[제 목] 캡틴 필립스 Captain Phillips
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Sony Pictures
Scott Rudin Productions
Michael DeLuca Productions
Trigger Street Films
First Draft - Revised
December 9, 2010
MAERSK ALABAMA
(from the book "A Captain's Duty" by Richard Phillips)
Screenplay by Billy Ray
FADE IN... on a man in a floating hell. We are: INT. LIFEBOAT - NIGHT (2 A.M.)
An enclosed, fiberglass LIFEBOAT, 28 feet long - with 60 seats, and HATCHES fore and aft. It's steamy, hot, even at night. Floating on the Indian Ocean, 300 miles from Somalia.
RICHARD PHILLIPS sleeps upright in this sweatbox, at gunpoint. He's 50, a career merchant mariner - now a hostage.
His captors are four Somali pirates: BILAL is 16, his left footwrappedinbloodygauze.ELMIis25,hasathree-colored * ROPE on his lap. NAJEE is 24. They're asleep too. But:
MUSI, their leader, is wide awake. 25 years old, 5'9", maybe 135 pounds. A rail-thin killer. His hand, bandaged and bloody, holds an AK-47 as he studies the sleeping Phillips.
After a beat, Musi rises, and "undogs" (opens) the AFT HATCH, stepping out onto the lifeboat's tiny AFT DECK. He lays his AK at his feet, and pees off the edge.
Phillips' eyes instantly snap open. Turns out, he was awake. * He assesses his options - IMAGES, hitting us in a hurry:
Three pirates asleep; the THREE-COLORED ROPE on Elmi's lap; Musi's back turned to us; the AK on the deck... and SIX FULL FUEL BUCKETS, tied down in the boat's nose. It's time to go.
So he rises, heads for the aft hatch. The rest is a blur:
EXT. LIFEBOAT - AFT HATCH/AFT DECK - CONTINUING
The craft is orange, shaped like a submarine. Musi pees off * its deck, the AK at his feet. Phillips can grab it and fire * away. He considers that.
But a half-mile away, lit up like a distant jewel, is a US NAVY GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER - the USS Bainbridge. 508 feet long. Immense, powerful, here to rescue him - so...
He pushes Musi off the deck and dives in. We FOLLOW: *
EXT. WATER - CONTINUING - NIGHT
His glasses fly off, gone forever in the cool water. He startsswimmingmadly,moonlightshiningthrough.Behindhim, * Musi surfaces, howling in Somali at his crew. *
Next Phillips hears the engine of the lifeboat roaring to * life. He swims, kicks, gasps... then he looks back. Oh no: *
The lifeboat is coming at him, Musi clinging to its side. *
Phillipssucksinair,andDIVESdown.Evenunderwaterhecan * hearthepiratesshouting.Thelifeboatpassesoverhim,then * STOPS, idling right atop him. Phillips can touch its hull. *
He surfaces beneath the bow - a quiet breath - grabs the * ENGINECOOLINGPIPESunderthekeelandguideshimselfalong. *
FOOTSTEPSonthedeckabovehim.Pirateshowling,enraged.He * ducks under the boat again, comes up on the port side.
But waiting there, in the water, is Musi. Oh shit.
They lunge for each other's throats instantly. Hand-to-hand combat, just like that. Phillips gets Musi's head under water, Musi's scream turning into a burble of air.
Holding the guy down - Musi flailing, kicking - Phillips
trying to drown the bastard, until... another nightmare: *
POP POP POP. Three rounds from the AK, whistling past his ear into the water. He looks up.
Elmi, on deck. Firing. It's over. Phillips releases Musi. That fast, Phillips is yanked out of the water by Elmi and
Bilal, thrown through that aft hatch and back inside, where: INT. LIFEBOAT - CONTINUING
Elmi and Bilal throw him to the floor of the boat. Then they pounce: beating the hell out of him. Najee jumps in too. Shot after shot, swarming like angry bees.
NAJEE
We kill you! Kill you!
Shouting, spitting, kicking. Elmi ties Phillips' hands to a horizontal bar, exposing his torso. Bilal trusses Phillips' feet to the base of a seat. He's helpless, a punching bag.
...as Musi, wet and enraged now, steps up. Silence... Then:
MUSI
How much you worth, Irish? One
million? Two million?
CRACK. A right cross to Phillips' jaw, staggering him. Now *
the others join in again: pounding, spitting, shouting... * ...until, gradually, they stop - too winded to continue. *
MUSI (CONT'D)
You stay tied now, like an animal.
And you pee in a bottle.
2.
Phillips is a bruised, bleeding mess. Gasping... *
PHILLIPS
I can't feel my hands. You trussed
'em too tight.
MUSI Like an animal!
Phillips tries to chew the ropes. Musi hits him again.
MUSI (CONT'D)
Ropes can't touch your mouth! They
are halal!
He walks away. Najee and Elmi follow... leaving Bilal, the youngest, to stand guard, AK in hand. Bilal studies Phillips, perplexed. A long quiet beat... then he has to ask:
BILAL
Why you didn't just shoot us?
(Phillips is silent)
Gun was right there. Why you don't
just grab it and shoot us?
PHILLIPS * I just... wanted to go home.
Bilal doesn't respond. He can't. We CUT TO: EXT. MAERSK - STARBOARD - AMIDSHIP - NIGHT
The MAERSK ALABAMA is a cargo ship: 508 feet long, 83 feet abeam, displacing 31,000 tons of water. Massive. With a seven- story superstructure, "The House", rising from her stern.
She idles, a mile from the lifeboat... as she is boarded by U.S. NAVY SAILORS - guys climbing up flexible-steel ladders from two NAVY ZODIACS idling beside the Maersk amidship.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - SAME
SHANE MURPHY stands at the helm of the Maersk, 120 feet above the waterline. He's Chief Mate on this ship - 27, tough as a bouncer but with a Boy Scout face. From Seekon, Mass.
MURPHY
The leader has a knife wound on his
right hand, pretty deep. Another guy, *
he was the youngest, his foot's cut
up - from glass shards.
Murphy and 10 OTHER MAERSK CREW-MEMBERS (we'll meet them * soon) are being debriefed by LT. PRICE, USN. *
3.
...asNavySAILORStakecontrolofthisship.AnENSIGNnamed * REID at the helm. Murphy can see the Bainbridge from here... * and that tiny orange fiberglass lifeboat. This sucks... *
MURPHY (CONT'D) * Is there some rescue planned? You * guys gonna get him outta there? *
LT. PRICE * Orders are, no offensive measures * until the FBI Negotiator is on sight * and in contact with the pirates. *
ENSIGN REID * We okay to come about, Lieutenant?
LT. PRICE Yeah. Come about.
Reid turns the wheel. The giant cargo ship turns. Murphy * sighs; none of the crew-members look happy. Chief Engineer * MIKE PERRY, (55, devout Christian) voices it:
PERRY
Doesn't feel right, leaving him out
there.
LT. PRICE * Command wants this vessel out of
hostile waters - we're escorting you all the way to Mobassa.
The men hate that. Murphy studies them... then: MURPHY
Can we at least get word to his wife? * EXT. UNDERHILL VT. - RIVER ROAD - PHILLIPS' DRIVEWAY - DAY
FOUR NEWSVANS and 15 REPORTERS crowd the snowy driveway and street outside the home of Richard and Andrea Phillips.
Underhill Vermont is a town with no stop-lights. But today * it's the center of the world, and Phillips is the reason. A REPORTER, his breath fogged, does a remote from the porch.
...as we PUSH INSIDE, through a window, to:
INT. PHILLIPS' HOME - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUING
An 1830's design, timber ceilings. Messy and warm. But what * used to be a calm home is now Mission Control: NEIGHBORS, * FAMILY MEMBERS - manning phones, monitoring CNN, fretting. *
4.
WeKEEPPUSHINGTHROUGH-faces,voices,aspilledsoda-to: *
EXT. PHILLIPS' HOME - BACK PATIO - DAY
A stone patio, dusted by light snow. ANDREA PHILLIPS sits out here, a brief moment of solitude amidst crisis. Behind her we see a perfect Vermont pasture, blanketed white.
Andrea is the one all those reporters want to talk to. The wife. Lovely, fierce... but desperate just now. She stares at an old NAUTICAL BELL that hangs over a clothes-line.
Through the patio doors she sees her SISTERS, her SISTERS-IN- LAW, NEIGHBORS. All here to help. But none of them can.
On her face, fear. Sadness. She lifts a CELL-PHONE to her
ear, hits speed-dial. FOUR RINGS... then she hears: *
PHILLIPS (OUTGOING MESSAGE) You know the spiel. Now do the deal.
I'll call you back.
BEEP. Andrea starts crying. About to hang up... Instead:
ANDREA (INTO CELL)
Hi, Honey. You're gonna have a bunch
of hang-ups on this number. Sorry, they're all me; it's the only way I can hear your voice. Dumb, right? Richard, I keep thinking about the airport. Dropping you off like that. I always walk you in and watch the plane take off. Always. So why didn't I this time? I don't know.
(a beat)
The kids are good. They're both on
their way home. Everybody's calling,
even people we never talk to, guys I
dated thirty years ago. I think they
think I'm now available.
(half a laugh, then:)
Keep looking for me, Honey. Every
night in the stars. I'm up there. And
I'm looking for you. So I'll see you
soon, right? I love you.
She shuts the phone, eyes that old SHIP'S BELL overhead. *
ANDREA (CONT'D)
Damn it!
INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - RESUMING (NIGHT) *
This lifeboat chugs along, airless and fetid. *
5.
6. Phillips, bound now, his face beaten and bruised, silently
prays. Musi, on the bridge, watches, amused. *
MUSI
Hey Phillips, you turning Catholic
again?
(NOTE:thebridgeistwostepsabovethelifeboatfloor,with * nav and radio gear, two seats, and tiny cockpit windows.)
The pirates look strained, edgy; Elmi nervously works that * three-colored ROPE: weaving strands of white, orange, and red into a whole. Phillips watches with an unspoken dread. *
PHILLIPS I have to urinate.
(no one replies)
I need the bottle. I have to urinate.
MUSI No bottle.
PHILLIPS You just said...
MUSI
You pee on yourself, like an animal.
PHILLIPS Won't be too clean.
MUSI
I'm clean. My men are clean. No
bottle.
Two Captains, eyeing one another. The pirates watching...
PHILLIPS
None of us are gonna get out of here
alive. You know that.
MUSI
Why? 'Cause of Navy? Don't worry,
Irish. They not gonna hurt me. I work for those guys.
PHILLIPS Is that right?
MUSI
Oh yeah. This is a
We take ships, see
Your company hired
me, we're friends!
training mission. how the Navy does. us. Navy guys and
Crazy bastard. He points at the Bainbridge, brightly lit, a half mile away, then chuckles. Phillips studies him...
MUSI (CONT'D) *
We offer them beer! No American say *
no to beer! Beer and tv. Lazy, lazy.
We're Somali Marines, we're 24/7. We
can do anything.
Najee picks up the three-colored rope, consults with Elmi about it in Somali. Clearly, it has great meaning to them.
PHILLIPS
That's for me. Isn't it. *
(Musi grins)
The rope. Is it for me?
Musi looks to his men: Do I tell him? A beat, then...
MUSI
Yah, it's for you, Irish. But you
can't touch it. Your hands are lalil. Unclean.
(relishing this)
It's what we tie you up with before
we kill you. So your soul never
leaves these waters.
Phillips digests that. Musi grins, pleased.
MUSI (CONT'D)
You had to pee, right? So pee! Pee,
Irish!
The pirates laugh. Phillips eyes them, defiant. You will not
break me...
And he begins to pee, darkening his pants.
The pirates start WHOOPING, celebrating, as:
EXT. PHILLIPS' HOME - BACK PATIO - RESUMING
Andrea remains alone out here... until: *
AMBER (O.S.)
Andrea?
AMBER, Andrea's oldest friend, stepping on to the patio.
ANDREA Who's been calling?
7.
AMBER
Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, Diane
Sawyer, Senator Kennedy, Senator Leahy. But we didn't want to interrupt you...
ANDREA
You could've interrupted me for Matt
Lauer.
Amber breathes out a smile, then drops a bomb:
AMBER
Honey, there are two people from
Maersk here.
Andrea sees them now, through the patio door: two CORPORATE TYPES, a man and a woman, just got here. Standing out like sore thumbs in a room full of friends and family.
She tightens. Maybe they're here to deliver bad news. Amber seems to think so too. She leads Andrea into:
INT. PHILLIPS' HOME - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUING
The room is suddenly silent, all eyes on the suits: ALLISON McCALL (blonde, pretty, likes her BlackBerry) and JONATHAN HENSON (35, solid). They approach Andrea, who gulps...
ALLISON
Hi, Andrea. I'm Allison McCall. This
is Jonathan Henson. We're from Maersk.
ANDREA
Okay.
Bracing herself. Everyone in the room doing the same...
ALLISON
I'm going to be managing anything
media-related for you. Jonathan's going to be liaising with the Defense Department, so you'll be getting steady and real-time information.
Okay. She's not here to deliver devastating news. Everyone relaxes. A sister-in-law, NANCY, extends a phone as:
NANCY
Um. I have the Governor on the phone.
He wants to know if there's anything he can do.
8.
ALLISON
Yes. He can send over some State
Troopers to move all the reporters off the road out there. They're causing a traffic hazard.
Nancy pauses. Am I actually supposed to say that? ANDREA
I'll be with him in a second, Nancy. Nancy nods, relieved. Andrea studies Allison, wary.
ANDREA (CONT'D)
I appreciate your being here, *
Allison. But it's really not *
necessary. I know how things go.
Maersk got their ship back, and all
of their cargo, and most of the crew.
That's a pretty good result. And
sometimes one man gets sacrificed for
the good of others. That's the sea.
ALLISON
Mrs. Phillips, Maersk is not going to
let anything happen to your husband.
ANDREA
I see. Then how much are they willing
to spend to save him?
WHAM. That caught Allison flush. Andrea closes her eyes: *
ANDREA (CONT'D)
Richard, you have to save yourself.
INT. LIFEBOAT - NIGHT
A JOLT: Phillips is yanked out of a seat by Musi - suddenly, *
urgently. Rage in Musi's eyes. Something's infuriated him:
MUSI
I want you to know something. We were
all fishermen once. Other countries come and overfish our waters, dump all their trash here - no Somali government to stop them. So there's no more fishing.
A few feet away, Najee and Elmi pull an ORANGE SURVIVAL SUIT from a bin, and begin to spread it on the floor. Odd...
PHILLIPS
What's the survival suit for?
9.
MUSI
We were fishermen!
PHILLIPS What's it for?!
MUSI
If your body touch the floor, it
makes the whole boat unclean.
Oh. Musi loads a 9mm handgun, hands it to Bilal. The pirates drop to their knees to PRAY for Allah's blessing. Game over; Phillips knows it. And he can only utter a single word:
PHILLIPS Andrea...
He shuts his eyes. We SMASH TO BLACK - and... Super: "Eight days earlier."
FADE UP AGAIN: on Phillips, when the world was still sane. INT. PHILLIPS HOME - MASTER BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING
Phillips is home. In bed. Studying Andrea's face as she sleeps - trying to sear the image of her into his memory. He knows he won't be seeing that face again for a while.
This is their bedroom: a four-poster bed, a crucifix on the wall, timber ceiling overhead. Messy and warm, with Vermont outside the window - a snowy pasture on a March morning.
Andrea awakens. Phillips is the first thing she sees.
PHILLIPS (Barry White voice)
Baby, when'll your husband be home?
Andrea blushes, grins. She loves when he kids like that. *
Then the grin's gone, that fast - because she just remembered what today is. Instead, sadness. Resignation. These two love each other deeply. It makes the goodbyes awful.
ANDREA All packed?
Phillips nods. We CUT TO... a different kind of home:
INT. MUSI'S HUT - EYL, SOMALIA - EARLY MORNING
Musi awakens on a dirt floor in a stone hut. His wife, ABDI, and their two kids sleep. He studies them fondly. RETURN TO:
10.
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - UPSTAIRS - RESUMING
Phillips eyes his daughter's room. (She's away at school). Every inch of wall space is filled with posters, bumper stickers, equestrian ribbons. They make him smile.
Then his son's room. Lots of clutter, photos of swimsuit
models on the walls - and the kid himself, just awakening
now. DAN, 19. Phillips is angered to see him here. *
PHILLIPS
Thought you were driving back to
school this morning.
DAN
Yeah. Woke up with a sore throat.
PHILLIPS * (hates being lied to) * Uh-huh. What time'd you get in last * night? *
DAN * It wasn't late. *
PHILLIPS * Had to be after midnight - 'cause I * was still up and you weren't here. *
DAN * You really gonna interrogate me, Dad? *
PHILLIPS * Oh. I'm sorry. Are you still sleepy? * (no reply) * It's really simple, Dan. You go to * school. Classes. That's your job. * You're either doing it or you're not. *
DAN * Dad, you wanna boss people around? Do * it on the boat, okay? Jesus. *
A blow-up, that fast. Silence hangs... * PHILLIPS *
You driving back, or aren't you? * DAN *
Obviously. *
PHILLIPS * Good. And check in on your mom while * I'm gone. *
11.
12.
DAN *
I know the drill. * Lots of distance here. It makes them both uneasy. * EXT. PHILLIPS HOME - PATIO - SAME *
Andreabroomssnowoffthepatio,bumpingherheadontheOLD * SHIP'SBELLhanginghere.Damn.Shehatesthatbell.Shesees * Phillips descending the stairs, irritated, bags in hand. *
INT. MUSI'S HUT - EYL, SOMALIA - RESUMING
Musi's "belongings" lie in a corner, discards collected over the years: someone's sun-glasses, a chipped coffee mug, a book. He steps into some ratty sandals.
Onastonewallisasliverofamirror,toosmalltoreflect * his whole face. He eyes a portion of his own reflection. *
EXT. PHILLIPS HOME - DRIVEWAY - MOMENTS LATER * Toyota Minivan. Andrea gets in. Phillips beside her.
ANDREA
I'm gonna take down that bell.
PHILLIPS
Please don't. It has sentimental--
ANDREA
I keep banging my head on it.
PHILLIPS
I'll raise it, soon as I'm back.
ANDREA In July.
PHILLIPS In July.
Not a happy reality. He takes her hand. It helps a little. She pulls out of the driveway. Phillips looks up:
There's Dan, glancing down from his bedroom window. Father
and son exchange looks. That's it. *
ANDREA
He stayed over so he could see you
off this morning.
PHILLIPS
I don't like him to miss class.
Departure days are always tense. And edgy. We RETURN TO:
INT. MUSI'S HUT - EYL, SOMALIA - RESUMING *
Abdi hands Musi a gift, a homemade BRACELET of red cloth. He * smiles, takes it, kisses her. Then he goes... *
INT. UNDERHILL, VT. - GENERAL STORE - MORNING * Underhill is snowy pastures, the local cemetery, a handmade *
signforfresheggs,St.Thomas'Church.AndaGENERALSTORE. *
It's run by MIKE WILLARD, (60, former merchant mariner), who * grins as Phillips makes his usual pre-trip purchase: 15 * pounds of "8 O'Clock Coffee" beans, in bags. *
MIKE WILLARD * Where ya bound on this one? *
PHILLIPS * Salalah, Djibouti, Mombasa - * delivering handshake food. *
MIKE WILLARD * That's a good run. *
Andrea tightens. No, it's not a good run. Not lately. And * Willard knows the tension well. *
MIKE WILLARD (CONT'D) * Your boy gonna work for me over the * Summer again? *
PHILLIPS * Maybe sooner than that, he keeps * screwin' around. *
(Willard smiles fondly) * Can I get a receipt? *
EXT. VILLAGE - EYL, SOMALIA - MORNING *
Musi emerges from his hut... into a wasteland: Eyl, Somalia. * No roads, no power or water. A goat ambles by, an old man * with NO HANDS sits, staring. Musi walks past him. *
INT. MINIVAN/EXT. BURLINGTON AIRPORT - CURB - MORNING
Airport. Andrea pulls up to the curb. Phillips pauses. *
PHILLIPS You're not coming in?
