Pirates of the Caribbean – the Curse of the Black Pearl
Governor Swann And where do you propose we start? If you have any information concerning my daughter, please share it.
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 could lead us to it.
Norrington No…the pirates who invaded this Fort left Sparrow locked in his cell ergo they are not his allies. Governor, we will establish their most likely course…
Will [buries hatchet in the table] That’s not good enough!
Norrington Mr. Turner , you are not a military man, you are not a sailor. You are a blacksmith and this is not the moment for rash actions. Do not make the mistake of thinking you are the only man here who cares for Elizabeth . [hands him back his hatchet]
[in jail] Jack : [trying to pick the lock with a bone] Please…. [hears footsteps, leaves the bone in the lock and lies down]
Will You. Sparrow!
Jack Aye.
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 . It’s an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is.
Will The ship’s real enough. Therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?
Jack [studies his nails] Why ask me?
Will Because you’re a pirate.
Jack And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it?
Will Never! They took Miss Swann .
Jack Oh, so it is that you’ve found a girl. I see. Well, if you’re intending to brave all, hasten to her rescue and so win fair lady’s heart you’ll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me.
Will I can get you out of here.
Jack How’s that? The key’s 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] With the right leverage and the proper application of strength… the door will lift free.
Jack What’s your name?
Will Will Turner .
Jack That will be short for William , I imagine. Good, strong name. No doubt, named for your father, eh?
Will Yes.
Jack Uh-huh. Well, Mr. Turner , I’ve 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. Do we have an accord?
Will [they shake hands] Agreed.
Jack Agreed. Get me out.
Will [lifts the door free] Hurry. Someone will have heard that.
Jack Not without my effects.
Scene 9: (Commandeering a ship)
Will We’re going to steal the ship. That ship? [glances at the Dauntless]
Jack Commandeer. We’re going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term. 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 I’d die for her.
Jack Oh, good. No worries, then.
Will [under boat underwater with Jack in the lead] This is either madness or brilliance.
Jack It’s remarkable how often those two traits coincide. [they board the Dauntless] Everyone stay calm! we are taking over the ship.
Will Aye! Avast! [the men laugh]
Gillette This ship cannot be crewed by two men. You’ll never make it out of the bay.
Jack [points his pistol at Gillette ‘s nose] Son…I’m Captain Jack Sparrow. Savvy?
Groves [notices Gillette and his men a small boat] Commodore!
Gillette [waving and screaming from the boat] Sir, they’ve taken the Dauntless. They’ve taken the ship. Sparrow and Turner they’ve taken the Dauntless.
Norrington [sees the two on board the ship through his spy glass] Rash, Turner, too rash. That is without doubt the worst pirate I have ever seen.
Will [notices the Interceptor set sail] Here they come.
Gillette [to his crew about the boat] Bring her around! Bring her around!
Norrington [he and his men board the Dauntless] Search every cabin, every hold, down to the bilges. [ Jack and Will swing onto the Interceptor and sail away; Norrington notices] Sailors, back to the Interceptor! Now!
Sailor Quickly men! [they try but are too late]
Jack Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We’d have had a hard time of it by ourselves.
Norrington Set top sails and clear up this mess.
Groves With the wind at quarter astern, we won’t catch them.
Norrington We don’t need to catch them just get them in range of the long nines.
Groves Hands, come about. Run out the guns. [to Norrington] We open fire on our own ship, sir?
Norrington I’d rather see her at the bottom of the ocean than in the hands of a pirate.
Sailor Commodore, he’s disabled the rudder chain, sir!
Gillette [the Interceptor bears down on his boat] Abandon ship! [they jump off just in time as the boat is broken up and sinks under the Interceptor]
Groves That’s got to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen.
Norrington So it would seem.
Scene 10: (Revelations and Tortuga )
Will [sharpening his sword] When I was a lad living in England , my mother raised me by herself. After she died, I came out here, looking for my father.
Jack Is that so?
Will My father, Will Turner . At the jail, it was only after you learned my name that you agreed to help. Since that’s what I wanted, I didn’t press the matter. I’m not a simpleton, Jack. You knew my father.
Jack I knew ‘im. Probably one the few who knew him as William Turner . Everyone else just called him Bootstrap or Bootstrap Bill.
Will Bootstrap?
Jack Good man. Good pirate. I swear you look just like him.
Will It’s not true. He was a merchant sailor. A good, respectable man who obeyed the law.
Jack He was a bloody pirate, a scallywag.
Will My father was not a pirate. [takes out his sword]
Jack Put it away, son. It’s not worth you getting beat again.
Will You didn’t beat me. you ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I’d killed you.
Jack Then that’s not much incentive for me to fight fair, then, is it? [moves one of the sails so that the yard catches Will and swings him out over the sea] Now, as long as you’re just hanging there, pay attention. The only rules that really matter are these – what a man can do and what a man can’t do. For instance, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man or you can’t. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you’ll have to square with that someday. Now, me, for example, I can let you drown but I can’t bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesy, savvy? So… [swings him back on board and offers him his sword] can you sail under the command of a pirate? Or can you not?
Will [takes the sword] Tortuga ?
Jack Tortuga . [on the island] More importantly, it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed deep this sweet, proliferous bouquet that is Tortuga , savvy? What do you think?
Will It’ll linger.
Jack I’ll tell you mate, if every town in the world were like this one, no man would ever feel unwanted.
Jack Scarlett ! [she slaps him] Not sure I deserved that. Giselle!
Giselle Who was she?!
Jack What? [she slaps him] I may have deserved that.
Scene 11: (A proposition)
Gibbs [ Jack throws a bucket of water at him] Curse you for breathing, you slack-jawed idiot! Mother’s love! Jack ! You should know better than to wake a man when he’s sleeping. ‘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. [ Will throws another bucket of water at him] Blast! I’m already awake!
Will That was for the smell.
Jack [they enter a tavern; to Will ] Keep a sharp eye. [sits at a table with Gibbs ]
Gibbs Now, what’s the nature of this venture of yourn?
Jack I’m going after the Black Pearl. [ Gibbs almost chokes on his drink] I know where it’s going to be, and I’m going to take it.
Gibbs Jack , it’s a fool’s errand. Why, you know better than me the tales of the Black Pearl.
Jack That’s why I know what Barbossa is up to. All I need is a crew.
Gibbs From what I hear tell of Captain Barbossa , he’s not a man to suffer fools, nor strike a bargain with one.
