FIRST DRAFT
September 1, 2002
FADE IN:
EXT. CARIBBEAN SEA - DAY
A gray, impenetrable wall of fog. From somewhere comes the
FAINT SOUND of a LITTLE GIRL';S VOICE, singing, slow tempo,
almost under her breath:
YOUNG ELIZABETH (O.S.)
Yo, ho, yo, ho, a pirate';s life for
me. Yo, ho, yo, ho, it';s a pirate';s
life for me ...
Suddenly a massive SHIP emerges from the grey, the Winged
Victory maidenhead looming. It';s a British dreadnought, the
H.M.S. Dauntless. Formidable, frightening, twenty-five gun
ports on the side, and rail guns to boot.
EXT. H.M.S. DAUNTLESS - FORECASTLE - DAY
ELIZABETH SWANN, strawberry blonde hair, stands at the bow
rail, gazing at the sea, still singing --
ELIZABETH
... drink up me hearties, yo, ho ...
JOSHAMEE GIBBS, who was born old, skin a dark leather, clutches
her shoulder, startling her.
GIBBS
(sotto)
Quiet, missy! Cursed pirates sail
these waters. You want to call ';em
down on us?
Elizabeth stares wide-eyed at him.
NORRINGTON
Mr. Gibbs.
NORRINGTON, a dashing young man, Royal Navy to the core, glares
sternly at Gibbs. Standing beside him is GOVERNOR WEATHERBY
SWANN, a man of obvious high station, brass buttons on his
thick blue jacket. He is Elizabeth';s father.
NORRINGTON (CONT';D)
That will do.
GIBBS
She was singing about pirates. Bad
luck to sing about pirates, with
us mired in this unnatural fog --
mark my words.
NORRINGTON
Consider them marked. On your way.
GIBBS
';Aye, Lieutenant.
(as he moves off)
Bad luck to have a woman on board,
too. Even a mini';ture one.
He returns to his deck-swabbing duties, surreptitiously takes a
quick swig from a flask.
ELIZABETH
I think it would be rather exciting
to meet a pirate.
NORRINGTON
Think again, Miss Swann. Vile and
dissolute creatures, the lot of
them. I intend to see to it that
any man who sails under a pirate
flag, or wears a pirate brand, gets
what he deserves: a short drop and
a sudden stop.
Elizabeth doesn';t know what a ';short drop and a sudden stop';
means. Gibbs helpfully mimes: a man being hung.
SWANN
Captain Norrington... I appreciate
your fervor, but I am concerned
about the effect this subject will
have on my daughter.
NORRINGTON
My apologies, Governor.
ELIZABETH
Actually, I find it all fascinating.
SWANN
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And that';s what concerns me.
Elizabeth, we will be landing in
Port Royal soon, and beginning our
new lives. Wouldn';t it be wonderful
if we comport ourselves as befits
our class and station?
ELIZABETH
Yes, father.
Chastised, she turns away, to look out over the bow rail.
ELIZABETH (CONT';D)
(to herself)
I still think it would be exciting
to meet a pirate ...
The fog still hems in the ship; very little of the sea is
visible --
-- but suddenly, a FIGURE comes into view. A young boy, WILL
TURNER, floating on his back in the otherwise empty water.
There is nothing to show where he came from, or how he came to
be there.
ELIZABETH (CONT';D)
Look! A boy! There';s a boy in the
water!
Norrington and Swann spot him --
NORRINGTON
Man overboard!
ELIZABETH
Boy overboard!
NORRINGTON
Fetch a hook -- haul him out of
there!
Quick movement and activity on deck. Sailors use a boathook to
snag the boy when he passes. Norrington and Swann haul him
aboard, and lay him on the deck. Elizabeth sidles in for a
closer look.
NORRINGTON (CONT';D)
He';s still breathing.
SWANN
Where did he come from?
GIBBS
Mary mother of God ...
Attention is turned away from the boy --
The sea is no longer empty. WRECKAGE from a ship litters the
water ... along with the bodies of its crew. What is left of
the ship';s hull BURNS, a ragged British flag hanging limply
from the stern.
