381    EXT. THE OCEAN – THE TITANIC – LONG SHOT – NIGHT                              381

 

            Moving ahead.  Very, very late at night.

 

382    EXT. THE DECK                                                                                                         382

 

            It’s deserted.  Then two figures appear and walk sternward.  We MOVE IN CLOSER and SEE that it’s

            Seagram and Pitt.  Seagram carries a champagne bottle and a paper cup.  He’s had a few.  Pitt is not

            drinking.

 

SEAGRAM

                                                                        I brought this bottle all the

                                                                        way from Washington.  You

                                                                        remember when you said it was to

                                                                        soon to break out the champagne?

 

PITT

                                                                        Yeah, I remember.

 

SEAGRAM

                                                                        Well, it’s not too soon, now.

 

PITT

(after a beat)

                                                                        You drink pretty good for a

                                                                        scientist.

 

SEAGRAM

                                                                        Yeah . . . well, I’m doing my best.

                                                                        A sheltered guy like me . . . I get

                                                                        thrown in with  bunch of he-men,

                                                                        I’ve got a lot to learn.  You know

                                                                        what I mean?

 

PITT

                                                                        You giving me the business?

 

SEAGRAM

                                                                        No.  Why would I do that?  It’s

                                                                        not every day you meat a fella

                                                                        who’s got everything.  A nice

                                                                        unassuming guy who ever throws

                                                                        his weight around.  Even-tempered.

                                                                        Always ready to listen to somebody

                                                                        else’s viewpoint . . .

 

PITT

(he grins)

                                                                        I got the message.

 

SEAGRAM

                                                                        I mean the first time I laid eyes

                                                                        on you I said to myself, ‘That’s

                                                                        what I ant to be like when I grow

                                                                        up.’

                                                                       

PITT

                                                                        Sure you did.

 

SEAGRAM

                                                                        I mean it.

 

PITT

                                                                        Sure you do.

 

            After a long beat, on the SCREAM of a BOAT WHISTLE, we:

 

DISSOLVE TO:

 

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