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MELVILLE: <i>How does one come
to know the unknowable?</i>

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<i>"What faculties must a man possess?</i>

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<i>"Since it was discovered that whale oil</i>

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<i>"could light our cities
in ways never achieved before,</i>

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<i>"it created global demand.</i>

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<i>"It has pushed man to venture
further and further</i>

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<i>"into the deep blue unknown.</i>

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<i>"We know not its depths,</i>

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<i>"nor the host of creatures
that live there.</i>

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<i>"Monsters.</i>

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<i>"Are they real?</i>

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<i>"Or do the stories exist only to make us
respect the sea's dark secrets?</i>

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<i>"The question both vexes and excites me</i>

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<i>"and is the reason
I've written you a second time</i>

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<i>"to request a meeting.</i>

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<i>"A conversation with you, sir,
I believe will serve me well</i>

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<i>"for the novel I intend to write,</i>

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<i>"currently entitled</i> Moby Dick.

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<i>"I hope you will reconsider my offer.</i>

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<i>"The unknown.</i>

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<i>"That is where my imagination
yearns to venture.</i>

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<i>"And so the question plagues me still.</i>

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<i>"How does a man come to know
the unknowable?</i>

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<i>"Sincerely, Herman Melville."</i>

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We're closed.

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No boarders after 8:00.

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You came.

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(DOOR OPENS)

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Someone here for you, my love.

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Tom Nickerson?

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Herman Melville.

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We received your letter.

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You're either a desperate man

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or a fool to come
all the way to Nantucket.

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Well, my offer still stands.

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Three months' lodgings
for a single night's talk.

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<i>All I have in the world.</i>

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<i>But I prefer to think of it
as an investment.</i>

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I want you to tell me
what happened to the <i>Essex.</i>

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(SIGHS)
What do you think happened?

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There are rumblings.
Rumors that the <i>Essex</i> was...

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What do you want?

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What story do you expect to hear?

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That of the whale.

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The <i>Essex</i> ran aground.
There was a full inquiry.

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I believe the inquiry
was less than truthful.

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Get out.

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You are the last survivor
of the <i>Essex,</i> sir.

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If you won't talk, who will?

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Did you not hear me?
Leave. Now.

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(DOOR CLOSES)

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- No. You mustn't go. Please.
- He is in no mind to talk.

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And I haven't come all this way
to be humiliated and waste my time.

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Please, Mr. Melville.

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He won't talk about the <i>Essex</i> to me.

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To anyone. Never has. Never.

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There's an agony about him.

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His soul is in torment,

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and in need of confession.

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Please, just let me talk to him.

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Please.

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Love.

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I believe it would do you good
to talk to the man.

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No.

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You listen well.

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Who holds this place together
while you drink yourself to death?

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You will talk with this man

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as much as is necessary to keep the money.

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You know our circumstances, Thomas.

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Only as much as is necessary.

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I'll get whiskey.

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MELVILLE: <i>I neglected to mention it
in my letter,</i>

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but I was a whaler once.

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One trip, I mean.

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<i>Green hand.</i>

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So, you've seen it all.

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My wife read your books.

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She enjoyed them.

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I'm happy to hear it.

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I've had good sales.

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And I think this story
could surpass the success

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of even my first novel,
which did quite well.

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Another of your seafaring yarns?

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Have you read Hawthorne, Mr. Melville?

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Now there's a writer.

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Great writer.

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He is.

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But he is not here. And I am.

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For my own particular reasons.

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I will tell you of the <i>Essex.</i>

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I believe you will be disappointed.

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But every word I say will be true.

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Story of the <i>Essex</i>
is the story of two men.

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Captain George Pollard and his first mate,

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Owen Chase.

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- Owen. You don't wanna be late.
- (HAMMERING)

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I'll be there.

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Besides, can't have our daughter
sleeping under a leaky roof, can we?

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What makes you so sure it's a girl?

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Well, it has to be.

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So she can remind me

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why I still love you
when you're being stubborn.

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Well, if it's to be a daughter,
she'll be a version of you, not me.

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Blond locks and determined
to conquer the world.

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I suppose after today,

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you'll be trading in
that tunic for a uniform.

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That's right.

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Finally out of this patch of dirt,

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into a captain's house like you deserve.

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PEGGY: I don't need one of those houses
in town with stuffy neighbors.

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There's plenty of room here
for the three of us.

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You know, sometimes your kind heart
and good nature

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- is just unbearable.
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Go get your captaincy.

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(CROWD TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

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(BOY LAUGHING)

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(BOY SHOUTING)

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(INDISTINCT TALKING)

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- SHAREHOLDER: <i>What's your bid?</i>
- BUYER

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SHAREHOLDER:
<i>I've got 1,000 gallons at $2!</i>

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BUYER

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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

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MAN: Criterion's <i>back with a fine haul.</i>

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<i>1,600 barrels.</i>

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SHAREHOLDER: <i>A new record.</i>

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£50 sterling for head matter
on the London market.

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MAN: Congratulations.

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- Good morning, Mr. Chase.
- Mr. Mason.

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Come in, please.

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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My partner, Benjamin Fuller.

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CHASE: Good morning, sir.

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Do sit down.

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Mr. Chase.

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I do hope you realize how satisfied we are

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with the work you've done for us
over the years.

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Thank you, sir.

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Now, one of our ships, the <i>Essex,</i>

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has just been refitted at great expense

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and is to go to sea.

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Now, having made
such an investment in her,

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we want to be sure
she's in the best possible hands.

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So, it gives us great pleasure
to offer you a position aboard her.

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As first mate.

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As first mate?

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Mmm-hmm.

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Mr. Mason, you promised me
command of a ship after my last voyage

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when I brought you back 1,500 barrels.

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Do you remember?
You gave me your word.

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That promise must now be deferred.

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Like everyone else,
we've had a lean time recently.

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No, never on my watch.

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Nantucket now dominates the world market.

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That must not change.

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This is no time for experimentation.

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The <i>Essex</i> will be captained
by George Pollard,

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scion of a great whaling family.

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<i>His father also happens to be our patron.</i>

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MASON: <i>Blood, Mr. Chase.</i>

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<i>You can have all the voyages
under your belt you want,</i>

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<i>but blood will always win out.</i>

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Yes, well, blood is not gonna fill
a ship with oil, Mr. Mason.

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<i>To successfully command,
a captain needs respect.</i>

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Now, what if the men don't respect him?

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You will make sure that they do.

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Ah, good day, gentlemen.

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MASON: I understand your disappointment,

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so, a one-fifteenth lay.

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That's more than
I've ever paid any first officer.

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And if you bring back
2,000 barrels of oil,

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I give you my word,

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<i>next time, you will have your captaincy.</i>

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You've given me
your word before, Mr. Mason.

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No, this time, I'll take it in writing.

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(DOOR CLOSES)

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Captain Pollard.

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We've just had a most
agreeable conversation with Mr. Chase.

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He'll be honored to serve under you.

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I'm glad to hear it.

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Now I'm to babysit a greenhorn.

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Some chinless Nantucketer

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born with a damn silver spoon
in his mouth.

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You know, I should've thrown
the offer back in their faces.

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Why? You now have
the offer of command in writing.

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Yes, well, a liar's word is worthless,

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<i>even on paper.</i>

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You know, I'd love you just as much
if you were a merchant captain.

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<i>And you wouldn't be gone for two years.</i>

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I won't be gone two years.

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A Bedford whaler came back
last week who was gone three.

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She lost two men
and still with her hull half empty.

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Yeah, well, they were from Bedford,

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and they didn't have me on board.

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Son of a bitch!

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I will captain my own ship!

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A whaling ship.

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Up to them, all we'd ever have
is this patch of dirt,

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and that's not gonna happen, Peggy.

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Those are your father's words, not yours.

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What's wrong with his words?

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He wanted things
for his family, for himself.

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He was a dreamer, Owen.

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Yes, he was.

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Dreamed of the sea
and never got to sail it

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because of men like them.

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At least he got to see his children born.

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It's all I know.

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I'm sorry.

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I married a whaleman.

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Hey.

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I'll come back as quick
as a summer's night, I swear.

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Just come back.

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Promise me.

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I already swore to you.
Now you want me to promise, too?

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I promise.

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POLLARD SR.: <i>Son, a word With you.</i>

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To be a captain, you cannot be a friend.

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You are their superior.

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Never forget that.
Never let them forget that.

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Thank you, sir.

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Your great-grandfather and a few others
created this industry.

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Without us, without you,
the world plunges into darkness.

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I hope to bring honor to
the Pollard family name, sir.

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<font color="
create the mighty whale</i>

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<i>"That wondrous monster of a mighty length</i>

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<i>"Beyond conception his unmeasured strength</i>

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"But, everlasting God, thou dost ordain

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"That we, poor feeble mortals
should engage

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<i>"Ourselves, our wives
and children to maintain</i>

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<i>"This dreadful monster
with a martial rage"</i>

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<i>O Father, grant that your glorious light
shine on these men.</i>

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<i>Ensure them a prosperous voyage,</i>

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<i>that they may return safely
and with a full ship,</i>

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so that the white flames
of Nantucket whale oil

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may continue to keep light in our homes,

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city streets safe from sin in the night,

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<i>and to fuel the machines of industry</i>

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<i>that drive our great nation forward</i>

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<i>as our noble species evolves.</i>

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<i>In your name, we pray.</i>

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- So, what month was this?
<i>- Late in the year.</i>

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We were one of the last ships to go out,

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which is why my friend
Barzillai and I got a berth.

