Titanic Page #24

142 ON THE BRIDGE Murdoch rings the watertight door alarm. He quicky throws

the switch that closes them.

MURDOCH:

Hard a 'port!

Judging the berg to be amidships, he is trying to clear the stern.

143 BARRETT AND HESKETH hear the DOOR ALARM and scramble through the

swirling water to the watertight door between Boiler Rooms 6 and 5. The

room is full of water vapor as the cold sea strikes the red hot furnaces.

Barrett yells to the stokers scrambling through the door as it comes down

like a slow guillotine.

BARRETT:

Go Lads! Go! Go!

He dives through into Boiler Room 5 just before the door rumbles down with

a CLANG.

144 JACK AND ROSE rush to the starboard rail in time to see the berg moving

aft down the side of the ship.

145 In his stateroom, surrounded by piles of plans while making notes in

his ever-present book, Andrews looks up at the sound of a cut-crystal light

fixture tinkling like a windchime.

He feels the shudder run through the ship. And we see it in his face. Too

much of his soul is in this great ship for him not to feel its mortal

wound.

146 IN THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM Gracie watches his highball vibrating

on the table.

147 IN THE PALM COURT, with its high arched windows, Molly Brown holds up

her drink to a passing waiter.

MOLLY:

Hey, can I get some ice here, please?

Silently, a moving wall of ice fills the window behind her. She doesn't see

it. It disappears astern.

148 OMITTED

149 IN THE CROW'S NEST Fleet turns to his Lee...

FLEET:

Oy, mate... that was a close shave.

LEE:

Smell ice, can you? Bleedin' Christ!

CUT TO:

150 INT. / EXT. BRIDGE

CLOSE ON MURDOCH. The alarm bells still clatter mindlessly, seeming to

reflect his inner state. He is in shock, unable to get a grip on what just

happened. He just ran the biggest ship in history into an iceberg on its

maiden voyage.

MURDOCH:

(stiffly, to Moody)

Note the time. Enter it in the log.

Captain Smith rushes out of his cabin onto the bridge, tucking in his

shirt.

SMITH:

What was that, Mr. Murdoch?

MURDOCH:

An iceberg, sir. I put her hard a' starboard and run the engines full

astern, but it was too close. I tried to port around it, but she hi... and

I--

SMITH:

Close the emergency doors.

MURDOCH:

The doors are closed.

Together they rush out onto the starboard wing, and Murdoch points. Smith

looks into the darkness aft, then wheels around to FOURTH OFFICER BOHALL.

SMITH:

Find the Carpenter and get him to sound the ship.

CUT TO:

151 INT. G-DECK FORWARD

In steerage, Fabrizio comes out into the hall to see what's going on. He

sees dozens of rats running toward him in the corridor, fleeing the

flooding bow. Fabrizio jumps aside as the rats run by.

FABRIZIO:

Ma-- che cazzo!

152 IN HIS STATEROOM Tommy gets out of his top bunk in the dark and drops

down to the floor. SPLASH!!

TOMMMY:

Cor!! What in hell--?!

He naps on the light. The floor is covered with 3 inches of freezing water,

and more coming in. He pulls the door open, and steps out into the

corridor, which is flooded. Fabrizio is running toward him, yelling

something in Italian. Tommy and Fabrizio start pounding on doors, getting

everybody up and out. The alarm spreads in several languages.

CUT TO:

153 INT. FIRST CLASS CORRIDOR / A-DECK

A couple of people have come out into the corridor in robes and slippers. A

STeWARD hurries along, reassuring them.

WOMAN:

Why have the engines stopped? I felt a shudder?

STEWARD #1

I shouldn't worry, m'am. We've likely thrown a propeller blade, that's the

shudder you felt. May I bring you anything?

THOMAS ANDREWS brushes past them, walking fast and carrying an armload of

rolled up ship's plans.

CUT TO:

154 EXT. FORWARD WELL DECK

Jack and Rose are leaning over the starboard rail, looking at the hull of

the ship.

JACK:

Looks okay. I don't see anything.

ROSE:

Could it have damaged the ship?

JACK:

It didn't seem like much of a bump. I'm sure we're okay.

Behind them a couple of steerage guys are kicking the ice around the deck,

laughing.

CUT TO:

155 INT. STEERAGE FORWARD

Fabrizio and Tommy are in a crowd of steerage men clogging the corridors,

heading aft away from the flooding. Many of them have grabbed suitcases and

duffel bags, some of which are soaked.

TOMMY:

If this is the direction the rats were runnin', it's good enough for me.

CUT TO:

156 INT. CORRIDOR ON B DECK

Bruce Ismay, dressed in pajamas under the topcoat, hurries down the

corridor, headed for the bridge. An officious steward named BARNES comes

along the other direction, getting the few concerned passengers back into

their rooms.

STEWARD BARNES:

There's no cause for alarm. Please, go back to your rooms.

He is stopped in his tracks by Cal and Lovejoy.

STEWARD BARNES:

Please, sir. There's no emergency--

CAL:

Yes there is, I have been robbed. Now get the Master at Arms. Now you

moron!

CUT TO:

157 INT. BRIDGE / CHARTROOM

C.U. CAPTAIN SMITH studying the commutator.

He turns to Andrews, standing behind him.

SMITH:

A five degree list in less than ten minutes.

SHIP'S CARPENTER JOHN HUTCHINSON enters behind him, out of breath and

clearly unnerved.

HUTCHINSON:

She's making water fast... in the forepeak tank and the forward holds, in

boiler room six.

ISMAY enters, his movements quick with anger and frustration. Smith glances

at him with annoyance.

ISMAY:

Why have we stopped?

SMITH:

We've struck ice.

ISMAY:

Well, do you think the ship is seriously damaged?

SMITH:

(glaring)

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