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--THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

[Elizabeth singing softly]:Drink up,me hearties,yo ho;

We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot;

Drink up,me hearties,yo ho;

Yo ho,yo ho,A pirate's life for me;

We extort,we pilfer,we filch and sack,Drink up...;

[Gibbs]: Quite,missy. Cursed pirates sail these waters. You don't want to bring

them

[Norrington]: ,that will do.

[Gibbs]: She was singing about pirates. It's bad luck to be singing about pirates

with us mired in this unnatural fog. Mark

my words.

[Norrington]: Consider them marked. On your way.

[Gibbs]: Aye,Lieutenant. It's bad luck to have a woman on board,too. Even a mini

ature one.

[Elizabeth]: I think it'd be rather exciting to meet a pirate.

[Norrington]: Think again,Miss Swann. Vile and dissolute creatures,the lot of the

m. I intend that any man who sails under a

pirate flag or wears a pirate brand g

ets what he deserves. A short drop and a sudden stop.

[Swann]: Lieutenant Norrington,I appreciate your fervor,but I'm concerned about

the effect this subject will have upon my

daughter.

[Norrington]: My apologies,Governor Swann.

[Elizabeth]: Actually,I find it all fascinating.

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[Swann]: 's what concerns me.

[Elizabeth]: Look! A boy! There's a boy in the water!

[Norrington]: Man overboard! Man the ropes. Fetch a hook. Haul him aboard. He'

s still breathing.

[Gibbs]: Mary,Mother of God.

[Swann]: What happened here?

[Norrington]: It's the powder nt vessels run heavily armed.

[Gibbs]: A lot of good it did them. Everyone's thinking it. I'm just saying it.

Pirates

[Swann]: There's no proof of that. It's probably an accident.

[Norrington]: Rouse the captain immediately. Heave to and take in sail. Launch th

e boats.

[Swann]: Elizabeth, I want you to accompany the boy. He'll be in your charge. Tak

e care of him.

[Elizabeth]: It's okay. My name's Elizabeth Swann.

[Will]: Will Turner.

[Elizabeth]: I'm watching over you,Will. You're a pirate.

[Norrington]: Has he said anything?

[Elizabeth]: His name's William Turner. That's all I found out.

[Norrington]: Take him below.

[Swann]: Elizabeth? Are you all right? Are you decent?

[Elizabeth]: Yes.

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[Swann]: Still abed at this hour? Oh,it's a beautiful day. I have a gift for you.

[Elizabeth]: Oh,it's beautiful.

[Swann]: Isn't it?

[Elizabeth]: May I inquire as to the occasion?

[Swann]: Does a father need an occasion to dote upon his daughter? Go on. Actu

ally,I... I hoped you might wear it for the

ceremony today

[Elizabeth]: The ceremony?

[Swann]: Captain Norrington's promotion ceremony.

[Elizabeth]: I knew it.

[Swann]: Commodore Norrington,as he's about to become. A fine gentleman, do

n't you think? He fancies you,you know. Elizabeth? How's it coming?

[Elizabeth]: It's difficult to say.

[Swann]: I'm told it's the latest fashion in London.

[Elizabeth]: Well,women in London must've learnt not to breathe.

[MAN]:Milord,you have a visitor.

[Swann]: . Good to see you again.

[Will]: Good day,sir. I have your order.

[Swann]: Well.

[Will]: The blade is folded steel. That's gold filigree laid into the handle. If I may.

Perfectly balanced. The tang is

nearly the full width of the blade.

[Swann]: Impressive. Very impressive. Now,now. Commodore Norrington is going

to be very pleased with this. Do pass my

compliments on to your master.

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[Will]: I shall. A craftsman is always pleased to hear his work is appreciated.

[Swann]: Elizabeth,you look absolutely stunning.

[Elizabeth]: Will. It's so good to see you. I had a dream about you last night.

[Will]: About me?

[Swann]: Is that entirely proper for you...

[Elizabeth]: About the day we met. Do you remember?

[Will]: How could I forget,Miss Swann?

[Elizabeth]: How many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?

[Will]: At least once more,Miss Swann,as always.

[Swann]: There. See? At least the boy has a sense of propriety. We really must be

going. There you are.

