150 EXT. OCEAN FLOOR 150
We SEE the submersibles. First, the Deep Quest, then the Turtle, then the Sea Cliff.
151 INT. TURTLE – CONTROL AREA 151
We SEE Giordino, DRUMMER and SPENCE. Full concentration on their instruments and the oceanscape
outside. Giordino is at the controls and is looking through one port. Drummer is at the second port. Spence is
on the sonar.
SPENCE
I think we’re spinning our wheels.
I mean if you ask me we’re up
a creek without a paddle.
GIORDINO
Stay loose. If you tighten up
you’ll never hit a curve ball.
Check your lights. Starboard
first.
151A EXT. UNDERWATER 151A
As we HEAR Spence do the drill we SEE four starboard lights, one at a time, switch off, then back on.
SPENCE (V.O.)
One . . . okay. Two . . . okay. Three . . .
okay. Four . . . okay.
151B INT. TURTLE
151B
DRUMMER
(to Giordino)
I think Spence is right. We’re
shootin’ blanks down here.
SPENCE
Five weeks we spend in one spot
checking out the ocean floor
with a magnifying glass. Then
all of a sudden . . . boom, we pick
up and move to a whole new
location.
GIORDINO
So what? Check port lights.
DRUMMER
So it looks to me like we got
a dingbat in the chart room.
Somebody lost his compass.
151C EXT. UNDERWATER
151C
Light drill again.
SPENCE (V.O.)
Five . . . okay . . . Six . . .
In the black silence there is a sudden DEAFENING ROAR. A blinding flash of electric blue light silhouettes
Sea Cliff against the dark of the ocean.
SPENCE (V.O.)
(staying cool;
into the phone)
Control . . . Turtle to Control . . .
152 INT. C.I.C. ROOM – MODOC – BURK, MERKER AND PERSONNEL 152
SPENCE (V.O.)
. . . the pressure just ate one of
our lights . . . We’re checking for
further damage . . .
Burke and Merker exchange a look.
153 INT. TURTLE – GIORDINO 153
With the eyes of the crew upon him. A beat, then:
GIORDINO
Let’s take her up.
SPENCE
(into the phone)
Control. This is Turtle. Request
permission to surface.
154 EXT. OCEAN
FLOOR 154
FULL SHOT. The Turtle stops forward motion in preparation for ascent. Suddenly . . . a sharp, persistent
BUZZER SOUND.
155 INT.
TURTLE 155
The BUZZING CONTINUES.
GIORDINO
What’s that?
DRUMMER
We passed over something metallic.
The scanner picked it up.
GIORDINO
Stay on it. Get us a fix.
SPENCE
Let’s go aft. Just ease it back.
156 EXT. OCEAN FLOOR 156
Turtle moves slowly backward. The BUZZING SOUND gets more intense and penetrating.
DRUMMER (V.O.)
We’re on it. It’s just below us.
GIORDINO (V.O.)
Roger. We’ll hover right here.
Drummer, stay on the magnetometer.
Spence, sing out if you see something.
157 INT. TURTLE 157
In the area below the control pocket, we SEE Spence looking out the starboard viewport. Giordino
energizes the grapplers.
158 EXT.
TURTLE 158
We SEE two claw-like mechanical arms come out, flexing their pincers.
GIORDINO (V.O.)
(filter)
You see anything?
SPENCE (V.O.)
(filter)
Not yet.
159 INT.
TURTLE 159
All three men are staring through the glass or checking the TV screens. Searching.
DRUMMER
From the sound we’re getting it
must be in those rocks.
SPENCE
Wait a minute . . .
GIORDINO
You spot something?
SPENCE
I think so. At three o’clock.
See that funny shape there?
Looks like something wedged
between two rocks.
GIORDINO
Yeah. It looks like . . . what the
heck is it?
DRUMMER
Looks like some kind of a bell.
160 THEIR POV 160
We SEE, vaguely, the object they’re talking about.
GIORDINO (O.S.)
A bell?
SPENCE (O.S.)
That’s what it looks like.
GIORDINO
Drummer . . . you see it?
161 INT. TURTLE – TWO SHOT – DRUMMER AND SPENCE 161
DRUMMER
Yeah. We’re on it. Get us a
little closer.
162 EXT.
TURTLE 162
It eases forward. The two arms are trying to pick up the object. They dislodge it. It falls over the flat and
into the silt.
GIORDINO (V.O.)
(filter)
Come on, come on.
163 INT.
TURTLE 163
Giordino is operating the grappling arms.
DRUMMER
Can you get it?
GIORDINO (V.O.)
Just about . . .
164 EXT. OCEAN
FLOOR 164
The arm is trying to pick up the crusted, barnacled object.
SPENCE (V.O.)
. . . there you are. You got it!
165 INT.
TURTLE 165
LOOKING THROUGH THE GLASS we SEE the hooked pulled object in through an opening into a
partially-enclosed, porch-like storage area, forward on the Turtle.
GIORDINO (V.O.)
What is it?
DRUMMER (V.O.)
Darned if I know. Looks like . . .
I don’t know what. Looks like
a horn.
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