All Is Lost Page #4

INT. BOAT - CABIN

He goes over to a shelf filled with wet books. He scans and

takes out a book titled AN INTRODUCTION TO CELESTIAL

NAVIGATION. He sits and begins looking at it.

RADIO VOICE:

(static noise... crackle)

(foreign language)

When are you going to get here?

8.

OUR MAN immediately looks up like he has heard a ghost.

RADIO VOICE (CONT’D)

(foreign language)

That’s right.

OUR MAN drops everything and scrambles up the stairs and just

stares at the radio waiting to see if it comes to life again.

The light blinks.

RADIO VOICE (CONT’D)

(static... static)

OUR MAN picks up the mic and presses the button.

OUR MAN:

This is the Virginia Jean, are you

there over?

Nothing.

OUR MAN (CONT’D)

This is the Virginia Jean with an

S.O.S. call over?

Nothing.

OUR MAN (CONT’D)

This is the Virginia Jean with an

S.O.S. call over?

Nothing... The powerlight goes off on the radio... it’s dead.

OUR MAN hears something, he looks around, the wind is

starting to pick up and ripple the still water. He tries to

bounce back from the near miss on the radio.

He goes and collects all the loose components from the deck

and gets the boat ready to sail again.

The sails are up and he has got things going again. Spirits

are up.

As dusk begins to fall OUR MAN looks out across the ocean and

there is a dark cloud on the far distant horizon. He looks

down at the disabled weather radio.

He has no idea if it’s a small rain shower or something far

worse.

INSERT TITLE CARD: ACT II (Man vs. Nature)

9.

INT. BOAT - CABIN - EVENING

OUR MAN is down below preparing dinner when the rain starts

hitting the deck above his head. It starts softly then builds

to a downpour. He sticks his head out of the doorway to look

at the horizon, there is no wind building, he is relieved.

He cooks some beans on the stove.

He pours himself a scotch.

Settles in to read The Introduction to Celestial Navigation

as the rain falls. The boat is once again watertight and he

quickly falls asleep.

FADE TO BLACK.

INT. BOAT - FRONT V BERTH - MORNING

OUR MAN is asleep. The bright sun comes into the cabin and he

slowly wakes. He looks around realizing that was his first

really good night of sleep in some time.

INT. BOAT - GALLEY (KITCHEN) - MORNING

OUR MAN has got the gas stove working again and is making

himself a cup of coffee.

EXT. BOAT - COCKPIT - MORNING

OUR MAN is enjoying his coffee looking out across the water.

He zeroes in on a small patch of wind that is dancing across

the surface. It is beautiful but somehow ominous.

INT. BOAT - ENGINE COMPARTMENT

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