166    INT. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY – DAY                                                            166

 

Mezzanine of a vast central hall.  We PICK UP Pitt, Seagram and Sandecker, TRAVEL with them. 

Through vaulted doorways on either side we SEE displays.  Down a corridor, our men climb a circular

staircase.  We go to a doorway.  DR. J.M. VOGEL, Curator, on the door.

 

DISSOLVE TO:

 

167    OMITTED                                                                                                                    167

 

168    INT. VOGEL’S OFFICE LAB – SINGLE ON VOGEL’S BACK – DAY                  168

 

He Reaches into a vat, takes something out of it and begins to wipe it dry with a towel.  As he turns to the

CAMERA we SEE he’s holding a trumpet, golden and gleaming.  Vogel is a bit of an eccentric and a

dramatic fellow.

 

VOGEL

Ah, but it’s not just a horn. 

It’s not just a trumpet.  It’s

a very special and unique

instrument . . .

 

We PULL BACK and take in Vogel, Pitt, Sandecker and Seagram.  Vogel’s office is a smallish crowded

working-place with a few great big windows on one wall.

 

VOGEL

(continuing)

. . . crafted by a master,

beautifully tooled and engraved.

 

169    ANOTHER ANGLE                                                                                                     169

 

VOGEL

Also, as you can see, it’s a

presentation model . . .

(he reads)

‘Presented to Graham Farley

by the grateful management of the

White Star Line.’

 

170    EXTREME CLOSEUP – PITT’S REACTION                                                          170

 

SANDECKER (O.S.)

How long do you think it was

underwater?

 

171    FULL SHOT                                                                                                                 171

 

VOGEL

I can tell you to the day.  I

checked with the White Star Line

this morning.  They went through

all their shipping records. 

Graham Farley was a musician for

three years on a ship called the

Olympic . . . and then on the Titanic. 

He was the trumpet player in the

Titanic’s orchestra.

 

PITT

(after a beat)

Are you sure of that?

 

VOGEL

(doing his number)

No question.  It’s all documented. 

When the lifeboats were filling up

and being lowered, when that

magnificent ship was slowly

sinking beneath the waves, when

the orchestra was playing one

final selection, this trumpet

may have made the last sound that

many of those passengers ever heard.

 

SANDECKER

(after a beat)

That means we’re looking in the

right place.  At least we’re

getting close.

 

SEAGRAM

It also means the Titanic must

be in excellent condition . . .

 

PITT

Wait a minute.  Before we start

breaking out the champagne . . .

 

SEAGRAM

If this trumpet is any indication . . .

 

PITT

We’re not looking for trumpets. 

We’re looking for a ship that’s

nine hundred feet long.  And we

still can’t find it.  Let’s locate

the Titanic first.  Then we can

start patting ourselves on the back.

 

Seagram gives him a look.  Screw you, Captain Bligh.

 

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