[Elizabeth]: Good day,.

[Swann]: Come along.

[Will]: Good day. Elizabeth...

Man]: What -- hey. Hold up,there,you. It's a shilling to tie up your boat at the do

ck. And I shall need to know your name.

[Jack]: What do you say to three shillings,and we forget the name?

[Man]: Welcome to Port Royal,.

[MAN#2]: Two paces march! Right about-face! Present arms!

[Murtogg]: This dock is off limits to civilians.

[Jack]: I'm terribly sorry. I didn't know. If I see one,I shall inform you immediately.

There's some sort of high-toned and

fancy to- do up at the fort. How could it b

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e two upstanding gentlemen such as yourselves did not merit an invitation?

[Murtogg]: Someone has to make sure this dock stays off limits.

[Jack]: It's a fine goal,to be sure. But it seems to me that a ship like that makes th

is one here a bit superfluous,really.

[Murtogg]: The Dauntless is the power in there waters,true. But there's no ship as

can match the Interceptor for speed.

[Jack]: I've heard of one. It's supposed to be very fast. Nigh uncatchable. The Blac

k Pearl.

[Mullroy]: Well,there's no real ship as can match the Interceptor.

[Murtogg]: Black Pearl is a real ship.

[Mullroy]: No. No,it's not.

[Murtogg]: Yes,it is. I've seen it.

[Mullroy]: You've seen it?

[Murtogg]: Yes.

[Mullroy]: You haven't seen it.

[Murtogg]: Yes,I have.

[Mullroy]: You've seen a ship with black sails that's crewed by the damned and ca

ptained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out?

[Murtogg]: No.

[Mullroy]: No.

[Murtogg]: But I have seen a ship with black sails.

[Mullroy]: Oh. No ship that's not crewed by the damned and captained by a man

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so evil that Hell spat him out could possibly

have black sails,therefore couldn't

be any other ship than the Black Pearl. Is that what you're saying?

[Murtogg]: No.

[Mullroy]: Like I said,there's no real ship as can match the Interceptor.

[TOGETHER]:Hey! You! Get away from there!

[Mullroy]: You don't have permission to be there.

[Jack]: I'm sorry. It's such a pretty boat. Ship.

[Murtogg]: What's your name?

[Jack]: Smith. Or Smithy,if you like.

[Mullroy]: What's your purpose in Port Royal,?

[Murtogg]: Yeah. And no lies.

[Jack]: Well,then,I confess. It is my intention to commandeer one of these ships,

pick up a crew in

Tortuga,raid,pillage,plunder and otherwise pilfer my weaselly

black guts out.

[Murtogg]: I said no lies.

[Mullroy]: I think he's telling the truth.

[Murtogg]: If he were telling the truth,he wouldn't have told us.

[Jack]: Unless you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told you.

[Norrington]: May I have a moment? You look lovely,Elizabeth. I apologize if I see

m forward,but I must speak my mind. This promotion throws into sharp relief

that which I have not yet achieved. A marriage to a fine woman. You have

become a fine woman,Elizabeth.

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[Elizabeth]: I can't breathe.

[Norrington]: Yes,I'm a bit nervous myself.

[Jack]: And then they made me their chief.

[Norrington]: Elizabeth?Elizabeth!

[MAN]: The rocks! Sir,it's a miracle she missed them.

[Jack]: Will you be saving her?

[Mullroy]: I can't swim.

[Jack]: Pride of the King's Navy,you are. Do not lose these.

[Murtogg]: What was that?

[MAN]: Make way!

[Murtogg]: I got her!

[Mullroy]: She's not breathing!

[Jack]: Move!

[Mullroy]: I never would've thought of that.

[Jack]: Clearly you've never been to Singapore. Where did you get that?

[Norrington]: On your feet.

[Swann]: Elizabeth! Are you all right?

[Elizabeth]: Yes,I'm fine.

[Swann]: Shoot him.

[Elizabeth]: Father.

[Swann]: What?

[Elizabeth]: Commodore,do you really intend to kill my rescuer?

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[Norrington]: I believe thanks are in order. Had a brush with the East India

Trading Company,did we,pirate?

[Swann]: Hang him.