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You know, I was 14.

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Fourteen.

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00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,124
CHAPPEL: <i>Nickerson, you're standing
around, boy. Move!</i>

249
00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,887
NICKERSON: <i>First time to sea.
Scared, but more scared to show it.</i>

250
00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,770
<i>Barzillai was 17.</i>

251
00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,010
<i>Orphans. Grew up on the wharf.</i>

252
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,921
Both in a hurry to be called men.

253
00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:58,205
(MAN ORDERING INDISTINCTLY)

254
00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,731
Grubs, what are those pins
they're wearing?

255
00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:03,770
<i>They're whale pins, Thomas.</i>

256
00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,288
How do I get one of them?

257
00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,488
<i>Well, you gotta thrust the killing lance</i>

258
00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,840
Into the largest beast that
ever breathed on this Earth.

259
00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,451
(GRUNTING)

260
00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,729
JOY: <i>Nickerson, get the green stuff
to Mr. Bond, there.</i>

261
00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,442
<i>Make it quick, damn it.</i>

262
00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,243
I shall have 12 of those one day.

263
00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,040
PETERSON: <i>Windlass is ready
and sails are loose, sir.</i>

264
00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:25,929
<font color="
this is only half my order!</i>

265
00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,680
Put them over the ground tier casks.

266
00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,491
Well, well, you being on board
means only one thing.

267
00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,643
Yeah, at least there's
one person on this ship

268
00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,280
who knows the truth about Owen Chase.

269
00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,720
No, that all the other ships
have already crewed up.

270
00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,206
Now, now.

271
00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:39,646
I'm a reformed man, Owen.

272
00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:41,686
Question is, are you?

273
00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,808
Don't tell me Matthew Joy's
put down the bottle.

274
00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:45,810
- Dry as sand.
- (CHUCKLES)

275
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,650
Has Owen Chase put down his temper?

276
00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,889
Ah, serene as the church.

277
00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,486
I'll believe that when I see it.

278
00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,642
And given our captain,

279
00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,162
I'll give your serenity about 48 hours?

280
00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,161
Good luck.

281
00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,290
Pollard. George Pollard.

282
00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,125
Owen Chase.

283
00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,960
"Chase."
That's an off-island name, isn't it?

284
00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,165
Yes, it is.

285
00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,840
And very shortly, we will be
off-island for some time,

286
00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,365
and I'll be very much at home.

287
00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,728
POLLARD: Must say I was surprised.

288
00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,281
Normally, a captain gets
to choose his first mate.

289
00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,650
An experienced captain, yes.

290
00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,688
'Course, you can understand
from the owners' point of view,

291
00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,201
they want to feel their investment's
in the hands of men.

292
00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,361
Indeed.

293
00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,121
They probably want a little
extra reassurance, that's all.

294
00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,211
Well, do keep an eye on me

295
00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:40,725
and let me know
if I'm doing anything wrong.

296
00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,525
Oh, I know no other way, Captain.

297
00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:44,007
Hmm.

298
00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,124
Mr. Chase, haul short the anchor.

299
00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:57,920
Yank to the wind!
There's topmen aloft.

300
00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,564
- SAILOR: <i>Aye!
- Mr. Lawrence, take the helm.</i>

301
00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,245
<i>- Aye, sir.
- Mr. Joy, make sail.</i>

302
00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,688
JOY: <i>Mr. Cole! Mr. Chappel!
Stand by the spanker.</i>

303
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,320
<i>Set your fore staysail
and your fore and main topsails.</i>

304
00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:07,811
CHASE: <i>Come on, look lively, you lads.</i>

305
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,331
CHAPPEL: <i>Come on, Nickerson!
While we're young!</i>

306
00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,160
JOY: <i>Let fall clews
and bunts and sheet ho!</i>

307
00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,288
Set topsails and topgallants.

308
00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,488
<i>- Heave away on the windlass.
- Heave away on the windlass.</i>

309
00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,244
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

310
00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,161
Set topgallants.

311
00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,084
Let go clew lines and sheet ho!

312
00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:24,249
RAMSDELL:
There's a snarl in the gasket, sir.

313
00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,364
Mr. Chappel, take the helm.

314
00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,324
PETERSON: <i>It won't clear, Mr. Chase!</i>

315
00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,889
Come on! Why aren't those braces laid out?

316
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,445
<i>Mr. Ray, where are my headsails?</i>

317
00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:35,921
BARZILLAI: Aye, sir!

318
00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,285
<font color="

319
00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,120
BOND: <i>Crank away on the windlass, sir!</i>

320
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,409
CHAPPEL: <i>Nickerson, pull!</i>

321
00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,480
CHASE: <i>Make sail, God damn it!</i>

322
00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,490
JOY: <i>God and all of Nantucket
is watching, men.</i>

323
00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:56,605
Anchor's trim!

324
00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:57,920
LAWRENCE: <i>Captain! Head down!</i>

325
00:19:58,120 --> 00:19:59,326
<font color="

326
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:03,961
CHASE: <i>What's the matter, Mr. Sheppard?</i>

327
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:05,800
THOMAS: <i>Gasket's fouled the sheet, sir.</i>

328
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,769
GARDNER: It won't clear, Mr. Chase!

329
00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,650
Topgallant sheet is jammed!

330
00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,320
RAMSDELL:
The gasket still won't clear!

331
00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,487
COLE: <i>We don't have enough sail on yet.</i>

332
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:15,641
<font color="

333
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,245
Watch your step!

334
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:25,405
JOY: It's the gasket, Owen!

335
00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:38,121
Stand clear.

336
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,528
SAILOR: <i>Whoa! Bloody hell!</i>

337
00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,928
- JOY: <i>Let fall your course!</i>
- SAILORS: Heave!

338
00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:52,924
Make fast!

339
00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:54,761
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

340
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,601
SAILOR: <i>Nice piece of work, Mr. Chase.</i>

341
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,369
If we make Cape Verdes
in the next two weeks,

342
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,603
we'll have a decent chance
of reaching the Pacific on schedule.

343
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,121
Corn, Mr. Chase?

344
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,331
Oh, no, thank you, sir.

345
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,000
Never did have much of a taste for it.

346
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:35,850
That's odd.

347
00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,688
Told your father grew corn on Cape Cod.

348
00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,205
That's right. He did.

349
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,401
As you can imagine,

350
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,369
I certainly grew tired
of eating it every day.

351
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,561
(CHUCKLES)

352
00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,201
Corn.

353
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,481
- Okra. Beans, I believe?
- Mmm-hmm.

354
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,410
Before he went to jail.

355
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,887
Are you familiar with this story, Mr. Joy?

356
00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:58,850
- <font color="
- (CLEARS THROAT)

357
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,565
Were you aware that

358
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,281
Mr. Chase was effectively orphaned
due to his father's incarceration?

359
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,569
Well, we all have our own paths to sea.

360
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,126
As a rule, we tend
not to ask too many questions.

361
00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:12,846
POLLARD: <i>Hmm.</i>

362
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,405
<i>Can't have been easy, though.</i>

363
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,761
Yet

364
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,926
you had Nantucket's great seafaring family
to adopt you.

365
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:21,605
This is far from the first time

366
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,047
I've been called a landsman
or an off-islander

367
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,326
by some Nantucketer,

368
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,524
<i>reminding me how I am not
a part of that family.</i>

369
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,000
Now, if the Captain will excuse me,

370
00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,282
there are whaleboats
and watches to assign.

371
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,364
No, sir. Not for me.

372
00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,763
- Not a drop?
- No, sir.

373
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,283
Like I said,

374
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,364
sometimes the fewer questions one asks,
the better.

375
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,401
(LIQUID POURING)

376
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,284
(SAILORS TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

377
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,288
CHAPPEL: <i>Serve that food up.</i>

378
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,803
<font color="
slop on the first day?</i>

379
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,845
<i>Cheap bastards. Where's the meat?</i>

380
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,765
(BARZILLAI LAUGHS)

381
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:11,686
BARZILLAI: <i>That's a gorgeous girl,
Mr. Chappel.</i>

382
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,810
A vision of beauty, that.
Carved on a varnished whale bone.

383
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,962
- Let me have a touch.
- Don't touch.

384
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,811
I thought you were married, anyway.

385
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,490
I am, and there she is.

386
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,129
- Well, that's her nose, anyway.
- <font color="

387
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,487
CHASE: Congratulations, ladies.

388
00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,482
That was a fine job trimming sails today.

389
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,640
A sorrier pack of deck wallopers
I don't think I've ever seen.

390
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:38,681
Mr. Chappel.

391
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,163
- Sir!
<i>- You're Captain's harpooner.</i>

392
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,684
Mr. Lawrence, you'll be mine.

393
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,161
Aye, sir.

394
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:46,761
And Mr. Peterson.

395
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,844
Second mate's harpooner.

396
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:51,207
Aye, sir.

397
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,290
There'll be six men to a boat.

398
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,807
First drills are tomorrow.
Six bells sharp.

399
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,531
We're not even east of Halifax, sir.

400
00:23:58,680 --> 00:23:59,681
What's your name?

401
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,842
Coffin. Henry Coffin.

402
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,880
CHAPPEL: He's the Captain's cousin, sir.

403
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,689
Well, well, Mr. Coffin.

404
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,769
You think a whale knows
if it's east of Halifax?

405
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,285
(ALL LAUGHING)

406
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,411
I don't know who all of you are
or how you got here.

