Come back! Come back to the ship!
CHIEF OFFICER WILDE joins him, blowing his silver whistle.
208 FROM BOAT 6 the whistle comes shrilly across the water. Quartermaster
Hitchins grips the rudder in fear.
HITCHINS
The suction will pull us right down if we don't keep going.
MOLLY
We got room for lots more. I say we go back.
HITCHINS
No! It's our lives now, not theirs. And I'm in charge of this boat! Now
row!!
209 CAPTAIN SMITH, at the rail of the boat deck, lowers his megaphone slowly
SMITH
The fools.
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210 INT. A-DECK FOYER
As Cal and Lovejoy cross the foyer encounter Benjamin Guggenheim and his
valet, both dressed in white tie, tail-coats and top hats.
CAL
Ben, what's the occasion?
GUGGENHEIM
We have dressed in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen.
CAL
That's admirable, Ben.
(walking on)
I'll sure and tell your wife... when I get to New York.
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211 INT. FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM
There are still two card games in progress. The room is quiet and civilized.
A silver serving cart, holding a large humidor, begins to roll slowly across
the room. One of the cardplayers takes a cigar from it as it rolls by.
CARDPLAYER
It seems we've been dealt a bad hand this time.
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212 EXT. / INT. A-DECK PROMENADE
Cal and Lovejoy are walking aft with a purposeful stride. They pass CHIEF
BAKER JOHGHIN, who is working up a sweat tossing deck chairs over the rail.
After they go by, Joughin takes a break and pulls a bottle of scotch from a
pocket, opening it. He drains it, and tosses it over the side too, then
stands there a little unsteadily.
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213 EXT. BOAT DECK AND A-DECK, AFT
PANIC IS SETTING IN around the remaining boats aft. The crowd here is now a
mix of all three classes. Officers repeatedly warn men back from the boats.
The crowd presses in closer.
Seamen SCAROTT brandishes the tiller of boat 14 to discourage a close press
of men who look ready to rush the boat. Several men break ranks and rush
forward.
Lightoller pulls out his Webley revolver and aims it at them.
LIGHTOLLER
Get back! Keep order!
The men back down. Fifth Officer Lowe standing in the boat, yells to the
crew.
LOWE
Lower away left and right!
Lightoller turns away from the crowd and, out of their sight, breaks his
pistol open. Letting out a long breath, he starts to LOAD IT.
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214 EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD SIDE, AFT
Cal and Lovejoy arrive in time to see Murdoch lowering his last boat.
CAL
We're too late.
LOVEJOY
There are still some boats forward. Stay with this one... Murdoch. He seems
to be quite... practical.
215 IN THE WATER BELOW there is another panic. Boat 13, already in the water
but still attached to its falls, is pushed aft by the discharge water being
pumped out of the ship. It winds up directly under boat 15, which is coming
down he right on top of it.
The passengers shout in panic to the crew above to stop lowering. They are
ignored. Some men put their hands up, trying futilely to keep the 5 tons of
boat 15 from crushing them.
Fred Barrett, the stoker, gets out his knife and leaps to the after falls,
climbing rudely over people. He cuts the aft falls while another crewman
cuts the forward lines. 13 drifts out from beneath 15 just seconds before it
touches the water with a slap.
Cal, looking down from the rail hears GUNSHOTS--
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216 EXT. BOAT DECK / A-DECK, PORT, AFT
Fifth Officer Lowe, in Boat 14 is firing his gun as a warning to a bunch of
men threatening to jump into the boat as it passes the open promenade on
A-Deck.
LOWE
Stay back you lot!
BLAM! BLAM!
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217 EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD, AFT
The shots echo away.
CAL
It's starting to fall apart. We don't have much time.
Cal sees three dogs run by, including the black French bulldog. Someone has
released the pets from the kennels.
Cal sees Murdoch turn from the davits of boat 15 and start walking toward
the bow. He catches up and falls in beside him.
CAL
Mr. Murdoch, I'm a businessman, as you know, and I have a business
proposition for you.
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218 OMITTED
219 EXT. BOAT DECK, PORT
Jack, Rose et al burst out onto the boat deck from the crew stairs just aft
of the third funnel. They look at the empty davits.
ROSE
The boats are gone!
She sees Colonel Gracie chugging forward along the deck, escorting two first
class ladies.
ROSE
Colonel! Are there any boats left?
GRACIE
(staring at her bedraggled state)
Yes, miss... there are still a couple of boats all the way forward. This
way, I'll lead you!
Jack grabs her hand and they sprint past Gracie, with Tommy and Fabrizio
close behind.
ANGLE ON THE BAND... incredibly they are still playing. Jack, Rose and the
others run by.
TOMMY
Music to drown by. Now I know I'm in First Class.
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220 EXT. BOAT DECK, STARBOARD, FORWARD
Water pours like a spillway over the forward railing on B-Deck. CAMERA
SWEEPS UP past A-Deck to the Boat Deck where Murdoch and his team are
loading Collapsible Car the forward-most davits.
NOTE: There are four so-called collapsibles, or Engelhardts boats, including
two which are stored on the roof of the officer's quarters.
The crowd is sparse, with most people still aft. Cal slips his hand out of
the pocket of his overcoat and into the waist pocket of Murdoch's greatcoat,
leaving the stacks of bills there.
CAL
So we have an understanding then?
MURDOCH
(nodding curtly)
As you've said.
Cal, satisfied, steps back. He finds himself waiting next to J. Bruce Ismay.