[Norrington]: Keep your guns on him,men. Gillette,fetch some irons. Well,well.

Jack Sparrow,isn't it?

[Jack]: Captain Jack Sparrow,if you please,sir.

[Norrington]: Well,I don't see your ship,Captain.

[Jack]: I'm in the market,as it were.

[Murtogg]: He said he'd come to commandeer one.

[Mullroy]: Told you he was telling the truth. These are his,sir.

[Norrington]: No additional shot nor powder. A compass that doesn't point North

. And I half expected it to be made of wood.

You are without doubt the worst pi

rate I've ever heard of.

[Jack]: But you have heard of me.

[Elizabeth]: Commodore,I really must protest.

[Norrington]: Carefully,Lieutenant.

[Elizabeth]: Pirate or not,this man saved my life.

[Norrington]: One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wick

edness.

[Jack]: Though it seems enough to condemn him.

[Norrington]: Indeed.

[Jack]: Finally.

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[Swann]: No. No!Don't shoot!

[Jack]: I knew you'd warm up to me. Commodore Norrington,my effects,please.

And my hat. Commodore. It is Elizabeth,isn't it?

[Elizabeth]: It's Miss Swann.

[Jack]: Miss Swann,if you'd be so kind. Come,come,dear. We don't have all day.

Now if you'll be very kind. Easy on the goods,darling.

[Elizabeth]: You're despicable.

[Jack]: Sticks and stones,love. I saved your life. You save mine. We're square.

Gentlemen,milady,you will always remember this as the day that you almost

caught Captain Jack Sparrow

[Swann]: Now will you shoot him?

[Norrington]: Open fire! On his heels!

[MAN]: Take cover,man!

[Norrington]: Gillette,w has a dawn appointment with the gallows. I

would hate for him to miss it.

[MAN]: Search upstairs!

[MAN#2]: Look lively,men!

[Will]: Right where I left you. Not where I left you. You're the one they're hunting.

The pirate.

[Jack]: You seem familiar. Have I threatened you before?

[Will]: I make a point of avoiding familiarity with pirates.

[Jack]: It would be a shame to put a mark on your record. So if you'll excuse me.

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Do you think this wise,boy? Crossing blades

with a pirate?

[Will]: You threatened Miss Swann.

[Jack]: Only a little. You know what you're doing. I'll give you that. Excellent form.

But how's your footwork? If I step here. Very good. And now I step again. That is

a wonderful trick. Except,once again,you are between me and my way out. And

now you have no weapon. Who makes all these?

[Will]: I do. And I practice with them three hours a day.

[Jack]: You need to find yourself a girl,mate. Or perhaps the reason you practice

three hours a day is that you found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing s

aid strumpet. You're not a eunuch,are you?

[Will]: I practice three hours a day so when I meet a pirate,I can kill it! You

cheated.

[Jack]: Pirate. Move away.

[Will]: No.

[Jack]: Please move.

[Will]: No. I cannot just step aside and let you escape.

[Jack]: This shot is not meant for you.

[MAN]:There he is! Over here!

[Norrington]: Excellent work,. You've assisted in the capture of a

dangers fugitive

[Brown]: Just doing my civic duty,sir.

[Norrington]: I trust you will remember this is the day The Captain Jack Sparrow

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almost escaped. Take him away.

[MAN]: Can you smell it? Come here.

[Jack]: It's marrowbone. ([MAN]: Come here.) Want a nice juicy bone? ([MAN]: Co

me here,boy! Come on.) You can keep doing that forever. The dog is never going

to move.

[MAN]: Oh,excuse us if we haven't resigned ourself to the gallows just yet.

[WOMAN]: There you go,miss. It was a difficult day for you,I'm sure.

[Elizabeth]: I suspected Commodore Norrington would propose. I must admit,I w

asn't prepared for it.

[WOMAN]: I meant you being threatened by that pirate. Sounds terrifying.

[Elizabeth]: Oh. Yes,it was terrifying.

[WOMAN]: But the commodore proposed. Fancy that. Now,that's a smatr match,

miss,if it's not too bold to say.

[Elizabeth]: It is a smatr match. He's a fine man. He's what any woman should dre

am of marrying.