407
00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:21,011
<i>Some of you probably have felonies to hide
and you're on the run.</i>

408
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,006
That's fine. I don't give a damn.

409
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,721
But in return, you exist for one thing

410
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,326
and one thing only.

411
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:30,891
And that is whale oil.

412
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,368
<i>I intend to fill our 2,000 barrels</i>

413
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,363
<i>and be home as quickly as possible.</i>

414
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:36,721
And even when the weather is fine

415
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,530
and there are no whales, Mr. Coffin,

416
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,120
<i>we will lower the boats
and practice all maneuvers</i>

417
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,721
necessary in the capture of a whale.

418
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,087
And any man who is idle
will find himself swimming home.

419
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:47,241
Is that understood?

420
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,441
Aye, sir.

421
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,601
Sir.

422
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,765
Greenhorn.

423
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,766
On deck.

424
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,443
CHAPPEL: On you go.

425
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,650
Aye, aye, landsman.

426
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,281
<font color="

427
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:08,527
NICKERSON: Aye, sir.

428
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,402
CHASE: You know, some feel sick at first.

429
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,922
- (GRUNTING)
- (YELPING)

430
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,602
- (LAUGHING)
- Please, pull me back up!

431
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,729
Best way to square it
with King Neptune, boy!

432
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,120
Please bring me up!

433
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,045
Better now?

434
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:27,361
(COUGHING)

435
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,530
Ah, shit.

436
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,605
Sir, I am so sorry.

437
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,970
Well, now you got something
to write home to your mother about.

438
00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:44,805
My mother's buried up in Smith's Hill.

439
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,088
<i>There's a stone for my father, too.</i>

440
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,891
<i>He was lost at sea before I was born.</i>

441
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:52,326
CHASE: Here, give me that.

442
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,721
Well, this is your family now, boy.

443
00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,882
For better or for worse.

444
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,329
Worse, mostly.

445
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,643
Swab the deck, kid.

446
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,128
CHASE: <i>Dogwatch! You're gonna learn
what it takes to be Whalers today, mates.</i>

447
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:28,770
<font color="

448
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,206
JOY: <i>You led that line wrong, Nickerson.</i>

449
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,401
NICKERSON: <i>Aye, sir.</i>

450
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,170
JOY: <i>We'll stay at this
till sundown if we have to.</i>

451
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:34,600
BARZILLAI: Aye, Mr. Joy, sir!

452
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:35,926
Main topsail leech lines!

453
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,570
Harpooner, make ready to boat!

454
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,480
- PETERSON: Life, sir!
- <font color="

455
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,045
CHASE: Go main topsail leech lines.

456
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,810
Too slow, you damn coofs!

457
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,001
JOY: The bailing piggins.

458
00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,044
CHASE: <i>You will learn
every inch of this ship</i>

459
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,320
<i>- before you return to your bunks.</i>
- SAILOR: <i>Aye, sir!</i>

460
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,409
COFFIN: Sweat that line, Barz.

461
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:54,561
<font color="

462
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:55,840
BARZILLAI: <i>Aye, Mr. Chase.</i>

463
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,450
PETERSON: Ain't no greenhorns
no more, Mr. Chase.

464
00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,085
(SAILORS LAUGHING)

465
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,044
CHAPPEL: You're a sailor now!

466
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,009
(MEN CHEERING)

467
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,722
CHASE: Not bad, Mr. Ray. Well done.

468
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,609
<i>- Forecourse bunts!</i>
- <font color="

469
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,047
JOY: Get used to it, lads.
You're gonna work like horses.

470
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:12,201
Mr. Chase?

471
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:13,961
Sir.

472
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:15,961
POLLARD: Set stunsails.

473
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,960
Is that wise, sir?
We're nearing the Gulf Stream.

474
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,080
Best keep it five knots
till we can see the weather.

475
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,049
We are two days behind.

476
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,091
<i>We need to make up the time
if we're to catch the easterlies.</i>

477
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,168
Set stunsails.

478
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:35,730
- Set stunsails.
- <font color="

479
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,322
- CHASE: Come on, move.
- Belay that! Set stunsails!

480
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,164
<i>Get aloft, Mr. Coffin.</i>

481
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:42,800
<i>- The captain wants speed.</i>
- Aye, sir.

482
00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:44,725
CHASE: <i>Look for braces, lads.</i>

483
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,040
<i>- Trim for speed.</i>
- Aye, sir.

484
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,921
JOY: <i>Set fore the main topsail
and topgallant stunsails, men. Move it.</i>

485
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,402
<i>Make fast your stunsail halyard.</i>

486
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,244
<font color="

487
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:58,530
COFFIN: <i>Stunsail boom ready, sir!</i>

488
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,008
PETERSON: <i>Bracing fore topsail, sir.</i>

489
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,805
- (ALL CHEERING)
- Hey!

490
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:09,761
(LAUGHING)

491
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,250
(CHEERING)

492
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,803
CHAPPEL: <i>The captain's got us moving now!</i>

493
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,640
RAMSDELL:
<i>We're finally getting somewhere!</i>

494
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,890
CHAPPEL: <i>She may be old,
but she can still roll, boys!</i>

495
00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:29,805
(CHEERING CONTINUES)

496
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:39,720
CHASE: Sir, a squall on the starboard bow.

497
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,962
We must shorten sail immediately.

498
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,963
Not just yet, Mr. Chase.

499
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,487
Sir, we are headed into a squall
at more than 8 knots,

500
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:47,971
and it's moving faster than that.

501
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,401
Let it come.
The men are soft from months on land.

502
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:51,561
They need a good baptism.

503
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,051
Let them know our work has begun.

504
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,484
If we don't shorten sail and bear off,
it'll catch us on the beam.

505
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,769
Mr. Chase, we will stand on.

506
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,411
Mr. Lawrence?

507
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:05,561
Hold our course.

508
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,126
Holding course, sir.

509
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,443
POLLARD: <i>We'll lose half a day running
like that. We'll skirt the edge of it.</i>

510
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,644
If the men can't handle a gust like this,
then God help us all.

511
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:17,920
(WIND WHOOSHING)

512
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,204
JOY: <i>Best secure for heavy weather.</i>

513
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,960
<font color="

514
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,047
<i>Get this deck secure.</i>

515
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,044
(THUNDER RUMBLING)

516
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,128
JOY: <i>Double gripes on the boats!</i>

517
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,124
Best prepare for weather, Mr. Bond.

518
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,009
We're headed into a squall.

519
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:50,650
CHASE: <i>Secure the main hatch!</i>

520
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:51,840
SAILOR: <i>She's moving fast!</i>

521
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,528
We must fall off and run with it.

522
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,564
We will stand on, Mr. Chase.

523
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,080
Mr. Lawrence!

524
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,164
- Hold your course.
- Holding course, sir.

525
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:25,281
(CLATTERING)

526
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,001
CHASE: <i>Sea's coming aboard!</i>

527
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:31,850
PETERSON: Hold on!

528
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:33,970
Shorten sail, Mr. Chase!

529
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,960
- Climb to weather and grab the shrouds!
- SAILOR: Climb to weather!

530
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,083
CHASE: Get to windward and hold on!

531
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,446
<i>- We need to get those sails down!</i>
- <font color="

532
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,922
BARZILLAI: <i>Nickerson, hold fast!</i>

533
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,725
CHASE: <i>Hold steady lines!</i>

534
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,411
(SAILORS YELLING)

535
00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,360
LAWRENCE: <i>Hold fast!</i>

536
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:00,807
POLLARD: Turn the ship!

537
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,361
Turn to leeward!

538
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,444
CHASE: No! The damage is done!

539
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,201
- Strike topgallants. Let fly sheets!
- No, turn the ship!

540
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:08,885
Veer off, Mr. Lawrence.

541
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,202
It's too late! It's too goddamn late!

542
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,522
<i>- We'll be broadsided!</i>
- POLLARD: Turn this ship!

543
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:22,726
- CHASE: <i>Hold on!</i>
- POLLARD: Turn!

544
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,560
CHASE: <i>Strike those damn topgallants!</i>

545
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:33,441
Hold on!

546
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,882
CHASE: <i>Look out!</i>

547
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:10,520
(YELLING)

548
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,001
(SCREAMING)

549
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,687
<font color="

550
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:27,525
Mr. Joy!

551
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,920
<i>- We have to cut away the topgallants!</i>
- JOY: <i>Topgallants away!</i>

552
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,680
CHASE: <i>We have to get her upright!</i>

553
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,690
(GRUNTS)

554
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:58,801
(PANTING)

555
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,286
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

556
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,450
CHASE: You wish to see me, sir?

557
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,730
At six bells tomorrow,

558
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,882
you will assemble the crew.

559
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,840
Inform them that we will be returning
to Nantucket for repairs.

560
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,684
You will then apologize to them

561
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,206
for interfering with a captain's order,

562
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,761
which nearly cost the lives
of every man on this ship today.

563
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,121
What?

564
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,966
I'll accept your resignation
upon our return to port.

565
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:50,407
That will be all.

566
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,885
- It was your order to set stunsails, sir.
- That decision was sound.

567
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,769
The men needed testing.

568
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:57,410
So you send them into a storm?

569
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,165
That was unlucky.

570
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,368
No, it was bad seamanship.

571
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,767
And blaming misfortune
is just plain weakness.

572
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,285
Damn your impertinence!

573
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,888
Do you know who you're speaking to?

574
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,646
My name is Captain George Pollard.

