BODINE
Who's the best? Say it.
LOVETT
You are, Lewis.
(to the video crew)
You rolling?
CAMERAMAN
Rolling.
Brock nods to his technicians, and they set aboutdrilling the safe's
hinges. During this operation, Brock amps thesuspense, working the lens to
fill the time.
LOVETT
Well, here it is, the moment of truth. Here's wherewe find out if the
time, the sweat, the money spent to charter thisship and these subs, to
come out here to the middle of the NorthAtlantic... were worth it. If what
we think is in that same... is in that safe... itwill be.
Lovett grins wolfishly in anticipation of hisgreatest find yet. The door
is pried loose. It clangs onto the deck. Lovettmoves closer, peering into
the safe's wet interior. A long moment then... hisface says it all.
LOVETT
****.
BODINE
You know, boss, this happened to Geraldo and hiscareer never recovered.
LOVETT
(to the videocameraman)
Get that outta my face.
CUT TO:15 INT. LAB DECK, PRESERVATION ROOM - DAY
Technicians are carefully removing some papers fromthe safe and placing
them in a tray of water to separate them safely.Nearby, other artifacts
from the stateroom are being washed and preserved.
Buell is on the satellite phone with the INVESTORS.Lovett is yelling at
the video crew.
LOVETT
You send out what I tell you when I tell you. I'msigning your paychecks,
not 60 minutes. Now get set up for the uplink.
Buell covers the phone and turns to Lovett.
BUELL
The partners want to know how it's going?
LOVETT
How it's going? It's going like a first date inprison, whattaya think?!
Lovett grabs the phone from Buell and goesinstantly smooth.
LOVETT
Hi, Dave? Barry? Look, it wasn't in the safe... no,look, don't worry about
it, there're still plenty of places it could be...in the floor debris in
the suite, in the mother's room, in the purser'ssafe on C deck...
(seeing something)
Hang on a second.
A tech coaxes some letters in the water tray to oneside with a tong...
revealing a pencil (conte crayon) drawing of awoman.
Brock looks closely at the drawing, which is inexcellent shape, though its
edges have partially disintegrated. The woman isbeautiful, and beautifully
rendered. In her late teens or early twenties, sheis nude, though posed
with a kind of casual modesty. She is on an Empiredivan, in a pool of
light that seems to radiate outward from her eyes.Scrawled in the lower
right corner is the date: April 14 1912. And theinitials JD.
The girl is not entirely nude. At her throat is adiamond necklace with one
large stone hanging in the center.
Lovett grabs a reference photo from the clutter onthe lab table. It is a
period black-and-white photo of a diamond necklaceon a black velvet
jeller's display stand. He holds it next to thedrawing. It is clearly the
same piece... a complex setting with a massivecentral stone which is
almost heart-shaped.
LOVETT
I'll be God damned.
CUT TO:
16 INSERT
A CNN NEWS STORY: a live satellite feed from thedeck of the Keldysh,
intercut with the CNN studio.
ANNOUNCER
Treasure hunter Brock Lovett is best known forfinding Spanish gold in
sunken galleons in the Caribbean. Now he is usingdeep submergence
technology to work two and a half miles down atanother famous wreck... the
Titanic. He is with us live via satellite from aRussian research ship in
the middle of the Atlantic... hello Brock?
LOVETT
Yes, hi, Tracy. You know, Titanic is not just Ashipwrick, Titanic is THE
shipwreck. It's the Mount Everest of shipwrecks.
CUT TO:
17 INT. HOUSE / CERAMICS STUDIO
PULL BACK from the screen, showing the CNN reportplaying on a TV set in
the living room of a small rustic house. It is fullof ceramics, figurines,
folk art, the walls crammed with drawings andpaintings... things collected
over a lifetime.
PANNING to show a glassed-in studio attached to thehouse. Outside it is a
quiet morning in Ojai, California. In the studio,amid incredible clutter,
an ANCIENT WOMAN is throwing a pot on a potter'swheel. The liquid red clay
covers her hands... hands that are gnarled andage-spotted, but still
surprisingly strong and supple. A woman in herearly forties assists her.
LOVETT (V.O.)
I've planned this expedition for three years, andwe're out here recovering
some amazing things... things that will haveenormous historical and
educational value.
CNN REPORTER (V.O.)
But it's no secret that education is not your mainpurpose. You're a
treasure hunter. So what is the treasure you'rehunting?
LOVETT (V.O.)
I'd rather show you than tell you, and we thinkwe're very close to doing
just that.
The old woman's name is ROSE CALVERT. Her face is awrinkled mass, her body
shapeless and shrunken under a one-pieceAfrican-print dress.
But her eyes are just as bright and alive as thoseof a young girl.
Rose gets up and walks into the living room, wipingpottery clay from her
hands with a rag. A Pomeranian dog gets up andcomes in with her.
The younger soman, LIZZY CALVERT, rushes to helpher.
ROSE
Turn that up please, dear.