[WOMAN]: Well,that Will Turner. He's a fine man,too.

[Elizabeth]: That is too bold.

[WOMAN]: Well,begging your pardon,miss. It was not my place.

[Swann]: Has my daughter given you an answer yet?

[Norrington]: No,she hasn't.

[Swann]: Well,she has had a very trying day.

[Swann]: Ghastly weather,don't you think?

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[Norrington]: Bleak. Very bleak.

[Swann]: What's that?

[Norrington]: Cannon fire! Rerurn fire!

[Jack]: I know those guns.([Norrington]:Men to arms!) It's the Pearl.

[MAN]: The Black Pearl? I've heard stories. She's been preying on ships and settle

ments for neat 10 years. Never leaves any

survivors.

[Jack]: No survivors? Then where do the stories come from,I wonder?

[PIRATE]: Coming through!

[Norrington]: Sight the muzzle flash!

[MAN]: Aim for the flashes!

[Norrington]: I need a full strike,fore and aft. ns,more cartridges! Gover

nor,barricade your self in my office. That's an order.

[Elizabeth]: Don't!

[Pintel]: Hello,chum.

[Ragetti]: Up there.

[WOMAN]: Miss Swann, they've come to kidnap you!

[Elizabeth]: What?

[WOMAN]: You're the governor's daughter.

[MAN]: In here!

[WOMAN]: Listen. They haven't seen you. The first chance you get,run to the fort.

[Ragetti]: Gotcha. No!No!No!It's hot!You burned me!

[Pintel]: Come on! We know you're here,poppet.

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[Ragetti]: Poppet.

[Pintel]: Come out and we promise we won't hurt you. We will find you,poppet. Y

ou've got something of ours,and it calls to us. The gold calls to us. Gold. Hello,p

oppet.

[Elizabeth]: Parley.

[Pintel]: What?

[Elizabeth]: Parley. I invoke the right of parley. According to the Code of the Bret

hren set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew,you have to take me to yo

ur captain.

[Pintel]: I know the Code.

[Elizabeth]: If an adversary demands parley,you can do them no harm until the

parley is complete.

[Ragetti]: To blazes with the Code.

[Pintel]: She wants to be taken to the captain. And she'll go without a fuss. We

must honor the Code.

[PIRATE]: Say goodbye.

[Will]: Goodbye.

[Elizabeth]: Will.

[Pintel]: Come on!

[Will]: Elizabeth.

[PIRATE]: Out of my way,scum!

[MAN]: My sympathies,friend. You've no manner of luck at all.

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[Jack]: Come on,doggy. It's just you and me now. Come on. That's a boy. Good

boy. Come get the bone. That's a good boy. Come on. A bit closer. A bit closer. T

hat's it. That's it,doggy. Come on,you filthy,slimy,mangy cur. Don't do that. No,

didn't mean it! I didn't.

[Twigg]: This ain't the armory.

[PIRATE]: Well,well,well. Look what we have here,Twigg. Captain Jack Sparrow.

[Twigg]: Last time I saw you,you were all alone on a godforsaken island,shrinking

into the distance. His fortunes aren't

improved much.

[Jack]: Worry,about your own fortunes,gentlemen. The deepest circle of hell is res

erved for betrayers and mutineers. So there

is a curse. That's interesting.

[PIRATE]: You know nothing of hell.

[Jack]: That's very interesting.

[PIRATE]: I didn't know we was taking on captives.

[Pintel]: She's invoked the right of parley with Captain Barbossa.

[Elizabeth]: I'm here to--

[PIRATE]: You'll speak when spoken to.

[Barbossa]: And ye will not lay a hand on those under the protection of parley.

[PIRATE]: Aye,sir.

[Barbossa]: My apologies,miss.

[Elizabeth]: Captain Barbossa,I an here to negotiate the cessation of hostilities

against Port Royal.

[Barbossa]: There were a lot of long words in there. We're naught but humble

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pirates. What is it that you want?

[Elizabeth]: I want you to leave and never come back.

[Barbossa]: I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request. Means

[Elizabeth]: Very well. I'll drop it.

[Barbossa]: Me holds are bursting with swag. That bit of shine matters to us?Why?