ANDREA
I can't today. Late for my shift.
13.
PHILLIPS Oh. Okay.
He lets it go, gets out. We STAY WITH ANDREA - grabs his stuff, then walks around to her side just in time for her to blurt out:
ANDREA
Two runs a year, Richard. That was our deal. This is number three. Is being away that great?
PHILLIPS
You want the speech about college
tuitions and mortgages again?
ANDREA
I just want you home.
Phillips knows that. He sighs, looks up at the
PHILLIPS
I'll be right up there, like always.
Right?
(she half-nods)
I love you.
as Phillips * ofthecar- *
He leans in. She pulls him close, urgently, shuts her eyes tight. Then her guard goes up again. End of hug. He smiles.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) (Barry White voice again)
Thanks, Baby. See ya next time I'm in town.
She almost laughs. Almost. One last look, then he goes, * vanishing into the terminal. On Andrea's face we CUT TO: *
EXT. BEACH - EYL, SOMALIA - MORNING *
Musicrossesawind-whippedbeach.Nocommercehere,nohope, * justoverturnedBOATS.TohisrightiswhatusedtobeaFISH * FACTORY - abandoned now, rotting. Musi continues on... *
EXT. PORT - SALALAH, OMAN - DAY
Phillips emerges from a car in the port of SALALAH, OMAN.
This place is booming - ships everywhere, big ones... But all Phillips can see is the Maersk Alabama, ugly and immense. *
Huge CRANES fill her hold with dumpster-sized CONTAINERS. (She can carry 1,092 of them, but on this trip she'll only be carrying 400.) She bears no flag of nationality.
sky.
14.
Phillips is instantly in Captain-mode: scrutinizing how the cranes are operating, how the ship's CREW is moving... Then:
MURPHY (O.S.) Good to see you, Cap.
Shane Murphy, the Chief Mate. These two respect one another.
PHILLIPS
You too, Shane. How's she look?
EXT. EYL, SOMALIA - OLD HARBOR - DOCK - MORNING *
WefindabeatenTRAWLERwithTENMENaboardit:black,lean, * hungry. At their feet: AK-47's, side-arms, ammunition. These * men are pirates. This trawler is their MOTHER-SHIP. *
IthastwoSKIFFStiedtoitsstern:motorboats.Notmuchfor * amenities, but fast. The rest of this harbor is empty... *
Musi walks a rickety dock, approaching the pirate-trawler. THREE CREW-MEMBERS see him coming. They stand at attention.
Bilal. Elmi. Najee. Musi nods to them and boards the Trawler. EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - IN PORT - DAY
Phillips walks the length of the Maersk, eyeing everything. He wears a blue Polo shirt, khakis, steel-toed boots.
Behindhimistheship's"House",seven-storiestall,hometo * crew quarters, hospital, mess, engines, the Bridge... *
Before him is the ship's massive HOLD, home to all those containers, (several marked WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.) Another one's being loaded in. Shane Murphy approaches.
MURPHY
Seventeen tons of grain, wheat, and
peas, bound for Kenya. (Phillips nods)
Beats hauling Toyotas from Yokohama to Seattle, right? God, that's a shitty run.
PHILLIPS
Voyage Plan's got us sailing three *
hundred miles off-shore. That's two *
extra days. *
MURPHY
Lotta bulletins comin' in about
pirates last couple weeks, Cap.
Crew's kinda edgy about it. *
15.
PHILLIPS * Yeah? Then why's security so lax * around here?
(Murphy shrugs)
Engine Door, Bridge Door, Cargo
Scuttle - all of 'em wide open. I
want 'em secured. Even in port.
Murphy nods. Phillips eyes the PIRATE CAGES (welded bars) that are supposed to be protecting the STEPS rising up seven stories from here to the Bridge. They're unlocked.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) Pirate cages unlocked. What kinda
crew are you handing me?
Whoops.ThatwassaidjustasTWOCREW-MEMBERSwalkby:"ATM" * RAIZA (26, black) and COLIN WRIGHT (30, Southerner). They * just decided the new Captain is an asshole. That fast. *
ATM Cap.
PHILLIPS Nice to meet you.
Off they go, unimpressed. Murphy waits 'til they're gone.
MURPHY
They're okay. The Captain took his
foot off the gas, last few days.
PHILLIPS
I'm puttin' it back on. Spread the
word.
MURPHY
Cap, go easy. They lost a guy last
week, outside Djibouti.
PHILLIPS Lost him how?
MURPHY
Deck Machinist, twenty-year vet. Guy
just opted out, middle of the night. Left a note in his cabin. "Tell 'em I went for a swim." That shit always spooks a crew.
PHILLIPS
Sorry, Shane - but I need 'em un-
spooked. And sharp. You on it?
16.
Yeah.
MURPHY
PHILLIPS
I guess I also need a new Deck
Machinist.
Murphy eyes him, sobered, then nods "On it."
EXT. PIRATE TRAWLER - EYL, SOMALIA - HARBOR - DAY
Musitouchesthebracelethiswifegavehimasweputtosea. * The Captain of this trawler is an elder named HUFAN. He has * an old map, a radio, and some cigarettes. *
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - IN PORT - DAY *
The maps in here are electronic. The radar screens have data scrolling across them. The radios are fed by satellite.
We're 120 feet above the waterline, looking out at the world through massive windows. A bright, trouble-free day... But * there's a tension hanging, even before we've left port. *
At the helm are KEN QUINN (2nd Mate) and ATM Raiza (whom Phillips pissed off on deck). This is hushed: *
ATM * I'm just sayin', Coast Guard * advisories say we should be six * hundred miles off-shore. *
KEN QUINN * You think a pirate trawler couldn't * find a ship six hundred miles out? *
Murphy, ten feet away, needs to cut this off. So: * MURPHY
Uh-oh. We're screwed, Fellas. * The guys turn... to see a sailor named DURELL (25, black, *
fit) who just stepped on to the bridge. Durell freezes. * ...as the guys in here study him, like Pledge-Masters.
MURPHY (CONT'D) * This your first ship, Kid? You right * outta merchant mariner school? *
17.
Yes.
DURELL * *
18. MURPHY *
Aw, Jeez. We got an FNG, Boys. * KEN QUINN *
Friggin' New Guy. *
MURPHY *
Didn't they teach you it's bad luck *
to walk on to the Bridge left-foot
first?
Durell's eyes go wide. Murphy looks so serious. They all do. * DURELL *
No...? *
MURPHY * Write this down, Rook. Full moons and
dolphins - good luck. Priests,
redheads, fresh flowers, and walking
on to the Bridge left-foot first, bad
luck. Brutal. Now go back out and do *
it again. *
Durell freezes again. Really? He starts to back out... * ...when ATM and Quinn start laughing, big-time, which tells *
Durell it's all a gag. He takes it pretty well. More laughs. * Then Phillips enters - and things tighten. The laughs get
choked back. He's the boss. And not big on goofing off.
MURPHY
Cap, this is Durell, new A.B.
PHILLIPS
Welcome to the sacred fraternity of
merchant mariners, truckers of the ocean. Shane'll teach you the fight song later. We all set, Fellas?
MURPHY/KEN QUINN/ATM
Yes sir.
Phillips nods, heads for the coffee-maker.
KEN QUINN
Hey, Cap. I never been on this run
before. Are the ports any good?
MURPHY Askin' the wrong never leaves the where we put in,
guy, Kenny. Cap ship. Doesn't matter he stays on board.
KEN QUINN That right, Cap?
PHILLIPS
I'm married and I'm cheap. What'm I
gonna do on shore?
The guys laugh. Phillips grabs a printed E-MAIL from "The Office of Naval Intelligence." Subject: "Pirate Activity on the East African Coast." He eyes it soberly, as:
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) Okay then. Dead Slow Ahead.
KEN QUINN Dead Slow Ahead.
Quinn pushes the ENGINE ORDER TELEGRAPH (throttle), and:
EXT. MAERSK - FROM THE WATER - CONTINUING
The Maersk Alabama puts out to sea... Slow but muscular.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips moves to a computer - sends off a quick e-mail: "We're underway, Honey. I'll be seeing you in the stars."
...as Murphy eyes that bulletin from Naval Intel - about the * surge in piracy off the East Africa coast... *
EXT. INDIAN OCEAN - PIRATE TRAWLER - MOVING - EVENING
Hufan's men eat stale crackers while he monitors his radio.
Musi is thumbing through a weather-worn ENGLISH DICTIONARY, * memorizing words by the glow of a FLASHLIGHT... until he * suddenly tosses the book overboard with disdain. Splash. *
BILAL (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) * Why you do that? All the ships we * board, no captain ever speak Somali. *
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) Everybody speaks AK-47, Bilal.
EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - STERN - AT SEA - MORNING *
A blazing hot day. Phillips walks the length of the ship again - his daily inspection tour - when he sees something:
Suspended above B-DECK - right where it should be - is that fiberglass LIFEBOAT. 28 feet long, enclosed, looks like an orange submarine, sitting on SKIDS at a 45-degree angle.
19.
But ten feet below it, sitting on overturned buckets, are two members of his crew: DEL and DAVE, old salts, each over 60 and overweight, smoking Marlboros.
Phillips pauses, instantly irritated.
PHILLIPS
Enjoying your break, Fellas?
They eye him without alarm. Or chagrin.
DEL
Sorry, Cap. I got a slipped disc.
PHILLIPS
Oh.
(at Dave:) *
How're your discs? * (Dave shrugs)
Get to work. Christ. Aren't you guys supposed to be cleaning the lifeboat? And there's no smoking on deck.
Del and Dave put their cigs out and rise, grabbing a hose.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
No. Not a hose. Get up in a harness *
and soogee it, with a Turk's Head.
DEL Really?
PHILLIPS
Yep. Hosin' it ain't the same thing. *
They eye the lifeboat, suspended above them. Hanging up there
in a harness sounds like a hassle. Phillips turns to go. *
DAVE * Hey, Cap. * (Phillips turns back) * We're spittin' distance of the Somali * coast - got pirates takin' down ships * right and left. How's cleanin' a * lifeboat gonna help anything? *
Phillips can debate the point, or walk away. He walks away. * PHILLIPS *
Just get it done. * INT. MAERSK - MESS DECK - MESS - LATER MORNING * Murphy and Ken Quinn, eating. Phillips enters, irritated. *
20.
PHILLIPS
Got some confused sailors on board, *
Shane. They seem to think my name's *
Maersk. I'm just the Captain. *
MURPHY
You need me to tune somebody up, Cap?
Phillips is about to reply when he sees ANOTHER BULLETIN on * the table: "Worldwide Threats to Shipping". *
...it'ssittinginfrontofKenQuinn.Clearly,heandMurphy * have been discussing it. 23 pirate attacks reported off of * East Africa in a single week. *
Now Phillips is really irritated - because a bulletin like * this should NOT be loose on the ship. He grabs it. *
PHILLIPS * No. I want you to show our crew a * Goddamn map. *
He gestures to a MAP on the wall. *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) * Here's Somalia. Here's Mombasa. * Here's Djibouti. Here's us. Coast * Guard advisories say we should be six * hundred miles off-shore. Great, * except you can't be six hundred miles * away from Somalia if you're going to * Mombasa, because Mombasa is sixty * miles from the Somali border. You can * go a thousand miles straight out, but * you still gotta come back into range, * because that's our destination. And * by the way, these guys've hit ships * twelve-hundred miles off shore, just * like they've hit ships that are at * anchor in port. These are the waters * we're sailing. Okay? *
Murphy nods. Quinn too. Phillips seems calmer now. * MURPHY *
Understood. *
PHILLIPS * Good. We're running a security drill * today. Unannounced.
MURPHY
Great! I love unannounced drills.
21.
PHILLIPS In five minutes.
MURPHY
'Kay. I wanna start out with--
PHILLIPS
Don't tell me what you're going to
do. Let's just see how we perform. INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - 9 A.M.
Colin Wright is at the helm. Beside him are ATM and a 70 year- old crew-member named MARV, (white, pleasant, but useless.) * Phillips enters... and leans in to Wright, calmly: *
PHILLIPS It's Colin, yeah?
WRIGHT
Yes, Cap. Colin Wright.
PHILLIPS
There's a boat on our starboard side,
Colin. Two men with weapons, acting hostile.
Wright turns. Marv freezes.
WRIGHT Ohhhhkay.
PHILLIPS
You have to do something about that -
right?
WRIGHT
Is this a drill, Cap?
Phillips just stares: "Show me something." Wright rings the GENERAL ALARM, which sounds throughout the ship. LOUD. *
PHILLIPS
Not the general alarm. We hit the
whistle first - to let the pirates know you are aware of them and are ready to defend the ship.
Wright nods, sounds a WHISTLE (audible five miles away).
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
Now the General Alarm. Long-short,
long-short.
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Done. ATM takes the helm. Marv still hasn't moved.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) You are...?
MARV I'm Marv, Cap.
PHILLIPS
Got pirates approaching, Marv. Hit
the fire pump.
There are two FIRE-PUMP lights on a console. One red, one green. Marv hits the RED one and moves away.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) Red means off. We need it ON.
MARV Got it.
ATM reaches over him, hits the green button... but:
ATM
The pumps aren't working, Cap. No
water pressure.
PHILLIPS
Okay. Fix it. Marv, go secure the
three bridge doors.
MARV Got it.
Marv scurries off. Phillips watches him go... * INT. MAERSK - ENGINE ROOM - SAME * Guys file in, without urgency. It's just a drill. * INT. MAERSK - LIFEBOAT - SAME * Whistles and alarms ring, but Del and Dave haven't moved. *
DEL * Nice. Can we go now? *
DAVE * I'm almost done. Relax. *
What's Dave doing? Using a key to scratch a caricature of * Phillips, and the words "Philips is a shit", into a hatch * door. A few last touches, then: *
23.
24.
DAVE (CONT'D) *
There. Now we can go. *
INT. MAERSK - A-DECK - PASSAGEWAY - MOMENTS LATER *
Phillips emerges from a stairwell: CREW-MEMBERS move past, * some with keys jangling on their belts. There are doors left * unsecured. Not good. He spots a STEWARD, ambling by: *
PHILLIPS * What's the non-duress password? *
STEWARD * Mister Jones. *
PHILLIPS * No. That's the Secret Security Alarm * code. Non-duress is "suppertime." *
STEWARD * Suppertime. Got it. *
This isn't going well. * INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING * Murphy appears on the Bridge. Feeling some heat. *
MURPHY * Have we switched the radio to VHF? *
WRIGHT * On it. *
Just then - Marv returns, winded. * MURPHY
Where you been, Marv?
MARV
Captain sent me to close the doors.
MURPHY
Oh. Which doors did you close?
MARV
Every door on every level.
MURPHY
Did they have locks on them, these
doors?
MARV Yeah.
MURPHY
But you were just closing them. Not
locking them. Securing them. MARV
Um.... No. Just closing.
MURPHY
Which wouldn't do much good if we
were under attack. Would it?
MARV No. I guess not.
WRIGHT
I've gone over this with him six or
seven times.
MURPHY
Okay, Marv. Get to your muster point.
(Marv's a blank)
The Ship's Office. Go.
Marv goes... just as Phillips returns to the bridge.
PHILLIPS
We are in search of excellence - but oh we will accept so much less.
MURPHY
How's it look down there?
PHILLIPS
Like monkeys trying to hump a
football. Got watertight doors open on the Main Engine Level; they should all be secured, with deadbolts. Guys running around with key-chains on their hips. One set would give a pirate access to every room on the ship. That was in the Night Orders. Did we get the pump fixed?
MURPHY Yeah. That's done.
PHILLIPS
Okay. Let's shut this down and bring
everyone into the Ship's Office for a critique. Five minutes.
MURPHY
'Kay. Sorry about the screw-ups.
*
25.
* * *
*
PHILLIPS
Don't be sorry. Be angry. They'll
jump higher.
Murphy nods, shuts off the alarm. Phillips turns away.
...when something catches his eye. THREE BLIPS - coming from the 10-cm RADAR SCREEN. Odd.
He stops. Leans in. The BLIPS indicate THREE SMALL VESSELS, seven miles astern. They're moving in on us. Fast.
Just like they would if this were the real thing. Hmmm...
Phillips grabs a pair of BINOCULARS and heads outside, to:
EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE BRIDGE WING - CONTINUING
He looks through the binoculars, to find:
PHILLIPS' POV - ACROSS WATER - CONTINUING
Two MOTORBOATS pound through FOUR-FOOT SWELLS at 21 knots, right at us. A TRAWLER behind them. We can't see faces yet... But they certainly are moving like pirates would. Real ones.
EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE BRIDGE WING - RESUMING
Phillips lowers the binoculars. Collects himself. Returns to:
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - CONTINUING
He moves to the Engine Order Telegraph, leans on it a bit. A gage tells us his RPM's just shot up to 122 revs. The ship surges forward. The men notice. He looks to Murphy:
PHILLIPS
Call down to the Engine Room. Tell
'em to let me know if anything goes red. I'm increasing our speed.
MURPHY
Cap? We still in the drill?
Phillips is already at a phone, dialing. Two rings, then:
UKMTO OPERATOR (THRU PHONE) United Kingdom Maritime Trade
Operations.
PHILLIPS (INTO PHONE)
This is the Maersk Alabama - position
is two-degrees-two north by forty- nine-degrees-nineteen east. Course is
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(MORE)
PHILLIPS (INTO PHONE) (cont'd) one hundred eighty, and speed at
seventeen knots. We have two skiffs approaching at five-point-five miles, with a possible mother ship behind them. Potential piracy situation.
That got everyone's attention. But it's still a drill. Right?
UKMTO OPERATOR (THRU PHONE) It's probably just fishermen. But you should get your crew together and get
your fire-hoses ready. And you may want to get the ship locked up.
PHILLIPS (INTO PHONE)
We understand that, thank you. Will
keep you posted.
MURPHY
Cap?
Phillips hangs up. The men await an answer...
PHILLIPS
Three boats. This is not a drill.
Oh. He dials another number. Hears a ring. Then two.
MURPHY
Never heard of an attack in the
middle of the day, Cap. Visibility's too good.
PHILLIPS
They aren't here to fish.
(hands him the phone)
Take this. I'm trying to reach the
U.S. Maritime Emergency Line.
Murphy takes the phone. Phillips returns to the Bridge Wing:
EXT. PORT SIDE BRIDGE WING - RESUMING
Another look through the binoculars. More DETAILED now:
The skiffs are getting CLOSER, despite the four-foot SWELLS.
Somalis. With AK-47's. (Musi and his crew aboard one; a pirate named ASAD and his crew on the other.) In other words:
An actual attack, real pirates, coming at us now.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - MOMENTS LATER
Phillips returns - to find SIX SAILORS now staring at him: *
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Ken Quinn, Durell, and Marv have joined Murphy, Wright, and * ATM on the bridge. They look concerned. *
PHILLIPS
Sea's helping us. They're getting
pounded out there. But they are coming. Two skiffs carrying armed men. Four miles out and closing.
Murphy lowers the phone.
MURPHY
Twelve rings. There's nobody there.
PHILLIPS
Colin, sound the intruder alarm.
Wright hits the ALARM. Phillips grabs a P.A. MIKE:
PHILLIPS (INTO MIKE) Captain speaking. This is not a
drill. All crew report back to your muster points. Repeat, this is not a drill. Crew to the Ship's Office. Engineers to the Engine Room. Locked up and sealed in. Now.
(lowers mike)
Shane, let's go to hand steering.
Left fifteen.
MURPHY * Left fifteen...
EXT. MAERSK - AFT - BELOW THE WATERLINE - CONTINUING
Giant TWIN TILLERS move fifteen degrees right, pushing the *
ship left - and creating a swell in its wake. EXT. MUSI'S SKIFF - MOVING - AT SEA - SAME
Musi's skiff SLAMS into a swell. He adjusts his course. To his right, Asad's skiff does the same. Zeroing in...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips watches the radar screen. BLIPS moving in.