575
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:11,801
Pollard!

576
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,647
And you, Mr. Chase,
no matter how many whale pins

577
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,325
you may have on your lapel,

578
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,244
are nothing more than the son of a farmer

579
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,689
who's managed to bully his way
into an officer's tunic.

580
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:27,771
Now get out.

581
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,646
To return to port
without a single barrel of oil

582
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,365
would be a mistake, sir.

583
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,561
<i>And not behoove a man
whose name is Pollard.</i>

584
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,849
Or Chase, for that matter.

585
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,800
And the best thing for both of us

586
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,571
would be to work all hours God sends us,

587
00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:48,485
fill this ship with oil
and be home inside a year

588
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,688
and rid of one another
as quickly as possible.

589
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,851
Trust me, I am every bit
as desirous of that as you.

590
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,609
Of course, that is a captain's decision.

591
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,362
NICKERSON:
<i>They were like an ill-married couple.</i>

592
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,204
An ill-married couple
will tolerate each other, Mr. Melville.

593
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,204
<i>But an ill-married couple
can also bring down a ship.</i>

594
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,000
Are you married, Mr. Melville?

595
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,202
- I am.
<i>- God have mercy on you.</i>

596
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:31,960
First child on the way, too.

597
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,085
So, does your good wife
know that you've brought

598
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:36,447
all you have in the world here tonight

599
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,681
and given it to a stranger?

600
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:40,441
No, sir.

601
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:42,722
You're full of surprises, aren't you?

602
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:44,721
So,

603
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,328
the <i>Essex</i> did not return to port.

604
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:50,647
She did not.

605
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,404
- She continued out to sea.
- Yes, she did.

606
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:55,971
And before long,

607
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,326
we heard that call

608
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,449
that all whalemen pray for.

609
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:01,720
"Blows."

610
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,329
Blows!

611
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:06,966
<font color="

612
00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:08,890
<i>There she blows!</i>

613
00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:11,846
POLLARD: <i>Right or sperm, Mr. Ramsdell?</i>

614
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,331
CHASE: Sperm whales they are!

615
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,010
CHAPPEL: <i>There go the flukes!</i>

616
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,526
POLLARD: Mr. Chase!

617
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:17,920
Hoist and swing boats.

618
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,089
All hands! All hands on deck!

619
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,285
- All hands on deck!
- (SAILORS WHOOPING)

620
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,611
<font color="

621
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,763
JOY: <i>Lower away!</i>

622
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,361
CHASE: Straight! Crack them backbones.

623
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:00,965
RAMSDELL: Aye, sir!

624
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:02,326
CHASE: <i>Give way all.</i>

625
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,290
<i>Spring those oars till your arms fall off.</i>

626
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:09,686
POLLARD: There they breach!

627
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,007
Thataway, boys! Full pressure!

628
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:14,241
CHAPPEL: Aye, sir!

629
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,325
Come on! Put your back into it.

630
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,327
Pull!

631
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:22,686
Pull like a vengeance!

632
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,370
RAMSDELL: There she blows!

633
00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:29,004
- That's a calf.
- SAILOR: Whoo-hoo!

634
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:30,606
(SAILOR LAUGHING)

635
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,201
That's the calf?

636
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:34,647
That's the cow.

637
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:42,006
(WHOOPING)

638
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,525
LAWRENCE: And that's our boy!
That's the money.

639
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,764
- Nickerson, push!
- Sorry, sir.

640
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:52,321
Forty-barreler?

641
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:53,841
Fifty.

642
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,362
- (GRUNTING)
- <font color="

643
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:58,930
<i>Bite the oars, lads.</i>

644
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,164
<i>Blister your goddamn lungs!</i>

645
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:02,806
Full pressure!

646
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,481
Smartly, lads! Smartly!

647
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:06,961
Mind your oars!

648
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,886
- CHASE: <i>Mr. Ramsdell, prepare the line.</i>
- RAMSDELL: <i>Aye, sir.</i>

649
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,240
CHASE: Mr. Lawrence, the first one's mine.

650
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:19,845
Take me to the pretty spot.

651
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,889
- LAWRENCE: Pull!
- <font color="

652
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,291
(SAILORS WHOOPING)

653
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,006
You're on your first
Nantucket sleigh ride, boy.

654
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,651
NICKERSON: Oh, my God!

655
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:48,281
Whoo!

656
00:38:58,240 --> 00:38:59,605
Look at him!

657
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,888
The most fearsome creature
ever to live on this Earth.

658
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:09,766
(ALL WHOOPING)

659
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:13,246
LAWRENCE: <i>He sounds.</i>

660
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,681
My hands!

661
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:22,645
(WHALE SPUTTERING)

662
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,608
<font color="
to wet the line, Nickerson.</i>

663
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,568
JOY: Give way, lads. Give way.

664
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,649
RAMSDELL: Got 140 fathoms
of line left, Mr. Chase.

665
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,323
<i>Eighty fathoms of line left, sir!</i>

666
00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:00,846
<i>He's gonna pull us under!</i>

667
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:04,721
Matthew, I need your line!

668
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:06,366
Keep going!

669
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,841
- Peterson, give me the line.
- Aye, sir.

670
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:10,809
JOY: <i>Give me that line, Mr. Peterson.</i>

671
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,322
<font color="
to 60 fathoms of line left, sir!

672
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,648
<i>- Twenty fathoms, Mr. Chase.</i>
- Tie it off!

673
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,568
- JOY: Safe!
- Go!

674
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:38,848
- Peterson, lay out.
- Aye, sir.

675
00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:41,768
How many fathoms can he go?

676
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,523
PETERSON: 70 fathoms left, sir.

677
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,081
No, no, no, wait.

678
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,201
- Owen!
- No, no! Not yet!

679
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:56,885
Don't touch that line!

680
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,248
PETERSON:
<i>Down to 50 fathoms, sir.</i>

681
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:02,361
Owen, God damn it!

682
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,211
I said don't touch it!

683
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,727
PETERSON:
<i>30 fathoms left, Mr. Joy.</i>

684
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:11,845
<i>Ten fathoms left, sir!</i>

685
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,330
(MEN CHEERING)

686
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:43,645
(GRUNTS)

687
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,610
Backwater!

688
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:54,326
Push!

689
00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,729
Chimney's afire!

690
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,326
Chimney's afire!

691
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:03,401
LAWRENCE: <i>Afire!</i>

692
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:36,800
CHASE: <i>Hurry it along, lads.</i>

693
00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:40,803
LAWRENCE: God! Get out, you bastards.

694
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,565
<font color="

695
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,008
<i>Smell that, boys!
That's us making money!</i>

696
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,811
LAWRENCE: <i>Get out of there,
you sons of bitches.</i>

697
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,365
(SAWING)

698
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,800
- RAMSDELL: There, you got it?
- BARZILLAI: There's not a chance.

699
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:11,681
(GRUNTS)

700
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,800
- PETERSON: How's it looking?
- It's not good.

701
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,365
<font color="

702
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,207
- Mr. Chase, sir.
- Yeah?

703
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,120
That's all of it, sir.
We can't get any more out.

704
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,688
That's the gold in there, boys.
Come on, keep digging.

705
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:30,645
We're too big to wriggle down there.

706
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:32,360
Then find someone who can.

707
00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:40,242
Nickerson! Come here, boy.

708
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:42,451
(WHISTLES)

709
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,366
<i>Hey! I said come here.</i>

710
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:49,246
Climb on into him.

711
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,160
RAMSDELL: <i>Come on, Thomas.</i>

712
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,320
What's in there is worth
a hell of a lot more

713
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,244
than what they're boiling down.

714
00:43:58,880 --> 00:43:59,881
(COUGHING)

715
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:01,561
Sir!

716
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:03,806
<i>I can't, I'm...</i>

717
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:05,721
I'm sorry. I can't.

718
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,846
You get down there,
or I'll have you sleep down there.

719
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,001
You best put that between your teeth, boy.

720
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,762
Stinks worse than
the devil's asshole down there.

721
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:22,166
Thanks.

722
00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:28,287
Sorry.

723
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,807
CHAPPEL: <i>Here, Nickerson,
take my pillow with you.</i>

724
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,604
(MEN LAUGHING)

725
00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:34,801
Down you go.

726
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:37,760
(GRUNTS)

727
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:47,561
<font color="

728
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,322
A man gets to know himself down there.

729
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:54,726
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

730
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,726
- They ever send you into a whale's head?
- MELVILLE: <i>No.</i>

731
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:01,041
I was spared.

732
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,327
Well, that's where the treasure is.

733
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,807
I'll never forget that first bull.

734
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:11,446
Forty-seven barrels.

735
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,211
'Course, the happiness was short-lived.

736
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,641
The waters there had all been fished out?

737
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,131
That they had.

738
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,646
So, we headed further out.

739
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:26,526
Yeah.

740
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:29,160
Took us a month to round the Horn.

741
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:34,003
<i>Left the South Atlantic behind
with a sliver of hope</i>

742
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,606
<i>that things could change for the better.</i>

743
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,408
<i>But making the Pacific
didn't improve our lot.</i>

744
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,127
<i>Whale sightings were too damn scarce.</i>

745
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,002
<i>After nearly a year at sea,</i>

746
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:55,131
<i>the temperaments of our captain
and first mate grew more strained.</i>

747
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,606
<i>Captain Pollard spent most
days and nights in his cabin,</i>

748
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:02,844
<i>afraid to look his crew in the eye.</i>

749
00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:10,766
<i>Our hold was almost empty.</i>

750
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,530
<i>And to gaze upon our paltry efforts</i>

751
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:16,842
<i>only served as a reminder</i>

752
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:20,044
<i>that we were a long way from going home.</i>

753
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,569
(CHILDREN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

754
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:42,929
(TRADER SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE)

755
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,726
BOND: No, no. I don't talk that talk.