[Elizabeth]: It's what you've been searching for. I recognize this ship. I saw it

eight years ago on the crossing from England.

[Barbossa]: Did you,now?

[Elizabeth]: Fine. I suppose if it is worthless,there's no point in me keeping it.

[Barbossa]: You have a name,missy?

[Elizabeth]: Elizabeth Turner. I'm a maid in the governor's household.

[Barbossa]: Miss Turner.

[Pintel]: Bootstrap.

[Barbossa]: How does a maid own a trinket such as that?Family heirloom,perhaps?

[Elizabeth]: I didn't steal it,if that's what you mean.

[Barbossa]: Very well. Hand it over. We'll put your town to our rudder and ne'er

return.

[Elizabeth]: Our bargain?

[PIRATE]: Still the guns and stow them.

[Elizabeth]: Wait!You have to take me to shore. According to the Code--

[Barbossa]: First,your return to shore was not part of our agreement. So I must d

o noting. You must be a pirate for the

Pirate's Code to apply,and you're not. Thi

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rdly,the Code is more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules. Welcome aboa

rd the Black Pearl,Miss Turner

[Will]: They've taken her. They've taken Elizabeth.

[Norrington]: g,remove this man.

[Will]: We have to hunt them down. We must save her.

[Swann]: And where do you propose we start?If you have any information

concerning my daughter,please share it.

[Murtogg]: That Jack Sparrow. He talked about the Black Pearl.

[Mullroy]: Mentioned it is more what he did.

[Will]: Ask him where it is. He could lead us to it.

[Norrington]: No. The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell,

ergo they are not his allies. Governor we

will establish their most likely course.

[Will]: That's not good enough!

[Norrington]: ,you are not a military man. You are not a sailor. You are

a blacksmith. And this is not the moment

for rash actions. Do not make the mis

take of thinking you are the only man here who cares for Elizabeth.

[Will]: You. Sparrow. You are familiar with that ship. The Black Pearl.

[Jack]: I've heard of it.

[Will]: Where does it make berth?

[Jack]: Where does it make berth?Have you not heard the stories?Captain Barboss

a and his crew of miscreants sail from the

dreaded lsla de Muerta. It's an island

that cannot be found,except by those who already know where it is.

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[Will]: The ship's real enough. Its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?

[Jack]: Why ask me?

[Will]: Because you're a pirate.

[Jack]: And you want to turn pirate yourself,is that it?

[Will]: Never. They took Miss Swann.

[Jack]: Oh,so it is that you found a girl. I see. Well,if you're intending to brave all,

hasten to her rescue,and so win fair

lady's heart,you'll have to do it alone,mate.

I see no profit in it for me.

[Will]: I can get you out of here.

[Jack]: How's that?They key's run off.

[Will]: I helped build these cell. These are half-pin barrel hinges. With the right

leverage and the proper application of

strength. The door will lift free.

[Jack]: What's your name?

[Will]: Will Turner.

[Jack]: That would be short for William,I imagine. Good,strong name. No doubt

named for your father,all right?

[Will]: Yes.

[Jack]: Uh-huh. Well,,I've changed me mind. If you spring me from this

cell,I swear on pain of death. I shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonny la

ss. Do we have an accord?

[Will]: Agreed.

[Jack]: me out.

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[Will]: Hurry. Someone will have heard that.

[Jack]: Not without my effects.

[Will]: We're going to steal the ship? That ship?

[Jack]: Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term. One q

uestion about your business boy. There's no use going. This girl. How far are you

willing to go to save her?

[Will]: I'd die for her.

[Jack]: Oh,good. No worries,then.

[Will]: This is either madness or brilliance.

[Jack]: It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide. Everyone stay calm!

We are taking over the ship.

[Will]: Aye!Avast!

[Gillette]: This ship cannot be crewed by two men. You'll never make it out of the

bay.

[Jack]: Son,I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. Savvy?

[Stephens]: Commodore.

[Gillette]: Sir,they've taken the Dauntless! Commodore. They've taken the ship! S

parrow and Turner have taken the Dauntless!

[Norringtion]: Rash,Turner. Too rash. That is without doubt the worst pirate I

have ever seen.

[Will]: Here they come.

