Tomorrow Never Dies Page #12

Suddenly a THREE FOOT SECTION OF THE DECK EXPLODES IN A FOUNTAIN OF

WATER. The men are swept off their feet.

PASSAGEWAY/GANTRY #2 -

As the Captain rushes up the steps, he turns around, reacting to a

GRINDING NOISE -

CAPTAIN'S POV - THE CLOSED WATER-TIGHT DOOR -

BOOM! Water blasts through, like 1000 fire hydrants turned on full.

With terror in his eyes, THE CAPTAIN sprints up the rest of the

stairs, through a water-tight door, into:

PASSAGEWAY #3 -

Where the Captain secures the door behind him, and rushes away.

THE BRIDGE -

A desperate battle continues:

DAMAGE CONTROL:

Flooding on C-Deck!

FIRST OFFICER:

Where the hell are those generators?

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Coming up, sir!

FIRST OFFICER:

Get those pumps working!

BATTERY ROOM -

A CREWMAN hurriedly flips switches. The lights flicker... And just

as they some to life, brightly -

THE DOOR BURSTS OPEN, and a wall of water and debris blows in,

destroying everything in its wake.

THE BRIDGE -

Lights out! A sense of helplessness is beginning to fill the room:

SYSTEMS CONTROL:

The back-up is gone!

DAMAGE OFFICER:

Flooding up to B-Deck!

HELMSMAN:

We can't hold out much longer, sir!

All eyes are on the First Officer. Will he save them?

FIRST OFFICER:

Where the hell is the Captain?!?!

THE CAPTAIN (PASSAGEWAY #3) -

Running, the Captain is about to reach the exit door. Hearing the

relentless grinding behind him, he throws a look over his shoulder:

BAM! The entrance door EXPLODES in a thunderball of water.

The Captain clambers through the exit door to:

PASSAGEWAY #4 -

A short hall:
He shuts the entrance door, runs to the exit. He

looks hack again:

BAM! The door blasts open - and the torrent of water continues the

chase, as if it's got a personal vendetta against him. He exits to:

PASSAGEWAY #5 -

Slamming the door behind him, the Captain looks ahead, and up:

STAIRS. AN OPEN DOOR AT THE TOP.

He throws a look back:

THE ENTRANCE DOOR IS BEGINNING TO HUM AND VIBRATE.

Sprinting for his life, the Captain rushes up the stairs, two at a

time. The humming behind him grows louder. He glances back:

THE DOOR BLASTS OPEN. WATER SHOOTS IN.

He rushes up the last four steps, just as -

CA-CHUNK! THE EXIT DOOR SLAMS CLOSED IN FRONT OF HIM!

With PANIC IN HIS EYES, the Captain turns to face the oncoming

tsunami! We cut to:

THE WORM'S POV - (UNDERWATER, INT. PASSAGEWAY #5)

Moving like a shark... Toward THE CAPTAIN'S LEGS, DEAD AHEAD IN THE

WATER. As it closes in for the kill -

THE BRIDGE -

Shifts, suddenly, to the stern. A confusion of anxious voices:

HELMSMAN:

Slipping to stern!

DAMAGE OFFICER:

All major compartments flooded!

With all hands still awaiting orders -

THE ROOM LURCHES AS THE BOW RISES! Papers fly! Men slide! The

First Officer has no choice:

FIRST OFFICER:

Abandon ship! Break radio silence!

Send our position!

INSERT - COMPUTER SCREEN -

The Communications Officer types: "Top Secret. Indian Ocean Naval

Command. H.M.S. Indomitable Sinking."

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

(calling out)

What's our position?

GPS OFFICER:

(reading off his screen)

One hundred degrees, thirty-one

minutes, and seven seconds East, by

two degrees, twenty-nine minutes, ten

seconds, North.

As he types, the room lurches again, tilting more to the stern.

THE CAPTAIN - (STAIRCASE, PASSAGEWAY #5)

As the passageway shifts, tilting to the stern, the Captain screams

and WHOOSH! - is sucked down into the water - the worm's vortex -

like meat being fed into a Cuisinart: A churning, spinning death.

