Pirates of the Caribbean – the Curse of the Black Pearl
Jack Twenty-five. And I’ll buy you the hat. A really big one…Commodore.
Barbossa We have an accord. [they shake hands]
Jack All hand’s to the boats! [sees Barbossa look at him askance] Apologies. You give the orders.
Barbossa Gents…take a walk. [the pirates walk away]
Jack Not to the boats? [the cursed pirates walk on the sea’s floor to the Dauntless, the moonlight revealing their true form]
Scene 22: (Just like Troy and an epic battle)
[in the boats] Norrington: [sees women in a boat] Hold fire.
Ragetti [dressed in a dress and holding a parasol] This is just like what the Greeks done at Troy . ‘Cept they was in a horse…instead of dresses. Wooden horse. [while they’re distracting the soldiers and sailors the pirates are boarding the Dauntless]
[on the Dauntless] Governor Swann : [to guard] A moment, please. Elizabeth ? I just want you to know I, uh, I believe you made a very good decision today. Couldn’t be more proud of you. [while he talks she throws down a makeshift rope and climbs out into a waiting boat] But, you know, even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.
Sailor [spots boat with two women] Lieutenant?
Ragetti Yoo-hoo!
Governor Swann Elizabeth ? Are you there? Elizabeth , are you even listening to me? [enters and sees makeshift rope] Oh, what have you done?
Ragetti Oooh!
Pintel Stop that! Already feel like a fool.
Ragetti You look nice, though.
Pintel I look nice?! [they fight and are revealed; the soldiers on board spot the invading pirates and they fight]
[in the cave; Jack examines the treasure] Barbossa: I must admit, Jack , I thought I had ye figured. But it turns out that you’re a hard man to predict.
Jack Me? I’m dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly… stupid. [unsheathes a pirate’s sword and throws it to Will ; Jack starts fighting with Barbossa]
Barbossa You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters.
[on the Black Pearl ; Elizabeth comes on board] Grapple: Right. What would you pick to eat first?
Pirate Guard I think we should decide now. Just so we’re ready when the time comes.
Both [monkey falls on cannon] What was that?
[down in the hold] Gibbs : Shh! [sees Elizabeth ] It’s Elizabeth !
[Ragetti and Pintel board and load the cannons, firing them at the approaching boats with the soldiers]
Norrington [hears bell tolling] Make for the ship! Move!
[the Governor’s wig is being taken by a cursed pirate, he ends up fighting with a severed arm]
[in the cave] Barbossa: You can’t beat me, Jack . [Jack impales him, Barbossa sighs and, taking out the sword, impales Jack ]
Jack [staggers into the moonlight to reveal a skeleton] That’s interesting. [reveals the medallion] I couldn’t resist, mate. [Barbossa and Jack fight; Jack runs upsets an end table] Sorry.
Barbossa So what now, Jack Sparrow ? Will it be it two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound? Hmm?
Jack Or you could surrender.
Barbossa Arr. [laughs and runs after Jack ]
[on the Black Pearl ; having just thrown both guards into the sea] Elizabeth : [runs out from the hold with crew] All of you with me. Will is in that cave and we must save him. Ready? And heave! Please, I need your help! Come on!
Parrot Any port in the storm.
Gibbs Cotton ‘s right, we’ve got the Pearl .
Elizabeth And what about Jack , you’re just going to leave him?
Sailor Jack owes us a ship.
Gibbs And there’s the code to consider.
Elizabeth The code? You’re pirates. Hang the code, and hang the rules! They’re more like guidelines anyway. [rowing the boat alone to the cave] Bloody pirates.
Ragetti hEY.
Pintel What?
Ragetti Is it supposed to be doing that? [points to the Pearl that’s sailing away]
Pintel They’re stealing our ship!
Ragetti Bloody pirates! [is knocked on the head and his wooden eye pops out] Ah, me eye! [crawls after it]
Scene 23: (One last shot)
[in the cave] Pirate: [to Will ] I’m gonna teach you the meaning of pain.
Elizabeth [enters] Do you like pain? [knocks the pirate with heavy staff] Try wearing a corset. [helps Will up and sees Jack as a skeleton] Whose side is Jack on?