[Gillette]: Bring her around! Bring her around!

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[Norringtion]: Search every cabin,every hull,down to the bilges. Sailors,back to

the Interceptor. Now!

[Jack]: Thank you,Commodore,for getting us ready to make way. We'd have had a

hard time of it by ourselves.

[Norringtion]: Set topsails and clear up this mess.

[Stephens]: With the wind,we won't catch them.

[Norringtion]: I don't need to. Get them in range of the long nines.

[Stephens]: Hands,come about!Run out the guns!We are to fire on our own ship,s

ir?

[Norringtion]: I'd rather see her at the bottom of the ocean than in the hands of a

pirate.

[MAN]: Commodore,he's disabled the rudder chain,sir.

[Gillette]: Abandon ship!

[Stephens]: That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen.

[Norringtion]: So it would seem.

[Will]: When I was a lad living in England,my mother raised me by herself. After s

he died,I came out here,looking for my

father.

[Jack]: Is that so?

[Will]: My father,Will Turner. It was only after you learnt my name you agreed to

help. Since that's what I wanted, I didn't press the matter. I'm not a simpleton,

Jack. You knew my father.

[Jack]: I knew him. Probably one of the few who knew him as William Turner. Ever

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yone else called him Bootstrap or Bootstrap

Bill.

[Will]: Bootstrap?

[Jack]: Good man. Good pirate. I swear,you look just like him.

[Will]: It's not true. He was a merchant sailor. A respectable man who obeyed the

law.

[Jack]: He was a bloody pirate. A scallywag.

[Will]My father was not a pirate.

[Jack]: Put it away,son. It's not worth you getting beat again.

[Will]: You ignored the rules of engagement. You ignored the rules of

engagement. In a fair fight,I'd kill you.

[Jack]: Then that's not much incentive for me to fight fair. Now,as long as you're

just hanging there,pay attention. The only rules that really matter are these. Wha

t a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance,you can accept that your

father was a pirate and a good man or you can't. Pirate is in your blood,so you'll

have to square with that someday. Now,me,for example. I can let you drown. But

I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesy,savvy? So. Can you sail under

the command of a pirate?Or can you not?

[Will]: Tortuga?

[Jack]: Tortuga. More importantly,it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed

deep this sweet bouquet that is Tortuga,savvy? What do you think?

[Will]: It'll linger.

[Jack]: I'll tell you,mate,if every town in the world were like this one,no man woul

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d ever feel unwanted. Scarlett! Not sure

I deserved that. Giselle!

[Giselle]: Who was she?

[Jack]: What?I may have deserved that.

[Gibbs]: Curse you for breathing,you slack-jawed idiot!Mother's love!Jack!You

should know better than to wake a man when he's sleeping. It's bad luck.

[Jack]: Fortunately,I know how to counter it. The man who did the waking buys

the man who was sleeping a drink. The man who was sleeping drinks while

listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking.

[Gibbs]: Aye,that'll about do it. Blast!I'm already awake!

[Will]: That was for the smell.

[Jack]: Keep a sharp eye.

[Gibbs]: Now,what's the nature of this venture of yourn?

[Jack]: I'm going after the Black Pearl. I know where it's going to be,and I'm gonn

a take it.

[Gibbs]: Jack,it's a fool's errand. You know better than me the tales of the Black P

earl.

[Jack]: That's why I know what Barbossa is up to. All I need is a crew.

[Gibbs]: From what I hear of Barbossa,he's not a man to suffer fools,nor strike a

bargain with one.

[Jack]: I'd say it's a good thing I'm not a fool.

[Gibbs]: Prove me wrong. What makes you think Barbossa will give up his ship to

you?

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[Jack]: Let's just say it's a matter of leverage.

[Gibbs]: The kid?

[Jack]: That is the child of Bootstrap Bill Turner. His only child,savvy?

[Gibbs]: Is he,now?

I. I'll find us a crew. There's bound to be some sailors rack crazy as you.

[Jack]: One can only hope. Take what you can.

[Gibbs]: Give nothing back.

[Pintel]: You'll be dining with the captain. And he requests you wear this.

[Elizabeth]: You tell the captain that I an disinclined to acquiesce to his request.

