Jaws Page #33

EXT. OCEAN - NIGHT

Quint has just finished his story, and we are looking across

the quiet night sea to the Orca slowly circling in the night,

the warm light in the pilot house barely revealing the figures

of the three men inside, the red and green running lights

winking along the ship's flanks. We hear the distant boom

and drawn-out hoot of a whale.

INT. ORCA PILOT HOUSE - NIGHT

BRODY:

What the hell?

HOOPER:

It's a whale out there.

There's a brief, eerie pause. Quint breaks the silence by

muttering into song, which he slowly swells.

QUINT:

(singing)

Show me the way to go home... I'm

tired and I want to go to bed. I had

a little drink about an hour ago,

and it went right to my head.

(etc.)

Gradually, Hooper and Brody join in, and the pilothouse

becomes a warm cozy place.

EXT. OCEAN

The Orca and its song in the night. In the foreground, the

barrel and strobe light flash up into view, and behind them,

the big dorsal fin surfaces, and glides ominously towards

the ship.

INT. PILOT HOUSE

The song is continuing, and we hear the barest hint of a

scraping sound from the hull deep beneath the men. Quint's

eyes abruptly narrow as his sensitive ears are the first to

hear the abrasion of his ship. Things vibrate on the shelves.

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