Dark Tide Page #6

...in 50-foot seas in the Southern Ocean.

It's a long story.

I'll tell you about it later.

I have also spent a week

in a decompression chamber...

after being stuck in the Blue Hole

at Dahab, which was not my fault.

He had James Cameron rescue him.

Name-dropper.

But, hey, I'm not ashamed of that.

You want the best

in the world alongside you...

when you're pushing the envelope.

That's why you're here.

Swimming with sharks, for me...

that is the ultimate.

It's putting your courage

on the line, right?

First of all,

it's not about courage,

it's about trust.

Well, I trust you

to put me in the water

with a great white shark.

Okay, well, even if

I would fathom this idea,

it's the absolute

wrong time of the year.

It's mating season,

and when sharks mate, they bite,

and you do not want to be

in the water when that happens.

I don't wanna mate with a shark.

I just wanna swim with one.

I'm prepared to sign a release.

I am prepared

to wire you the money up front...

so you can buy yourself

a new pair of jellies

or whatever they call them...

- They call them flip-flops, Dad.

Don't interrupt your father

when he is doing a deal.

Okay? Watch and learn.

My boat's out of the water anyway.

I'm having them fix it overnight.

Okay. All I'm gonna

guarantee you are seals.

Okay? Now, if I find a good shark...

and I say if...

I might let you out of the cage.

But it's absolutely my call.

Okay? So,

if that sounds like a deal

that you wanna make,

then I'm more than happy

to take you out...

and maybe show you some sharks.

Fantastic.

- Sounds like we have a deal.

- Deal.

Cheers. Here's to swimming

with great whites.

Cheers.

No. No alcohol.

No alcohol. Bad luck.

Oh?

Is that a French thing?

Champagne all around, then.

So you contacted him?

Well, it's through

a friend of a friend.

Okay. And it didn't

even occur to you...

that I haven't been in the water

for about a year?

It's like a bicycle.

When you know it,

you never forget it.

Well, you make it sound so easy.

It is.

Let the guy swim with sharks,

I film it,

he shows it to his friends

or whatever.

What do I care?

Take the money.

Okay, I'll take the money.

But let me tell you something.

I decide if he gets out of the cage.

- Okay, boss.

- Good.

We serve the boat,

and we go back where we belong...

far from here, closer to nature.

And I make this movie

about you and the sharks,

and I call it

Mysteries of the Deep.

What?

Mysteries of the Deep?

I like it. It's catchy.

You can't come up with

something better than that?

What you say?

I say I need Tommy.

He already said yes.

How did I know you would say that?

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