756
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,564
- Speak English.
- Offer me more.

757
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:52,044
- Here, sir.
- This, Nantucket whale oil.

758
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:53,287
(INTERPRETER TRANSLATING)

759
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:56,569
- Ain't no skinny hog worth more than that.
- More!

760
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,081
(FIRST MATE SPEAKING SPANISH)

761
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,360
- (SPEAKING SPANISH)
- (CAPTAIN SPEAKING)

762
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:34,281
(FIRST MATE SPEAKING)

763
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:37,921
(CAPTAIN SPEAKING)

764
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,281
(FIRST MATE SPEAKING)

765
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,128
<i>Capitán.</i> Excuse me.

766
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:53,567
The locals told me your voyage
was waylaid, sir.

767
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,124
Captain George Pollard. The <i>Essex.</i>

768
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,481
<i>Capitán</i> Clemente Pelaez, the <i>Santa Maria.</i>

769
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,882
Would you buy a colleague a drink?

770
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:05,764
(MEN SPEAKING SPANISH)

771
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:10,686
No, no.

772
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:14,964
Bad luck? How far out?

773
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:18,641
Far enough for only a fool to go.

774
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:20,525
How far would that be?

775
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,001
A thousand leagues along the equator.

776
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:26,167
The Offshore Grounds.

777
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:29,090
Were there whales there?

778
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,241
More than you've ever dreamed.

779
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:33,686
Hundreds.

780
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,209
Fields of flukes far as the eye can see.

781
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,364
<i>Could have filled up 3,000 barrels
in the space of a day.</i>

782
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:41,800
What do you mean, "could have"?

783
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,567
If it weren't for that demon.

784
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:51,926
A whale.

785
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,684
<i>White as alabaster.</i>

786
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,362
<i>Hundred feet long.</i>

787
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:00,842
Sent six of my crew to their graves.

788
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,643
And the rest of us,
something to remember him by.

789
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:15,240
Now, this white whale,

790
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,641
did he dance a jig
and pick your pocket as well?

791
00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:19,241
Hmm?

792
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:24,247
<i>Gracias.</i>

793
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:29,884
You believe that?

794
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,928
If we set sail now,
catch the south easterlies

795
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:37,600
at their best time and fill our belly,

796
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:39,205
<i>we could be home in six months.</i>

797
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:43,084
What say you, Mr. Chase?

798
00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:44,605
No need to endure our predicament

799
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:46,444
for a moment longer than necessary.

800
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:47,931
Amen to that.

801
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:49,241
Amen.

802
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:54,568
NICKERSON: <i>Greed took hold
of our captain and first mate.</i>

803
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:56,970
So we headed out.

804
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,687
A thousand leagues along the equator.

805
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:04,401
<i>Where knowledge ended, speculation began.</i>

806
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:06,849
<i>That's where the whales had gone to hide.</i>

807
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,810
<i>As far from man as they could possibly go.</i>

808
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:12,924
<i>But we hunted them down.</i>

809
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:15,885
<i>Centuries before,</i>

810
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,203
<i>sailors feared
sailing off the edge of the Earth.</i>

811
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:24,043
<i>But we were headed for the edge of sanity.</i>

812
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:29,489
<i>Trust gave way to doubt.</i>

813
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,450
<i>Hope to blind superstition.</i>

814
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:35,803
Captain, the men are talking.

815
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:38,041
That's what men do.

816
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,687
They aren't happy with your decision
to sail out this far.

817
00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:44,083
Well, did you correct them?

818
00:50:44,240 --> 00:50:47,130
Did you remind them of our purpose
to fill this ship with whale oil,

819
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,090
and if the whales are 1,000 leagues out,
that that is where we will go?

820
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:52,368
Cousin, please.

821
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:56,765
This is madness.

822
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,645
You have let yourself
be influenced by that man.

823
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:02,849
You must turn this ship back.

824
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,131
I suggest you go back down,

825
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,648
reassure the men, be a leader

826
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:14,411
and don't ever, ever abuse
the privilege of family with me again.

827
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,130
Mr. Coffin.

828
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:42,880
(CREAKING)

829
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:49,041
What is it?

830
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:50,761
Listen.

831
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,201
Mr. Chase?
I see some white water.

832
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:54,840
- CHASE: Where?
- BARZILLAI: <i>Portside!</i>

833
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:56,291
- LAWRENCE: <i>We're away!</i>
- <font color="

834
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:58,640
- CHAPPEL: Where are they?
- PETERSON: You see anything?

835
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:06,927
Lower away!

836
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:11,331
- Lower away! Lower away!
- (ALL EXCLAIMING EXCITEDLY)

837
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:14,040
The devil take the Mexican grounds!

838
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:31,041
(EXCLAIMS)

839
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:48,446
(EXCLAIMS)

840
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:54,964
POLLARD: Peak oars!

841
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:57,600
Give it to him, Mr. Chappel!

842
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:00,404
Stick him, man! Stick him!

843
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:01,601
(YELLS)

844
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:06,923
JOY: <i>Dead ahead, Peterson!</i>

845
00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:09,766
(GRUNTS)

846
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:17,322
- (THUDS)
- (MEN GRUNTING)

847
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:22,131
Don't let him chew your oars, boys.
Back to it.

848
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,249
- (THUDS)
- (MEN EXCLAIMING)

849
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:30,281
(GASPING)

850
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,206
- The whale?
- Yes.

851
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:51,361
- So it's true?
- Yes.

852
00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:53,644
Too much is true.

853
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:55,971
BARZILLAI: Get it up!

854
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:13,210
Full pressure!

855
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:27,361
(CHASE WHISTLES)

856
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,161
CHASE: <i>Mr. Bond!</i>

857
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,403
Back the foreyard, lower the tackle!

858
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:32,846
Aye, sir!

859
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:36,011
JOY: Here she comes,
Peterson. Now, now!

860
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:39,561
(GROANING)

861
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:40,961
(GRUNTS)

862
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,280
Mr. Lawrence, take us leeward,
head us straight for the school.

863
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:53,481
<font color="

864
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,842
- BOND: Hot tar, sir.
- We'll find him.

865
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:02,405
POLLARD: We're boat to black skin.

866
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:04,481
Beach us on her!

867
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:14,241
(CHEERING)

868
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,090
She's ours, men!

869
00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:28,762
(WHALE BELLOWING)

870
00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:33,405
(BANGING CONTINUES)

871
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:37,411
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

872
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:39,201
(THUDS)

873
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:49,764
What was that, Mr. Lawrence?

874
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:53,126
<font color="

875
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:55,451
BOND: <i>Mr. Chase!</i>

876
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:04,641
God damn it.

877
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:06,806
Find Mr...

878
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:12,326
(GRUNTS)

879
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,171
NICKERSON: <i>Mr. Easton!</i>

880
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:52,406
CHASE: Get Mr. Lawrence
to man the pumps!

881
00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:54,241
Where is he?

882
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:56,166
Port bow!

883
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,167
Get me the biggest irons we have.

884
00:57:13,720 --> 00:57:14,846
He wants a fight?

885
00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:26,401
Never seen a whale do that.

886
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:27,886
CHASE: <i>Mr. Lawrence,
take the wheel.</i>

887
00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:30,202
Mr. Ramsdell,
secure the other end of the line

888
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:31,930
- to the foremast.
- RAMSDELL: Aye, sir.

889
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,403
As I live and breathe, he's mine.

890
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:58,530
- (GRUNTS)
- (GROANS)

891
00:57:58,680 --> 00:57:59,681
Ah!

892
00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:05,641
(EXCLAIMS)

893
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:22,402
- Cut the line!
- RAMSDELL: Look out!

894
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:28,921
(GRUNTS)

895
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:38,401
(CRACKING)

896
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:40,321
(CREAKING)

897
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:42,367
<font color="

898
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:53,246
(SCREAMING)

899
00:59:09,640 --> 00:59:10,641
(GASPS)

900
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:17,926
- Captain!
- What?

901
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:20,641
<i>The</i> Essex! <i>She's listing.</i>

902
00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:33,769
Turn this boat around!

903
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:10,961
- NICKERSON: <i>Help me!</i>
- Nickerson!

904
01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:12,485
-Mr. Joy!
- Here!

905
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:13,721
- Give me your hand!
- Help!

906
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:15,046
Nickerson!

907
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:52,566
Mr. Chase!

908
01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:56,285
A whale, sir.

909
01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:58,010
It stove the ship.

910
01:00:58,680 --> 01:00:59,761
What?

911
01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:02,486
We lost Easton and Sanborn.

912
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:06,765
The pumps are useless, sir.

913
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:15,730
Prepare to abandon ship.

914
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:17,371
We can't row our way home.

915
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:19,645
We'll have to strip her of her sails

916
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:21,325
- and jimmy-rig something.
- Aye, sir.

917
01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:23,881
JOY: <i>Gather as much food
and water as you can carry.</i>

918
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:26,327
<i>We're gonna need
all the fresh water you can find.</i>

919
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:28,400
RAMSDELL: <i>Nickerson,
you grab as much as you can.</i>

920
01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:29,441
<i>Barz, come with me.</i>

921
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:35,771
Sweet Lord!

