere desire to do
good, at great personal risk. It seems
to me, that in the rare occasion where
the right course is committing an act
of piracy, then an act of piracy is the
right course!
(cheers of approval)
So in my capacity as Governor, I intend
to grant a pardon to-GILLETTE
Sir!
All eyes turn. Gillette stands at the top of a stairway.
GILLETTE (CONT’D)
Jack and his crew have escaped!
(gasps from the crowd)
There was no damage to the cell …
they must have been set free.
Will and Elizabeth exchange looks. You? Not me, you? No,
not me either! Swann notices something the parapet, points – SWANN
The Black Pearl!
People rush to the parapet. Sure enough, below in the bay
are the distinctive black sails of the Pearl. The ship cuts
through the waters very close to the point –where the gallows of the pirates are. Suddenly Jack
appears, on the point; he swings off the one empty
gallows, across and down onto the ship’s rigging as it
passes.
GILLETTE
Sir! Shall I break out the
cannons?
NORRINGTON
I don’t think that will be necessary.
Norrington raises his hand … twirls a key on his finger.
NORRINGTON (CONT’D)
A day’s head start. That’s all he gets.
Will, Elizabeth and Swann look out toward ocean-
EXT. BLACK PEARL – STERN DECK – DAY
Jack monkeys down the rigging. AnaMaria is at the wheel.
ANAMARIA
Captain Sparrow-the Black Pearl
is yours!
Jack runs a hand lovingly along the rail, then takes the
wheel. It feels good-right-in his hands. He enjoys
it, and then shifts to ‘Captain’ mode.
JACK
AnaMaria, trim the mainsail!
ANAMARIA
Aye, aye, sir!
JACK
Mr. Gibbs, organize a cleaning detail – you and Cotton. I want every inch of
the Pearl spic-and-span and ship-shape!
Gibbs actually stomps the deck, executes a salute.
Jack stands at the wheel: he’s got his ship back, and all
is right with the world. He begins to unconsciously hum:
“Yo, ho, yo, ho, a pirate’s life for me …”
He realizes what he’s doing and smiles, the orchestra takes
over as the Black Pearl sails for uncharted waters … and
we FADE UP large words in script:
THE END
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