All Is Lost Page #7

He gasps up for air as the surface comes close for a moment

and then he is back down below and risking drowning.

Finally he starts to pull himself back towards the boat using

the leash from the harness and when he can grabbing the sail

that is now almost completely in the water.

He pulls himself back up onto the deck but must finish the

original task. He folds the sail into the cabin, struggling

terribly, then finally is able to install the small storm

sail.

13.

EXT. BOAT DECK

As he turns to head back into the cabin he looks for a moment

out to sea into the darkness and sees the waves have grown to

at least twenty-five feet high.

INT. BOAT - CABIN - NIGHT

OUR MAN comes down the stairs into the cabin and slams shut

the hatch. The sound goes from total chaos to controlled

chaos.

He pulls off his soaked foul weather gear and falls to the

floor exhausted. Suddenly he jumps up and throws up a good

gallon of sea water into the sink. He falls back down to the

floor and passes out.

The storm rages on as he slides from side to side across the

floor as the boat careens down the face of the waves, one

after the next.

FADE TO BLACK.

INT. BOAT - CABIN

OUR MAN is rudely awoken by the boat feeling like it is

falling off a cliff, then landing at the base of a wave with

a horrifying crash. He gets thrown across the floor of the

cabin and then gets sent in the other direction. He’s up now.

OUR MAN realizes this situation is not improving. He gets up

and gets out the sea anchor from the storage bin again. He

checks through its components then prepares to head back out

into the storm.

INT. BOAT - BOAT ROLL - DAWN (DAY 5)

Just as he is about to open up the hatch again he gets thrown

off the steps as the boat starts to go down the face of

another massive wave. Although this time, things seem

different... very different.

Everything goes almost eerily silent as the boat seems to

float in the air. Then it skips, then again, then total

mayhem as the boat is rolled over.

The porthole windows turn blue with water, so do the skylight

windows. OUR MAN is hurled to the ceiling of the cabin as it

temporarily becomes the floor.

Then the horrible sound of ripping fiberglass.

14.

The boat continues its roll and the floor becomes the floor

again as OUR MAN gets thrown around like a rag doll.

The boat somewhat stabilizes and before it heads down the

next wave OUR MAN goes to the skylight porthole to look up

and sees through the early morning light to see what the hell

just happened.

He rushes over to a side window and sees a few of the stays

(cables that hold up the mast) have ripped from the deck and

are whipping around.

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