TITANIC(JamesCa.doc

[英文电影剧本]TITANIC(泰坦尼克号)(JamesCa　　titanica screenplay by james cameroncast:kate winslet... rose dewitt bukaterleonardo dicaprio... jack dawsonkathy bates... the unsinkable molly brownbilly zane... caledon hockleybill paxton... brock lovettwritten and directed by:james cameron1 blacknessthen two faint lights appear, close together... growing brighter. theyresolve into two deep submersibles, free-falling toward us like expresselevators.one is ahead of the other, and passes close enough to fill frame, lookinglike a spacecraft blazing with lights, bristling with insectilemanipulators.tilting down to follow it as it descends away into the limitless blacknessbelow. soon they are fireflies, then stars. then gone. cut to:2 ext./ int. mir one / north atlantic deeppushing in on one of the falling submersibles, called mir one, right up toits circular viewport to see the occupants.inside, it is a cramped seven foot sphere, crammed with equipment. anatolymikailavich, the subs pilot, sits hunched over his controls... singingsoftly in russian.next to him on one side is brock lovett. hes in his late forties, deeplytanned, and likes to wear his nomex suit unzipped to show the gold fromfamous shipwrecks covering his gray chest hair. he is a wiley, fast-talkingtreasure hunter, a salvage superstar who is part historian, part adventurerand part vacuum cleaner salesman. right now, he is propped against the co2scrubber, fast asleep and snoring.on the other side, crammed into the remaining space is a bearded wide-bodynamed lewis bodine, who is also asleep. lewis is an r.o.v. (remotelyoperated vehicle) pilot and is the resident titanic expert.anatoly glances at the bottom sonar and makes a ballast adjustment. cut to:3 ext. the bottom of the seaa pale, dead-flat lunar landscape. it gets brighter, lit from above, as mirone enters frame and drops to the seafloor in a downblast from itsthrusters. it hits bottom after its two hour free-fall with a loud bonk. cut to:4 int. mir onelovett and bodine jerk awake at the landing. anatoly (heavy russian accent)we are here.ext. / int. mir one and two5 minutes later: the two subs skim over the seafloor to the sound ofsidescan sonar and the thrum of big thrusters.6 the featureless gray clay of the bottom unrolls in the lights of the subs.bodine is watching the sidescan sonar display, where the outline of a hugepointed object is visible. anatoly lies prone, driving the sub, his facepressed to the center port. bodinecome left a little. shes right in front of us, eighteen meters. fifteen.thirteen... you should see it. anatolydo you see it? i dont see it... there!out of the darkness, like a ghostly apparition, the bow of the ship appears.its knife-edge prow is coming straight at us, seeming to plow the bottomsediment like ocean waves. it towers above the seafloor, standing just as itlanded 84 years ago.the titanic. or what is left of her. mir one goes up and over the bowrailing, intact except for an overgrowth of rusticles draping it likemutated spanish moss.tight on the eyepiece monitor of a video camcorder. brock lovetts facefills the black and white frame. lovettit still gets me every time.the image pans to the front viewport, looking over anatolys shoulder, tothe bow railing visible in the lights beyond. anatoly turns. anatolyis just your guilt because of stealing from the dead.cut wider, to show that brock is operating the camera himself, turning it inhis hand so it points at his own face. lovettthanks, tolya. work with me, here.brock resumes his serious, pensive gaze out the front port, with the cameraaimed at himself at arms length. lovettit still gets me every time... to see the sad ruin of the great ship sittinglong fall from the world above.anatoly rolls his eyes and mutters in russian. bodine chuckles and watchesthe sonar. bodineyou are so full of shit, boss.7 mir two drives aft down the starboard side, past the huge anchor while mirone passes over the seemingly endless forecastle deck, with its massiveanchor chains still laid out in two neat rows, its bronze windlass capsgleaming. the 22 foot long subs are like white bugs next to the enormousw。