PHILLIPS Right fifteen.
MURPHY Right fifteen.
The ship surges starboard. Phillips grabs the ship's RADIO:
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PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO)
Chief, how we doing on engines? *
MIKE PERRY. We met him already - eight days ago. * PERRY (THRU RADIO)
We're good, Cap.
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO) * Increasing speed to 124 revs.
PERRY (THRU RADIO) No problem.
Phillips pushes the Engine Order Telegraph forward.
MURPHY
They're at three miles, Cap. *
WRIGHT
A lotta chop out there. Don't they
know there's a lotta chop out there? Phillips eyes the radar again. We CUT TO:
INT. MUSI'S SKIFF - SAME
Musi bears down on the Maersk, his face a stone.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - MINUTES LATER (MORNING)
Murphy looks up from the radar. But Phillips already knows:
MURPHY Two miles, Cap.
PHILLIPS
Send out a call to "War Ship 237."
I'll pretend to get it.
29.
Huh?
MURPHY
PHILLIPS Forget it. I'll do it.
He grabs the radio, speaks into it:
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO) Warship 237, Coalition Warship 237.
This is Maersk Alabama, come in.
Then he changes his voice, pretending to be "Warship 237":
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO, CONT'D) ("warship voice")
Maersk Alabama, come in. This is Coalition Warship 237.
(normal voice:)
This is Maersk Alabama. Position is
two-degrees-two north by forty-nine-
degrees-eighteen east. Course is one
hundred eighty and speed at eighteen
knots. Request immediate assistance.
We have two skiffs approaching and a
mother ship trailing behind. Look to
be pirates, heavily armed.
("warship voice")
Roger that, Maersk Alabama. How many
do you have aboard?
(normal voice:)
Crew of twenty. No injuries at this
time.
("warship voice")
Roger that. We have a helicopter in
the air. His ETA to your position is
approxiamately five minutes.
(normal voice)
Copy that, 237. Maersk out.
He puts the radio down. Murphy and Quinn eye him.
MURPHY
I'm pretty sure that was illegal.
PHILLIPS So's piracy...
EXT. PIRATE TRAWLER - SAME
On the mother ship, Hufan just heard that fake transmission. He eyes the sky overhead for a chopper, as:
EXT. MUSI'S SKIFF - MOVING - AT SEA - SAME
CRASH! Musi's skiff slams into a huge swell, almost upending.
His crew is sent sideways. Musi rights himself.
...then notices that Asad's skiff is now peeling off and heading away. (Asad also heard that fake transmission, via HANDHELD RADIO.) Musi's crew-members look to him, waiting.
He presses on, bearing down on the Maersk...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - SAME * Phillips is watching all this. Murphy's at the radar.
30.
PHILLIPS
This guy doesn't scare worth a damn,
does he.
(into radio:)
Chief, you got your men secured?
PERRY (THRU RADIO) We're good, Cap.
MURPHY
They're at one mile now, Cap.
PHILLIPS Hit the hoses.
EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - STERN - CONTINUING
FIVE FIRE HOSES - one starboard, one port, three stern - fill quickly, each sending 100 pounds of water-pressure per square inch off the ship. It's their only real line of defense...
EXT. MUSI'S SKIFF - MOVING - AT SEA - RESUMING
Musi's got a six foot SWELL in front of him. His men brace themselves. He barrels right over it, then PLUMMETS...
Big DROP. Big splash. The skiff's engine stalls. Musi tries to restart it. No luck. More swells are coming. He looks to the Maersk - its hoses shooting HUGE JETS of water down...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips watching Musi. Murphy watching the radar...
MURPHY
Holding at zero point nine, Cap.
PHILLIPS
He started from too far out. They
dropped him too far out.
Through binoculars again, we see Musi, trying in vain to re- start his engine. No use. The skiff is adrift...
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
He's dead in the water. *
MURPHY/KEN QUINN Hell yeah! Awesome. See ya!
Phillips looks through his binoculars again. *
Musi has binoculars too. Two captains, studying one another - with a shared sense that they'll be seeing each other again.
31.
PHILLIPS
We got lucky... *
Each Captain lowers his binoculars... as we CUT TO:
INT. MAERSK - A-DECK - MESS - NIGHT *
A silent game of TRIVIAL PURSUIT. Murphy, Durell, ATM, Colin * Wright, Mike Perry. Guys trying to distract themselves. *
But Durell is kicking all of their asses in the game... *
WRIGHT * You gotta be kidding me. Where'd you * pull "The Treaty of Paris" out of? *
DURELL * College. *
MURPHY * Hey, ya know those things that could * bring a ship bad luck? Guess what the * worst one is? The Friggin' New Guy * winning Trivial Pursuit. Seriously. *
DURELL * Sorry. *
INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS - NIGHT * Spacious quarters. Phillips reads an E-MAIL from Andrea: *
"It snowed again today. I keep thinking how much you love * that.AndeverymorningIwakeuponyoursideofthebed.So * Imustbemissingyou.Yes,definitelymissingyou.Missyour * voice. And I miss those great long LETTERS you used to write * to me when you were gone. E-mail stinks. Love you. Andrea." *
Phillips breathes out a smile, looks out his window - a sky * full of stars. Then he STOPS. Just heard a BANGING noise. *
It's outside his door. He opens the door to investigate: * INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - PASSAGEWAY - CONTINUING *
Here's the source of the noise: Marv. Slumped against a * bulkhead, bottle in hand. Very drunk. Phillips sighs. *
PHILLIPS * Marv. What're you doing? *
MARV * Trying to find my bunk. *
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PHILLIPS * No. I mean on this ship. You should * be home collecting a pension and * raising gardenias. *
MARV * And miss all this? * (drunken amusement) * "Being at sea is like going to jail * with a chance of drowning." Mark * Twain. *
He gestures wildly, shattering his bottle. Silence... * MARV (CONT'D) *
Am I done? *
PHILLIPS * Yeah. You're done. You can't sail * with me anymore. *
MARV * Guess I'll get another ship then. *
PHILLIPS * You do that. *
Phillips turns to go... but: * MARV *
By the way... his name was Sam. * PHILLIPS *
Huh? *
MARV * The Deck Machinist who opted out... * His name was Sam. Four kids he sent * money home to, and an ex-wife. Who * takes care of them now, huh? *
(Phillips is silent) * Ship keeps sailing, I know; he was * replaceable. But it woulda been nice * if you'd at least asked his name. *
Marv turns to go - then stops, confused. Where am I going? * PHILLIPS *
B-Deck. Berth Two. Ya need a map? *
INT. MAERSK - A-DECK - MESS - RESUMING *
The Trivial Pursuit game - the guys trying to forget the * day's events... Then Phillips enters. *
33.
And everyone tightens again. He notes it. * PHILLIPS
Who's winning?
KEN QUINN Friggin' New Guy.
PHILLIPS
Aw, Jeez. Didn't they tell you that
was bad luck?
Tight laughs. Phillips grabs a coffee... the unease in here going unaddressed... until:
ATM
Ya think they'll try again, Cap?
There it was. Phillips pauses. The guys await an answer.
PHILLIPS Most likely, yeah.
PERRY
And, uh... That gonna be the program
again? Evasive maneuvers?
PHILLIPS That's the book. Why?
PERRY
I didn't much like being outgunned.
PHILLIPS
Me neither. But they have weapons and
we don't. So evasion's all we got. PERRY
Then maybe we should have weapons.
A few guys nod. Clearly, it's been discussed in here tonight.
PHILLIPS
Sorry. The guys who own this ship
disagree, and they sign the checks.
ATM
I don't get that, Cap. None of us do.
PHILLIPS
Ships start carrying guns, pirates
are going to come back with mortars. We start carrying depth charges, pirates are going to come back with
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(MORE)
PHILLIPS (cont'd) rocket-launchers. Besides that, there
are ports on this run that won't allow an armed ship to dock.
PERRY
Careful, Cap. You're starting to
sound like a suit.
ATM
Did have a corporate ring to it.
Phillips looks to Murphy, who looks away: "Can't help you."
PHILLIPS
If the hoses don't keep them away,
we've got flares, pikes, axes, hatchets. We can gel the decks or wire the stairways.
MURPHY
That's bringing a stick to a
gunfight, Cap.
PHILLIPS
Hey, we get in a gunfight and lose,
we could have twenty sailors killed or captured - huh? You all know the orders. If we're boarded, the crew gets to their muster points and we go dark and cold. Power off. Lights off. And we stay that way. Our performance today was embarrassing. And by the way, the non-duress codeword is "suppertime." Half the crew still doesn't know it. Unless you hear it, you stay sequestered. No one on this crew is going to be taken hostage.
ATM
Somebody's trying to hijack a ship,
it goes against a sailor's nature to
run and hide. We're men, ain't we? *
This isn't going anywhere good. Phillips reads the faces.
...and decides to stop pushing the company line. *
PHILLIPS * You guys wanna know the truth? * (they're waiting) * The truth is, I don't feel any better * about the hoses than you do. I wish * we had machine guns. But I don't own * this vessel. And I'm not in the game. *
35.
(MORE)
36.
PHILLIPS (cont'd)
(that landed) *
You wanna change the rules? Buy a * shipping line. Until then, this is * the job. We're here for the ship; the * ship isn't here for us. Anybody who * can't accept that can deboard at * Mombasa. I won't think any less of * you. *
Silence. No one replies. But he just gained some respect... *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) * Let's shut this down. It's late.
(out the door)
We're still in apache country, so
everyone stay vigilant.
EXT. MAERSK - FROM THE WATER - NIGHT
The Maersk muscles through the water. All is calm...
EXT. PIRATE TRAWLER - ON THE WATER - MOVING - NIGHT *
The two SKIFFS are tied to the trawler again. Musi and Asad * stand before Hufan, who looks very displeased... then: *
HUFAN (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) * The voices on that ship sounded * American. Could be a lot of money. * And we only have one skiff. *
(Musi and Asad, waiting--) * Musi will take it. *
ASAD (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) * Why? *
HUFAN (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) * Because he doesn't turn back. *
Then-BAM-HufanshovesAsadofftheboatandintothesea. * Splash. No one moves - everyone shocked, even Musi - because * the boat is pulling away. Asad calls out to Musi for help. *
Musi is frozen, watching - as Hufan goes to the bridge and * GUNSTHEENGINE.Thetrawlerspeedsaway,leavingAsadinthe * water. Howling. A point just got made. *
And Asad's helpless cries grow more and more distant... as: * INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS - 5:25 A.M. * Pre-dawn. Phillips sleeps. * Then his eyes snap open - right before his phone rings: *
Yeah.
PHILLIPS (INTO PHONE)
WRIGHT (THRU PHONE) Better get up here, Cap. They're
back.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - 5:30 A.M.
Colin Wright and ATM are on watch. Phillips enters. ...just as a VOICE becomes audible on the RADIO:
HUFAN (THRU RADIO)
This is Somali pirate! Somali pirate!
Coming to get you!
A pirate? Announcing that he's coming? Very unusual. Phillips looks to the radio; it's on Channel 16.
WRIGHT They're five miles out.
Phillips grabs his binoculars... and finds the TRAWLER, five miles astern, towing those two skiffs... but:
HUFAN (THRU RADIO) Somali pirate! Coming to get you!
...as Musi's skiff casts off from the trawler, coming at us. PHILLIPS
Let's go to one hundred twenty revs.
ATM
One hundred twenty revs.
PHILLIPS What's our course?
ATM
Heading two hundred thirty.
PHILLIPS
Bring it over to one-eighty.
ATM
Left to one hundred eighty.
A flick of the wrist, and the ship lurches left. Phillips keeps his eyes on the trawler.
...as Murphy arrives on the bridge.
37.
MURPHY
We make a course correction, Cap?
PHILLIPS
Find out where the Bosun has his
people.
MURPHY What's up?
PHILLIPS
Four point one miles astern. Doing
twenty knots.
Phillips gestures... and Murphy gets the picture: there's *
Musi's skiff, barrelling in on us over a calm, windless sea. *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) * Call UKMTO, tell 'em this is not a
drill.
Movement, tension. Phillips grabs the ship's phone:
PHILLIPS (INTO PHONE) Chief, we're in a piracy situation. I
need you in the engine room with all your men. Locked in and secured.
(a beat)
And, Chief. Bring your Bible. This
time you're gonna be there a while.
He hangs up, heads for a cabinet, pulls out a PYROTECHNIC BOX. Eighteen FLARES in there. He grabs ten of them.
MURPHY * (re: radio) *
He says call back when they're within a mile.
PHILLIPS
Christ. Leave the line open so they
can monitor what's happening. Sound the intruder alarm, and switch the radio to emergency band, Channel One.
Murphy sounds the INTRUDER ALARM. Long-short, long-short. Phillips eyes the console. We're doing 16.8 knots.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) * ATM, let's start the fire-hoses and
sound the general alarm.
ATM hits the GENERAL ALARM. Phillips approaches Wright with the flares.
38.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
Take these and go out on the bridge
wing. When they get within a mile you fire your first one. But I want you to cease firing if they get any closer than a couple hundred yards.
MURPHY
I can handle that, Cap.
PHILLIPS
No. I want you below. Get the crew
out of the Ship's Office and into the After-Steering Room. It's deeper inside the house. And make sure all the engineers are locked into the Engine Room. Every man accounted for.
39.
Okay.
MURPHY
PHILLIPS
And Shane? That includes you. I don't
wanna see you back up here.
Murphy hates that... but he nods, exits the Bridge.
EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - SAME
The FIVE FIRE-HOSES begin spraying...
EXT. MUSI'S SKIFF - ON THE WATER - MOVING - RESUMING
Musi's skiff is doing 21 knots. He shouts at his men: *
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) Let them know you are here! Let them
know you are Somali marines!
EXT. MAERSK - STARBOARD SIDE BRIDGE-WING - SAME
Wright aims a flare at the skiff, a half-mile out, when: *
MUZZLE FLASHES appear on the skiff. And just like that, we're being strafed by automatic gunfire. SLAP-SLAP-SLAP. Bullets clang off the house and smokestacks. Wright hits the deck.
...as Phillips leans out of the bridge.
PHILLIPS
Colin! Get the hell in here!
WRIGHT
I can hit 'em, Cap!
PHILLIPS
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - CONTINUING
ATM at the helm. Phillips grabs the ship's radio:
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO) Shots fired. Shots fired. They're a
quarter mile out. Port side.
A rain of bullets: POP-POP-POP. Hitting various spots on the
House. Musi's skiff revs up and comes BEHIND THE SHIP.
WRIGHT
The hoses aren't gonna cut it. Are
they, Cap?
PHILLIPS
No.
(into radio:)
Shane, you got everybody secured?
On Phillips, we PULL BACK, through the window of the bridge:
...while TRACKING RIGHT and DROPPING DOWN, outside the "house"... until Phillips is out of frame, and:
EXT. MAERSK - OUTSIDE BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS SHOT
We move down and across the entire House, PUSHING THROUGH its steel shell, revealing the innards of:
E-Deck, then down through D-Deck, C-Deck, B-Deck... each empty, just unmanned Quarters. CONTINUE MOVING DOWN, into:
A-Deck, where we find the Mess, and the Hospital Bay. Then the MAIN DECK. There's the Ship's Office, also empty.
We keep descending, THROUGH THE WATERLINE, plunging in and down, until we reach:
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - CONTINUING
A STORAGE room, 60-by-20. Huge bundles of rope in coils. And barrels of greases, oils, cleaning fluids.
Murphy guides TEN CREW-MEMBERS in, hurriedly. We recognize Ken Quinn, Durell. Murphy corralling them:
Now! Wright hurries into:
40.
MURPHY
In, in, in! Let's go! Everybody in!
Ken, get me a headcount. (into radio:)
Chief. Your men all accounted for?
We blow through a steel door - SAME CONTINUOUS SHOT - to:
INT. MAERSK - ENGINE ROOM - CONTINUING
The ENGINE ROOM is three stories deep, 130 feet long, wide as the ship. Massive diesel engine, huge boilers, all run from:
INT. MAERSK - ENGINE CONTROL ROOM - CONTINUING
A nerve center. Rows of upright machines and monitors.
Chief Engineer Mike Perry and his men are all here: the 1ST ENGINEER, 2ND ENG., 3RD ENG., OILER, and DECK MACHINIST.
PERRY (INTO RADIO) We're in and secured.
BIBLE in hand, Perry shuts the door. We END SHOT, and CUT TO: EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE BRIDGE-WING - SAME
The skiff is now just 100 feet away, on our port side. And Phillips is now on the bridge-wing, firing flares at it.
EXT. MUSI'S SKIFF - ON THE WATER - MOVING - SAME
Two flares miss, falling harmlessly into the water. Bilal sits cross-legged in the front of the skiff, grabs his AK, aims right at us, and:
EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE BRIDGE-WING - RESUMING
POP POP POP. Bullets pucker the WIND-DODGER (a metal hood, there to deflect wind off the bridge) over Phillips' head.
He ducks down. Then pops back up again.
PHILLIPS
C'mon, Baby. Find a gas tank.
He FIRES the flare, but:
EXT. MUSI'S SKIFF - ON THE WATER - MOVING - RESUMING
The flare misses. Now Elmi, also cross-legged, is firing too.
41.
EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE BRIDGE-WING - RESUMING
Gunfire - a TORRENT of POPPING SOUNDS around Phillips. And he's out of flares. He runs back into:
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING Phillips, hollering:
PHILLIPS Fifteen left!
ATM Fifteen left.
EXT. MAERSK - AT THE WATERLINE - CONTINUING The ship surges left, away from the skiff.
...but the skiff has found a spot amidship that isn't protected by the fire-hoses. Musi bears in...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips looks to the GPS. We're doing 18.3 Knots.
PHILLIPS Fifteen right!
ATM Fifteen right.
EXT. MAERSK - AT THE WATERLINE - AMIDSHIP - CONTINUING
The ship swerves right into the skiff. But Musi steadies it. Again, there's no fire-hose covering this spot.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - CONTINUING Phillips, scrambling.
PHILLIPS
I need a rifle. We should have
Goddamn rifles! Fifteen left.
ATM
Fifteen left. And yes we should.
EXT. MUSI'S SKIFF - AT THE WATERLINE AMIDSHIP - SAME
Najee unfolds and extends a LADDER straight up. Damn thing is twenty feet long, Home Depot quality, with GRAPPLING HOOKS:
42.
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE DECK - CONTINUING
The GRAPPLING HOOKS wrap snugly around the FISHPLATE (solid metal, six inches high) on the deck of the Maersk.
Musigrabstheladderwhilemovingat18knots.Hejumpsfrom * the speeding skiff to the ladder, climbing...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips grabs ATM, pushes him down, literally, to the floor.
PHILLIPS Stay there.
ATM doesn't argue. He'll steer the boat from down here. Phillips grabs the rest of the flares, heads out to:
EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE BRIDGE-WING - CONTINUING
...where he sees what he didn't want to see:
EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - AMIDSHIP - CONTINUING
Musi is aboard. Running across the Maersk's deck...
EXT. MAERSK - PORT SIDE BRIDGE-WING - RESUMING
Phillips fires two more flares... They skitter off the deck and into the sea as Elmi also boards the Maersk.
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO)
Two pirates have boarded. Two pirates
aboard now, amidship.
Oddest thing. Elmi sits cross-legged on the deck, just like before, and starts firing his AK, right at us. POP-POP-POP.
The wind-dodger puckers an inch from Phillips' face.
He ducks down. Pops up again, firing wildly. MORE GUNFIRE drives him down again. Then:
A HAND, grabbing him. It's ATM, pulling him away.
ATM
Get inside, Cap! They're gonna kill
you!
PHILLIPS
Goddammit I told you to stay down! On
the bridge!
But more GUNFIRE strafes them. Shit. They crawl back to:
43.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - CONTINUING
GUNFIRE nicks the BRIDGE WINDOWS. (They're bulletproof). Wright is trying to stay calm. It's an effort.
