The Italian Job Page #3

He removes a radio-controlled detonator. Hits the button.

EXT. SHIP -ON THE CUT

The hull of the boat EXPLODES.

INT. SHIP'S HOLD

A very neat hole on the bottom of the boat beneath the crate

is opened. Water RUSHES IN and the crate falls right through

the cavity, vanishing.

UNDERWATER:

The huge, heavy crate drops down. . . down. . . hits the bottom.

ON THE SHIP:

Chaos rules. She's taking on water fast. No way to save

her. The captain orders the dinghy lowered into the water.

INT. HUMVEE -NIGHT

Parked in the sand at the top of the bay. Steve looks out to

the bay through infrared binoculars.

The ship is going down. The crew on the dingy head back to

the port, which is in the opposite direction of this beach.

EXT. THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA -NIGHT

The DPVs are now attached by a tether to an underwater

lifting bag that is used to move heavy loads through water.

The crate is surrounded by our three diver-bandits.

Using crowbars they pull apart the plywood. The cardboard

boxes of tomatoes dump out, tomatoes spilling everywhere.

And now we see what was hidden between the boxes...

A large safe.

They move like clock-work. Half-Ear aims an underwater light

at the dial. Charlie drills a small hole near the dial.

John peers inside a horoscope and lines up the three wheels

of the combination lock...until the door pops open.

As they stare at what's inside, they speak into their

headsets, heard by all.

CHARLIE:

Sweet Jesus.

JOHN BRIDGER:

"That for which all virtue is sold. And

almost every vice .-— gold."

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

And now we see the contents of the safe: 160 glistening GOLD

BRICKS. Made in Singapore, they weigh 25 pounds and each one

is decorated with the face of an exotic Balinese girl. We're

talking thirty million dollars worth of gold.

INT. HUMVEE (PARKED) -NIGHT

They holler and high-five and it's just a great moment to be

alive. Steve takes another peek through his infrared

binoculars and sees —

The last vestiges of the ship hang above the waterline, then

disappear.

EXT. UNDERWATER -A LITTLE LATER

The gold is now stacked and secured on the lifting bag.

They attach an underwater parachute to the bag and hook a

hose from an air tank into press of a pressure release valves

which cause the parachute to INFLATE.

Looking like a hot-air balloon underwater, the whole thing

floats up about fifteen feet. Half-Ear holds onto its side,

going along for the ride.

Then Charlie and John Bridger speed off on the DPVs which are

tethered to the inflatable bag. As they glide through the

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