Ismay does not meet his eyes, nor anyone's. Lovejoy come sup to Cal at that
moment.
LOVEJOY
I've found her. She's just over on the port side. With him.
MURDOCH
Women and children? Any more women and children?
(glancing at Cal)
Any one else, then?
Cal looks longingly at his boat... his moment has arrived.
CAL
God damn it to hell! Come on.
He and Lovejoy head for the port side, taking a short-cut through the
bridge.
Bruce Ismay, seeing his opportunity, steps quickly into Collapsible C. He
stares straight ahead, not meeting Murdoch's eyes.
MURDOCH
(staring at Ismay)
Take them down.
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221 EXT. BOAT DECK / PORT SIDE - NIGHT
ON THE PORT SIDE Lightoller is getting people into Boat 2. He keeps his
pistol in his hand at this point. Twenty feet below them the sea is pouring
into the doors and windows of B deck staterooms. They can hear the roar of
water cascading into the ship.
LIGHTOLLER
Women and children, please. Women and children only. Step back, sir.
Even with Jack's arms wrapped around her, Rose is shivering in the cold.
Near her a WOMAN with TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS looks into the eyes of a HUSBAND
she knows she may not see again
HUSBAND
Goodbye for a little while... only for a little while.
(to his two little girls)
Go with mummy.
The woman stumbles to the boat with the children, hiding her tears from
them. Beneath the false good cheer, the man is choked with emotion.
HUSBAND
Hold mummy's hand and be a good girl. That's right.
Some of the women are stoic, others are overwhelmed by emotion and have to
be helped into the boats. A MAN scribbles a note and hands it to a woman who
is about to board.
MAN
Please get this to my wife in DeMoines, Iowa.
Jack looks at Tommy and Fabrizio.
JACK
You better check out the other side.
They nod and run off, searching for a way around the deckhouse.
ROSE
I'm not going without you.
JACK
Get in the boat, Rose.
Cal walks up just then.
CAL
Yes. Get in the boat, Rose.
She is shocked to see him. She steps instinctively to Jack. Cal looks at
her, standing there shivering in her wet slip and stockings, a shocking
display in 1912.
CAL
My God, look at you.
(taking off his boat)
Here, put this on.
She numbly shrugs into it. He is doing it for modesty, not the cold.
LIGHTOLLER
Quickly, ladies. Step into the boat. Hurry, please!
JACK
Go on. I'll get the next one.
ROSE
No. Not without you!
She doesn't even care that Cal is standing right there. He sees the emotion
between Jack and Rose and his jaw clenches. But then he leans close to her
and says...
CAL
(low)
There are boats on the other side that are allowing men in. Jack and I can
get off safely. Both of us.
JACK
(he smiles reassuringly)
I'll be alright. Hurry up so we can get going... we got our own boat to
catch.
CAL
Get in... hurry up, it's almost full.
Lightoller grabs her arm and pulls her toward the boat. She reaches out for
Jack and her fingers brush his for a moment. Then she finds herself stepping
down into the boat. It's all a rush and blur.
LIGHTOLLER
Lower away!
The two men watch at the rail as the boat begins to descend.
CAL
(low)
You're a good liar.
JACK
Almost as good as you.
CAL
I always win, Jack. One way or another.
(looks at him, smiling)
Pity I didn't keep that drawing. It's going to be worth a lot more by
morning.
Jack knows he is screwed. He looks down at Rose, not wanting to waste a
second of his last view of her.
222 ROSE'S PERCEPTION... IN SLOW MOTION: The ropes going through the pulleys
as the seamen start to lower. All sound going away... Lightoller giving
orders, his lips moving... but Rose hears only the blood pounding in her
ears... this cannot be happening... a rocket bursts above in slow-motion,
outlining Jack in a halo of light... Rose's hair blowing in slow motion as
she gazes up at him, descending away from him... she sees his hand
trembling, the tears at the corners of his eyes, and cannot believe the
unbearable pain she is feeling...
Rose is still staring up, tears pouring down her face.
SUDDENLY SHE IS MOVING. She lunges across the women next to her. Reaches the
gunwale, climbing it...
Hurls herself out of the boat to the rail of the A-Deck promenade, catching
it, and scrambling over the rail. The Boat 2 continues down. But Rose is
back on Titanic.
JACK
No Rose! NOOOO!!
Jack spins from the rail, running for the nearest way down to A-Deck.
Hockley too has seen her jump. She is willing to die for this man, this
gutter scum. He is overwhelmed by a rage so all consuming it eclipses all
thought.
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223 INT. GRAND STAIRCASE
TRACKING WITH JACK as he bangs through the doors to the foyer and sprints
down the stairs. He sees her coming into A-deck foyer, running toward him,
Cal's long coat flying out behind her as she runs.
They meet at the bottom of the stairs, and collide in an embrace.
JACK
Rose, Rose, you're so stupid, you're such an idiot--
And all the while he's kissing her and holding her as tight as he can.
ROSE
You jump, I jump, right?
JACK
Right.
Hockley comes in and runs to the railing. Looking down he sees them locked
in their embrace. Lovejoy comes up behind Cal and puts a restraining HAND on
him, but Cal whips around, grabbing the pistol from Lovejoy's waistband in
one cobra-fast move.
He RUNS along the rail and down the stairs. As he reaches the landing above
them he raises the gun. SCREAMING in rage, he FIRES.
The carved cherub at the foot of the center railing EXPLODES. Jack pulls