EXT. THE H.M.S. INDOMITABLE - FOG - NIGHT

Bow rises completely out of the water as the stern goes under.

EXT. DECK -

TWO CREWMAN manage to get a LIFEBOAT away. TWO OTHERS scramble up

from below and leap into the water.

WIDER:

The bow is at a forty-five degree angle... And the H.M.S.

Indomitable pauses - for just a moment - before SLIPPING UNDER, STERN

FIRST, throwing up a series of great waves.

EXT. LIFEBOAT -

Rocked by waves from the sinking ship. The Cook, a Marine, and Three

Crewmen hear a splash along side. Two of the Crew pull the SONAR

OFFICER aboard. He takes a minute to catch his breath, then:

SONAR OPERATOR:

Six. That's it? Only six of us?

COOK:

Most of the crew never made it to

their life jackets. The Captain?

SONAR OFFICER:

(shrugs, then:
)

The First officer stayed on the bridge.

One of the CREWMAN SPOTS SOMETHING IN THE DISTANCE:

CREWMAN:

Hey - look! Over there!

NEW ANGLE - (ROCK OUTCROPPING - STRAIT OF MALACCA - NIGHT)

The SEA DOLPHIN II emerges from a cove, looking like a ghostly white

apparition in the fog.

RETURN ON THE LIFEBOAT -

The men yell and wave and whistle, hoping to be saved.

CLOSER ON THE SEA DOLPHIN II - DECK -

Elliot Harmsway removes a pair of binoculars from his face. Turns to

YUNG, standing next to him at the rail:

HARMSWAY:

Lovely night for a shipwreck, isn't it?

Yung looks at Harmsway like he's crazy. Oblivious, Harmsway looks at

his WATCH, then looks through the BINOCULARS again - and begins to

WHISTLE the opening notes of My Fair Lady's "WOULDN'T IT BE LOVERLY."

("All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air")

THE LIFEBOAT -

As the men cry for help, the Sonar Operator spots something just

below the surface, moving toward the lifeboat at great speed.

He hears the hum. His eyes follow the churning water...

And suddenly - out of nowhere - the Worm hits the lifeboat from

below, smashing it to bits, hurtling the pieces in the air.

THE SEA DOLPHIN II -

Harmsway lowers the binoculars' smiling. Stamper appears, hands

Harmsway a piece of paper.

STAMPER:

We've decoded their last transmission.

Harmsway studies it for a moment - smiles.

HARMSWAY:

Perfect. They'll be searching miles from here.

(then)

Time for phase two. You can get the

men in the water.

And with this, Harmsway turns, and walks off, jauntily whistling

"Wouldn't It Be Loverly."

Stamper looks at Yung, re: Harmsway's glee.

YUNG:

You heard him. Get the men in the water!

NEW ANGLE - SIDE OF THE SEA DOLPHIN II - NIGHT -

In the water next to the chip, FOUR DIVERS drop the last of their

equipment in a DIVE BOAT. They cast off, motoring into the fog.

EXT. LONDON - RESTAURANT BIBENDUM - NIGHT

The classic Michelin building on Fulham road.

INT. RESTAURANT BIBENDUM -

A YOUNG WOMAN is yammering away at Bond; he's trying to put a good

face on what is obviously a dreadful fix-up first date.

WOMAN:

I can't believe it took us so long to

finally get together! What exactly

do you do for the government?

BOND:

(after a beat)

You might say... 'Public relations.'

WOMAN:

How fascinating! I bet you meet all

the most fabulous people.

Before Bond can answer, the MAITRE D' interrupts.

MAITRE D'

Excuse me - Mr. Bond? You have a call.

Bond excuses himself.

NEW ANGLE - BOND AT PHONE -

007 picks up the receiver, without saying hello:

BOND:

Moneypenny! You're early. You

weren't supposed to call until -

(he stiffens)

Yes. I understand. Twenty minutes.

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