Moby Dick Page #4

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- We hunt to live, do we not?

It'll be a sad day indeed

when we live to hunt.

Oh, you're not game, eh, Mr. Starbuck?

- Is that it?

- I...I...I didn't...

- That add a little too much for you?

- I am game for anything

if it comes fairly in the way of business.

My vengeance will fetch a good price!

(Laughter)

Vengeance on a dumb animal?

Sounds blasphemous to me.

Don't you talk to me of blasphemy!

I'd strike the sun if it insulted me!

And I will chase him

across every sea that there is.

Will you chase him with me,

across both sides of land

and all sides of earth

until he spouts black blood and rolls over?

Will you do it?

(AH) Yes!

You'll do that for me, won't you?

(All yelling)

Are you with me?

(AH) Yes!

Then let us drink to it.

(Cheering and laughter)

Queequeg!

Aye, Captain.

(Ahab) Every man must drink.

(Man) Aye.

(Speaking Pacific language)

Aye, Captain.

(Ahab) Everyone must drink!

(Man) Aye, drink!

(2nd man) Drink!

(3rd man) That's it.

- (4th man) Over here! Let me have some!

- Beat out the call for the white whale!

(Ahab) Moby Dick!

(All) Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

- Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

- (Ahab) Moby Dick!

- (Men) Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

- We taste your heart's blood!

(Men) Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick!

Boy.

He who is not with us is against us.

Right, Mr. Starbuck?

Mutiny is a sin, is it not?

Aah. Drink up, lad!

Mr. Starbuck's with us, boys!

(Cheering)

(Cheering)

Moby Dick!

(All) Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick!

Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick!

Moby Dick!

- (Hollering)

- (All) Moby Dick!

Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick! Moby Dick!

Moby Dick!

(Groaning, rumbling)

(Dagoo) When a harpoon with

a line attached is fixed in his body,

and in this case they will something...

sometimes coil...

Soon I'm gonna kill me lots of whales!

(Laughter)

All you need is a harpoon, Pip...

and something to throw it at.

No. You need permission.

- You ask the sea to steer you.

- (Man) Pass me the tobacco.

(Dagoo) And you bless the blade you carry.

You strike with a strong hand

and a good heart.

Then you give thanks to the whale.

(Steelkilt) Is that before you chop it up

and boil it down'?

- (Laughter)

- Captain wants to see you.

- (Starbuck) Yes, you.

- You're gettin' promoted.

(Starbuck)

Some men aren't made for whaling.

Be careful. A bad feeling on a ship

can spread in a heartbeat.

- Aldo, be careful.

- (Aldo) Sorry, Mr. Starbuck.

I'm first mate,

Mr. Stubb is second mate,

Mr. Flask third mate.

That is all you need to know.

The captain likes men

who can think for themselves.

Just don't think too much.

Your vest's on backwards.

Welcome to the court of King Ahab.

Here I sit in state.

Next to me is Mr. Starbuck.

Below him is Mr. Stubb.

Little Mr. Flask down there,

- third mate last. You see, boy'?

- Yes, sir.

Everything is done

in an orderly fashion here.

Sir.

Dinner, Mr. Starbuck.

(Starbuck) Dinner, Mr. Stubb!

Dinner, Mr. Flask!

(Flask) Coming, Mr. Stubb.

(Ahab) The young man will be sewing us

I have heard

he's a great believer in fairness,

but...what do we believe in

on this ship, Mr. Stubb?

Order, sir.

Order and merit.

Precisely.

(Starbuck) Thank you.

(Ahab) Now, Flask's an officer.

He wishes he could fist a bit of pork

as he did before the mast.

Now he's promoted...to hunger.

There's the vanity of glory.

The insanity of life. (Chuckles)

Well, order and merit.

Last in, first out.

You can clear the plates now.

Mr...Mr. Flask hasn't quite finished yet, sir.

Ah! Clear, eh?

Mr. Starbuck, you may call the harpooners.

(Chuckles)

You're leaving Mr. Flask till last, eh?

- Just clearing in order of precedence, sir.

- Ah.

Does the young man have your permission

to take your plate?

(Ahab) Take his plate.

(Chuckles)

Then reset the places.

Did you lend him money?

- No, sir.

- Are you a relative?

(Chuckles) Not that I know of, sir.

Hey-

(Whistles) Flask.

(Through mouthful) Thank you, Mr. Stubb.

You ever see a squall come in

over a thousand miles of ocean, boys?

No, sir.

The sky goes black and boiling,

and it races across the heavens,

and you will have to take in

these sails in a moment,

in a breath!

Or boom!

(Flask) Down we go.

(Men chuckling)

Dagoo, show him the ropes.

Queequeg, Ishmael.

- I'm not going up with a n*gger.

- (Dagoo sighs)

(Stubb) Dagoo.

There are no n*ggers on my ship, Michigan,

only sailors,

and if I ever hear you call him that again,

I'll turn you black...

and blue.

(Clicking tongue)

' Away you go, now.

- (Dagoo grunts)

(Dagoo grunts)

(Stubb) Practice till your hands bleed, boys.

One dollar for a clean hit.

(Men chatting quietly)

- Ropes are for greenhorns, Queequeg.

- (Men chuckle)

(Man) Tricks again.

(2nd man) Come on, Queequeg.

(3rd man) Let it go.

(4th man) Go on, lad!

(Stubb) Wait for my word.

(Man) Hit it now.

(Man) Wait for it!

(Men exclaim and laugh)

(Roars)

(Man) You did good.

(2nd man) That's why he's the best.

I don't think it was a clean hit.

A clean hit, sir.

(Stubb) But I don't think so.

(Dagoo grunting)

(Men laughing)

Clean hit. One dollar.

- And I said wait for my word.

- Quee...Queequeg!

- One dollar.

- You don't get to give me orders, sailor.

- Queequeg!

- (Queequeg) One dollar, Mr. Stubb.

(Stubb) This can only end one way.

Put your hand down.

One dollar.

- (Ishmael) Queequeg!

- Right.

Whale! Whale on the lower of midship!

There she blows!

- (Man) Finally!

- (All shouting)

(Ishmael) There she blows!

False alarm!

- You.

- (Man) Ah, right.

Down here, now!

Who are you, boy?

What are you thinking of?

Think you can do anything you like,

is that it? You're a big man, is that it?

Nothing green about you, is there?

Been whaling all your life, perhaps?

This is my command, boy.

I know every man on this ship.

I know what they can and cannot do,

and I watch them.

I know when to act, when to stay silent.

See, like a well-run family,

only, from what I hear,

you do not know a great deal

about such things.

Have you ever seen a whale, boy?

No, sir.

(Chuckles)

Do you have any idea how big they are?

His liver...

is two cartloads.

They can grow to a hundred feet long.

And teeth...

He has teeth.

You think I'm scared, sir?

I'm not scared.

No?

- (Grunting)

- Who are you, my little boy'?

Oh! Hey! Hey!

Ease off!

You go out in a little boat.

It's a tiny little thing with a few lances.

Up against this angry mountain.

Do you understand what that's like?

Do you have any idea'?

No, I...I can't imagine, sir.

Oh, I think you can.

I think that's something

you can do very well...

imagine.

(Ahab) Show's over. Back to work.

(Dagoo singing quietly)

(Man) You all right, Pip?

You call that a beating'?

A real beating takes half an hour to an hour.

(Laughter)

It's nice to see that you can

laugh about it, friend.

We'd never stand for this in Chicago.

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