922
01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:37,928
JOY: First, the sails,
then the provisions.

923
01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:43,090
<font color="
as you can carry, lad.</i>

924
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:45,965
JOY: <i>Make haste, boys!</i>

925
01:01:46,120 --> 01:01:48,964
<i>Nickerson, there are
more casks in steerage.</i>

926
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:51,282
- Got it?
- Hardtack is dry.

927
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:52,971
<i>Move sprightly, gentlemen.</i>

928
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:54,281
Lower away!

929
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:56,762
- Take those tack lines.
- COLE: <i>Up aloft!</i>

930
01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:57,921
LAWRENCE: <i>Lower away! Bring it down!</i>

931
01:01:58,080 --> 01:01:59,127
<font color="

932
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:00,880
LAWRENCE: <i>Bring it down. Keep it coming!</i>

933
01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:03,325
Hold off!

934
01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:10,731
(GRUNTS)

935
01:02:11,120 --> 01:02:13,080
- Come on, Nickerson!
- LAWRENCE: <i>Get those sails!</i>

936
01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:15,841
NICKERSON: There you go.

937
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:20,406
CHASE: <i>Get that yard down!</i>

938
01:02:22,840 --> 01:02:25,081
<i>We need the sails. Not enough water.</i>

939
01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:32,006
<font color="

940
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:34,161
CHASE: <i>Strip that rigging!</i>

941
01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:36,720
BOND: <i>More fresh water!
More hardtack! Come on!</i>

942
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:38,720
RAMSDELL: <i>I can see
more casks in the steerage!</i>

943
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:39,881
(GRUNTS)

944
01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:41,640
NICKERSON:
Benjamin! Quick! Come on!

945
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:42,886
- BARZILLAI: Give me your hand!
- <font color="

946
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:44,166
BARZILLAI: I got you.

947
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:45,726
Hardtack!

948
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:47,684
JOY: <i>Come on! Move it!</i>

949
01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:49,926
Step lively, Mr. Nickerson!

950
01:02:56,520 --> 01:02:57,681
Gotta get away from the oil!

951
01:02:57,840 --> 01:02:59,480
CHAPPEL: She's going down! She's listing!

952
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:00,521
JOY: Where's Owen?

953
01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:01,847
<i>Nickerson, where is Mr. Chase?</i>

954
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:03,650
NICKERSON: <i>He was just here, sir.</i>

955
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:06,047
- <font color="
-JOY: Owen!

956
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,000
- NICKERSON: Mr. Chase!
- JOY: We gotta shove off!

957
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:09,607
Come on, now, boys!

958
01:03:09,880 --> 01:03:11,166
COLE: Oil on deck!

959
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:14,364
<i>- Captain!</i>
- NICKERSON: <i>Mr. Chase!</i>

960
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,490
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

961
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:31,010
(CHASE GRUNTS)

962
01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:35,971
Mr. Chase, sir!

963
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:37,805
<font color="

964
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:39,406
Where is the first mate?

965
01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:42,291
- Owen!
- NICKERSON: Mr. Chase, sir!

966
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:49,721
(GRUNTS)

967
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:51,645
- JOY: <i>Owen!</i>
- RAMSDELL: <i>She's gonna blow!</i>

968
01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:53,120
- Owen!
- COLE: <i>We gotta move!</i>

969
01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:55,083
No, wait! Wait!

970
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:56,686
<i>Mr. Chase, sir!</i>

971
01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:00,046
Mr. Chase!

972
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:06,890
(GRUNTS)

973
01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:46,762
There he is!
There he is! There he is!

974
01:04:49,320 --> 01:04:50,890
- BOND: Over here!
- NICKERSON: Mr. Chase!

975
01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:54,811
Move that!

976
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:57,164
Mr. Chase, sir.

977
01:04:57,480 --> 01:04:59,130
- Here!
- BOND: Get ahold, now.

978
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:00,606
We got you.

979
01:05:01,960 --> 01:05:03,800
- Sir.
- BOND: You're all right now, Mr. Chase.

980
01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:09,086
Going fishing, are we?

981
01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:11,482
Clean and load it, Mr. Joy.

982
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:15,764
(GASPING)

983
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:26,045
Back away,
or she'll take us down with her.

984
01:06:56,800 --> 01:06:57,801
(BLOWS)

985
01:07:10,120 --> 01:07:11,121
Captain.

986
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:13,281
<i>What about our provisions?</i>

987
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:22,207
Two ounces of hardtack a day per man.

988
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:25,124
And half a cup of water.

989
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:30,644
Hey, man, we can't live on that.

990
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:32,320
RAMSDELL:
<i>Not for more than a few days.</i>

991
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:38,005
(WHALE BELLOWING DISTANTLY)

992
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:50,361
It's he.

993
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:55,284
(BELLOWING CONTINUES)

994
01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:57,130
Yeah, it's him, all right.

995
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:02,489
You don't fool me, Mr. Chase.

996
01:08:03,240 --> 01:08:04,366
POLLARD: Mr. Coffin?

997
01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:06,848
- That right?
<i>- You put us here.</i>

998
01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:09,128
You know you put us here.

999
01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:12,680
- Hey! Put it down!
- Mr. Coffin, put the pistol down.

1000
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:14,166
- Say you're scared!
- CHAPPEL: <i>What are you doing?</i>

1001
01:08:14,360 --> 01:08:16,000
POLLARD: <i>Mr. Coffin, put the pistol down.</i>

1002
01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:18,200
You know what happens
when the food and water runs out?

1003
01:08:18,480 --> 01:08:20,209
Do as the captain says, Coffin!

1004
01:08:20,520 --> 01:08:21,726
I just wanna see the landsman scared.

1005
01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:23,800
Mr. Coffin, put the pistol down.
That's an order!

1006
01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:26,081
- Do as the captain says! Now!
- Say it!

1007
01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:27,280
- <font color="
- Say it!

1008
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:29,367
Say it!

1009
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:30,847
POLLARD: <i>Henry!</i>

1010
01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:33,050
<i>Put the pistol down.</i>

1011
01:08:37,320 --> 01:08:38,526
<i>Henry!</i>

1012
01:08:39,400 --> 01:08:40,526
Put it down.

1013
01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:42,961
(EXHALES DEEPLY)

1014
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:18,611
So east it was.

1015
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,961
<i>Back in the direction we'd come.</i>

1016
01:09:22,760 --> 01:09:25,764
<i>Though only the sun
and compass told us so.</i>

1017
01:09:26,920 --> 01:09:29,127
<i>All directions looked the same.</i>

1018
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:32,570
<i>Our hope was to catch
the Westerlies to Easter Island.</i>

1019
01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:35,964
<i>A journey of 3,000 miles.</i>

1020
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:39,330
In 12 days, we have drifted south.

1021
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:41,883
<i>Six degrees latitude.</i>

1022
01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:45,371
We're not one mile closer
to Easter Island.

1023
01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:47,800
RAMSDELL:
<i>We stayed in the same place.</i>

1024
01:09:48,480 --> 01:09:49,481
(COUGHS)

1025
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:52,449
PETERSON: We are cursed.

1026
01:09:52,800 --> 01:09:55,121
We'll make up for it
when we catch the variables.

1027
01:09:58,400 --> 01:09:59,765
We'll catch them.

1028
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:17,125
(THUNDER RUMBLING)

1029
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:24,686
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

1030
01:10:29,920 --> 01:10:31,763
Chappel!

1031
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:33,160
<font color="

1032
01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:35,165
<i>Chappel!</i>

1033
01:10:35,320 --> 01:10:36,321
You've got him, Captain!

1034
01:10:41,960 --> 01:10:44,042
PETERSON:
Mr. Joy, the halyard's jammed!

1035
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:51,241
Mr. Joy!
You all right, Mr. Joy?

1036
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:52,641
(GROANS)

1037
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:56,166
JOY: Grab the tiller!

1038
01:10:57,160 --> 01:10:58,605
- Grab it!
- CHASE: Matthew!

1039
01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:02,125
<i>Get that sail down!</i>

1040
01:11:02,400 --> 01:11:03,925
(WHALE BELLOWING)

1041
01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:34,802
Matthew. Hey, what happened?

1042
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:36,726
What happened?

1043
01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:38,689
Owen. What are you doing here?

1044
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:40,081
- Let me take a look.
- No, no, no.

1045
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:41,920
- Lay still. Let me look.
- Owen, I'm fine.

1046
01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:43,405
All right. Just relax. Relax.
Let me take a look.

1047
01:11:43,560 --> 01:11:44,680
- I'm fine!
- I know. I know.

1048
01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:46,210
I just wanna take a look.

1049
01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:53,244
I banged my head.
Just a scratch, all right?

1050
01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:54,766
- Just a scratch.
- Give him some water.

1051
01:11:55,080 --> 01:11:58,050
- I don't need any water!
- Give him some goddamn water!

1052
01:11:58,200 --> 01:12:00,123
No, no, no. I don't need water. I'm fine.

1053
01:12:07,440 --> 01:12:09,010
<i>- Yeah.</i>
- <font color="

1054
01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:10,201
(GROANING)

1055
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:12,410
Hey. I got you, I got you.

1056
01:12:13,240 --> 01:12:16,005
You're all right. You're all right.

1057
01:12:20,720 --> 01:12:23,007
Hey! What're you all looking at?
I'm fine.

1058
01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:25,003
Captain Pollard. Fit as a fiddle.