WRIGHT Whadda we do, Cap?
PHILLIPS
You two get to the After-Steering
Room with the rest of the crew. (they eye him: huh?)
Go. Both of you. I have the bridge.
ATM Sorry, Cap.
WRIGHT Can't do that, Cap.
They aren't moving. Phillips isn't surprised. We CUT TO: EXT. MAERSK - DECK - BASE OF THE HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER
All that stands between Musi and the bridge is seven flights of steps - protected by that steel "PIRATE CAGE".
He nods to Elmi, who SHOOTS THE LOCK OFF THE CAGE. The cage swings harmlessly to the side. Easy. They begin to climb.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips knows they're coming. Damn it. He grabs the radio. (NOTE: it will stay on his hip for the next 12 hours.)
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO) This is the Captain. Listen up.
INTERCUT WITH/INT. MAERSK - ENGINE CONTROL ROOM - SAME Perry and his Engineers come to a stop. And one room over: INTERCUT WITH/INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - SAME Murphy and the rest of the crew do the same, listening.
PHILLIPS (RADIO, CONT'D) We're about to lose the bridge.
Chief, you now have control of the ship. Shane, the men are under your command. I've got Colin and ATM on the bridge with me; I'm going to get them to safety as soon as I can. Everyone else accounted for?
44.
Yes, Cap.
PERRY (INTO RADIO)
MURPHY (INTO RADIO)
Uh, no Cap. We don't have a twenty on
Marv.
Phillips sighs - but has to keep going:
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO) Okay. You know the plan. We
counteract everything they want to do. They wanna take this ship back to Somalia. That's no good. So we go dark and cold. Engines off, non- emergency power off. They can't do much with a dead ship. They wanna take a bunch of hostages. Also no good. So every man stays out of sight. NO ONE comes out until you've heard the all-clear from me, WITH the non-duress password.
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. MAERSK - SUPERSTRUCTURE - STEPS - SAME
Musi and Elmi, climbing fast toward the Bridge...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips can feel them coming. And he hates to say this, but:
PHILLIPS (INTO RADIO)
I'm gonna do everything I can to make
sure this doesn't happen - but if they find you, and capture you, here's what you need to remember:
That lands on the faces of Murphy and the crew...
And - in the next room - Perry, and all the Engineers, as:
EXT. MAERSK - SUPERSTRUCTURE - STEPS - SAME
Musi and Elmi, nearing the top...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Phillips, keeping it calm and direct: *
PHILLIPS (RADIO, CONT'D) Do what they tell you. Try to appear
helpful. You've got giveaways - use them: showing them the ship's safety equipment, or how to get fresh water.
45.
(MORE)
PHILLIPS (RADIO, CONT'D) (cont'd) Make them feel they're in control
while guiding them away from the important stuff, like radar or the engine controls. And never reveal the locations of the rest of the crew. If you are drawn into conversation with them, do not mention religion. Nothing about Allah or Jesus or your faith being better than theirs. They may throw politics at you or tell you America is the worst country in the world. Don't take the bait. You're not there to defend your nation's honor. You're there to survive.
The guys are listening. The pirates are climbing...
PHILLIPS (RADIO, CONT'D) Don't call attention to yourself.
Don't appear too confrontational or too meek. Maintain your dignity. If you're screaming at them or whimpering in the corner, you give them a personal reason to put a bullet in your head.
Murphy, Durell, Wright, Perry... hanging on every word...
PHILLIPS (RADIO, CONT'D) Last thing. A sense of humor helps. Unfortunately, none of you guys are funny - so try not to get captured.
That broke a bit of the tension. But just a bit.
PHILLIPS (RADIO, CONT'D) We know the ship; they don't. Just
keep looking out for one another. We'll be okay.
Heputsdowntheradio.ATMandWrightaresilent.Hegrabsa * JACKKNIFE off a table, pockets it... *
...as the sound of an AK-47, firing, spins our head around. The bridge-door opens - Elmi rushing in, pointing that AK at
us and shouting in Somali like a guy on a meth-bender. Instant chaos. ATM and Wright drop to their knees, hands up.
Phillips stands still. He has lost the bridge, officially.
Elmi shouting. ATM and Wright scared witless. Musi glides in - meeting Phillips for the first time now:
46.
MUSI
Relax, Captain, relax. Just business.
No Al Qaeda. You stop the ship.
Phillips nods. Musi looks the bridge over, notes Wright and ATM - shocked to find a black sailor here.
MUSI (CONT'D) What nationality?
PHILLIPS Me? Or the ship?
MUSI
The ship. American, right?
PHILLIPS
Yes. This is the Maersk Alabama.
That's BIG NEWS. Musi nods, pleased. Elmi WHOOPS. * MUSI
Okay. Just business. Stop the ship.
Phillips nods, heads toward the ENGINE ORDER TELEGRAPH, while
quietly keying his handheld radio and talking softly:
PHILLIPS
Bridge is compromised. Bridge is
compromised. Take the steering. INT. MAERSK - ENGINE CONTROL ROOM - SAME
Perry and his Engineers just heard that. Perry hits a SWITCH that gives him OVERRIDE OF THROTTLE AND RUDDER COMMANDS.
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - SAME Murphy speaks to his men (and into his radio):
MURPHY
Okay. You know what to do. Kill the
engines and all non-emergency power. INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Alarms are WHOOPING. Phillips silences them. Musi watching.
MUSI
No Al Qaeda, no Al Qaeda. We want
money only. Stop the ship.
PHILLIPS
Okay, okay. It takes a minute.
47.
MUSI Where's your crew?
PHILLIPS
I don't know. I'm here with you.
He moves to the Engine Order Telegraph. Jiggles it. Of course, it doesn't respond. Musi is about to complain, when:
...with a SHUDDER, the thrum of the ship's engine STOPS. Then, that fast, the POWER GOES OUT. Consoles, screens, A/C.
All dead. And we're adrift. Musi looks around. MUSI
What is that?
PHILLIPS
We shut the engines down too fast.
(pure bullshit)
There's a check-down procedure. We
rushed it, knocked out the grid.
That pisses Musi off. Meanwhile, the ship is the current, almost in a circle.
MUSI
Stop this circling! Straighten the
drifting with
ship out!
Phillips "tries", turning the wheel, to no effect.
PHILLIPS
We shut it all down too fast! Ship's
broken, ship's broken.
He points to the console, taps on the bow thruster and the rudder angle indicator. None of them respond.
MUSI Move.
Phillips obliges. Musi tries the instruments, futilely, as:
Phillips moves to the RADAR. Three knobs on it. He turns down the "gain" knob and turns up the "anti-rain" and "anti-sea- clutter" knobs. Then he moves toward the VHF radio...
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - SAME
EMERGENCY LIGHTING down here - but Murphy can see what Phillips is doing on INDICATORS relayed from the Bridge.
48.
MURPHY Attaboy, Cap.
KEN QUINN What's he doing?
MURPHY
Degrading the radar. And changing the
frequency on the radio so they won't be able to contact their mother ship.
The men like it. But they're getting warm in here. No A/C...
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Bilal and Najee arrive on the bridge now. Shouting, pointing their AK's. Musi smiles.
MUSI
These guys are Somali pirates! Crazy.
I'm just interpreter.
(no reply from Phillips)
Dangerous guys! They'll kill you!
ATM and Wright keep their hands up and their heads down. Musi orders Bilal and Najee to take positions by the bridge doors.
MUSI (CONT'D)
Call your crew. I want them up here!
PHILLIPS
Okay.
Phillips moves to the P.A. MIKE:
PHILLIPS (INTO MIKE)
All crew, all crew. Pirates want you
to report to the bridge. Repeat, pirates want you on the bridge.
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - RESUMING Semi-darkness down here. And HEAT. Murphy eyes the men.
MURPHY
Until you hear the word suppertime,
we don't move.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
Elmi pokes at Wright and ATM with his AK. Phillips steps in:
49.
PHILLIPS
Hey, do your guys want some water? Or
some cigarettes? I got a couple cartons here.
MUSI Cigarettes.
Phillips heads for a cabinet, grabs a few cartons.
PHILLIPS
ATM, grab some sodas for these guys,
all right?
ATM Sure, Cap.
Phillips hands packs of cigarettes to Musi and his men. ATM *
grabs a few sodas, offers them to the pirates. Elmi ignores
him, starts rifling through cabinets.
PHILLIPS
Hungry?
(Elmi grunts)
You're in luck. We've got seventeen tons of wheat and peas in the hold. It was intended to feed most of Kenya, but what the hell - go to town.
Elmi didn't like that. Phillips sits beside Wright.
WRIGHT (quietly)
Cap, how much ya got in your safe?
PHILLIPS Less than they want.
WRIGHT
But a couple grand, right? Maybe we
give it to 'em and they go away.
PHILLIPS
It's a U.S. ship, Colin. They're
thinking millions - not thirty grand.
WRIGHT How do you know?
Phillips just knows. Meanwhile Musi leans over the radio, trying to re-set it, careful not to let his frustration show.
50.
MUSI
What's your tribe, Captain?
PHILLIPS I'm an American.
MUSI
Not your nationality. Your tribe.
PHILLIPS
I don't have a tribe. I told you. I'm
an American.
MUSI
Your people. Your tribe.
PHILLIPS
Oh. I guess I'm Yankee Irish.
MUSI
I'm a Somali Marine. A real sailor.
Theshipisstilldriftinginacircle.AndMusijustERUPTS: * MUSI (CONT'D)
Where is your crew, Irish?
PHILLIPS
I don't know. I'm here with you.
MUSI
Get them up here now! If not, these
crazy-guys kill you!
BilalandNajeejumpasifthey'dbeenpluggedintoasocket: * shouting again, pointing the AK's:
BILAL/NAJEE Down! Down!
ATM and Wright drop their heads, the AK's pressed inches away from them now. Things just ramped up in a hurry.
MUSI
You want to die! Two minutes, they
kill you! They kill your men!
PHILLIPS
Take it easy. I'm doing my best.
NAJEE Minute thirty now!
51.
MUSI
I told you! Bad guys! Bad guys!
Wright looks to Phillips, who moves again to the P.A. MIKE. All he has to say is "suppertime" and the crew will oblige...
PHILLIPS (INTO MIKE)
All crew, all crew. Pirates want you
on the bridge now. Report to the bridge immediately.
NAJEE
One minute! We kill everyone!
PHILLIPS
Can you back your men off, please?
Before someone gets shot?
MUSI
Get them up here right now!
Wright, terrified, looks to Phillips - pleading...
PHILLIPS (INTO MIKE) Pirates want you on the bridge, right
now.
NAJEE
Thirty seconds! You hear me! Thirty
seconds and you DIE!
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - SAME
Then men know to stay put. But it's now 105 DEGREES in here. Del, the old salt, is panting from heat stroke.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING Wright is about to burst. ATM too.
NAJEE Fifteen seconds!
MUSI
Dangerous pirates! Get your men!
PHILLIPS
You just heard me call 'em!
ATM and Wright, each with guns at their heads...
NAJEE Ten seconds!
52.
MUSI
Call them again, Irish!
PHILLIPS
Hey. You wanna shoot somebody, shoot
me. I'm the Captain. I'm the Captain.
He moves in front of his men. Elmi pushes him away, hard.
Phillips falls. While he's down, he keys his handheld:
PHILLIPS (INTO HAND-HELD) If you don't hear from us in one
minute, we are gone. Defend the ship.
NAJEE Five seconds!
WRIGHT Cap? Please!?
NAJEE We kill you all!
Najee yells. Elmi and Bilal too. Deafening. Wright starts yelling out of sheer terror.
...when a single unexpected sound pierces the air. A knock, at the bridge door.
Everything stops. Every head turns. Musi nods to Phillips: "Go open it." Phillips crosses to the door, opens it. Sighs.
...because it's Marv. Of course. Right where he shouldn't be. Phillips can hardly believe it.
MARV Cap?
PHILLIPS
C'mon in, Marv. You're dead.
Before Marv can reply, Elmi grabs him by the collar and puts him on the ground next to ATM and Wright.
But the crisis, oddly, has passed. Musi eyes Phillips:
MUSI
Let's go. We search the ship.
PHILLIPS For what?
53.
MUSI Your crew.
Phillips discreetly keys his radio, so this'll be broadcast:
PHILLIPS
You wanna search the ship? Good. I'm
eager to find those guys as you are. Musi pushes Phillips to the door, nods to Bilal.
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) You too. Bring your gun. And that
flashlight.
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - SAME
Murphy heard that. He heads for a steel door.
MURPHY Everybody stay put.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - RESUMING
So Najee and Elmi will be left here with Wright, ATM, and Marv. Phillips pauses at the door:
PHILLIPS
I want your assurance that my men
won't be harmed in any way.
Musi pauses, breathes out a grin... then says something to
Najee and Elmi in Somali. They nod. Then: PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
What'd ya tell 'em?
MUSI
Go.
He nudges Phillips out the door.
INT. MAERSK - ENGINE ROOM - CONTINUING
Emergency lighting. Perry and his FOUR MEN (all in their 50's and 60's), are sweltering in here. Murphy enters.
MURPHY Did you hear that?
PERRY
Yeah. Sounds like two of 'em are
coming, and Cap.
54.
MURPHY
Way too much light down here; they're *
gonna find us. We gotta shut down the *
emergency power.
JOHN CRONAN
That generator's on the deck, Shane.
That's JOHN CRONAN, First Engineer. In his 40th year at sea.
MURPHY
His orders were we go dark and cold,
right?
JOHN CRONAN
Yeah. When's the "cold" part start?
MURPHY
I'm going for the E-PIRB and some
water. Can you get to the generator?
PERRY Probably. Damn it.
MURPHY
Gotta kill the plant, Chief. That's
the whole game now.
INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - PASSAGEWAY - DAY
Phillips leads Musi and Bilal into a 65-foot-long passageway.
When the door shuts, we're in semi-DARKNESS. Every fourth light lit. And we're adrift. It's spooky, even for pirates. Phillips starts talking. Too loud. With his RADIO KEYED:
PHILLIPS
This is E-Deck. You just tell me
which doors you want opened.
MUSI All of them.
INT. MAERSK - SUPERSTRUCTURE - PORT STAIRWELL - SAME
Mike Perry moves quickly - but quietly - up stairs. Ahead of him is a door. He pauses here... then nudges it an inch:
Sunlight spills in...
INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - PASSAGEWAY - RESUMING
Phillips, moving loudly, RADIO KEYED. Comes to a door.
55.
PHILLIPS
These are the Chief's Quarters.
(opens it)
Listen, don't think too badly of my
crew. They're good guys. I think
they're just scared.
Musi barks at Bilal to inspect the CHIEF'S QUARTERS.
MUSI
Somali Marines, you tell them to do
something, they do it. Nobody scared. (eyeing another door)
They real sailors.
PHILLIPS
That's just a safety locker. Nobody
in there.
MUSI Open it.
Phillips opens the door. It is, indeed, a SAFETY LOCKER.
PHILLIPS
I'm not here to trick you. I wanna
find 'em as much as you do. EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - SAME
Murphy emerges from a STARBOARD STAIRWELL on to the Deck.
Light sears his eyes. He squints, doesn't see any pirates out here. Just an EXTERIOR STAIRWELL. He makes a dash for it.
INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - PASSAGEWAY - RESUMING Phillips, Musi, Bilal - searching this passageway:
PHILLIPS
And these are my quarters.
MUSI What's that door?
PHILLIPS That's a telephone booth.
MUSI Show me.
EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - SAME
Perry emerges from the PORT STAIRWELL. His eyes adjust. *
56.
From here, he can see across the deck. 50 feet away is his target: the ship's EMERGENCY GENERATOR. Five feet tall, five feet long, ten feet wide. Green. But:
Straight above it, seven stories off the deck, is a grated metal WALKWAY jutting off the Bridge.
Elmi is currently standing guard on it, meaning he can see from here straight through to the Generator below.
Damn it. Perry exhales, calculating the odds...
PERRY (INTO RADIO) I've got the generator in sight.
INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS - CONTINUING Musi enters Phillips' QUARTERS. He can't help but react.
The place feels palatial to him. A large room, sunlit by big windows. With an OFFICE and a SATELLITE OFFICE jutting off it. He begins to drift through, taking it all in.
PHILLIPS
Standard Captain's Quarters. Then we
can drop down to D-Deck.
Musi pauses. Before him is a MIRROR. Might be the biggest one Musi's ever seen. He eyes his own reflection as if he'd never seen his whole face before. An odd, private moment.
57.
Then he notices PICTURES - of Andrea, and Dan, daughter MARIAH. Musi reacts; Phillips catches
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) You have a family?
Musi half-nods, looks at the picture of Dan...
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
When he was a boy and I had to go to
sea, he'd stand in front of the door
to keep me from leaving. He still kids me about it: "My father never loved me. He'd rather be on a ship somewhere." I think I'm gonna tell him not to joke like that anymore.
MUSI
My son says it too.
That hovers. They eye one another.
and Phillips' it.
PHILLIPS What's his name?
MUSI Ghedi.
PHILLIPS
He gonna be a pirate too?
MUSI
If he live long enough.
Then Musi heads out.
PHILLIPS
There's a stairwell right at the end
of the passageway here... EXT. MAERSK - B-DECK - STERN - SAME
Murphy reaches the BULKHEAD beside that ORANGE LIFEBOAT.
Affixed to the bulkhead by a bracket is an E-PIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon) a 406 MHz DISTRESS SIGNAL, red, looks like a walkie-talkie, with an antenna.
He yanks it from its housing, activates it. It starts to BLINK and BEEP. Sending out a signal... as:
INT. NOAA OFFICE - WASHINGTON D.C. - NIGHT * NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration.Nightshift. *
ApupnamedFLOURNOYrisesfromhismonitor,headsforadesk * where DIETZ, his boss, is reading a newspaper. *
FLOURNOY * Boss, a call just came in from the * Sarsat desk in Riyadh. They got a * ping from an E-Pirb off the coast of * Somalia. *
DIETZ * What kind of vessel? *
FLOURNOY * American. The Maersk Alabama. *
Not a small piece of news. Dietz grabs a phone... *
INT. MAERSK - D-DECK - PASSAGEWAY - CONTINUING
Another 65-foot-long corridor. Phillips, Musi, Bilal.
58.
PHILLIPS D-Deck. Crew quarters.
(re: a door) * That's a closet.
MUSI Open it.
Phillips opens the door. Just a closet. Musi eyes him... * PHILLIPS
Where'd you learn your English?
MUSI Open that one.
Phillips nods, opens another door - revealing: * INT. MAERSK - D-DECK - MATE'S QUARTERS - CONTINUING
ATM Raiza's room. There's a PRAYER RUG on the floor. And an ARROW on a desk, pointing to "Mecca." Musi stops. Bilal too.
BILAL Muslim?
Musi throws a searing look at Bilal: "Quiet!" Bilal shrinks.
PHILLIPS I guess.
(off Musi's look:)
What, you thought we were all Irish?
EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - RESUMING
Perry closes his eyes, grabs the CRUCIFIX around his neck in heartfelt prayer, then starts across the deck - racing for that EMERGENCY GENERATOR, directly below Elmi.
INT. MAERSK - C-DECK - PASSAGEWAY - DAY Another corridor. Phillips, Musi, Bilal.
PHILLIPS
C-Deck. More crew quarters.
MUSI
He the only Muslim in the crew?
PHILLIPS
I don't know. I don't get into
anybody else's business.
59.
MUSI You Christian?
PHILLIPS Does it matter?
Opening doors throughout, letting Bilal and Musi inspect...
MUSI
I was Christian 'til I was ten. Yeah,
you tell me what you are.
PHILLIPS
If you really need to know, I'm sort
of a half-assed Catholic.
MUSI Your children?
PHILLIPS
My daughter's kind of on the fence
about church. If it started later in the morning and served more wine, she'd probably go.
