96      EXT. NORFOLK NAVAL BASE – DAY                                                                    96

 

HELICOPTER SHOT.  We MOVE ALONG, SWEEP the SCENE, and we SEE the intricate structure

and activity, the boats, dry docks, sheds and vehicles.  Bustling with activity.  We STABILIZE OVER a

medium-sized hanger, ZOOM TO a SHOT of Pitt walking into the hanger.  With him is MCPO VINNIE GIORDINO, a friend and Navy associate of Pitt.

 

97      INT. SUBMERSIBLE HANGER                                                                                97

 

Maintenance and repair activity.  One  submersible, Turtle, is being given final checks by a five-man crew,

the other, Sea Cliff, is being hoisted from floor to a wooden platform for loading aboard LSD, the Modoc. 

All this while Giordino and Pitt walk through.  We SEE Seagram in b.g. with an Ensign, looking over the

whole scene.

 

GIORDINO

What are we after this time?

 

PITT

Let’s just say general exploration

of the ocean floor.  A routine

maneuver of the National Underwater

and Marine Agency.

 

GIORDINO

With all this hardware shaping up? 

Who are you kidding?

 

PITT

(he grins)

That’s my best story, Vinnie.  It’s

the best I can do right now.  We’re

looking for a derelict.  That’s all

I can tell you.  And I don’t want

the crews to know even that much. 

Not yet.

 

98      ANOTHER ANGLE                                                                                                     98

 

As Giordino and Pitt watch the crane operation, in b.g. we SEE CAPT. JOE BURKE approaching.  We

MOVE IN to a THREE SHOT as he greets Pitt.  This is a non-serious reunion scene.  Three old buddies

getting together.  Seagram in b.g.

 

BURKE

They tell me you’re the boss

of this operation.

 

PITT

Not me.  I’m a civilian.  You’re

the boss.  We’ve got it in writing. 

You know Master Chief Giordino,

don’t you?

 

BURKE

Only about fifteen years.  How

you doing, Chief?

 

GIORDINO

Good shape.  How about you, Captain?

 

BURKE

Good.                                     

(nods towards Pitt)

Did he tell you what he’s after

this time?

 

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