Joe Versus the Volcano Page #13

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PATRICIA (CONT'D)

You could really just smell it

and pour it down the sink.

But this isn't French cognac.

This is Italian cognac. It's

probably generally considered

inferior. But the news is, it

tastes good. Maybe it doesn't

smell as good -- it smells

okay - but it tastes good.

And when I came to that fork

in the road, between the nose

and the tongue, I chose the

tongue. So, here's to the

tongue.

They toast.

JOE:

To the tongue.

They drink a little.

JOE:

It's good. Don't the Italians

have big noses, too?

PATRICIA:

Yeah. And that really messes

up my theory.

80EXT. THE TWEEDLE DEE - NIGHT (HOUR AND A HALF LATER) 80

We see it bobbing gently on the sea. Many stars are

coming out, some waxing quite bright. A half moon, pale

and small, hangs in the western sky.

81EXT. DINING TABLE ABOARD BOAT - NIGHT 81

Joe and Patricia have been talking and sipping cognac for

an hour and a half. Patricia is quite mellow, as is Joe.

PATRICIA:

So my understanding, as far as

I understand it, is I'm

leaving you on this island.

JOE:

That's right.

PATRICIA:

How long are you going to stay

there?

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JOE:

For the rest of my life.

PATRICIA:

Really.

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JOE:

Yeah.

PATRICIA:

I can't imagine that.

JOE:

I couldn't have imagined any

of this.

He looks at the stars.

JOE:

Are you used to this?

PATRICIA:

What?

JOE:

The ocean, the stars.

PATRICIA:

You never get used to it. Why

do you think I want this boat?

All I want to do is sail away.

JOE:

Where would you go

PATRICIA:

Away from the things of man.

JOE:

Do you believe in God?

PATRICIA:

I believe in myself.

JOE:

What's that mean?

PATRICIA:

I have confidence in myself.

JOE:

I've done a lot of soul

searching lately. I've been

asking myself some tough

questions. You know what I've

found out?

PATRICIA:

What?

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JOE:

I have no interest in myself.

I think about myself, I get

bored out of my mind.

PATRICIA:

What does interest you?

JOE:

I don't know. Courage.

Courage interests me.

PATRICIA:

You're going to spend the rest

of your life on a tiny island

in the South Pacific?

She pours them both a drink.

JOE:

Well, up till now I've lived

on a tiny island called Staten

Island, and I've commuted to a

job in a shut up room with

pumped in air, no sunshine,

despicable people, and now

that I've got some distance

from that situation, that

seems pretty unbelievable.

Your life seems unbelievable

to me. All this like life,

seems unbelievable to me.

Somewhat. At this moment.

PATRICIA:

My father says almost the

whole world's asleep.

Everybody you know, everybody

you see, everybody you talk

to. He says only a few people

are awake. And they live in a

state of constant total

amazement.

They think about that for a while.

JOE:

I have less than six months to

live. The Waponis believe

they need a human sacrifice or

their island's going to sink

into the ocean. They have a

mineral your father wants.

He's hired me to jump in their

volcano.

PATRICIA:

What?

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JOE:

You're not going to make me

say that again, are you?

PATRICIA:

No.

A silence falls.

JOE:

Aren't you going to say

anything?

PATRICIA:

I don't know what to say. You

tell me you're dying, you tell

me you're jumping into a

volcano, my mind is a blank.

JOE:

I can understand that

PATRICIA:

Is this disease catching?

JOE:

No.

She gets up. As she leaves she says:

PATRICIA:

Good night. I'll see you in

the morning.

82INT. THE TWEEDLE DEE - SLEEPING BERTHS - NIGHT 82

Joe enters, undresses to his new underwear, and climbs

into the berth. Then he remembers the light, gets up,

turns it off, and climbs back into his berth. It's dark.

We see his face. He thinks for a moment, and then goes

to sleep. And he has a dream.

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In utter darkness we hear Joe describe his dream.

JOE (V.O.)

So I fell asleep and I had

this dream. I dreamed I was a

cowboy in the wilderness. I

dreamed I was a cowboy and I

saved this girl...

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Everything goes dead black. There is the sound of WIND.

Then Joe's face suddenly lifts up out of the dream into a

CLOSEUP. Startled, he bangs his head. He has awakened

from his dream.

END OF DREAM SEQUENCE

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85INT. THE TWEEDLE DEE - JOE IN HIS BERTH - DAY 85

It's the morning, though you can't see that in here. The

boat is rocking Joe around in his berth. He looks

around, bewildered. He realizes he was dreaming. Then

he realizes the boat is rocking a lot. He starts to get

up.

86INT. GALLEY AREA - DAY86

Patricia is trying to get the weather on the RADIO, but

there's nothing but STATIC. She puts on a set of

headphones and adjusts the dial again; the radio is

silent now, only she can hear it. Joe comes into the

galley, his hair still rumpled from sleeping on it

JOE:

Little weird today, huh?

Patricia waves for him to be quiet. She listens at the

phones another moment, adjusting the dial. She hears

something. She's glad. She listens. Her face darkens.

She tears off the phones angrily.

Dagmar appears in the hatchway. She greets Joe.

DAGMAR:

There's a typhoon warning.

Good morning, Mister Banks.

JOE:

Good morning.

DAGMAR:

Looks like we're in for a

blow.

Joe exits.

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87EXT. THE TWEEDLE DEE'S FORWARD DECK - DAY (OVERCAST) 87

The ocean which until now has been blue, turns green.

Mike is tying up the sails, which have all been taken in.

Patricia comes up and starts to assist him. A wind comes

up. Patricia looks in the direction of the wind. Joe

appears on the forward deck, near Patricia.

JOE:

Can I help?

PATRICIA:

Yeah. You could tie that up.

It feels dead, doesn't it?

JOE:

Yes. It does.

PATRICIA:

(yells)

Mike, get below! Start the

engine. Tell Tony to head us

into the wind and keep us into

the wind!

MIKE:

Okay.

Mike runs off to do her bidding.

JOE:

There isn't any wind.

PATRICIA:

There will be.

JOE:

Are you worried?

Patricia looks in the direction the wind is coming from.

PATRICIA:

I think we'll be Alright. The

hatches are down, the sails

are down, we're ahead of the

game.

88PATRICIA'S POV - STORM COMING 88

It's dark and it's big.

89PATRICIA89

still staring at the storm. Joe looks where she is

looking. The ENGINE CRANKS UP.

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