69      EXT. VIRGINIA SHORELINE – DAY                                                                       69

 

We PAN the VISTA, no people in sight, and ARRIVE at a vintage beach house, weathered with a railed deck

on the ocean side.  Seagram and Dana appear from behind the house, in jeans and sweat shirts, walking toward

the dock.  She carries a small Tom Sawyer fishing pole and a tin can.

 

DANA

I only found three worms. 

That means I’ll catch three

fish.  Right?

 

SEAGRAM

(he’s distracted)

Right.

 

DANA

If I’d found a hundred worms

that would have meant a hundred

fish.  Right?

 

SEAGRAM

I guess so.

 

70      ANOTHER ANGLE                                                                                                     70

 

Dana Studies him.

 

DANA

You’re a million laughs, you

know that?

 

SEAGRAM

I don’t feel like Christmas

morning exactly.

 

DANA

You want me to whip in the

house and fix you a terrific

drink?

 

SEAGRAM

Not right now.

 

DANA

You want to take a swim

 

SEAGRAM

I don’t think so.

 

DANA

You want to cut your throat?

 

Seagram laughs.

 

DANA

(continuing)

There.  That’s better.  There’s

a little life in the old man

after all.

 

They arrive at the dock.  She kisses him and then sits down on the dock’s edge.  Seagram sits down beside her.

 

DANA

(continuing)

You have to put the wormie

on the hookie.  That part I can’t

handle.

 

SEAGRAM

What kind of a fisherperson are you?

 

DANA

I’m a dynamite fisherperson. 

I just can’t put the wormie

on the hookie.

 

As he baits the hook . . .

 

DANA

(continuing)

I’ve got a bad conscience.  I

told you a fib.

 

SEAGRAM

About what?

 

DANA

About Dirk Pitt.  I do know

him.  I met him when I first

came to Washington.  He was

with Naval Intelligence then.

 

SEAGRAM

Why’d you tell me you didn’t

know him?

 

DANA

I don’t know.  I guess you took me

by surprise.  I guess.  I

hadn’t heard his name for a

long time.

 

SEAGRAM

                                                                        Did you used to go out with

                                                                        him or something?

 

DANA

                                                                        No.  Nothing like that.  He

was to high-powered for me.

 

SEAGRAM

What does that mean?

 

DANA

Just that.  He takes up all the

air in the room.

 

SEAGRAM

(after a beat)

Dirk Pitt, what kind of a

name is that?  Sounds like a

pirate.

 

We HEAR SOUND of HELICOPTER coming in.  Dana and Seagram look up.

 

71      UP SHOT – THEIR POV                                                                                             71

 

An unmarked helicopter kneels around and angles down toward the beach.

 

VOICE OVER BULL HORN

Doctor Seagram . . . Doctor Seagram . . .

 

72      TWO SHOT – DANA AND SEAGRAM                                                                     72

 

They stand up and watch the helicopter.

 

DANA

I don’t believe it.  Sandecker

strikes again.  How did he know

we were here?

 

SEAGRAM

I told him.

 

DANA

Brilliant.  Next time we’ll

bring him with us.  We can

eat peanuts and play Chinese

checkers all weekend.

 

73      UP SHOT – THEIR POV – THE HELICOPTER                                                      73

 

As it hovers, we ZOOM CLOSE ON the pilot’s side.

 

PILOT

(on P.A.)

Are you Doctor Seagram?

 

73A   DOWN SHOT – PILOT’S POV                                                                                   73A

 

Seagram waves his hand in acknowledgement.

 

PILOT (O.S.)

I’m supposed to bring you back

to Washington as soon as you

can get yourself together. 

Admiral Sandecker’s orders.

 

74      ANGLE ON BEACH HOUSE                                                                                      74

 

Seagram hurries into the house.  We STAY ON Dana.  In b.g. the helicopter settles down.  We COME IN

CLOSE ON Dana as she turns INTO THE CAMERA watching the helicopter, with a thousand secrets behind

her eyes.

 

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