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PATRICIA:

That's fine with me.

JOE:

You've forgotten one thing.

GRAYNAMORE:

Oh, I have? Nothing comes

readily to mind.

Joe is still facing Kenneth.

JOE:

I've looked into the volcano,

Mr. Graynamore. You know what

I mean? After that, the hole

in the front of a gun doesn't

scare me at all.

KENNETH:

Stay back.

JOE:

I'm gonna take the gun away

from you, Kenneth.

KENNETH:

Do you think I won't shoot?

JOE:

I don't know. That's your

part. I can't make you shoot

me and I can't stop you. I

can only do my part. I'm

going to take the gun away

from you.

Joe, after slowly approaching, swiftly takes the gun away

from Kenneth.

KENNETH:

Just as well.

GRAYNAMORE:

If I'd had the gun, you'd be

dead now.

JOE:

We'll never know. Patricia,

tell Dad the happy news.

PATRICIA:

We got married. The Chief

married us.

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JOE:

And I was wondering where you

thought we should go on, you

know, a honeymoon?

GRAYNAMORE:

I have no idea

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JOE:

I thought we might like to go

on a sailing trip. How's that

sound?

Graynamore doesn't answer.

PATRICIA:

I think that sounds great!

JOE:

Does this thing have like a

rubber raft or something?

PATRICIA:

It has a dinghy.

JOE:

Let's break it out. I think

your father's tired of this

ostentatious life style.

206 EXT. SIDE THE TWEEDLE DUM - NIGHT 206

As Graynamore and company are just finished getting into

a dinghy. Joe and Patricia stand on the deck, Joe still

pointing the gun. Patricia's crew stands by.

KENNETH:

What if there's a storm?

JOE:

Then you'll drown.

GRAYNAMORE:

You'll pay for this. I'll see

to that!

JOE:

You know what I think, Mr.

Graynamore?

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GRAYNAMORE:

What?

JOE:

I think that you don't scare

me at all. Maybe you can do

some stuff to me - if you make

it back home. If I come back.

And maybe you can't. It

remains to be seen. But what

I think, and I say this to you

from the bottom of my heart,

sir. I don't fear you at all.

I don't fear any man. Because

every day is a gift, and I'm

just glad as hell it looks

like I may have a few. And

beyond that, to be scared or

glad of anything beyond that,

why a man's just got to be a

fool!

Joe laughs a laugh, wild and free, a laugh unweighted by

fear, a laugh of pure joy. Patricia goes below. Only

here does the island finally go under completely.

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starts up. And pulls away from the dinghy. Joe is still

laughing and waving, one hand on the wheel. Patricia

comes up from below. He puts his arm around her.

207A EXT. DINGHY - GRAYNAMORE AND KENNETH - NIGHT 207A

Graynamore is thoughtful. He starts to smile.

GRAYNAMORE:

I like that boy! Good for

her!

KENNETH:

Good for her? What about us?

GRAYNAMORE:

I like a tight spot. Maybe I

have gotten a little greedy.

(produces a paddle and

hands it to Kenneth)

Start paddling while I re-

assess my values.

(as Kenneth doesn't

start)

Start paddling.

KENNETH:

You paddle.

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GRAYNAMORE:

(lights a pipe)

Alright. Fair enough. We'll

both paddle. 'And all I ask

is a tall ship and a star to

steer her by!' Com'on, let's

put our backs into it.

(stops rowing)

You know, I have a good

feeling about this. Maybe

we're going to become friends.

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KENNETH:

I doubt that. You're just too

overbearing.

Graynamore begins to sing "Someone's in the Kitchen with

Dinah" as they paddle out of view.

208A EXT. THE TWEEDLE DUM - NIGHT (COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER) 208A

The dinghy has gone. The boat is passing over the spot

where the island went down. A lot of bubbles and steam

are still coming up. A few empty cans of Jump come up.

PATRICIA:

So what's the end of Waponi

Woo.

JOE:

Yeah, and the Chief.

PATRICIA:

Where are we going?

JOE:

Away from the things of man! I

gotta get away from the things

of man for a while.

PATRICIA:

Look!

209 FROM JOE'S POV - BUBBLING SURFACE 209

His trunks start rising to the surface, one after the

other. Until three trunks are bobbing on the surface.

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209A BACK TO SCENE 209A

JOE:

I'll tell you one thing.

Wherever we're goin'. We're

taking this luggage. Help me

fish it out.

209B JOE'S POV - BUBBLING TO THE SURFACE 209B

The Chief comes up on the last trunk. He is holding his

Tiki teddy bear.

JOE (O.S.)

Chief!

CHIEF:

(triumphantly gasping)

Look! Look, Joe Banks, I

still have my soul!

JOE (O.S.)

Me, too. Me, too.

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209C BACK TO SCENE 209C

Joe and Patricia smile at each other and help the Chief

up onto the boat. We STAY where we are, LOOKING AT the

horizon OVER the railing of the boat.

MUSIC.

The big, dramatic pas de deux music from the NUTCRACKER

starts to play. A moon, with its volcanic aspect

emphasized, a moon that's simply too big to be real,

starts to rise from the sea. It rises into and up OUT OF

the FRAME while:

THE CREDITS ROLL.

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The moon hangs in the sky off to the right of the boat.

We see, FROM a distance, Joe and Patricia just getting

the last trunk on deck. Then Patricia goes below. The

ENGINE STARTS up. The boat turns and heads straight for

the moon.

MUSIC.

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, singing "You Don't Have To Say You

Love Me" begins to play.

We watch them grow fainter and fainter, a smaller and

smaller speck in the eye of the Man in the Moon. UP

CLOSE to us, the DOLPHIN sticks his head out of the water

again, makes his NOISE once more, and disappears forever

beneath the gentle waves. One of the craters on the

craterous moon shakes and erupts, puffing out a bunch of

white smoke which forms the words: "The End."

FADE OUT.

THE END:

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