1059
01:12:26,120 --> 01:12:28,088
<i>Fit as a goddamned fiddle. You hear me?</i>

1060
01:12:29,080 --> 01:12:30,161
- Owen.
- Yeah.

1061
01:12:30,360 --> 01:12:31,566
I'm fine.

1062
01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:33,245
All right? I'm fine!

1063
01:12:34,040 --> 01:12:37,601
- You're a tough son of a bitch.
- Thank you. I'm fine. Get out of here.

1064
01:12:38,760 --> 01:12:40,091
CHASE: He's good.

1065
01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:42,321
<i>Let's go.</i>

1066
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:46,240
<font color="

1067
01:12:46,640 --> 01:12:51,771
Them two men have known each other,
sailed together since childhood.

1068
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:53,001
<i>Now, tell me,</i>

1069
01:12:53,160 --> 01:12:56,243
<i>could you sit there and watch
your own brother die?</i>

1070
01:12:56,800 --> 01:12:59,280
Simply a matter of numbers, Mr. Chappel.

1071
01:13:00,560 --> 01:13:02,722
There's not enough for all of us.

1072
01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:17,371
(MUTTERING)
Why waste water on a dead man?

1073
01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:19,520
Why waste water on...

1074
01:13:20,400 --> 01:13:23,006
Why waste water? Why waste?

1075
01:13:23,680 --> 01:13:25,808
Why waste water on a dead man?

1076
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:27,521
Mr. Nickerson?

1077
01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:30,889
- Why waste water...
- You all right, sir?

1078
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:34,327
- I cannot.
- Cannot what?

1079
01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:36,165
(SIGHS) No, you...

1080
01:13:36,320 --> 01:13:38,322
You have enough. More than enough.

1081
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:40,125
But, sir, we've come so far.

1082
01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:41,646
We have come to an end.

1083
01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:43,086
We have an agreement, sir.

1084
01:13:43,360 --> 01:13:44,885
Take the money and leave!

1085
01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:46,326
The devil's bargain.

1086
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:48,166
No, sir.

1087
01:13:48,360 --> 01:13:50,488
The devil loves unspoken secrets.

1088
01:13:54,120 --> 01:13:56,361
Especially those that
fester in a man's soul.

1089
01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:00,205
What's yours?

1090
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:20,725
I am not a great writer.

1091
01:14:24,160 --> 01:14:25,525
I am not Hawthorne.

1092
01:14:27,200 --> 01:14:29,441
But from my first hearing of it,

1093
01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:32,043
this tale has haunted me.

1094
01:14:33,880 --> 01:14:35,405
It consumes me.

1095
01:14:36,720 --> 01:14:38,609
I fear if I do not write it,

1096
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:42,125
then I should never write again.

1097
01:14:43,600 --> 01:14:44,726
What else?

1098
01:14:47,080 --> 01:14:48,730
I fear if I do write it,

1099
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:53,291
that it will not be
as good as it should be.

1100
01:15:03,640 --> 01:15:05,563
Continue the story, sir.

1101
01:15:06,760 --> 01:15:08,489
For the both of us.

1102
01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:26,843
Pass that down.

1103
01:15:31,440 --> 01:15:32,771
BOND: Thank you, sir.

1104
01:15:38,120 --> 01:15:40,805
We thank you, Lord, for this is our food.

1105
01:15:41,120 --> 01:15:42,246
I'm sorry.

1106
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:44,608
For life and health,

1107
01:15:45,440 --> 01:15:46,566
and every good.

1108
01:15:46,840 --> 01:15:48,524
- Let all manner to...
- Land.

1109
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:50,201
Land!

1110
01:15:51,960 --> 01:15:53,803
- NICKERSON: <i>Land! Land!</i>
- <font color="

1111
01:15:54,120 --> 01:15:56,805
- Land!
- NICKERSON: Land!

1112
01:15:57,120 --> 01:16:00,090
Oars! Give way! Give way!

1113
01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:04,284
Oars! Now! Give way! Row!

1114
01:16:05,920 --> 01:16:07,206
(MEN LAUGHING)

1115
01:16:11,960 --> 01:16:14,200
- BARZILLAI: <i>I saw it, Mr. Chase.</i>
- CHASE: <i>That you did, boy.</i>

1116
01:16:24,120 --> 01:16:27,010
Hold fast.
Hold fast! Hold fast!

1117
01:16:28,520 --> 01:16:31,000
- LAWRENCE: <i>Mr. Chase, sir. What is it?</i>
- Mr. Chase!

1118
01:16:31,480 --> 01:16:33,847
What the devil is it?
Why have you stopped?

1119
01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:35,491
He's been following us!

1120
01:16:35,800 --> 01:16:37,609
LAWRENCE:
<i>What is he talking about?</i>

1121
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:39,800
BOND: <i>There's nothing out there,
Mr. Chase!</i>

1122
01:16:40,040 --> 01:16:42,560
- There ain't nothing out there, sir!
- Sir, what are you doing?

1123
01:16:55,840 --> 01:16:58,081
- Brace! Brace! Brace!
- (ALL SCREAMING)

1124
01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:01,161
No!

1125
01:17:04,040 --> 01:17:05,371
(GRUNTS)

1126
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:26,201
Where is he?

1127
01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:28,521
(ALL SCREAMING)

1128
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:31,081
(GRUNTS)

1129
01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:44,201
<font color="

1130
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:46,085
(MEN COUGHING)

1131
01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:47,771
(ALL GASPING)

1132
01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:55,726
(BIRD SQUAWKING)

1133
01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:11,241
(GRUNTS)

1134
01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:30,404
POLLARD: <i>This could be Ducie Island.</i>

1135
01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:33,765
Without a map, compass or quadrant,
there's no way to be certain.

1136
01:19:34,360 --> 01:19:36,647
We will keep fires going night and day.

1137
01:19:37,360 --> 01:19:40,569
<i>Hope a passing ship
catches sight of our smoke.</i>

1138
01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:51,484
(HAMMERING)

1139
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:39,050
<font color="

1140
01:20:47,720 --> 01:20:49,882
They've been here a long time, no doubt.

1141
01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:52,769
<i>Waiting for a ship.</i>

1142
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:55,449
<i>But no ship came.</i>

1143
01:20:57,440 --> 01:20:59,329
No ship is going to come.

1144
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:01,770
If we stay, we die.

1145
01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:05,086
<i>How long do you think
it'll take the tropic birds</i>

1146
01:21:05,440 --> 01:21:07,841
<i>to stop coming here once
they see their eggs eaten?</i>

1147
01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:13,609
(METAL CLANGING)

1148
01:21:26,680 --> 01:21:29,729
It's a privilege to know
the moment of one's death in advance,

1149
01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:32,290
be able to prepare for it.

1150
01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:36,326
Curse to be so far from home

1151
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:39,644
without a chance to say goodbyes,

1152
01:21:39,800 --> 01:21:42,041
without a chance to make peace,

1153
01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:44,848
without a chance to settle the scores.

1154
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:51,846
Then let us at least settle
those between us, Captain.

1155
01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:56,045
Captain of what?

1156
01:21:56,680 --> 01:21:59,331
The <i>Essex</i> was lost
through no fault of yours.

1157
01:21:59,480 --> 01:22:00,686
I was as much to blame for...

1158
01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:02,644
You are not the captain.

1159
01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:09,688
But you were born to do this job.

1160
01:22:10,880 --> 01:22:12,689
I was just born into it.

1161
01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:27,881
What do we do, do you think, George?

1162
01:22:29,240 --> 01:22:32,687
And what offense did we give God
to upset him so?

1163
01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:35,000
The only creature to have
offended God here

1164
01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:36,081
is the whale.

1165
01:22:37,080 --> 01:22:38,366
Not us?

1166
01:22:40,200 --> 01:22:43,522
In our arrogance, our greed,
look where we find ourselves.

1167
01:22:43,840 --> 01:22:46,844
We are supreme creatures
made in God's own likeness.

1168
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:50,571
Earthly kings whose business it is

1169
01:22:50,720 --> 01:22:52,927
to circumnavigate
the planet bestowed to us.

1170
01:22:54,040 --> 01:22:55,769
To bend nature to our will.

1171
01:22:56,320 --> 01:23:00,325
You really feel like an earthly king
after everything that we've been through?

1172
01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:03,089
We're nothing. We're...

1173
01:23:03,240 --> 01:23:05,561
We're specks. And dust.

1174
01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:08,928
We sail into the sun at dawn.

1175
01:23:10,360 --> 01:23:16,402
If we are to die,
then with God's grace, let us die as men.

1176
01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:21,369
(CLANGING)

1177
01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:24,771
(HAMMERING)

1178
01:23:28,240 --> 01:23:29,605
POLLARD: Are we ready, Mr. Weeks?

1179
01:23:29,760 --> 01:23:30,807
WEEKS: Aye, sir.

1180
01:23:38,400 --> 01:23:39,890
Mr. Chappel?

1181
01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:41,281
Mr. Wright?

1182
01:23:41,480 --> 01:23:43,130
I can't do it, sir.

1183
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:45,730
Me, Wrights and Weeks,

1184
01:23:46,920 --> 01:23:48,160
we're staying.

1185
01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:53,771
(BREATHING WITH DIFFICULTY)

1186
01:23:56,800 --> 01:23:58,450
CHASE: <i>You ready to go, Matthew?</i>

1187
01:24:09,680 --> 01:24:10,920
I'll give you a hand.
Here, you gotta get up.

