steamer. Once 50 feet above the waterline, they now quietly slip below the
surface. We see them, gold on black, rippling and dimming to a pale green as
they go deeper.
195 IN BOAT SIX, Ruth looks back at the Titanic, transfixed by the sight of
the dying liner. The bowsprit is now barely above the waterline. Another of
Boxhall's rockets EXPLODES overhead. K-BOOM! It lights up the whole area,
and we see half a dozen boats in the water, spreading out from the ship.
MOLLY
Now there's somethin' you don't see every day.
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196 INT. SCOTLAND ROAD / E-DECK
The widest passageway in the ship, it is used by crew and steerage alike,
and runs almost the length of the ship. Right now steerage passengers move
along it like refugees, heading aft.
CRASH! A wooden doorframe splinters and the door bursts open under the force
of Jack's shoulder. Jack and Rose stumble through, into the corridor. A
STEWARD, who was nearby herding people along, marches over.
STEWARD
Here you! You'll have to pay for that, you know. That's White Star Line
property--
JACK AND ROSE
(turning together)
Shutup!
Jack leads her past the dumbfounded steward. They join the steerage
stragglers going aft. In places the corridor is almost completely blocked by
large families carrying all their luggage.
AN IRISH WOMAN gives Rose a blanket, more for modesty than because she is
blue-lipped and shivering.
IRISHWOMAN
Here, lass, cover yerself.
Jack rubs her arms and tries to warm her up as they walk along. The woman's
husband offers them a flask of whiskey.
IRISHMAN
This'll take the chill off.
Rose takes a mighty belt and hands it to Jack. He grins and follows suit.
Jack tries a number of DOORS and IRON GATES along the way, finding them all
locked.
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197 EXT. BOAT DECK
ON THE BOAT DECK, the action has moved to the aft group of boats, numbers 9,
11, 13 and 15 on the starboard side, and 10, 12, 14 and 16 on the port side.
The pace of work is more frantic. You see crew and officers running now to
work the davits, their previous complacency gone.
CAL pushes through the crowd, scanning for Rose. Around him is chaos and
confusion. A woman is calling for a child who has become separated from the
crowd. A man is shouting over people's heads. A woman takes hold of Second
Officer Lightoller's arm as he is about to launch Boat 10.
WOMAN
Will you hold the boat a moment? I have to run back to my room for
something--
Lightoller grabs her and shoves her bodily into the boat. Thomas Andrews
rushes up to him just then.
ANDREWS
Why are the boats being launched half full?!