Who's the best? Say it.
LOVETT
You are, Lewis.
(to the video crew)
You rolling?
CAMERAMAN
Rolling.
Brock nods to his technicians, and they set aboutdrilling the safe's
hinges. During this operation, Brock amps thesuspense, working the lens to
fill the time.
LOVETT
Well, here it is, the moment of truth. Here's wherewe find out if the
time, the sweat, the money spent to charter thisship and these subs, to
come out here to the middle of the NorthAtlantic... were worth it. If what
we think is in that same... is in that safe... itwill be.
Lovett grins wolfishly in anticipation of hisgreatest find yet. The door
is pried loose. It clangs onto the deck. Lovettmoves closer, peering into
the safe's wet interior. A long moment then... hisface says it all.
LOVETT
****.
BODINE
You know, boss, this happened to Geraldo and hiscareer never recovered.
LOVETT
(to the videocameraman)
Get that outta my face.
CUT TO:15 INT. LAB DECK, PRESERVATION ROOM - DAY
Technicians are carefully removing some papers fromthe safe and placing
them in a tray of water to separate them safely.Nearby, other artifacts
from the stateroom are being washed and preserved.
Buell is on the satellite phone with the INVESTORS.Lovett is yelling at
the video crew.
LOVETT
You send out what I tell you when I tell you. I'msigning your paychecks,
not 60 minutes. Now get set up for the uplink.
Buell covers the phone and turns to Lovett.
BUELL
The partners want to know how it's going?
LOVETT
How it's going? It's going like a first date inprison, whattaya think?!
Lovett grabs the phone from Buell and goesinstantly smooth.
LOVETT
Hi, Dave? Barry? Look, it wasn't in the safe... no,look, don't worry about
it, there're still plenty of places it could be...in the floor debris in
the suite, in the mother's room, in the purser'ssafe on C deck...
(seeing something)
Hang on a second.
A tech coaxes some letters in the water tray to oneside with a tong...
revealing a pencil (conte crayon) drawing of awoman.
Brock looks closely at the drawing, which is inexcellent shape, though its
edges have partially disintegrated. The woman isbeautiful, and beautifully
rendered. In her late teens or early twenties, sheis nude, though posed
with a kind of casual modesty. She is on an Empiredivan, in a pool of
light that seems to radiate outward from her eyes.Scrawled in the lower
right corner is the date: April 14 1912. And theinitials JD.
The girl is not entirely nude. At her throat is adiamond necklace with one
large stone hanging in the center.
Lovett grabs a reference photo from the clutter onthe lab table. It is a
period black-and-white photo of a diamond necklaceon a black velvet
jeller's display stand. He holds it next to thedrawing. It is clearly the
same piece... a complex setting with a massivecentral stone which is
almost heart-shaped.
LOVETT
I'll be God damned.
CUT TO:
16 INSERT
A CNN NEWS STORY: a live satellite feed from thedeck of the Keldysh,
intercut with the CNN studio.
ANNOUNCER
Treasure hunter Brock Lovett is best known forfinding Spanish gold in
sunken galleons in the Caribbean. Now he is usingdeep submergence
technology to work two and a half miles down atanother famous wreck... the
Titanic. He is with us live via satellite from aRussian research ship in
the middle of the Atlantic... hello Brock?
LOVETT
Yes, hi, Tracy. You know, Titanic is not just Ashipwrick, Titanic is THE
shipwreck. It's the Mount Everest of shipwrecks.
CUT TO:
17 INT. HOUSE / CERAMICS STUDIO
PULL BACK from the screen, showing the CNN reportplaying on a TV set in
the living room of a small rustic house. It is fullof ceramics, figurines,
folk art, the walls crammed with drawings andpaintings... things collected
over a lifetime.
PANNING to show a glassed-in studio attached to thehouse. Outside it is a
quiet morning in Ojai, California. In the studio,amid incredible clutter,
an ANCIENT WOMAN is throwing a pot on a potter'swheel. The liquid red clay
covers her hands... hands that are gnarled andage-spotted, but still
surprisingly strong and supple. A woman in herearly forties assists her.
LOVETT (V.O.)
I've planned this expedition for three years, andwe're out here recovering
some amazing things... things that will haveenormous historical and
educational value.
CNN REPORTER (V.O.)
But it's no secret that education is not your mainpurpose. You're a
treasure hunter. So what is the treasure you'rehunting?
LOVETT (V.O.)
I'd rather show you than tell you, and we thinkwe're very close to doing
just that.
The old woman's name is ROSE CALVERT. Her face is awrinkled mass, her body
shapeless and shrunken under a one-pieceAfrican-print dress.
But her eyes are just as bright and alive as thoseof a young girl.
Rose gets up and walks into the living room, wipingpottery clay from her
hands with a rag. A Pomeranian dog gets up andcomes in with her.
The younger soman, LIZZY CALVERT, rushes to helpher.
ROSE
Turn that up please, dear.
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