Message In A Bottle Page #6

Synopsis: A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Luis Mandoki
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
PG-13
Year:
1999
126 min
1,017 Views


And David and l. . .

533

00:
40:40,744 -- 00:40:43,864

. . .were even talking about

having a second child.

534

00:
40:44,994 -- 00:40:46,634

Can you believe that?

535

00:
40:48,619 -- 00:40:50,609

Then one day l was just

driving along. . .

536

00:
40:53,243 -- 00:40:54,433

. . .and l saw them.

537

00:
40:56,452 -- 00:40:58,252

David and this woman. . .

538

00:
40:59,910 -- 00:41:01,550

. . .walking into the park.

539

00:
41:04,993 -- 00:41:07,953

And it was just a glimpse.

lt was a second.

540

00:
41:08,326 -- 00:41:09,806

And l knew.

541

00:
41:12,243 -- 00:41:15,993

l sat there in my car. l didn't

shut off the engine. l just sat. . .

542

00:
41:16,409 -- 00:41:18,079

. . .for an hour and a half.

543

00:
41:21,201 -- 00:41:23,191

You're faced with the impossible. . .

544

00:
41:23,534 -- 00:41:25,254

. . .and it takes an hour and a half.

545

00:
41:34,242 -- 00:41:36,392

lt was going on almost a year.

546

00:
41:44,783 -- 00:41:47,213

l can't believe l just

told you all that.

547

00:
41:48,825 -- 00:41:52,025

l mean, this stuff

happens to everybody, right?

548

00:
41:54,700 -- 00:41:56,980

But it happened to you, Theresa.

549

00:
42:00,824 -- 00:42:02,224

And l'm sorry.

550

00:
42:07,616 -- 00:42:10,526

That kind of stuff

happen in St. Claire?

551

00:
42:11,699 -- 00:42:14,259

Everything happens in St. Claire. . .

552

00:
42:15,907 -- 00:42:17,137

. . .eventually.

553

00:
42:25,074 -- 00:42:27,954

Tell me about Catherine.

554

00:
42:32,948 -- 00:42:33,988

Well. . .

555

00:
42:36,448 -- 00:42:38,328

. . .we grew up together.

556

00:
42:38,781 -- 00:42:40,581

She was kind of. . . .

557

00:
42:45,656 -- 00:42:49,046

People were drawn to her

by her smile. . .

558

00:
42:49,614 -- 00:42:50,884

. . .her enthusiasm.

559

00:
42:54,406 -- 00:42:57,206

She could brighten up

a whole room. . .

560

00:
42:57,614 -- 00:42:59,044

. . .whole town.

561

00:
43:03,197 -- 00:43:05,707

l called her Saint Catherine.

562

00:
43:11,155 -- 00:43:12,475

How did she die?

563

00:
43:17,113 -- 00:43:18,303

She was ill.

564

00:
43:20,988 -- 00:43:22,258

She was fragile.

565

00:
43:23,863 -- 00:43:24,823

l'm sorry.

566

00:
43:29,238 -- 00:43:30,118

lt's all right.

567

00:
43:30,530 -- 00:43:31,360

lt's okay.

568

00:
43:33,321 -- 00:43:34,801

Have you lived here

your whole life?

569

00:
43:35,113 -- 00:43:36,023

Not yet.

570

00:
43:39,196 -- 00:43:40,316

This place. . .

571

00:
43:41,571 -- 00:43:43,851

. . .used to be all dirt roads

and marsh grass.

572

00:
43:44,196 -- 00:43:45,076

Really?

573

00:
43:45,779 -- 00:43:47,099

My mom hated it here.

574

00:
43:47,404 -- 00:43:50,284

She took me away to Virginia

when l was ten.

575

00:
43:50,695 -- 00:43:52,685

But l came back when l was 1 6. . .

576

00:
43:54,487 -- 00:43:55,887

. . .and never left.

577

00:
43:56,612 -- 00:43:58,922

l missed it.

l missed the smell of it. . .

578

00:
43:59,279 -- 00:44:00,949

. . .working on the water. . .

579

00:
44:01,862 -- 00:44:03,182

. . .missed my dad.

580

00:
44:05,862 -- 00:44:06,932

The quiet.

581

00:
44:09,237 -- 00:44:10,507

The wind.

582

00:
44:11,153 -- 00:44:13,193

The wind?

You call that wind?

583

00:
44:13,736 -- 00:44:14,806

The wind. . .

584

00:
44:15,361 -- 00:44:17,401

. . .in Chicago in the wintertime. . .

585

00:
44:18,611 -- 00:44:21,601

. . .you walk with your back to it

or it cuts your face.

586

00:
44:21,986 -- 00:44:22,976

Takes your breath away.

587

00:
44:27,528 -- 00:44:29,488

We got the oldest oak tree. . .

