I found this script at the POTC/Jack Sparrow Fan Site cited below, and the screen caps I found at the other site cited below. I fixed the minor mistakes in the script and added more detail, then used the screencaps to illustrate it. Feel free to use this script for anything you like, just please give me credit, as it took a long time to make it. Thank you, and enjoy.
Love, CJ
PS. If you find any mistakes, please let me know: cjpeck@mchsi.com
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Scene 1: “8 Years Ago”
[Out of the fog, the Dauntless appears, with a twelve year old Elizabeth Swann at the bow]
Young Elizabeth [singing] : We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho! We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho! Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack. Drink up –
[A hand grabs her shoulder, cutting off her song. She turns, startled, to see Mr. Gibbs]
Gibbs: Quiet, missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters. You don’t want to bring them down on us now, do ya?
[Lieutenant Norrington and Governor Swann appear]
Norrington [sharply] : Mr. Gibbs, that will do!
Gibbs [to Norrington]: She was singing about pirates! Bad luck to be singing about pirates with us mired in this unnatural fog. Mark my words.
Norrington [uninterested] : Consider them marked. On your way.
Gibbs [walking off] : Aye, Lieutenant. [to himself] It’s bad luck to have a woman on board, too, even a miniature one.
Young Elizabeth [to Norrington and the Governor] : I think it’d be rather exciting to meet a pirate.
Norrington: Think again, Miss Swann . [walks up next to Elizabeth at the bow] Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. [looks out over the water] I intend to see to it that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves – a short drop and a sudden stop. [smiles smugly at Elizabeth]
[Elizabeth glances at Gibbs who mimes a hanging]
Governor Swann [coming up behind Norrington and Elizabeth] : Lieutenant Norrington, I appreciate your fervor. But I’m…I’m concerned about the effect this subject will have upon my daughter.
Norrington [sincerely] : My apologies, Governor Swann.
Young Elizabeth: Actually, I find it all quite fascinating.
Governor Swann: Yes, that’s what concerns me.
[Governor Swann and Norrington walk off, and Elizabeth returns to looking at the water]
[Elizabeth notices a parasol floating in the water]
[She leans out to get a better look, and sees a young boy floating on a piece of wood]
Young Elizabeth [shouting back to her father and Norrington] : Look, a boy! There’s a boy in the water!
Norrington [reacts quickly, shouts to his men] : Man overboard! Haul him aboard!
[The men quickly pull the boy aboard and lay him down on the deck. Norrington examines him, checks his breathing]
Norrington: He’s still breathing.
Gibbs [leaning out, spots a burning ship] : Mary Mother of God!
[Several of the crew, including Norrington and Governor Swann, rush to the side to see]
Governor Swann [shocked] : What happened here?
Norrington: It’s most likely the powder magazine. Merchant vessels run heavily armed.
Gibbs: A lot of good it did them. Everyone’s thinking it; I’m just saying it – pirates!
Governor Swann: There’s no proof of that. It was probably an .
Norrington [walking off, calling orders] : Rouse the Captain immediately! Heave to and take in sail, lower the boats.
Governor Swann [holding Elizabeth by the shoulders] : Elizabeth, I want you to accompany the boy. He’ll be in your charge. Take care of him.
[Elizabeth walks over to where the boy now lays.]
[She brushes the hair from his face, and the boy suddenly jolts, gasps, and grabs her wrist. Elizabeth gasps, then breathes]
Young Elizabeth: It’s ok. My name’s Elizabeth Swann.
The Boy [stutters]: W-W-Will Turner.
Young Elizabeth: I’m watching over you, Will.
[Will falls back into unconsciousness, and Elizabeth notices a gold medallion about his neck. She removes it and examines it.]
Young Elizabeth [shocked] : You’re a p-pirate.
[Norrington appears]
Norrington: Has he said anything?
[Elizabeth wheels to face him, and hides the medallion behind her back]
Young Elizabeth: His name is William Turner. That’s all I found out.
Norrington [to his crew]: Take him below.
[Elizabeth returns to examining the medallion.]
[When she looks up, she sees a ghostly black ship, flying a frightening flag]
[Elizabeth gasps, then we see her in her bed, awaking from the dream, twenty years old]
[End Scene]
Script Derived From:
A POTC/Jack Sparrow Fan Site
POTC Screencaps