Will At the moment? [they string 3 pirates together, stick a grenade into the middle one and push them out of the moonlight]
Pirate No fair. [they explode]
Jack [cuts his hand and bleeds on medallion, tosses it to Will ; Barbossa aims pistol at Elizabeth ; Jack shoots Barbossa while he’s looking at Elizabeth ]
Barbossa Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot.
Will He didn’t waste it. [drops both medallions into the chest]
Barbossa [drops his sword and looks at the blood spreading from his wound] I feel…cold. [falls dead, an apple rolling from his hand; the curse now lifted]
[on board the Dauntless; Koehler suddenly falls dead after being run through by Norrington] Pintel: Parley? [while all the crew realize the curse has been lifted and surrender]
Norrington The ship is ours, gentlemen.
Sailors and soldiers: Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! [the Governor joins them]
[in the cave] Elizabeth : We should return to the Dauntless.
Will Your fiancee will be wanting to know you’re safe. [ Elizabeth turns away]
Jack [swaggers over to Will ] If you were waiting for the opportune moment…that was it. Now, if you’ll be so kind, I’d be much obliged if you’d drop me off my ship.
[Will rowing them in a boat to the Dauntless] Elizabeth : I’m sorry, Jack.
Jack They done what’s right by them. Can’t expect more than that.
Scene 24: (The interrupted hanging and the escape)
Official [reading a proclamation] Jack Sparrow , be it known that you have…
Jack [standing on the gallows] Captain, Captain Jack Sparrow .
Official …for your willful commission of crimes against the crown. Said crimes being numerous in quantity and sinister in nature, the most egregious of these to be cited herewith – piracy, smuggling…
Elizabeth [standing with her father and her future husband] This is wrong.
Governor Swann Commodore Norrington is bound by the law. As are we all.
Official …impersonating an officer of the Spanish Royal Navy, impersonating a cleric of the Church of England…
Jack [smiling] Ah, yes. [looks over at the executioner who glares at him]
Official …sailing under false colors, arson, kidnapping, looting, poaching, brigandage, pilfering, depravity, depredation, and general lawlessness. And for these crimes you have been sentenced to be, on this day, hung by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul.
Will [walks through the crowd to the raised ground on which they stand] Governor Swann . Commodore. Elizabeth . I should have told you every day from the moment I met you. I love you. [walks away; the noose is put around Jack ‘s neck]
Elizabeth [notices Cotton’s parrot] I can’t breathe. [falls backward; the drums sound]
Governor Swann Elizabeth . [he and the Commodore help her]
Will Move! [throws sword as Jack falls through, the sword sticks in the wood and Jack has a foothold; he fights to the gallows and there cuts Jack free; they fight all the way up to a tower where they are cornered by Norrington’s men]
Norrington [to Will ] I thought we might have to endure some manner of ill-conceived escape attempt but not from you.
Governor Swann On our return to Port Royal , I granted you clemency. And this is how you thank me? By throwing in your lot with him? He’s a pirate!
Will And a good man. [Jack points to himself proudly, mouths “That’s me.”] If all I have achieved here is that the hangman will earn two pairs of boots instead of one, so be it. At least my conscience will be clear.
Norrington You forget your place, Turner.
Will It’s right here…between you and Jack .
Elizabeth [stands next to Will ] As is mine.
Governor Swann Elizabeth ! Lower your weapons. For goodness’ sake put them down! [the weapons are lowered]
Norrington So this is where your heart truly lies, then?
Elizabeth It is.
Jack [notices the parrot] Well! I’m actually feeling rather good about this. [to Governor Swann ] I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place, eh? Spiritually…Ecumenically…Grammatically? [to Norrington] I want you to know that I was rooting for you, mate. Know that. Elizabeth …it would never have worked between us, darling. I’m sorry. Will …nice hat. Friends! This is the day that you will always remember as the day that – [falls over battlement]
Gillette Idiot. He has nowhere to go but back to the noose.
Sentry Sail ho!
Gillette What’s your plan of action? Sir?
Governor Swann Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy, piracy itself can be the right course?
Norrington Mr. Turner .
Will [to Elizabeth ] I will accept the consequences of my actions.
Norrington [unsheathes his sword] This is a beautiful sword. I would expect the man who made it to show the same care and devotion in every aspect of his life.