(nods to a door) That's another closet.
Again, Musi wants it opened. Again Phillips complies. And again, it's just a closet...
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. MAERSK - DECK - RESUMING
Perry, running for that Emergency Generator...
INTERCUT WITH/INT. MAERSK - MESS-DECK - MESS - SAME
Murphy enters, sets the blinking E-PIRB on a table, heads into the KITCHEN...
INT. MAERSK - C-DECK - BOSUN'S ROOM - DAY
Musi searches another small room, then stops: there's a pair of NEW SANDALS lying here. He eyes them. Hmmmm.
His sandals are old, ratty. But Bilal has no sandals at all. Musi takes the new sandals for himself and shuts the door
without Bilal knowing what he's missed. But Phillips saw...
EXT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - SAME
Perry - unseen by Elmi, seven stories above - gets to the * EMERGENCY GENERATOR. It has a lid, like a dumpster. *
60.
Perry opens it. Yanks a FUEL VALVE loose. Then throws TWO SWITCHES... and:
INT. MAERSK - MESS-DECK - CORRIDOR - SAME
Sudden BLACKNESS. The Emergency Power just shut off.
...and we're in a windowless corridor. Musi grabs the flashlight from Bilal, too quickly. It falls to the ground.
MUSI
What happened? What happened?
PHILLIPS
Emergency generator must've failed.
Musi gets to the flashlight. The beam hits Phillips' face. The rest of the world is PITCH-BLACK. Drifting, creaking...
MUSI
How come nothing work on this boat,
Irish?!
PHILLIPS Bad luck, I guess.
To their right is a door. We DRIFT THROUGH IT, to:
INT. MAERSK - MESS-DECK - MESS - RESUMING
Murphy is on the other side of that door, carrying the E- PIRB, jugs of WATER, bags of food. Now he freezes - as:
PHILLIPS (O.S.)
Crew's Mess. This is where we eat.
Oh shit. Murphy moves away as fast as he can.
...as Phillips "fumbles" his keys, stalling... then he opens the Mess-Door and pauses in the doorway. Here's why:
The flashlight just hit something that shouldn't be here: A lump on the mess-table, a BLANKET clumsily covering the
water jugs, food-bags... and the E-PIRB, which is blinking.
Moving fast, Phillips takes the flashlight - as if to lead the way - starts walking toward the KITCHEN.
61.
Show me.
MUSI (O.S.)
PHILLIPS
You guys hungry? Got some melon in
the fridge. You should take it, bring it back to your men. It's just gonna spoil anyway.
Musi and Bilal follow, leaving the blanket behind. But: INT. MAERSK - MESS DECK - KITCHEN - CONTINUING
Murphy himself is hiding in this Kitchen... huddled under a desk. Phillips spots the edge of Murphy's shoe, sticking out... but he keeps his poker face. In fact:
He shines the flashlight on Bilal's bare feet - just inches away from the hiding Murphy, who notes them, as intended.
Phillips opens the fridge. Of course, no light pops on. He pulls out four big CANTALOUPES, and some JUICE-BOXES. Hands them to Bilal, who has the AK in his hands.
PHILLIPS (re: AK)
Want me to hold that for you?
Bilal laughs. Then gets another sharp look from Musi.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) I'll find a bag.
He grabs a bag, puts the melons in it. Time to go.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) This leads to the Hospital.
He starts walking, in the darkness. Musi follows. Bilal too.
Murphy, under that desk, finally breathes...
INT. MAERSK - MESS DECK - HOSPITAL BAY - CONTINUING
Phillips leads them into the Hospital Bay. The flashlight * beam reveals nothing. *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) Okay. Where to next?
MUSI Engine Room.
Musi grabs the flashlight back from Phillips. ...as Murphy, under that desk, tightens. Oh, no...
62.
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - DAY
110 and pitch black. 65 year-old Del is barely breathing.
The guys hear a tapped out KNOCK on the door. Durell opens it. Here's Perry. He hurries back in, winded.
PERRY Everybody okay?
DURELL
Del's in trouble, Chief. We gotta get
him some air and water.
PERRY
Soon. Soon. Just gotta hang in there.
Perry flips his RADIO ON - just as:
MURPHY (THRU RADIO) Chief, it's Shane. They're leaving
the Hospital Bay and coming your way. Break some glass outside the Engine Room door. One of 'em's barefoot.
PERRY (INTO RADIO) Copy that. Thanks, Shane.
Perry eyes the men in here. They're fading fast... INT. MAERSK - MAIN DECK - CORRIDOR - LATER DAY
Phillips leads Musi and Bilal toward the Engine Room, well aware that his crew is in there somewhere.
PHILLIPS
Hang on, lemme just find the Engine
Room key. It's hot down here...
MUSI
All your men babies like you?
PHILLIPS
My men are merchant mariners. *
That had an edge on it. They step toward the door... when: ...we hear a CRUNCHING SOUND, and a groan from Bilal; he just
stepped on what we now see is BROKEN GLASS, by the door.
The kid winces in silence. Musi eyes him, then looks to Phillips, "Open the door." Phillips obliges. They enter:
63.
INT. MAERSK - ENGINE ROOM - CONTINUING
A deep space. Phillips pauses in the doorway. Musi waves the * flashlight. Bilal is on one foot now, in searing pain... *
...as we drift just on the other side of a door, to: INTERCUT WITH/INT. AFTER-STEERING ROOM - CONTINUING 12 men, hiding. Durell attending to Del. They hear:
MUSI (O.S.) Where all your engineers?
PHILLIPS (O.S.)
I dunno. They could be anywhere.
Durell looks to Perry, who quietly grabs a JACK-KNIFE...
...as we RETURN TO Phillips and Musi - walking ahead of Bilal, who is too hobbled to keep up.
MUSI
Why they don't come when you call,
Irish? They don't like you? Phillips hadn't expected that. He pauses.
...while his men, on the other side of the door, listen in.
PHILLIPS
Not much, no. I think they think I'm
a prick.
That landed - on the faces of Phillips' men...
MUSI * What that word mean? Prick.
PHILLIPS
A guy who keeps telling you what a
horse's ass you are 'cause he thinks it'll make you work harder.
MUSI
Then I'm a prick. Good!
(Phillips almost laughs)
You treat sailors too nice, you get
soft sailors. Lazy, lazy. Captain has
to be a prick.
PHILLIPS
No. He doesn't. It's just a habit.
64.
MUSI * If you keep 'em scared of you, maybe * they sail better - then you don't * have pirates taking your ship away. *
PHILLIPS * That wasn't them. That was me. * (a beat) * I always thought when the time came * I'd be able to outrun you. My * mistake. *
The men heard that too. But Musi wasn't listening.
MUSI What's that door?
Musi's pointing at the very door separating him from all these men, the AFTER-STEERING ROOM DOOR. Uh-oh...
PHILLIPS That's a Haz-Mat closet.
Musi weighs that. Bilal wincing. The moment just hanging... Then Musi moves on, choosing not to open the After-Steering
door. He just heads out. Bilal follows, limping.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
We should get back to the bridge.
INT. MAERSK - AFTER-STEERING ROOM - RESUMING
Massive relief on the faces in here. Some gratitude too.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - DAY
ATM, Wright, and Marv on the floor. Najee and Elmi on guard.
The door opens. Phillips, Musi and Bilal return - Bilal hobbling, bleeding badly. Najee and Elmi are silent, only because voicing disappointment would be insubordinate.
But Musi can feel their anxiousness. It infuriates him. So: MUSI
We go search again.
PHILLIPS That's a waste of time.
MUSI
My ship now! Understand?
65.
He grabs that FLARE GUN off a desk, and: *
EXT. MAERSK - PORT BRIDGE-WING - CONTINUING
From here, Musi can see his SKIFF, bobbing gently aport. *
It's a tiny target, one that Phillips missed several times.
But Musi takes aim with that flare. A single shot...
BULLSEYE. The flare hits. The skiff catches fire.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - CONTINUING
Musi returns. From here, all the men can see the SMOKE rising from the burning skiff. It's unsettling, for the pirates too.
MUSI
I decide! We look again!
PHILLIPS
You wanna find my crew? Then take
these guys.
He gestures to ATM, Wright, and Marv. Musi's thrown.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
The crew's not gonna respond to me.
I'm the guy they're mutinying against. Take them.
Musi pauses, wary. Eyes the three crew members... then:
MUSI (re: ATM)
I take the Muslim.
Phillips sags; he'd wanted all his men off this bridge... *
Musi grabs an AK, yanks ATM up off the floor - but: *
ATM * They aren't gonna come out if you're * armed. *
(Musi pauses) * It's a respect thing. They're * sailors. *
Musiconsidersthat,studiesATM-alongbeat-thencrosses * to Najee, handing off the AK and mumbling instructions. *
...which gives Phillips a chance to mumble to ATM, out of * Musi's earshot - while KEYING his radio: *
66.
67.
Take him to the guys. They'll know *
PHILLIPS
what to do. *
ATM nods. Musi returns, studies ATM. * MUSI *
You really a Muslim?
ATM Yeah.
MUSI
Then why you sail with these guys?
ATM
Why you sail with pirates?
MUSI
'Cuz pirates own the water, Brother.
He grabs a LONG-KNIFE, and pushes ATM out the door. Phillips * watches, concerned but hopeful. We CUT TO: *
INT. PHILLIPS' HOME - BEDROOM - LATE NIGHT * 2 a.m. Andrea sleeps. Outside, a cold WIND blows. Hard. *
She's sleeping through it... until the wind jogs that old * SHIP'S BELL on the patio. It rings. And her eyes open. *
Fear, that fast. She knows something's wrong... We CUT TO: *
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - LATER DAY *
TWO HOURS have passed, in silence and heat. Tension hanging. Phillips is removing the glass from Bilal's feet. It feels like kindness, but Bilal can't quite trust it.
NAJEE
Where are they? Where they go?
PHILLIPS
I don't know. I'm here with you.
(Najee grunts, irritated) Colin. Marv. Go look for them.
Wait. What? The pirates eye Phillips. So do Wright and Marv.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
My men know the ship. They'll find
'em. And that way you guys can stay up here on the bridge.
A pretty bold play - and Wright's fairly sure it isn't going to fly. But Najee decides quickly... turns to Wright:
NAJEE (re: Phillips)
You no come back, he die.
Wright nods, rises. Marv too. The pirates feign disinterest. ...which gives Phillips a chance to say to Wright, quietly:
PHILLIPS
I don't expect to see you two back up
here. Is that understood?
Wright nods. Marv half-nods. They head for the door...
INT. MAERSK - ENGINE DECK - PASSAGEWAY - SAME
125 degrees now. Sweltering. ATM leads Musi.
ATM
This leads to the Engine Room and the
After-Steering.
MUSI
I know the boat. Why you guys all
talk so much?
ATM's about to reply... when they both stop. Shocked.
Musi's flashlight just landed on a FACE - Perry - 20 feet away.Perryducksbehindacorner.Musistartsafterhim.ATM * has to do something about it. He grabs Musi, but: *
Musi strikes him with the flashlight across the jaw and * charges down the corridor. We FOLLOW... *
...through this dark, tight space - just a flashlight beam * and Musi's heavy breaths. Around that corner, when:
A JOLT OUT OF THE DARKNESS - Perry, lunging at Musi with the JACK-KNIFE, slicing into Musi's hand. Musi howls, drops his long-knife and the flashlight.
ATM jumps in now, grabbing the injured pirate, backing him up against a bulkhead. Perry puts the knife to Musi's throat.
There's a RADIO on Perry's hip. He grabs it, flips it on:
PERRY (INTO RADIO) Hey, Pirates. Come in, Pirates.
68.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - SAME
The Pirates turn, deeply thrown. That voice, crackling *
through the RADIO overhead. Who is that? *
PERRY (THRU RADIO, CONT'D) This is the crew of the Maersk Alabama. We have your Captain.
Phillips grins. But the pirates are irate.
PERRY (THRU RADIO, CONT'D) Do you read, Pirates? We have your
captain. Will trade him for our men... and for you guys getting the hell off this ship.
The Pirates confer intensely in Somali... until it's decided that Najee will reply. He grabs the radio.
NAJEE (INTO RADIO) You have our guy?
PERRY (THRU RADIO) Yeah. Bleeding, but we got him.
NAJEE (INTO RADIO) We don't have a boat.
PHILLIPS
Take our lifeboat. On the stern.
Najee lowers the radio, looks to Phillips:
NAJEE We need money.
PHILLIPS It's in my room.
NAJEE Show me.
INT. MAERSK - E-DECK - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS - EVENING Phillips opens his safe, extracts $30,000.
PHILLIPS Thirty thousand dollars.
NAJEE
And how much you worth, Irish? How
much a couple of your guys worth?
69.
That had some edge. Phillips hands over the cash.
EXT. MAERSK - B-DECK - STARBOARD STERN - EVENING
The lifeboat sits on those skids, above B-Deck. Anyone inside it will drop from here, 45 feet straight into the sea.
Elmi, Najee, and Bilal eye it, trying to look undaunted.
NAJEE Need more fuel.
PHILLIPS We can arrange that.
NAJEE And food. Water.
Phillips calls out... one deck up... to:
EXT. MAERSK - C-DECK - CONTINUING
Murphy and Durell are one deck above the lifeboat, watching:
PHILLIPS They want some food.
Murphy looks to Durell, who nods, under his breath:
DURELL
I'll go find something spoiled.
MURPHY
Pork. Make sure it's pork.
Durell smiles, goes. Murphy leans over and half-waves to the three Pirates, as if he were their best pal:
MURPHY Food's on the way!
NAJEE
You show us our captain!
MURPHY
Soon as you're in the water.
Najee doesn't like it. Murphy doesn't care.
PHILLIPS Let's go get your fuel.
70.
INT. MAERSK - EMERGENCY GENERATOR ROOM - EVENING
Phillips siphons fuel from a DIESEL GENERATOR into buckets.
Najee stands guard. Elmi is a few feet away, flipping the same GENERATOR switches that Perry used to kill the power.
PHILLIPS
Will you please leave those alone?
ELMI
You trouble, Irish. You pain in the
ass.
PHILLIPS Let's go.
NAJEE No. More fuel.
PHILLIPS
Where ya headed? Disneyworld?
NAJEE More.
INT. LIFEBOAT - SUSPENDED - EVENING
Najee, Elmi, and Bilal get their first look inside the lifeboat: hatches, seats, the elevated bridge... (They don't know it yet, but this will be "home" for the next few days.)
PHILLIPS
Once you're in and secured, you're
gonna hit this valve. Might take a few pumps. The cog releases, and you go down the skids and into the water.
Najee should be nodding. He isn't. Something odd about that.
But before Phillips can react... he sees the caricature of *
himself, drawn by Dave. And the words "Philips is a shit." *
Phillips eyes it, breathes out an ironic smile. * PHILLIPS (CONT'D) *
At least spell my name right... * The pirates don't comment. He moves on: *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) Your food's here.
Najee nods. Phillips steps through the AFT HATCH, to:
71.
EXT. MAERSK - B-DECK - CONTINUING
Bilal and Elmi watch as Durell steps forward with a box of
FOOD, covered with tinfoil. Phillips gets a whiff, smiles.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) Specialty of the house, huh?
DURELL
Steward called it "horse-cock."
Phillips grins. Murphy is ten feet away, glaring at the pirates. They're keeping a watchful eye on him.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) Crew holding up okay?
DURELL
Couple heat-strokes, but they're
fine.
PHILLIPS
See that they get treated, huh?
DURELL
Why, Cap? You goin' somewhere?
PHILLIPS Ya never know.
That hangs there. He turns to the pirates:
PHILLIPS
Okay. Get yourselves harnessed in.
We'll send your captain down to you once you're in the water.
NAJEE
No.
That halted things. Murphy waits. Phillips not reacting, as:
NAJEE (CONT'D)
You come in water with us. When we
have captain back, you show him how boat works, then you go free.
MURPHY
That wasn't the deal, Asshole.
Najee points an AK right at Murphy's head, and:
NAJEE New deal.
72.
That fast, everything ramps up. Elmi points his AK at Durell. Bilal, on one foot, points his at the guys on C-Deck. And suddenly everybody's barking - Somali vs. English:
NAJEE (CONT'D) (re: crew-members)
Who you like least, Captain? Who you don't mind if they dead?
More barking. More AK-pointing, testosterone rising - until:
PHILLIPS Belay that! All of you!
The barking stops. We PUSH IN on Phillips...
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) (at Najee)
Stop threatening my crew.
NAJEE
You get in the boat, nobody shout at
nobody.
PHILLIPS Then let's go.
The pirates lower their weapons, heading for the lifeboat. Phillips too. No one on the crew can believe it.
MURPHY
Wait a minute. You're goin' in the
water with these guys?
PHILLIPS
Send him down once we're underway. On
the ladder amidship. Murphy's at a loss. The whole crew is.
MURPHY
How 'bout I go instead? And you stay
on deck. I can show 'em how it works as good as you.
PHILLIPS
You buckin' for overtime pay now?
MURPHY
Cap, you get in there with them, you
ain't comin' out.
PHILLIPS
We want 'em off the boat, right?
73.
MURPHY
Yeah. But not like this.
Phillips climbs in the lifeboat.
Cap...
MURPHY (CONT'D)
PHILLIPS
Crew's yours, Shane. You got it?
A last look between them. Feels like a goodbye. Murphy nods. Then Phillips "dogs" (closes) the aft hatch.
INT. LIFEBOAT - CONTINUING
Phillips, sealed in with them now, moves to the bridge.
PHILLIPS
Get your yourselves secured. This
thing drops like a stone.
The seats in here have harnesses like those on a carnival ride. Bilal, Elmi, and Najee strap themselves in, facing aft.
BILAL
Hey, Irish. How come you do that?
Your guy wanna take your place in here with the dangerous pirates. How come you say no?
PHILLIPS
I'm Captain. He's crew. Are you
harnessed in?
Bilal nods without understanding. Phillips grabs a radio:
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) They can still strafe the ship, so
keep the guys out of harm's way.
PERRY (THRU RADIO) Roger that.
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) How's his hand?
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. MAERSK - C-DECK - SAME (EVENING)
Musi, bound and gagged, his hand bleeding profusely, has been brought up to C-Deck under guard. Perry eyes him.
PERRY (INTO RADIO) He'll live.
74.
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) Okay. Releasing lifeboat now.
Phillips puts the radio down, harnesses himself in, grabs a RELEASE VALVE, (a hydraulic pump.) Starts PUMPING it, as:
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. MAERSK - B-DECK - RESUMING
A COG holds the lifeboat on these skids.
Now it's receding, hydraulically...
...as Phillips keeps pumping the valve, eyeing the pirates.
PHILLIPS
(quietly, eyes heavenward)
God, if you have to kill someone on this drop, I'd appreciate it not being me...
A few more pumps on that release valve, then:
...the COG on the skids falls away.
...and the lifeboat, unmoored, rockets down the feet, like a sled, nose down, then off the edge
EXT. MAERSK - STERN - CONTINUING
A 45-FOOT DEAD DROP, hurtling toward the water.
INT. LIFEBOAT - FALLING - CONTINUING
skids. 12 of the ship:
75.
The pirates are stunned by their own velocity. Phillips braces himself. The surface rushing up to meet him, then:
A THUNDEROUS PLUNGE as the lifeboat smashes into the sea, sending up a huge plume, vanishing under water.
It's like a car wreck in here, bodies hurtling, banging, restrained by those harnesses. Water ABOVE us... until:
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. WATER-LINE - CONTINUING
The nose of the lifeboat breaches the surface, its bridge ten feet above the waterline, visible through those WINDOWS.
Phillips gathers his wits, looks to his passengers.
PERRY (THRU RADIO) Cap, you okay?
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) We're okay. Bring him amidship.
EXT. MAERSK - DECK - STARBOARD - EVENING
Murphy on deck. Musi, hand badly BLEEDING, is beside him. *
The lifeboat - powered by a 4 cylinder diesel engine - pulls up alongside the Maersk 20 feet below, idling amidship.