The H.M.S. Dauntless slips silently through it all. The scene
calls for hushed voices.
SWANN
What happened here?
NORRINGTON
An explosion in the powder magazine.
Merchant vessels run heavily armed.
GIBBS
Lot of good it did them ...
(off Swann';s look)
Everyone';s thinking it! I';m just
saying it! Pirates!
SWANN
There is no proof of that. It could
have been an accident. Captain,
these men were my protection. If
there is even the slightest chance
one of those poor devils is still
alive, we cannot abandon them!
NORRINGTON
Of course not.
(to a sailor)
Rouse the Captain, immediately.
(to the crew)
Come about and strike the sails!
Unlash the boats! Gunnery crew ...
jackets off the cannons!
(to Swann)
Hope for the best...prepare for the
worst.
(to two sailors)
Move the boy aft. We';ll need the
deck clear.
They lift the boy. Swann pulls Elizabeth away from the rail,
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away from the hideous scene in the water.
SWANN
Elizabeth, I want you to accompany
the boy. He';s in your charge now.
You';ll watch over him?
Elizabeth nods gravely. Swann hurries away to help unstow the
longboat. The sailors lay the boy gently on the poop deck,
behind the wheel, they hurry off. Elizabeth kneels down beside
the boy.
His good looks are not lost on her. She reaches out, gently
brushes the blond hair from his eyes --
Suddenly, he grabs her wrist, awake now. Elizabeth is startled,
but their eyes lock. She takes his hand in hers.
ELIZABETH
My name is Elizabeth Swann.
YOUNG WILL
Will Turner.
ELIZABETH
I';m watching over you, Will.
He clutches her hands, then slips back into unconsciousness.
His movement has opened the collar of his shirt; Elizabeth sees
he wears a chain around his neck. She tugs it free,
revealing --
A GOLD MEDALLION. One side is blank. She turns it over --
A SKULL gazes up at her. Vaguely Aztec in design, but to her
eyes, it can mean one thing only --
ELIZABETH (CONT';D)
You';re a pirate.
She glances back at the crew. Sees Norrington, giving orders,
moving toward her.
She looks back at Will -- comes to a quick decision. Takes the
medallion from around his neck. Hides it under her coat.
Norrongton arrives.
NORRINGTON
Did he speak?
ELIZABETH
His name is Will Turner -- that';s
all I found out.
NORRINGTON
Very good.
Norrington hurries off. Elizabeth steals away to the stern of
the ship. Examines her prize -- the gold medallion. A wisp of
wind, and she looks up --
Out over the dea, moving through the fog, silent as a ghost, is
a large sailing ship, a schooner --
It has BLACK SAILS.
Elizabeth stares, too frightened to move, or cry out.
The ship is obscured by the fog as it passes -- but not the
mizzen-top ... and there hangs the frightening skull and
corssbones of the Jolly Roger.
Elizabeth looks from it to the medallion -- the skull on the
flag is the same as the one on the medallion.
Fog surrounds and closes in on the black ship -- except for the
black flag. As Elizabeth watches, the skull appears to TURN and
GRIN at her --
Elizabeth shuts her eyes tight --
EIGHT YEARS LATER
INT. GOVERNOR';S MANSION - ELIZABETH';S BEDROOM
-- and then snap open again, startled wide with fear.
But this is no longer twelve-year-old Elizabeth on the stern of
the Dauntless; this is twenty-year-old Elizabeth, lying in bed
in the dark.
She remains motionless (were the images we just saw a
nightmare, or a jumbled childhood memory?)
Elizabeth slowly looks as far out the corner of her eyes as
possible without moving. Might there be someone in the room
with her, looming over her?
She turns, ready for anything. She is alone.
Elizabeth sits up, turns up the flame on an oil lamp beside the
canopied bed. She carries the lamp across the room to a
dressing table, sits down.
She pulls one of the small drawers all the way out, reaches
into a space beneath it and removes --
The MEDALLION. She has kept it all this time. It has not lost
its luster -- or its sense of menace. She gazes at it as she
absently returns the draw to its place --
A BOOMING knock on the door; Elizabeth jumps up, startled,
knocking over the chair.
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