Daily Dialogue — February 3, 2016
JACK: Abandon ship. Into the longboat.
GIBBS: Jack! The Pearl!
JACK: She’s only a ship, mate.
ELIZABETH: He’s right, we have to head for land.
PINTEL: It’s a lot of open water.
RAGETTI: That’s a lot of water.
WILL: We have to try. We can get away as it takes down the Pearl.
GIBBS: Abandon ship. Abandon ship or abandon hope.
Elizabeth sees Jack and goes to him.
ELIZABETH: Thank you, Jack.
JACK: We’re not free yet, love.
ELIZABETH: You came back. I always knew you were a good man.
Elizabeth kisses Jack. Will notices.
GIBBS: Prepare to cast off! There’s no time to lose. C’mon, Will, step to!
Elizabeth backs Jack against the mast and handcuffs him.
ELIZABETH: It’s after you, not the ship. It’s not us. This is the only way, don’t you see? I’m not sorry.
JACK: Pirate.
Elizabeth leaves Jack and boards the longboat.
WILL: Where’s Jack?
ELIZABETH: He elected to stay behind to give us a chance. (Pause) Go!
— Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006), written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio; characters by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, and Jay Wolpert
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Abandoned, recommended by by ymep1. Today’s suggestion by Will King.
Trivia: While the script was being written, Keira Knightley suggested the scene between Jack and Elizabeth where Jack is handcuffed to the ship.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “The Pirates of the Caribbean films provide a terrific study in character development and interactions as each one’s motivations, flaws and conflicts clash time and time again, complicating life for the others with each turn. Here Elizabeth sheds the last remnant of her “proper” upbringing by seducing Jack so she can chain him to the mast and abandon him to his fate against the Kraken, then lies to cover up her deed. (She is, however, unaware that Will witnessed her approach to Jack and his misinterpretation will cause further complications.) Jack’s declaration of “Pirate” makes the change complete. This act also prepares the audience to buy into her investment as one of the nine pirate lords and eventual election as the pirate king in the third film.”