MURPHY
You go in, he comes out. Right?
Musi smiles. The whole crew is watching from various decks - as he begins to climb down his own ladder, slowly.
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. LIFEBOAT - WATER-LINE - CONTINUING
Elmi opens the aft hatch, points his AK at the Maersk crew again. Nobody flinches. Musi keeps descending.
INTERCUT WITH/INT. LIFEBOAT - CONTINUING
Through the cockpit window, Phillips can see Murphy on the Maersk deck - but there's an ocean between them now.
Phillips clutches the radio... then:
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) Listen, Shane. This ship is due in
Mombasa two days from now.
MURPHY (INTO RADIO) That's what the schedule says.
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) I expect you to get it there.
That lands. And Murphy doesn't like it. He watches Musi, descending, then looks to the open hatch, doing the math.
MURPHY (INTO RADIO)
I got a better idea. How 'bout you
jump outta that lifeboat, right now.
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) Can't do that, Shane. You know that.
MURPHY (INTO RADIO)
Cap, enough of this already. Get the
hell outta there. We can take these assholes.
PHILLIPS (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) Crew did a helluva job today; you did
too. Tell 'em that, okay?
76.
Murphy's about to respond when... *
Musi reaches the hatch, and climbs in - leaving it open.
INT. LIFEBOAT - CONTINUING
Musi eyes Phillips, and Bilal's now-bandaged foot, (with a look of mild scorn.) Najee quickly hands over the $30,000.
PHILLIPS
Not much to operating this thing;
I'll take you through it. If you want me to fix up your hand there's a med- kit behind you.
MUSI
Did you say goodbye to your men?
So much for pretense. Phillips expected that.
MUSI Good.
...which is when - no surprise - Musi grabs Phillips and shoves him to the floor, then throws the hatch shut, and guns the throttle, the lifeboat speeding away.
The crew on the Maersk holler, but they're helpless.
Phillips is shoved into a seat at gunpoint. No expression.
EXT. MAERSK - DECK - RESUMING
The lifeboat speeds away from us. The men watch it go, livid.
MURPHY
You dumb son of a bitch.
(sighs, then...)
Okay, let's power up and run 'em *
down. Full ahead, and hard left.
The crew goes into action... We CUT TO: * INT. BURLINGTON HOSPITAL - NURSE'S STATION - DAY
Andrea's in the middle of a shift (she's an E.R. NURSE) Checking a medical chart, when her CELL rings.
ANDREA (INTO CELL) This is Andrea.
77.
I did.
PHILLIPS
MIKE WILLARD (THRU CELL) * Andrea, it's Mike Willard. What's the
name of the ship Rich is on?
And just like that, Andrea knows. Her husband's in trouble. *
ANDREA (INTO CELL) What happened?
Pure dread. We CUT TO:
EXT. BEACH COURSE - VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. - MORNING
Navy SEALS run on a beach. BRAVO PLATOON: 16 guys, ages 25- 35. Warriors. Athletes. Patriots. Led by LT. SAYERS.
A black SUBURBAN pulls up alongside them. Driving is LT. COMMANDER ROBERT ABOITIZ, (36, from East L.A.) Behind him are THREE MORE SUBURBANS. The SEALS come to a stop.
ABOITIZ
Need all your men in the trucks,
Lieutenant. We have a situation.
SAYERS What's up, Boss?
ABOITIZ
An American's been captured by
pirates off the coast of Somalia - holding him in an escape craft. Nearest warship is 345 miles out.
(that lands)
No calls to wives or girlfriends.
We're briefing in the Team Area. Then
we're geared up and on a plane.
SAYERS (at his men)
Okay, Bravo. Into the trucks. INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - NIGHT
A muggy fiberglass hell. Elmi checks the FUEL BUCKETS in the * nose of the lifeboat. Phillips watching. *
Musi, at the helm, is dividing the $30,000. He gives himself * all the 100's, splits the 50's among three other piles. * Phillips notes that too. *
PHILLIPS * What's all the fuel for? * (no reply) *
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78.
79.
Ya got five times more than you need. *
PHILLIPS (cont'd)
What's it for? *
MUSI * Protect us from other pirates. * (Phillips is silent) * Some other tribe come, try to take * you away. We make big speed, then... *
He makes an EXPLOSION sound, laughs. Phillips eyes him. *
Musi opens the FOOD-PACKAGE from the Maersk. He smells it, * grimaces.MotionstoBilal,"Takethewheel."ThenMusiopens * the tiny aft hatch - again, Phillips watching. *
EXT. LIFEBOAT - AFT DECK - SAME * Musi tosses the styrofoam box into the water, then spots *
something... He stares - angered but not surprised: * It's the MAERSK, fully powered now, on his tail. Musi ducks *
back down, shuts the hatch. * INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - RESUMING * Musi eyes Phillips. *
MUSI
Thought you said ship was broken.
PHILLIPS
I guess they fixed it. *
MUSI * Uh-huh. * (at his crew, in Somali) * Come get your shares! *
The men approach him on the Bridge. He hands each their * "share" of the $30,000. It's bloody money, though. From the * GASH on his hand.
PHILLIPS
Careful. You're bleeding all over my
boat.
MUSI My boat now.
PHILLIPS Congratulations. Where we going?
MUSI Home.
Phillips feigns indifference; it's an act...
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - DEN - MORNING
SEVEN NEWSCREWS outside now. 20 PEOPLE inside, here to help. (TIMELINE: The Maersk reps have not yet arrived.)
Nancy is manning the door - a REPORTER trying to get in...
NANCY
Um, this guy says he's a local
reporter. But I don't know him.
AMBER
Check his shoes. Is he wearing penny
loafers?
Yes.
NANCY
AMBER
He's not local. No one from Underhill
wears penny loafers. Close the door. Nancy smiles politely, shuts the door.
...as Andrea drifts through, talking on her cell with Dan: * ANDREA (INTO CELL)
We still don't know anything yet.
DAN (THRU CELL)
I'm gonna come home. *
ANDREA (INTO CELL)
No, Honey. You need to stay there.
You've got your exams this week. DAN (THRU CELL)
Mom... *
ANDREA (INTO CELL)
It's a zoo here, Honey. Reporters all
over. I want you away from it.
(over him) *
Whaddaya think Dad would say? *
DAN (THRU CELL) * He'd probably say, "Do you know how
much I'm spending on that school? Stay put and do your job."
80.
Probably.
ANDREA (INTO CELL) *
Amber approaches Andrea, holding a LAND LINE.
AMBER (re: phone)
Andrea, it's John Reinhart. Chairman of the Maersk Line.
Andrea pales. Maybe he's calling with bad news...
ANDREA (INTO CELL) Sweetheart, I have to take this; it's the guy from Maersk. I'll call you as
soon as I know anything. It's all gonna be okay. I love you...
DAN (THRU CELL)
I'm getting in the car. I'll be home *
tonight. *
CLICK. Andrea sighs, hangs up the cell, grabs the phone... *
Hello?
ANDREA (INTO PHONE)
REINHART (THRU PHONE)
Hi, Andrea. This is John Reinhart. *
How ya holding up?
ANDREA (INTO PHONE) Just your typical April morning...
REINHART (THRU PHONE) *
I understand. Listen, there's been a *
development - and I wanted you to *
hear it from me. We've gotten the *
ship back. The crew's fine. The
pirates have escaped on a lifeboat.
(dreading this...)
But they have your husband with them.
Andrea pales. Can barely speak. The room waits...
ANDREA (INTO PHONE) On the lifeboat.
REINHART (THRU PHONE) Yes. It's a hostage situation. But
you have my assurance, we're going to do everything we can to get him back to you safely.
I see.
ANDREA (INTO PHONE)
81.
REINHART (THRU PHONE) * I'm sending two of my best people to * your home - to help you deal with the * media, incoming calls, anything you * might need. Would that be okay? *
Andrea can't reply. She can barely breathe. * REINHART (THRU PHONE)
Andrea?... Andrea? INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - DAY
9 a.m. 105 degrees in here. Phillips sits, sweating. Baking. Musi sitting opposite us, flexes his injured hand, pained.
PHILLIPS That infected yet?
MUSI How would I know?
PHILLIPS Fever, shaking, vomiting,
incontinence. Then it gets bad.
Musi pauses, conscious that his men are watching.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) They're not gonna think you're a baby. They're gonna think you're
staying fit enough to maintain * command.
Musi rises, gets the First Aid kit, hands it over. Phillips pulls out eyewash, saline, bandages, a long roll of tape. *
Phillips casually cuts the tape with the JACK-KNIFE that's been in his pocket for two days now. The pirates eye him.
Without comment he surrenders the knife... and unwraps the
bloody shirt off Musi's hand, revealing a nasty-looking gash.
He pours eyewash and saline on it, gestures toward Bilal: *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) * Need to re-dress his foot too.
MUSI
Why you so worried about him?
PHILLIPS
He's a sailor and he's injured.
82.
MUSI
Remember what I tell you about
treating a sailor too nice?
PHILLIPS
How're the sandals? They fit okay?
MUSI
You trouble, Irish. Yeah, you a
problem.
They eye Bilal, nervously knotting that three-colored rope.
MUSI (CONT'D) * Nothing wrong with him - he just
afraid. You're not?
MUSI
Yes. Of seeing my children starve.
(no reply) *
We get back to Somalia, everything
working. Tell insurance guys what we
want for you, and everybody get rich.
PHILLIPS * Sorry. But I doubt it. * (Musi waits) * Why would the line pay you? They got * their ship back, their crew, all of * their cargo. And Captains are * replaceable; don't you know that? *
MUSI * Only some. *
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - DAY *
Dan is home now. He sits beside Andrea... and Amber, Nancy, * DAWN, JANET, PATTY (more sisters in law); LEA (Andrea's * sister); Mike Willard; TEN OTHER NEIGHBORS. *
All of them looking at Allison - the Maersk rep - who stands * in front of two ERASURE BOARDS. She shuts the tv off, and: *
ALLISON * Okay. Rule Number One. No more tv. * There are too many rumors bouncing * around, and way too many opinions. * From now on, we get our information * only from the State Department, * Defense Department, or from Maersk. *
PHILLIPS
83.
(MORE)
84.
ALLISON (cont'd)
Everything that's confirmed goes on *
these erasure boards. Starting with *
this: the USS Bainbridge is on site *
and in contact with the pirates. *
There hasn't been an official ransom *
demand made yet. The Commander of the *
Bainbridge is taking his orders from *
a Task Force Commander, who answers *
to the Flag Officer of the Task *
Force, an Admiral named Michelle *
Howard. We are in touch with her on a *
regular basis. *
AMBER * Go Michelle. *
ALLISON * She answers to the Fifth Fleet * Commander in Bahrain. He answers to * the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of * Staff, who answers to the Secretary * of Defense, and ultimately President * Obama. All of whom are monitoring * this situation closely. The President * is receiving regular updates on the * situation. If he feels a military * response is required, he will give * the go-ahead for a rescue. It's his * call. Flattering, right? *
It is. So why'd Andrea just go pale? *
ANDREA * Oh shit. * (they wait...) * Richard voted for McCain. *
INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - DAY * Phillips, in his usual seat. Then: *
THUMP THUMP THUMP. The sound turns our heads. It's Najee, trying to break a WINDOW ON THE BRIDGE with the butt of his AK-47. Repeatedly. An attempt to get some air in here.
PHILLIPS
Ya might ask him to stop that, before
he takes your head off.
MUSI He wants air.
PHILLIPS
But he's still got the clip in.
Musi nods, then barks at Najee in Somali. Najee removes the clip from the AK, starts banging again...
Finally, he breaks a pane. A small trickle of air blows in. PHILLIPS
I have to urinate.
Musi calls to Bilal, who puts down the rope, grabs his AK, and - hobbling - leads Phillips back to the aft-hatch. Bilal un-dogs it, and they emerge:
EXT. LIFEBOAT - AFT HATCH - MOVING - CONTINUING
Phillips steps outside... and his jaw drops - just saw *
something huge, off our stern:
The USS BAINBRIDGE, Guided Missile Detroyer, 300 yards away. *
Bilal smiles, thrilled. Huh? He pushes Phillips inside... *
INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - RESUMING
Bilal dogs the hatch closed. Looks to Musi.
BILAL (SOMALI, SUBTITLED)
Navy here, Boss! U.S. Navy! *
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED)
Musi turns to port... and there it is, visible through the
Yeah?
tiny cockpit windows. The Bainbridge.
Instant reaction: Musi WHOOPS with excitement. Couldn't be happier. The others join in. Phillips is at a loss.
As they yell and shout, Musi grabs the lifeboat radio:
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) Navy Navy? You got the pirates here!
No military action! No military action! We not Al Qaeda!
The voice of CAPTAIN FRANK CASTELLANO comes through:
CASTELLANO (THRU LIFEBOAT RADIO) This is the USS Bainbridge.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) Good to see you! We not Al Qaeda!
Need food, water, batteries, and more * bullets! Lifeboat out!
85.
End of transmission. Musi laughs. His men do too. Huh...?
PHILLIPS
I don't get it. Why're you so happy
to see a navy ship?
MUSI
We got an escort now - get us back to
Somali waters, safe from other pirates! Everybody knows to stay away from the gray!
(means it)
You beautiful, Irish! You better than
twenty hostages!
EXT. NAVY ZODIAC/EXT. LIFEBOAT - DAY *
ANAVYZODIAC(inflatedmotorboat)skimswater.Aboarditare * FOUR SAILORS, commanded by LT. KINIMURA, bearing a BOX of * PROVISIONS. The Zodiac reaches the lifeboat, both idling. *
Musi opens the aft hatch, armed. Eyeing Kinimura. *
KINIMURA * We want to see the Captain first, * make sure he's still okay. *
Musi barks at Elmi below deck, who shouts at Phillips: *
ELMI (O.S.) Come. Wave.
Phillips appears in the hatch, waves at the sailors... then Elmi pulls him back down below. A beat...
Kinimura's men hand over the provisions: a RADIO, batteries, * water, chocolate POP-TARTS. And, strangely, A-1 Steak Sauce. *
Kinimura pulls the radio out, hands it to Musi:
KINIMURA
Dedicated channel. My C.O. wants to
talk to you again.
MUSI
I'll talk to him later.
Kinimura reacts, thrown. Musi smiles.
MUSI (CONT'D)
Old Somali saying: "You have all the
watches. But we have all the time." He laughs. Kinimura doesn't. We CUT TO:
86.
87. EXT. UNDERHILL, VT. - ST. THOMAS PARKING LOT - MORNING
The ARMY OF REPORTERS is now confined to a church parking lot. They watch as a "COME HOME CAPTAIN PHILLIPS" sign is hung across the street. There are YELLOW RIBBONS everywhere.
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUING
TV, phones, 20 people here to help. Andrea drifts through. *
FOOD PLATTERS are all over now. Casseroles, lasagnas, cakes, * sent by friends, strangers. Serving trays are everywhere. Lea approaches Andrea, bearing a particularly grand one.
LEA
This is from the local Somali
community. They want you to know how sorry and ashamed they are.
ANDREA
We have a local Somali community?
Lea shrugs. Andrea looks around for Dan. There he is, by a * window, looking out at the snow. *
ANDREA (CONT'D) * You doin' okay? *
He shrugs, but the answer's no. *
DAN * I was just thinking how much he loves * the snow. If the temperature hits * eighty, he thinks it's too warm. But * he never complains about snow. *
ANDREA * He's gonna be okay, Honey. He's * looking up at the sky, right now, * just like you are - thinking about * you. *
DAN * Or maybe telling the pirates how to * sail. *
Shebreathesoutamuch-neededlaugh.Dantoo...butthereis * pureterrorbehindit.Andreacanseeit;it'sheartbreaking. *
She knows what to do. A few feet away is FATHER DANIELSON. *
He's 50, their local priest - has been here all morning.
Andrea takes his hand: *
ANDREA * Can we say one more, Father? Maybe * all of us together?
(Danielson pauses)
Richard's so strong; I know he's *
hanging in there. But can we say one *
for the men who're trying to help
him?
Danielson nods, of course. Andrea grabs Dan, as we CUT TO: *
INT. C-17 - FLYING - NIGHT
A MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE, 5,000 feet over the ocean.
Inside, gear - weapons, comm, nav, scuba - all strapped into an RHIB (rigid-hull-inflatable-boat). The RHIB is secured to the floor by cables, with parachutes attached to its stern.
...as 16 men stand, game-faces on. This is NAVY SEAL TEAM
SIX. We move down the row of them, starting with their TEAM
LEADER, Lt. Aboitiz. Then face after face, until we land on: *
Two Seals - PETTIS (black, future world-leader), and JOON (Korean-American, quiet.) A light above them goes green.
ABOITIZ
Okay, guys. Time to hop and pop.
The BACK OF THIS PLANE OPENS like a mouth. Wind rushes in. A GUILLOTINE severs the cables securing that gear-laden RHIB.
...and the RHIB rockets out of here at 120 mph, sucked out with awesome force, its chute deploying automatically. Now the SEALS themselves dive out. We FOLLOW PETTIS:
EXT. MID-AIR/EXT. INDIAN OCEAN - CONTINUING - NIGHT
Falling, in darkness. Not a photon of light beneath us, (the waters of the Indian Ocean don't refract light at night.) Feels like an endless abyss down there. No form at all.
But there's a lit ALTIMETER on our wrist, counting down... 700 feet, 600... Our CHUTE above us. Then the RHIB hits water below us. A huge SPLASH. We keep plummeting, down...
Then... a BIGGER SPLASH. That's us, submerging powerfully, water all around us... then coming up again, to find:
16 men in synchronized action, SEALS leaving their chutes to sink in the water and boarding the RHIB. The BAINBRIDGE appears now, coming to get us. The C-17 is long gone.
We've just "splashed in," SEAL-style...
88.
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - CIC - NIGHT
The COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER of a guided missile destroyer: * icy blue lighting, a horseshoe layout of consoles manned by * 20 SAILORS, under the command of Captain Castellano:
CASTELLANO
Everybody vigilant. Game faces on.
Beside Castellano is RICHARD GARRIDOS, an FBI man to his core, the only civilian on board. They turn as Lt. Aboitiz enters, exchanging a salute with Castellano.
CASTELLANO (CONT'D) Lieutenant Aboitiz, SEAL Team
Commander. Richard Garridos, FBI.
ABOITIZ
Sir.
Good to meet you. Where are we?
GARRIDOS
ABOITIZ *
In place and ready to go. * INTERCUT WITH/INT. BAINBRIDGE - HELO HANGAR - SAME *
Pettis, Joon, and EIGHT OTHER SEALS pass through a hangar containing two MH60 Knighthawk HELICOPTERS - as we hear:
GARRIDOS (V.O.) * Orders right now are, no offensive * action. We just keep shouldering 'em * away from Somali waters. *
HugeRETRACTABLEDOORSopeninfrontoftheSEALS,revealing: *
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - CONTINUING
ThefantailoftheBainbridgesitslowandflatinthewater. * From here, the lifeboat is a tiny target on black ocean. The SEALS drop their gear...
ABOITIZ (V.O.) * Understood. *
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - C.I.C. - RESUMING Aboitiz, Castellano, Garridos:
GARRIDOS * But that directive is countermanded * if the hostage is observed to be in *
(MORE)
89.
90. immediate danger. What kind of *
GARRIDOS (cont'd)
surveillance do we have? *
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. UNDERWATER - NIGHT * We're right UNDER the lifeboat. And we aren't alone. *
A team of SEAL FROGMEN are here too - attaching LISTENING * DEVICES to the hull of the lifeboat. The devices are round, * black, like hockey pucks. The SEALS activate them. *
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - CIC - RESUMING * An ENSIGN is at a console, listening in on the lifeboat. *
ABOITIZ * We have good ears on the boat. And * I've got sniper-killer teams * surveilling from the fantail, locked * in. *
GARRIDOS
Those windows aren't much of a
target. How're you gonna hit 'em from the fantail of a moving boat?