[Pintel]: He said you'd say that. He also said,if that be the case,you'll be dining

with the crew. And you'll be naked. Fine.

[Barbossa]: There's no need to stand on ceremony,nor call to impress. You must

be hungry. Try the wine. And the apples. One of those next?

[Elizabeth]: It's poisoned.

[Barbossa]: There would be no sense to be killing you,Miss Turner.

[Elizabeth]: Release me. You have your trinket and I'm of no further value to you.

[Barbossa]: You don't know what this is,do you?

[Elizabeth]: It's a pirate medallion.

[Barbossa]: This is Aztec gold. One of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a sto

ne chest to Cortes himself. Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked

upon them with his armies. But the greed of Cortes was insatiable. So the

heathen gods placed upon the gold a terrible curse. Any mortal that removes but

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a single piece from that stone chest shall be punished for eternity.

[Elizabeth]: I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore,Captain Barbossa.

[Barbossa]: Aye. That's exactly what I thought when we were told the tale. Buried

on an island of dead what cannot be found,except for those who know where it i

s. Find it,we did. There be the chest. Inside be the gole. And we took them all.

We spent them and traded them and frittered them away on drink and food and

pleasurable company. The more we gave them away,themore we came to realize,

the drink would not satisfy,food turned to ash in our mouths and all the pleasura

ble company in the world could not slake our lust. We are cursed men,Miss Turn

er. Compelled by greed,we were,but now we are consumed by it. There is one wa

y we can end our curse. All the scattered pieces of the Aztec gold must be restor

ed and the blood repaid. Thanks to ye,we have the final piece.

[Elizabeth]: And the blood to be repaid?

[Barbossa]: That's why there's no sense to be killin'you yet. Apple?

[Elizabeth]: No!

[Barbossa]: I'm curious. After killing me,what is it you're planning on doing next?

Look! The moonlight shows us for what we really are. We are not among the livin

g,and so we cannot die. But neither are we dead. For too long I've been parched

and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and haven't died. I

feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea nor the warmth of

a woman's flesh. You best start believing in ghost stories,Miss Turner. You're in

one! What are you looking at?Back to work!

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[MAN]: You heard the to work.

[Gibbs]: Feast your eyes,Captain. All of them faithful hands before the mast.

Every man worth his salt. And crazy to boot.

[Will]: So this is your able-bodied crew?

[Jack]: You,sailor!

[Gibbs]: Cotton,sir.

[Jack]: ,do you have the courage to follow orders and stay true in the

face of danger and death? ! Answer,man!

[Gibbs]: He's a devil had his tongue cut out. He trained the parrot to

talk for him. No one's yet figured how.

[Jack]: 's question.

[Squawks]: Wind in the sails!wind in the sails!

[Gibbs]: Mostly we figure that means

[Jack]: Of course it does. Satisfied?

[Will]: Well,you've proved they're mad.

[Anamaria]: And what's the benefit for us?

[Jack]: Anamaria.

[Will]: I suppose you didn't deserve that.

[Jack]: No,that one I deserved.

[Anamaria]: You stole my boat!

[Jack]: Actually -- Borrowed. Borrowed without permission. But with every intenti

on of bringing it back.

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[Anamaria]: But you didn't!

[Jack]: You'll get another one.

[Anamaria]: I will.

[Will]: A better one.

[Jack]: A better one!

[Will]: That one.

[Jack]: What one? That one? Aye,that one. What say you?

[Anamaria]: Aye!

[Together]: Aye!

[Parrot]: Anchors aweigh!

[Gibbs]: No,no,it's frightful bad luck to bring a woman aboard,sir.

[Jack]: It'll be far worse not to have her.

[Will]: How can we sail to an island that nobody can find with a compass that doe

sn't work?

[Gibbs]: Aye,the compass doesn't point North,but we're not trying to find North,

are we? We should drop canvas,sir.

[Jack]: She can hold a bit longer.

[Gibbs]: What's in your head that's put you in such a fine mood?,Captain?

[Jack]: We're catching up.

[Pintel]: Time to go,poppet.

[Parrot]: Dead men tell no tales.

[Gibbs]: Puts a chill in the bones how many honest sailors have been claimed by t

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