588

00:
44:29,861 -- 00:44:31,181

. . .in both Carolinas.

589

00:
44:31,944 -- 00:44:34,224

You try and top that.

590

00:
45:42,025 -- 00:45:43,935

l just want to be close.

591

00:
46:18,982 -- 00:46:20,302

Watch the dust.

592

00:
46:24,732 -- 00:46:26,372

She took a look at my plans. . .

593

00:
46:26,690 -- 00:46:28,440

. . .and never said a word.

594

00:
46:29,648 -- 00:46:32,318

A week later she had it on canvas.

595

00:
46:33,023 -- 00:46:35,253

This was going to be the first.

596

00:
46:37,856 -- 00:46:40,326

Designing and building

my own boats. . .

597

00:
46:41,231 -- 00:46:42,661

. . .that was the plan.

598

00:
46:44,481 -- 00:46:46,761

This was going to be

my signature boat. . .

599

00:
46:47,106 -- 00:46:48,666

. . .the one we'd never sell.

600

00:
46:51,064 -- 00:46:52,624

And when will you finish it?

601

00:
46:57,064 -- 00:46:59,424

l haven't touched it in two years.

602

00:
47:01,397 -- 00:47:02,517

Someday.

603

00:
47:03,022 -- 00:47:04,012

Right.

604

00:
47:05,355 -- 00:47:06,345

Someday.

605

00:
47:08,230 -- 00:47:09,980

And you'll take me out

on that boat?

606

00:
47:10,313 -- 00:47:13,463

Around the point, where the wind

will scare me to death?

607

00:
47:18,396 -- 00:47:20,146

There will be no wind tonight.

608

00:
47:22,855 -- 00:47:24,125

And you know that?

609

00:
47:26,563 -- 00:47:28,363

l'm the son of a fisherman.

610

00:
47:28,854 -- 00:47:30,574

You watch the Weather Channel.

611

00:
47:31,896 -- 00:47:33,886

Will you sail with me tonight?

612

00:
47:39,021 -- 00:47:40,851

l go back in a few days.

613

00:
47:41,896 -- 00:47:45,126

And l can't change that,

because my son's coming home.

614

00:
47:45,854 -- 00:47:49,054

l don't know if this makes sense.

Maybe--

615

00:
48:01,145 -- 00:48:03,025

Well, that's a mistake. . .

616

00:
48:04,728 -- 00:48:06,798

. . .letting her taste your coffee.

617

00:
48:07,270 -- 00:48:08,990

Well, she liked it last night.

618

00:
48:09,353 -- 00:48:11,103

She was just being polite.

619

00:
48:11,811 -- 00:48:14,091

Nobody likes it, take my word.

620

00:
48:14,853 -- 00:48:15,763

Be good.

621

00:
48:19,269 -- 00:48:20,229

Oh, Lord.

622

00:
48:20,811 -- 00:48:21,691

Now what?

623

00:
48:26,727 -- 00:48:27,797

Go easy.

624

00:
48:36,435 -- 00:48:37,625

Hold it right there.

625

00:
48:37,935 -- 00:48:38,815

You stay out of our way!

626

00:
48:39,102 -- 00:48:40,422

You're not welcome here, Johnny.

627

00:
48:40,727 -- 00:48:42,077

You better stay out of our way!

Both of you!

628

00:
48:42,393 -- 00:48:44,063

Guess the courts

turned you down again?

629

00:
48:44,435 -- 00:48:46,155

-lt's not your business.

-lt's settled.

630

00:
48:46,477 -- 00:48:48,467

No, we just want the paintings.

631

00:
48:48,810 -- 00:48:50,160

They were part of our life here, Marta.

632

00:
48:50,477 -- 00:48:52,627

The only one who sees them is you.

633

00:
48:53,143 -- 00:48:54,623

People should see them.

634

00:
48:55,476 -- 00:48:56,626

Please, Garret.

635

00:
48:57,226 -- 00:48:58,946

lt's all you left us of her.

636

00:
49:00,643 -- 00:49:03,363

That's the first time you

called me her killer, Hank. . .

637

00:
49:03,726 -- 00:49:04,686

. . .at least to my face.

638

00:
49:04,976 -- 00:49:06,246

Nobody killed her.

639

00:
49:06,559 -- 00:49:09,389

He left her alone when

she was sick and weak.

640

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Gerald Di Pego

Gerald Di Pego was born in 1941. He is a writer and producer, known for Instinct (1999), Phenomenon (1996) and The Forgotten (2004). He has been married to Christine DiPego since 1992. He was previously married to Janet Kapsin. more…

All Gerald Di Pego scripts | Gerald Di Pego Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Message In A Bottle" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/message_in_a_bottle_13670>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Message In A Bottle

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    In which year was "Gladiator" released?
    A 2001
    B 1999
    C 2002
    D 2000