A few sailors react. But Aboitiz is unfazed:
ABOITIZ
A lifeboat riding bow-down on this
ship's rooster-tail has a 17-second cycle of harmonic motion. At the half- point of every cycle, or at 8.5 seconds, the lifeboat will, for a brief instant, be steady on.
As he CONTINUES, we RESUME INTERCUT WITH: * EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - RESUMING (NIGHT)
Five SNIPER-KILLER TEAMS, in pairs: RAMOS-WINSTROM; INGRAM- * NGUYEN; SHRIDAR-KAY; REESE-HICKS; and Pettis-Joon.
Four of the teams set up shop on LARGE CRATES, (a shooter * resting his weapon on the crate, spotter behind him.) Pettis lies belly down on a mat, on the fantail, Joon behind him.
The snipers have SR-25's. The Spotters have OPTICS DEVICES. Through Joon's we see the lifeboat in the distance. Its windows look TINY from here. Bobbing up and down...
Every SEAL sound-checks his NECK MIKE, as:
ABOITIZ (O.S.)
During that lull, the scopes on a
sniper's SR-25 can image their targets very easily. The first shot, a wad cutter, takes out the windows, removing all deflection criteria and giving four shooters, each on a single target, a clean line of sight.
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - C.I.C. - RESUMING Aboitiz and Garridos:
ABOITIZ
Any of our team members could then
put three slugs inside the head of a quarter at 100 meters - although that is not the ideal distance.
Garridos takes all that in, sold. Then: *
GARRIDOS
I'll talk to the pirates now, *
Captain. *
INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - SAME (NIGHT)
Najee is finishing that multi-colored rope. Elmi is sitting up front, near the fuel buckets. Musi on the bridge.
That leaves Bilal, guarding Phillips.
PHILLIPS
How's your foot? Any better?
Bilal shrugs, conscious of fraternizing with the hostage.
MUSI (O.S.) You stop talking to him.
Musi, calling out from the Bridge, angry. Bilal tightens.
MUSI (CONT'D)
He already got one captain. Somali
Marine don't need two.
Phillips shrugs, turns away... looking through that box of *
provisions. Pop-Tarts, etc... until he notices something: *
The back of that bottle of A-1 steak sauce. Something's been * writtenonit.Byhand,inEnglish-obviouslyamessageleft * for him by the Navy. Phillips reads it: *
"Talk. We can hear you. USN." *
91.
Oh. But Phillips barely has time to integrate it, when: *
GARRIDOS (THRU LIFEBOAT RADIO) Pirate leader. Pirate leader. Come
in.
Musi turns, unmoved. But:
INTERCUT WITH/INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - CIC - SAME
Garridos, watched by Aboitiz and Castellano.
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) This is the FBI. Come in.
Musi's eyes just went wide. His men react as well. FBI. Three VERY big letters. He regroups, grabs the radio:
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) No F.B.I.! We not Al Qaeda! We talk
to insurance negotiator.
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) Sorry. F.B.I. My name's Garridos.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) No military action! We want only
ransom.
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) Okay. What'll you give me?
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) We want two million dollars and
passage back to Somalia. Then you get your man.
Phillips watches all this... noting Bilal's reaction.
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) What's your name? I'd like to know
what to call you.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) You can call me Captain.
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) Okay. You and I will be working
together until we figure this thing out. Tell me about your injury. And your crew-member.
92.
What?
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO)
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) You have a gash on your right hand,
and you've got a crew-member with glass in his foot. Correct?
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) I want to talk to the insurance guy!
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO)
I have trained medical personnel on
this boat, and a first-class hospital bay. Maybe you two come aboard and get treated. Then we can talk about things, face to face.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) I get it fixed when I get back to
Somalia. We talk then.
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) That's gonna be a problem. We're
willing to work with you - but we can't let this thing reach land.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) We Somali Marines! We have right to
go back to our country!
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) Not with an American hostage.
Musi hangs up, angry. No one speaks. Then: GARRIDOS (THRU RADIO)
Garridos for lifeboat. Come in. Musi grabs the radio again.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) No military action! We talk to
Insurance negotiator! Two million dollars!
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) Look out your window, Captain.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) We going to Somalia.
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO)
Captain. Your cockpit window. *
Musi does... and he sees the five sniper-killer teams on the * fantail of the Bainbridge - aiming right at him. *
93.
It's just a moment - blink and you'd miss it - but all of his bravado just vanished; and Phillips saw. Bilal saw too. Musi * regroups quickly... Then, with utter control: *
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) * We going home now. Stay away from the * windows.
Heleansonthethrottle,instantacceleration.Hismendon't * speak. But they know something's wrong. *
Najee and Elmi drift away, quietly. That leaves Phillips and * Bilal, out of everyone's earshot. *
Phillips studies the kid. Bilal looks away... Then: *
PHILLIPS * Are you a good swimmer? * (Bilal's a blank) * 'Cause you need to jump off this boat * and get away from here, as fast as * you can. Your captain's leading you * to some very bad places. *
BILAL * I never been anywhere else. *
That landed. Bilal walks away. Phillips sags. On the bridge, * Musi starts singing a SOMALI WAR SONG. Loud. Off-key. * Intentionally unsettling. And he keeps singing, as: *
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - CIC - RESUMING * Garridos, listening in. He takes off his headset. *
GARRIDOS * Captain, I need a chopper. *
Castellano nods, no problem. * INT. PHILLIPS HOME - BEDROOM - NIGHT *
Andrea is in bed but wide awake. Amber sleeps in a chair. An * anxious stillness hangs. *
Thenit'sshattered:thePHONERINGS.Ohno.Andreagrabsit. *
ANDREA (INTO PHONE)
Hello?
INTERCUT WITH/INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - IDLE - DAY *
Shane Murphy, on the bridge of the Maersk: *
94.
MURPHY (INTO PHONE) Andrea, it's Shane Murphy.
ANDREA (INTO PHONE) Oh. Hi, Shane....
MURPHY (INTO PHONE) You doin' okay?
ANDREA (INTO PHONE) Uh, you know. Anxious.
Flanking Murphy are some of the Maersk CREW-MEMBERS we now * know:ATM,Durell,Perry,KenQuinn,ColinWright.EvenMarv, * Dave, Del. Murphy's speaking for all of them. *
MURPHY (INTO PHONE)
The Navy wouldn't let me call you *
before. We're in Mombasa now, as *
scheduled.
ANDREA (INTO PHONE) That's good.
MURPHY (PHONE, CONT'D)
Just wanted to tell you - we all did - *
we owe your husband our lives, every *
guy on this ship. He got in that
lifeboat to save us, and you should
be proud of that. He's a brave son-of-
a-bitch, Andrea; and he's gonna
outlast those guys, I know it. He'll
wear 'em down. Last we heard he was
doing okay and in good spirits. So
you stay strong, okay? He loves you.
He'll get back home to you.
Andrea just nods, a single tear rolling down her cheek.
MURPHY (PHONE, CONT'D)
Anyway. I gotta go. Still got a ship *
*
95.
to run. Thanks, Shane.
ANDREA (INTO PHONE)
MURPHY (INTO PHONE)
If you talk to him before I do, tell
him we all said thanks, okay?
End of call. Amber takes her hand. We STAY WITH MURPHY: *
Through the bridge windows we see CRANES off-loading the * Maersk's containers. She has docked in Mombasa now. *
The NAVY GUYS are leaving. A NEW CAPTAIN, Phillips' * replacement, comes aboard. Murphy nods politely. The show * goes on - as we CUT TO: *
INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - NIGHT (2:30 A.M.) * Phillips stands, wet and bleeding. His hands tied to the *
horizontal bar overhead, feet tied too. * (We've TIME-JUMPED again: Phillips has already been beaten *
for trying to escape. They've just made him piss himself.) * But there's now an AK an INCH FROM HIS FACE - held by Elmi, *
who pulls the trigger. * CLICK. He's just dry-firing it, but the flinch from Phillips
madeElmismile.Thetenorinherehasgottenmeaner.Sicker. * Najee knots that three-colored rope. Musi's on the bridge. *
Bilal is silent. The lifeboat muscles along. * ...when, unsolicited, Phillips begins to speak:
PHILLIPS
So it's the beginning of time. Adam's
the first man ever. And all of his body parts hold a meeting, to see who should be in charge.
Wait. Is he telling a joke? Now? Elmi can't believe it.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
Adam's heart says, "I think I should
run things, 'cause if I stop pumping, he dies." But his eyes say, "Wait a minute, we think we should run things. I mean, without us, he couldn't see anything, or get around." Then his brain says, "I'm obviously the most important organ. I control breathing, thinking, everything." A real argument.
No doubt about it; he's telling a joke. Musi turns, intrigued by the balls on this guy. Najee and Bilal too, watching...
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
Then, from down deep, a quiet voice
pipes in. "Excuse me. But I think I'm the most important body part." It was the asshole talking.
The pirates eye one another, mild disbelief and amusement.
96.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
The other body parts just laughed at
him - get serious, buddy - and went back to work, deciding to vote on it in a couple days.
(a beat)
But the next morning, the asshole
surprised them all. He shut down.
Wouldn't let anything through.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner - nothing.
And pretty soon, the whole body began
to suffer. The brain got foggy, the
heart could barely beat, the eyes
couldn't stay open. After three days
of it they all came to him and said,
"Okay! Okay! You win! You're the most
important! We give!" Argument over.
(eyes on Musi now)
And that's why, ever since, all
through history... it's assholes who
have always been in charge.
There it was, a huge fuck-you, aimed right at Musi. Silence.
...then Bilal can't help himself. He starts to laugh. Elmi too. Then Najee. Even Musi finds himself chuckling. Phillips too. Five strung-out overheated guys, laughing.
...until this boat is suddenly ROCKED by an unseen force - pounding it, turning it SIDEWAYS. The pirates are knocked to their feet - it's that violent. And NOISY, deafening:
EXT. LIFEBOAT - AT SEA - CONTINUING
One of those NAVY KNIGHTHAWK HELICOPTERS is hovering right above us - its rotors' GALE-FORCE WIND literally knocking the lifeboat sideways. A pretty impressive show of force.
INT. LIFEBOAT - MOVING - RESUMING
Musi struggles with the wheel, but it's useless. The craft isn't powerful enough to keep its heading.
MUSI
What are they doing, Irish?
Phillips keeps his eyes on those FUEL BUCKETS - sliding
around. The wind keeps pounding us. And that noise... *
MUSI (CONT'D)
What are they doing?!
PHILLIPS
I don't know. I'm here with you. *
97.
98. Musi, livid, guns the engine. But it dies on him. *
NowthepowerlesslifeboatispushedinaCIRCLEbythewind. * Spinning like a top, buffeted by air and noise. Musi's men, dizzied, await his orders... as: *
GARRIDOS (THRU LIFEBOAT RADIO) * Garridos for lifeboat. Come in.
Musi doesn't answer - just hits the ignition again. The * engine won't turn over. *
GARRIDOS (THRU LIFEBOAT RADIO) Garridos for lifeboat. Come in,
lifeboat.
We're spinning in circles, deafened by the noise - the *
Knighthawk literally sitting right on top of us... * MUSI (CONT'D)
What's wrong with your boat, Irish? PHILLIPS
Now it's my boat again? MUSI
What's wrong with it?
PHILLIPS
How the hell should I know?
MUSI
You baby, Phillips. Lazy American.
Musi fumes. His men await a plan. Noise pounding. Sniper * teams waiting on the Bainbridge. Everything closing in. *
INTERCUT WITH/INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - CIC - RESUMING
Garridos, with Aboitiz and Castellano hovering: *
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO)
This is Garridos, Captain. You having *
engine trouble? *
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) * You pull back now! *
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) * Hey, I'm just a guest on this boat. I * can't tell the Captain what to do. * But I can send over a mechanic to * take a look for you. *
99.
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) *
Pull back! No military action! * GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) *
Fine. What will you give me? *
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) * I give you his ears! I give you his * fingers! *
(no reply) * I told you! I talk only to insurance * man! Only to money man! *
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) * Sorry. I'm all you got. And we cannot * allow you to return to Somali waters. *
We PUSH IN on Musi, all that noise bearing down on him, as: *
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) * (ice cold) *
Fine. We die here then.
He slams the radio down, looks at his men: *
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) * Finish the ropes.
That sounded permanent, and Phillips looks shaken. We're * still spinning, getting hammered by the rotor wind... *
MUSI (CONT'D) * What's wrong, Phillips? You don't
want to die at sea? What kind of sailor are you?
PHILLIPS
Like to see my wife again. And my
kids.
MUSI
American sailors are all babies.
GARRIDOS (THRU LIFEBOAT RADIO) * Captain! Come in. *
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) * Untie him. *
Elmi starts to untie Phillips, as: *
GARRIDOS (THRU RADIO) * Why don't you come aboard now? Get
some medical care. We'll figure a way (MORE)
GARRIDOS (THRU RADIO) (cont'd) out of this thing. We can set up a
tow-line from our fantail, so you don't drift into hostile waters. We know there are rival tribes around here. Look, a gesture of goodwill:
The noise suddenly STOPS, the chopper pulling up. SILENCE. * Somehow, that infuriates Musi even worse. He decides: *
MUSI (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) Okay. We gonna kill the hostage now.
Need a bodybag over here. Out.
End of transmission. He marches toward Phillips - at the very momentPhillips,untiedbyElmi,fallsintoaseat...andour * narrative catches up to itself COMPLETELY, as: *
A JOLT: Phillips yanked out of the seat by Musi - suddenly, * urgently. Rage in Musi's eyes, infuriated by all this... *
MUSI
I want you to know something. We were
all fishermen once. Other countries come and overfish our waters, dump all their trash here - no Somali government to stop them. So there's no more fishing.
A few feet away, Najee and Elmi pull an ORANGE SURVIVAL SUIT from a bin, and begin to spread it on the floor. Odd...
IMAGES, JUMP-CUT: Musi handing the 9mm to Bilal; the pirates kneeling down to pray for Allah's blessing, and:
PHILLIPS Andrea...
He shuts his eyes.
EXT. PHILLIPS' HOME - BACK PATIO - DAY
Allisonemergesontothepatio-tofindAndrea,hidinghere * again, alone against the snow, staring sadly at that old * SHIP'S BELL. *
ANDREA (re: bell)
He's so stubborn about things.
ALLISON I'm counting on it.
Andrea smiles. Allison sits. *
100.
ALLISON (CONT'D)
Your family's doing a prayer circle.
You wanna come in?
ANDREA
The Navy's not expecting a good
result. Are they.
Bam. That put Allison on her heels. She regroups, then:
ALLISON
The Navy's doing exactly what it set
out to do - isolate the pirates and keep them from getting to shore.
ANDREA
But they can't launch a rescue
without getting him killed. And there's no way the U.S. Government could allow the pirates to take ransom and escape prosecution. So...
(Allison's silent)
Has anybody said anything to you
about preparing me for the worst?
No reply. The answer, obviously, is yes.
ALLISON
It's not an indicator of our
confidence in the outcome...
That sounded lame, and she knows it. A beat passes...
ALLISON (CONT'D)
Do you want to come in with us?
Andrea starts to cry again, can't quite hold it in.
ANDREA
I think I'll take a walk instead.
And away she goes, off the patio and out into the SNOWY FIELD beyond. Allison, helpless, just watches her go.
From here, Andrea grows smaller and smaller. We CUT TO:
INT. LIFEBOAT - NOT MOVING - SAME
The pirates pray to Allah. Phillips watches, powerless...
We CIRCLE AROUND him, his breath shortening, heart rate climbing - as these men pray for a blessing to kill him.
101.
PHILLIPS
You're not gonna get paradise and
seventy-two virgins for doing this. You're just gonna get your men killed.
Musi looks up from his prayer, his eyes lifeless:
MUSI
Keep talking, Irish...
That was chilling. Musi returns to his prayer, then gives an order in Somali. The pirates get to their feet.
Najee grabs that THREE-COLORED ROPE now, weaving it through Phillips' hands. Carefully. We hear "Halal. Halal."
We PUSH IN ON PHILLIPS - as he steels himself for one last stand. Just can't let himself surrender too easily. *
MUSI Bring him over.
Elmi grabs Phillips, starts to pull him on to the orange survival suit. But there's a problem, instantly:
Phillips isn't moving.
Huh? Elmi tries again - but Phillips digs in and puts his *
fists under his chin. Not moving.
PHILLIPS *
No. Sorry. * What? They scream at him, livid.
MUSI
You make hands-up posture now!
Execution posture!
PHILLIPS I'm not moving.
Musi shouts at Elmi, who shouts at Phillips. Najee and Bilal jump in too, Bilal pointing that handgun at him - as we:
INTERCUT WITH/EXT. UNDERHILL - WOODS - DAY
Andrea walks, all alone and shaky as hell. Then she STOPS... *
And turns. Some instinct just told her to get back home... *
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
The pirates grab him and throw him on to the survival suit.
102.
But he won't stand still, or drop to his knees. They howl.
MUSI
You make hands-up posture!
No!
PHILLIPS
MUSI
You going against the preaching!
INTERCUT WITH/INT. PHILLIPS HOME - CONTINUING
15 people form a PRAYER CIRCLE, heads bowed. We CUT BACK TO:
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING (NIGHT)
The pirates try to push Phillips down, try to get his fists out from under his chin. But he WILL NOT BUDGE.
MUSI
You can't go against the preaching!
Four guys pushing on him, howling. But he just won't comply. * Keeps his fists under his chin... as we: *
INTERCUT WITH/INT. CAR - MOVING - NIGHT
MARIAH PHILLIPS, 18, drives too fast - blinking back tears.
Listening to NPR, a report about her father. Just get home. INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
Phillips is kicking, twisting, defying, keeping his fists under his chin. Musi is shouting, spit flying.
MUSI
You make the good posture! Hands up!
You make the good posture! EXT. UNDERHILL - WOODS - RESUMING
Andrea, running home. She steps onto an icy slick and loses her footing, falling. She lands in snow. Damn it...
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - RESUMING
15 people, heads down, hands together, praying. We JUMP TO:
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - SAME
The men of the Maersk - Murphy, ATM, Durell - huddled at a radio, waiting for word. Mike Perry silently praying...
103.
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
Phillips keeps resisting, fighting, kicking, never moving his fists from under his chin. Pirates howling, spitting, until:
THUMP. Silence. Everything goes white.
Bilal just butt-ended him in the head with the handgun. Phillips falls forward, on to the suit. Everything foggy.
He's on the ritual rug now. Certain he's about to die. The pirates start WHOOPING again, celebrating... when:
MUSI (SOMALI, SUBTITLED)
Stop.
(his men eye him)
Look at the rope.
Silence. The pirates examine the three-colored rope they'd labored so hard to fashion. It has Phillips' BLOOD on it now. He SPITS on it, weakly, for good measure. Ritual spoiled.
The pirates sag and drift away. Phillips is about to pass out on the survival suit when he hears:
BRITISH VOICE (THRU RADIO) Pirate Lifeboat. Pirate lifeboat.
This is Reuters news service. Do you read? Reuters news--
We STAY WITH PHILLIPS, as we hear Musi answer:
MUSI (O.S., INTO RADIO) This is pirate lifeboat. We are
surrounded by warships and don't have time to talk. Please pray for us.
Phillips' eyes begin to close. Then he's out.
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - NIGHT
Everyone's quiet. Andrea enters from the back patio, just as:
104.
Mom?
MARIAH (O.S.)
Mariah, stepping through the front door. Bereft. And barely visible behind all the food platters and gift baskets.
MARIAH (CONT'D) Did daddy die?
ANDREA What? Why?
MARIAH
There's never any food in this house!
A beat... then everyone in here either starts crying or laughing. Andrea rises, crosses to her daughter.
Mariah collapses in her mother's arms. Both sobbing. CUT TO:
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - C.I.C. - SAME
Castellano puts down a phone, eyes Garridos and Aboitiz:
CASTELLANO
The President has given the okay. If
we have a clean shot, we take it. Aboitiz nods. Garridos grabs his radio:
GARRIDOS (INTO RADIO) Captain, you're in trouble. Let's
talk.
