All Is Lost Page #2

The second it is completely back on board he jumps up and

turns the wheel and gets the boat under way again back on the

point of sail that raises the gash above the waterline.

As he sails away he turns around and takes one last look at

the container.

5.

The camera pulls back to reveal the side of the boat that was

ripped open by the collision.

CUT TO:

INT. CABIN OF BOAT NAVIGATION TABLE AREA

The rack of high tech equipment is dripping with water and

totally dead. OUR MAN picks up the radio receiver and turns

the switch, nothing.

A plastic bag of corn flakes cereal floats by him. He looks

over at the food cabinet that is partially under water.

But the open gash in the hull that is next to the equipment

shows the ocean flying by and he decides that is clearly the

first priority.

EXT. DECK OF BOAT ABOVE GASH

OUR MAN leans over the side of the boat and looks at the

ripped fiberglass hull more closely. It looks terrible.

CUT TO:

INT. CABIN

OUR MAN is ripping apart a teak bench with a hammer.

He tries to cut the pieces of wood into long strips.

He digs around in a bin that is just above the water level.

He pulls out three cans of fiber glass raw materials.

EXT. DECK NEAR GASH - HANGING OVER EDGE

We see our man mix up the fiberglass and hang over the side

of the boat and attach the strips of wood to the boat then

start fiberglassing over the strips.

It is perilous work as he is hanging over the edge of the

boat as it sails along.

INT. CABIN

He does some of the same work from inside the cabin. He is

starting to make some progress. There is now seven inches of

new makeshift hull that is drying.

6.

EXT. COCKPIT OF THE BOAT

OUR MAN starts in on a built in hand pump that will pump the

water from the cabin. He has shoved a long mop handle into

the pump for better leverage.

He checks the compass.

WE SEE SEVERAL SHOTS OF HIM PUMPING AND FIBERGLASSING.

EXT. BOW OF BOAT - SUNSET

Night is falling. OUR MAN eats a can of soup while sitting

and staring out at the ocean.

EXT. COCKPIT OF THE BOAT - NIGHT

OUR MAN tries to sleep as the water in the cabin sloshes

around.

FADE TO BLACK.

EXT. BOAT - (DAY 2)

A FULL DAY OF:

Pumping.

Fiberglassing.

Eating.

Pumping.

Fiberglassing.

Eating.

Pumping.

Fiberglassing...he almost falls over the edge.

Eating.

NIGHT FALLS:

OUR MAN sits and stares out at the endless ocean. He lays

down and falls asleep.

FADE TO BLACK.

7.

INT. BOAT - MORNING

OUR MAN stands in front of the gash. The repair is completed.

Although it looks like hell, it is watertight. He is pleased.

He looks down at his feet and the floor of the cabin can now

be seen as the water is gone. The wooden decking is starting

to warp up but there is no standing water.

His eyes drift over to the navigation and electronics table.

EXT. BOAT - DECK - BRIGHT MORNING

There is no wind, the ocean is flat. OUR MAN takes down the

sails and the boat comes to a stop. As it does the repaired

gash dips below the waterline and he looks on to see if it

will hold water. It does.

CUT TO:

OUR MAN has laid out and secured down all of the charts,

maps, navigation books, and is bringing up pieces of

electronics one by one to dry in the glaring midday sun.

He zeroes in on the radio. He starts to take it apart. The

salt has begun to corrode the inner parts of the radio. Our

man looks around.

He grabs a container of fresh water and pours it over the

radio parts. He puts it down to dry in the sun.

He goes over and starts to collect the maps. He sits down

with the pile and searches through to find one that

corresponds with his last coordinates.

The two electronic GPS systems sit in a pile on the deck

useless.

By the look on OUR MAN’S face he has been relying on the GPS

too closely in life. He is lost.

INT. BOAT - CABIN

He goes over to a shelf filled with wet books. He scans and

takes out a book titled AN INTRODUCTION TO CELESTIAL

NAVIGATION. He sits and begins looking at it.

RADIO VOICE:

(static noise... crackle)

(foreign language)

When are you going to get here?

8.

OUR MAN immediately looks up like he has heard a ghost.

RADIO VOICE (CONT’D)

(foreign language)

That’s right.

OUR MAN drops everything and scrambles up the stairs and just

stares at the radio waiting to see if it comes to life again.

The light blinks.

RADIO VOICE (CONT’D)

(static... static)

OUR MAN picks up the mic and presses the button.

OUR MAN:

This is the Virginia Jean, are you

there over?

Nothing.

OUR MAN (CONT’D)

This is the Virginia Jean with an

S.O.S. call over?

Nothing.

OUR MAN (CONT’D)

This is the Virginia Jean with an

S.O.S. call over?

Nothing... The powerlight goes off on the radio... it’s dead.

OUR MAN hears something, he looks around, the wind is

starting to pick up and ripple the still water. He tries to

bounce back from the near miss on the radio.

He goes and collects all the loose components from the deck

and gets the boat ready to sail again.

The sails are up and he has got things going again. Spirits

are up.

As dusk begins to fall OUR MAN looks out across the ocean and

there is a dark cloud on the far distant horizon. He looks

down at the disabled weather radio.

He has no idea if it’s a small rain shower or something far

worse.

INSERT TITLE CARD: ACT II (Man vs. Nature)

9.

INT. BOAT - CABIN - EVENING

OUR MAN is down below preparing dinner when the rain starts

hitting the deck above his head. It starts softly then builds

to a downpour. He sticks his head out of the doorway to look

at the horizon, there is no wind building, he is relieved.

He cooks some beans on the stove.

He pours himself a scotch.

Settles in to read The Introduction to Celestial Navigation

as the rain falls. The boat is once again watertight and he

quickly falls asleep.

FADE TO BLACK.

INT. BOAT - FRONT V BERTH - MORNING

OUR MAN is asleep. The bright sun comes into the cabin and he

slowly wakes. He looks around realizing that was his first

really good night of sleep in some time.

INT. BOAT - GALLEY (KITCHEN) - MORNING

OUR MAN has got the gas stove working again and is making

himself a cup of coffee.

EXT. BOAT - COCKPIT - MORNING

OUR MAN is enjoying his coffee looking out across the water.

He zeroes in on a small patch of wind that is dancing across

the surface. It is beautiful but somehow ominous.

INT. BOAT - ENGINE COMPARTMENT

OUR MAN is on his hands and knees struggling to get behind

the swamped engine to a massive bank of large capacity

batteries. They are corroded and waterlogged. He struggles to

bring one out and up onto the deck.

EXT. BOAT - DECK/COCKPIT

As he comes back up from below carrying the battery he looks

across to the horizon and notices terrible looking storm

clouds in the extreme distance. His face registers severe

concern.

The thunderheads reach miles into the sky.

10.

OUR MAN looks around at the boat to see what to do next. He

is still holding the large battery. He looks down at it in

his hands. He hurls it over the edge and heads back down

below.

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