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
Musi heard that. He eyes Phillips, unconscious on the floor. We... END SEQUENCE. And DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. LIFEBOAT - ON THE WATER - MORNING
Day breaks, hot and flat.
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - SAME
We're looking through a SCOPE at the lifeboat. Sunlight glints off one WINDOW. (The other was knocked out days ago.)
REVEAL Pettis, flat on his belly. In position, as always.
PETTIS (INTO NECK-MIKE) * Boss, I have some minor glare, need a
course correction. Please ask the Captain to go two degrees starboard.
ABOITIZ (THRU EARPIECE) Roger that. Two degrees.
INT. LIFEBOAT - SAME
Musi has spent the night working on the lifeboat's ENGINE. He
goes to the Bridge. Hits the ignition. The engine starts.
The sound awakens Phillips - still atop the survival suit, his head aching. He looks up at Musi.
105.
MUSI
I'm going on the navy boat. To get
our money.
Not a small bit of news. Phillips studies him...
PHILLIPS It's a ship.
MUSI Huh?
PHILLIPS
The destroyer, it's a ship. A boat is
something like this, something you can carry on a ship. Navy guys hate it when you call their ship a boat.
Musi sighs: Do you ever stop fighting? Phillips shrugs.
MUSI
And we getting a tow. Bainbridge
gonna tow us.
PHILLIPS
Then why fix the engine?
MUSI
They try any tricks, we cut the tow-
line and go into their hull.
Phillips notes the FUEL BUCKETS. They've all been UNCAPPED -
as if about to be turned into weapons. He considers that. *
Justthen,aSOUNDoutside:aZODIAC,pullingup.Musiturns. *
EXT. ZODIAC/EXT. LIFEBOAT - ON THE WATER - CONTINUING Lt. Kinimura, bearing another BOX OF PROVISIONS.
...and a TOW-LINE extending from the fantail Bainbridge. Musi eyes it from the hatch, his
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - MASTER BEDROOM - 5 A.M.
Still dark. Andrea awakens in a panic. Jumps
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - DOWNSTAIRS - CONTINUING
of the * face a mask. *
out of bed...
106.
She hurries down the steep steps, zeroes in on a sofa...
where Allison sleeps. Andrea shakes her awake, urgently:
ANDREA Allison. Allison.
(Allison stirs a bit)
(MORE)
ANDREA (cont'd)
Please wake up. You have to wake up.
I need you.
ALLISON What? What happened?
ANDREA
I blew it. I blew it!
(no reply) It's Easter Sunday.
ANDREA
I could've done something. And I blew
it!
ALLISON
Andrea, what're you talking about?
ANDREA
There's this homily Richard learned -
from a Priest in Africa. "God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good." We say it as a family now; it's a tradition.
ALLISON It's lovely.
ANDREA
Don't you understand? It's Easter
Sunday. Every Catholic in Vermont is going to be in church today. I could've asked our priest to spread it around. I could've had it said in every church up and down the state. I just wasn't thinking.
Allison pauses a beat, her wheels turning... then:
ALLISON Let me work on this.
INT. LIFEBOAT - CONTINUING
Musi gives some last instructions to Najee. Elmi guards
Phillips. Bilal prays, Phillips watching...
PHILLIPS
My wife used to go to church a lot.
She stopped because I didn't wanna go. That's a regret.
*
*
* * * *
107.
So?
ALLISON
108.
ELMI *
Maybe you start now. *
In other words, bow down and face Mecca. Phillips shrugs. *
PHILLIPS * Can I have that, please?
He's pointing to a CLIPBOARD, hanging on a nail on the bulkhead, a pen dangling from it. Elmi doesn't respond.
I'd like family.
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
to write something - for my
ELMI Why?
In case.
What you
PHILLIPS
ELMI
tell them, Irish?
PHILLIPS
*
I dunno.
INTERCUT WITH/INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - CIC - SAME
Garridos, headphones on, heard that. Just as intended.
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
Phillips... almost broadcasting this to the Bainbridge:
PHILLIPS (CONT'D)
Goodbye? I love you?
I want my wife to know that I'm sorry * for the call she's about to get - and * that I sailed all these years because * I'm a sailor, not because I liked * being away. And I'm sorry I was such * a pain in the ass to my kids about * school - I just, when it was my son's * turn, I didn't want him to have to * spend his life out here like I did, * leaving his family seven or eight * months a year just to make a living. * It costs too much. I made mistakes; * sometimes I treated my children like * they were crew-members.
(just realized)
...and treated my crew-members like
they were children. I wish I could
undo all that.
On the Bainbridge, Garridos is listening. Castellano too. *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) * Have to tell them that - have to make
sure they know. Or I won't be clean.
Elmi, nods, hands over the clipboard. Phillips grabs it, as: *
Bang. Musi knocks it to the floor, noisily. Rage in his eyes.
MUSI
We all have letters to write.
He turns, heads for the hatch. Phillips calls out to him: PHILLIPS
Did you say goodbye to your men? * That was an echo - and an accusation. Musi turns... *
PHILLIPS (CONT'D) * Captain's supposed to be the last one * off the ship - don't they teach you * that in the Somali Marines? *
MUSI
Keep talking, Irish.
And out he goes. Najee dogs the hatch shut.
ELMI *
Why you talk to him like that? *
PHILLIPS * 'Cause I'm never gonna see him again. * And neither are you. *
The Pirates don't know how to take that... * EXT. ZODIAC - ON THE WATER - CONTINUING *
The TOW-LINE now connects the bow of the lifeboat to the * stern of the Bainbridge, maybe 75 yards from here. *
Musi boards the Zodiac; it bears him away...
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING *
The pirates hear the Zodiac go. Phillips eyes them... *
PHILLIPS * (at Bilal) * Listen to me. Get off this boat and * swim away. Now. *
109.
110.
ELMI *
You shut up, Irish! *
PHILLIPS * It's over. Your captain bailed on * you. There's no money coming. *
ELMI * Why you keep talking?! *
Elmi tosses a rope at him, angrily.
ELMI (CONT'D) * Here. You tie knot. Like we do.
PHILLIPS
You tie it. *
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - MOMENTS LATER * The Sniper-Killer Teams are in their same spots. Four pairs *
of men behind crates. Pettis flat on his belly. *
ABOITIZ (THRU EARPIECE) * All teams, be advised. Proceeding to * reel in lifeboat now. *
Beside one of the crates is a WINCH. The metal TOW-LINE * extends from here to the lifeboat. The winch comes to life, * beginning to pull the lifeboat closer. Slowly... as: *
Musi is helped up on to the fantail of the Bainbridge. He * eyes the Sniper-Killer Teams. And that WINCH, slowly pulling * the lifeboat closer.
Guilt hits Musi, hard. He's led inside by two SAILORS... *
The SEALS behind the rifles never look up from their scopes.
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
Elmi slaps Phillips. Two ropes fall to the floor.
ELMI
That's lalil! The ropes can't touch!
PHILLIPS * He cut a deal. He's not coming back. *
ELMI * You don't know.
PHILLIPS
I know when he found a pair of new
sandals he took them for himself and left your friend here barefoot. I know when he divvied up that thirty thousand he took all the hundreds and gave you guys all the fifties.
That landed on Bilal. Elmi turns on him instantly:
ELMI
You don't listen to this!
BILAL
I didn't say anything.
ELMI
You want to be an American sailor?
You want to be lazy and drink beer? Go ahead, go to movies with him. Be a nigger. Go ahead.
Elmi shouts at Bilal - in Somali now - Bilal shouting back, * both men rising -- a flashpoint, until:
NAJEE (SOMALI, SUBTITLED)
They turn. Najee is on the bridge, glaring at Elmi and Bilal.
NAJEE (SUBTITLED, CONT'D)
Come here.
The two pirates approach the bridge. We FOLLOW...
...as they see what he's seeing, the TOW-LINE, tightening.
NAJEE (SUBTITLED, CONT'D) They're pulling us in.
Fear. Rage. Elmi and Bilal storm at Phillips, the MUZZLES of their weapons inches from his face, that fast.
ELMI
Unclean place, Phillips. You going to
an unclean place.
PHILLIPS
Fine. Long as I don't have to tie
anymore Goddamn knots.
...which is when we hear something new from them. They begin to CHANT. It's low, guttural, ceremonial. A tribal chanting, their bodies rocking a bit - much scarier than being hit.
Shut up!
111.
They circle him, chanting. Bilal loudest of all. *
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - RESUMING
Pettis is flat on his belly, Joon spotting.
PETTIS
Tall Guy just moved from the Con.
Report that in.
JOON Copy that.
Pettis has been in this position forever. We see a single bead of SWEAT trickling down his forehead...
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - HOSPITAL BAY - SAME
A MEDIC re-wraps Musi's hand. Musi is silent, troubled... *
..as Garridos enters, CLIPBOARD in hand. *
MUSI
You never said tow-line would be
pulled in.
GARRIDOS
What're you worried about? You're
safe. That was the deal, right? * That sickened Musi. Garridos hands him the CLIPBOARD. *
GARRIDOS (CONT'D) * Standard plea agreement. As * discussed. *
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
The chanting continues. Guns pointed at Phillips.
ELMI You move here.
He gestures to a seat. Phillips moves to the seat.
ELMI (CONT'D) * You pick that up!
He gestures to a cloth. Phillips picks it up.
ELMI (CONT'D) * You put it over there!
Phillips does so - then stands up tall, sweat pouring down.
112.
PHILLIPS
Please let me write to them. Please
let me say goodbye...
ELMI
Military posture. Verrrrry good.
The chanting continues. Najee nods to Bilal, who puts a BLINDFOLD on Phillips...
NAJEE Animal! Lazy animal!
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - RESUMING
That WINCH keeps cranking, slowly, drawing in the line.
ABOITIZ (THRU EARPIECES) Line should be at 35 meters now.
Advise, is that a correct reading?
We hear replies from the SHOOTERS behind the crates:
RAMOS (INTO NECK-MIKE) 35 meters. Alpha-Team check.
INGRAM (INTO NECK-MIKE) 35. Bravo-Team check.
NGUYEN (INTO NECK-MIKE) 35. Charlie-Team check.
REESE (INTO NECK-MIKE) 35. Delta-Team check.
...as we land on Pettis, flat on the mat.
PETTIS (INTO NECK-MIKE) 35. Echo-Team check.
We STAY HERE, TIGHT... close enough to find that single bead of sweat, now dripping down Pettis' forehead, near his eye...
PETTIS (CONT'D)
DJ, I've got some perspiration on my
forehead. Need a hand with it.
Joon, without a hint of awkwardness, wipes the bead of sweat from Pettis' forehead. Pettis doesn't move a muscle...
INT. LIFEBOAT - SAME *
Phillips puts his forehead to his shoulder, shaking the blindfold off. Elmi, livid, slugs him - puts it back on. *
113.
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - NOON *
Andrea, Dan, and Mariah at home. Tense silence... Then the phone rings. Andrea recognizes the number, answers.
Allison?
ANDREA (INTO PHONE)
ALLISON (THRU PHONE)
Put me on speaker. I want the kids to
hear this too.
Andrea hits the speaker button...
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING Thechantingbuilds.ButPhillipsrises,shakestheblindfold *
off, starts walking toward the aft hatch. Huh??? * ELMI
What're you doing, Irish?
PHILLIPS I'm going for a swim.
ELMI You sit!
PHILLIPS
ELMI We shoot you!
PHILLIPS
Then shoot me, you pussies. I'm out
of here.
He takes one more step before... POP POP POP - Najee fires the AK-47. Rounds ricochet off the ceiling. Phillips stops.
Silence. Najee eyes Elmi and Bilal... then:
NAJEE (SOMALI, SUBTITLED) Cut the tow-line.
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - RESUMING
Every SEAL reacts to the shots. We hear OVERLAPS of:
PETTIS/JOON/RAMOS/ETC. Small arms fire coming from the lifeboat. Muzzle flashes on the
(MORE)
114.
You sit.
PETTIS/JOON/RAMOS/ETC. (cont'd) lifeboat. One shooter, automatic
weapon.
ABOITIZ (THRU EARPIECES) Affirmative. We have that.
Then Pettis sees something that makes his eyes go wide:
PETTIS
Boss, we have movement on the deck of the lifeboat.
Sure enough, Bilal emerges from the bow-hatch of the lifeboat, releasing the tow-line from the Bainbridge.
PETTIS/JOON/RAMOS/ETC. They've cut the tow. Repeat, lifeboat
is not in tow at this time.
Everything ratchets up. The spotters and shooters adjust
their scopes. Fast.
INT. LIFEBOAT - SAME
Najee hits the IGNITION. The lifeboat engine rumbles awake.
Phillips whips around - his eyes on those FUEL BUCKETS in the nose of the ship as Elmi grabs him, pushes him back on to the survival suit, knocking Phillips down to his knees. We hear:
CASTELLANO (THRU RADIO) Lifeboat! What's going on in there?
We're hearing reports of gunfire and a severed tow-line. Come in.
Najee grins. Bilal re-enters from the bow, shuts the hatch.
INT. ST. VINCENT'S CHURCH - BURLINGTON, VT. - NOON
TIGHT on Allison, who holds up a CELLPHONE, to capture:
...an ENTIRE CONGREGATION, in unison:
ENTIRE CONGREGATION
God is good, all the time. All the
time, God is good.
Allison's crying. So's Father Danielson. So are many of the congregants. The homily starts again, as:
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - SAME
Andrea and her kids, hearing it on the speakerphone:
115.
ENTIRE CONGREGATION (THRU PHONE) God is good, all the time. All the
time, God is good.
It plays off the faces of the kids. Andrea grabs them:
ANDREA
He's going to be okay. Your father's
going to be okay! INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
ElmitiesPhillips'handsbehindhisback,RE-BLINDFOLDShim. * ...as Phillips bows his head, praying in earnest: *
PHILLIPS * (to no one) * God is good all the time. All the * time God is good. God is good all the * time. All the time God is good... *
ELMI * You think so, Irish? *
Phillips sees Bilal, approaching the Bridge - then DARKNESS. *
NAJEE (INTO LIFEBOAT RADIO) No problem, no problem. Just a
mistake. No shooting. Okay?
Buthe'sabouttoramtheBainbridge.Fuelsloshesoutofthe * uncapped buckets as the lifeboat floor vibrates...
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - RESUMING
Suddenly, all three pirates appear on the lifeboat bridge.
Pettis has his target, (Elmi), scoped.
JOON (INTO NECK-MIKE) Echo has visual. Request permission
to go hot.
RAMOS (INTO NECK-MIKE) Alpha has visual. Request permission
to go hot...
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING *
Phillips, bound and blindfolded, is on his knees on that * orange survival suit - head down, whipped.
PHILLIPS
I tried, Ange. I really tried.
116.
...as Najee reaches for the THROTTLE... * INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - HOSPITAL BAY - RESUMING * Musi, sick inside, signs the plea deal... * INT. BAINBRIDGE - C.I.C. - SAME
Aboitiz looks to Castellano...
CASTELLANO (INTO MIKE) Weapons release.
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - RESUMING Snipers ready. The fantail is still.
ABOITIZ (THRU EARPIECES) On my mark. Three, Two, One... Mark.
FOUR TRIGGERS, squeezed at once...
INT. LIFEBOAT - RESUMING
Phillips, head down, hears FOUR POPS. Uh-oh. He shouts:
PHILLIPS
What're you doing?! What're you guys
doing?!
Then he hears a THUMP, close by. He shakes the blindfold off.
...to find Bilal, inches away, head-shot, dead. Elmi and * Najee have dropped too, breathing their last - the boat's throttle out of their reach...
Before Phillips can react, he hears two launches racing toward this lifeboat. That fast, the fore and aft hatches open. FOUR SEALS jump in, weapons ready:
SEAL #1
Are you okay? Are you injured?
PHILLIPS I'm fine. I'm fine...
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - C.I.C. - RESUMING Castellano gets word - and reports it:
CASTELLANO (INTO RADIO)
We have a good result. Repeat, a good
result. Hostage is unharmed and in custody.
117.
Game-faces vanish for a moment. The SAILORS in here CHEER.
INT. MAERSK - BRIDGE - SAME
Docked in Mombasa, Shane Murphy puts down a phone. Turns.
The men of Captain Phillips' crew await word. Durrel, Perry, ATM, Colin Wright, Ken Quinn. Murphy eyes them, then:
MURPHY It's over.
The men sag, deflated... until:
MURPHY (CONT'D)
Pirates dead. Captain safe and sound.
A cheer EXPLODES from the crew, the sound CARRYING OVER TO:
INT. USS BAINBRIDGE - HOSPITAL BAY - SAME
Somehow, Musi can hear those cheers. *
There's a mirror in here - big enough, once again, to reveal
his whole face. He eyes his reflection...
EXT. RHIB - ON THE WATER - MOVING - SAME
SEALS in the RHIB speed Phillips away. He fights off a tear.
EXT. USS BAINBRIDGE - FANTAIL - MOMENTS LATER
The SEAL Teams on the fantail quietly pack their gear...
...as Phillips boards the Bainbridge. And he sees the guys who just saved him. Pettis. Joon. All of them. But these aren't men who want to be thanked. Or acknowledged at all.
So it's just a nod, from Phillips. Then the SEALS are gone... INT. PHILLIPS HOME - DAY
Dan and Mariah sit on the couch. I-POD for her, a book for him. Andrea smiles at them sadly, then goes upstairs...
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - MASTER BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Andrea lies down, turns on a tv. There's a movie on. She settles in to watch it. Then her eyes go wide:
There, across the bottom of the screen, a NEWS TICKER: "Captain Richard Phillips freed." She bursts out of the room.
118.
INT. PHILLIPS HOME - DOWNSTAIRS - CONTINUING
She flies down the stairs. Mariah and Dan turn, startled.
...just as Allison rushes in through the door, breathless.
ANDREA Is it true?!
ALLISON It's true.
Andrea throws her head back, grabs the kids. They're at a loss - but they hang on. She starts crying, as:
...the PHONE RINGS. Andrea's head snaps toward it. Her eyes meet Allison's. Andrea gets to the phone, answers it.
PHILLIPS (THRU PHONE) (Barry White voice)
Is your husband at home?
At last, the call she's been praying for...
ANDREA (INTO PHONE) Richard?! Richard?!
Hi, Honey.
PHILLIPS (THRU PHONE)
ANDREA (INTO PHONE) OhMyGod! OhMyGod! Kids!
They rush forward, listening in. Laughing. Crying. Then:
ANDREA (PHONE, CONT'D) Richard! What were you thinking
getting into that lifeboat!? Phillips laughs, we DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. BURLINGTON AIRPORT - TARMAC - DAY
Andrea, Dan, and Mariah wait on the tarmac. A WELCOME HOME
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS banner behind them.
...as a private JET, provided by MAERSK, taxis toward them.
DAN
Mom. I can't stand here. Can I run?
119.
Hello?
ANDREA (INTO PHONE)
Run.
ANDREA
He starts to run. Mariah too. Then Andrea. As we CUT TO:
EXT. TARMAC - TEETERBORO AIRPORT, N.J. - SAME
Another JET taxis to a stop. Doors open. Garridos and TWO FEDERAL MARSHALLS emerge... with a prisoner, in cuffs:
It's Musi. No one here to greet him but more COPS. EXT. BURLINGTON AIRPORT - TARMAC - RESUMING
The private jet comes to a stop. Its doors open. Phillips emerges, jumps down the steps. They all fly into his arms.
A LOUD CHEER ERUPTS - as we reveal A THOUSAND NEIGHBORS, all here to greet him. Everyone wearing a yellow ribbon.
Big family hug. Phillips holding on tight, nothing said. The CHEER CONTINUES, one thousand voices. He's home.
And as that lands across his face we FREEZE FRAME... then:
FADE OUT... *
120.
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