1188
01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:12,491
No, there's no point. You hear me?

1189
01:24:12,640 --> 01:24:14,483
No, we're going home.
We're going home.

1190
01:24:14,640 --> 01:24:15,971
There's no point.

1191
01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:18,490
- Just go.
- (SIGHS)

1192
01:24:22,280 --> 01:24:23,964
God damn it, Matthew.

1193
01:24:26,960 --> 01:24:28,166
It's all right.

1194
01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:31,841
Well, I'll send a boat for you
the minute we get back.

1195
01:24:32,040 --> 01:24:34,361
Then we'll play cards
back in Nantucket, all right?

1196
01:24:34,640 --> 01:24:35,766
Yeah.

1197
01:24:35,960 --> 01:24:37,644
- It's a deal.
- Good.

1198
01:24:44,240 --> 01:24:46,811
You want me to open that for you?

1199
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:48,041
JOY: Ah...

1200
01:24:50,840 --> 01:24:52,171
I think I'll manage.

1201
01:24:53,200 --> 01:24:54,531
If it comes to that.

1202
01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:00,249
God be with you, brother.

1203
01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:03,450
Yeah, and you.

1204
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:24,045
MR. BOND: <i>Brother Peterson?</i>

1205
01:25:25,560 --> 01:25:27,210
Y'all coming with us?

1206
01:25:27,920 --> 01:25:28,921
Mr. Peterson.

1207
01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:31,367
Why don't you come in our boat
with Mr. Bond here?

1208
01:26:04,680 --> 01:26:06,489
Where... Where is he?

1209
01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:09,565
<i>Pollard?</i>

1210
01:26:10,840 --> 01:26:13,207
Mr. Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence, wake up.

1211
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:16,130
<i>Where's the other boat gone?</i>

1212
01:26:17,040 --> 01:26:18,804
- Pollard!
- NICKERSON: <i>Captain Pollard!</i>

1213
01:26:19,080 --> 01:26:21,811
- Captain Pollard!
- Captain Pollard, sir!

1214
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:23,805
- MR. CHASE: Pollard.
- <font color="

1215
01:26:24,720 --> 01:26:26,324
Captain Pollard!

1216
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:30,486
MR. CHASE: <i>Pollard!</i>

1217
01:26:31,120 --> 01:26:32,246
(GASPS)

1218
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:36,361
What's the matter?

1219
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:46,281
(CRYING)

1220
01:26:52,440 --> 01:26:53,965
Benjamin. What are you doing?

1221
01:26:54,760 --> 01:26:56,000
He's dead.

1222
01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:58,011
Putting him overboard, sir.

1223
01:26:58,480 --> 01:26:59,766
(FABRIC RIPPING)

1224
01:27:00,640 --> 01:27:01,926
Look at me.

1225
01:27:02,080 --> 01:27:03,127
Look at me, Benjamin.

1226
01:27:08,600 --> 01:27:12,286
No right-minded sailor discards
what might yet save him.

1227
01:27:23,480 --> 01:27:25,482
Listen to me, boy. Listen to me.

1228
01:27:29,840 --> 01:27:31,330
He can help us.

1229
01:27:32,000 --> 01:27:33,764
<font color="

1230
01:27:34,160 --> 01:27:37,687
<i>Sweetness is the power of his grace.</i>

1231
01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:39,001
<i>With longing eyes,</i>

1232
01:27:39,440 --> 01:27:42,410
thy creatures await on thee
for daily food.

1233
01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:45,928
NICKERSON: (SOFTLY)
My soul is dead.

1234
01:28:00,040 --> 01:28:01,883
So it was decided.

1235
01:28:09,040 --> 01:28:10,724
We prepared the body.

1236
01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:15,768
<i>We removed the organs.</i>

1237
01:28:18,600 --> 01:28:21,251
Separated his limbs from his body

1238
01:28:22,920 --> 01:28:25,491
and cut all the flesh from the bones.

1239
01:28:30,040 --> 01:28:31,246
<i>After which,</i>

1240
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:34,164
we closed the body

1241
01:28:35,560 --> 01:28:36,721
and we sewed it up

1242
01:28:37,720 --> 01:28:39,722
<i>as decently as we could</i>

1243
01:28:40,320 --> 01:28:42,561
<i>and committed it to the sea.</i>

1244
01:28:44,640 --> 01:28:46,449
We ate the heart first.

1245
01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:50,931
(SIGHS)

1246
01:28:55,080 --> 01:28:56,491
You judge me.

1247
01:28:58,760 --> 01:28:59,807
No.

1248
01:29:03,080 --> 01:29:04,241
(SIGHS)

1249
01:29:06,240 --> 01:29:07,446
There.

1250
01:29:08,320 --> 01:29:09,481
There.

1251
01:29:10,440 --> 01:29:11,771
It is done.

1252
01:29:14,440 --> 01:29:15,771
<i>It is out.</i>

1253
01:29:17,600 --> 01:29:19,204
And you've never told anyone?

1254
01:29:21,760 --> 01:29:22,807
No.

1255
01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:25,806
Not even your wife?

1256
01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:29,521
Do you think she could ever love me

1257
01:29:29,680 --> 01:29:32,809
if she knew the abominations
I had committed?

1258
01:29:32,960 --> 01:29:34,883
MRS. NICKERSON:
<i>Yes. She would.</i>

1259
01:29:36,320 --> 01:29:39,802
And if you had told me
the story when we met,

1260
01:29:40,520 --> 01:29:43,330
I would still wear your ring today.

1261
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:47,048
<i>The strength of that boy</i>

1262
01:29:47,480 --> 01:29:49,323
still lives in you.

1263
01:29:51,160 --> 01:29:52,400
I see that.

1264
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:55,244
<i>Even if you don't.</i>

1265
01:30:16,480 --> 01:30:19,529
You can finish your story now, my love.

1266
01:30:25,320 --> 01:30:26,890
(GASPING)

1267
01:30:30,520 --> 01:30:31,726
(COUGHS)

1268
01:30:35,360 --> 01:30:36,646
Hey, sit up.

1269
01:30:40,200 --> 01:30:41,440
Listen,

1270
01:30:42,560 --> 01:30:44,085
put your head back.

1271
01:30:44,280 --> 01:30:45,691
(COUGHING)

1272
01:30:46,240 --> 01:30:48,925
Look, we still got
a few drops of water left.

1273
01:30:49,760 --> 01:30:52,411
Don't you quit on me.
We're going home.

1274
01:30:57,920 --> 01:31:01,925
Do you have a family back home, Mr. Chase?

1275
01:31:02,080 --> 01:31:03,809
Yeah, I have a wife.

1276
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:09,441
Yes, and a son or a daughter.

1277
01:31:51,760 --> 01:31:52,966
(SIGHS)

1278
01:31:54,880 --> 01:31:55,927
Very well.

1279
01:31:58,120 --> 01:32:00,168
- Captain.
- We will draw again.

1280
01:32:00,600 --> 01:32:02,045
We will do no such thing.

1281
01:32:03,160 --> 01:32:04,241
We'll draw again.

1282
01:32:05,080 --> 01:32:06,525
POLLARD: Mr. Ramsdell,

1283
01:32:07,280 --> 01:32:08,964
you will assume command of this vessel.

1284
01:32:11,800 --> 01:32:13,086
Cousin, will you?

1285
01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:15,927
You're our...

1286
01:32:16,080 --> 01:32:18,367
You're our captain.
The men need you.

1287
01:32:20,280 --> 01:32:21,645
The men will be fine.

1288
01:32:22,840 --> 01:32:24,046
Please.

1289
01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:26,165
Please. Please.

1290
01:32:26,720 --> 01:32:28,370
- Henry.
- (CRYING) Let us draw again.

1291
01:32:29,360 --> 01:32:30,850
It is an order.

1292
01:32:32,760 --> 01:32:34,171
If you cannot do it,

1293
01:32:34,360 --> 01:32:36,169
pass the pistol to another man.

1294
01:32:49,880 --> 01:32:51,166
(GUN COCKING)

1295
01:33:04,360 --> 01:33:05,725
Henry, no, no, no!

1296
01:33:15,040 --> 01:33:18,010
MR. COLE: You gotta help me, kid.
You gotta help me.

1297
01:33:21,840 --> 01:33:23,569
NICKERSON:
<i>We were weeks in the doldrums.</i>

1298
01:33:24,240 --> 01:33:26,402
<i>That part of the Pacific
is more desert than ocean.</i>

1299
01:33:27,760 --> 01:33:29,569
The sun beating down.

1300
01:33:30,480 --> 01:33:31,606
My fear.

1301
01:33:33,480 --> 01:33:35,005
All I could think about

1302
01:33:36,760 --> 01:33:38,285
was that everyone would die,

1303
01:33:38,440 --> 01:33:40,169
and I'd be the last left alive.

1304
01:33:41,760 --> 01:33:45,526
<i>And as best Mr. Chase could tell,
we were still 800 miles from land.</i>

1305
01:33:48,040 --> 01:33:49,201
(THUDDING)

1306
01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:53,210
POLLARD: Mr. Chase.

1307
01:33:59,960 --> 01:34:01,041
Ah.

1308
01:34:01,480 --> 01:34:02,845
Captain Pollard.

1309
01:34:05,480 --> 01:34:06,891
I am happy to see you.

1310
01:34:07,840 --> 01:34:10,320
Been very little happiness
in our survival.

1311
01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:14,004
Or in ours, sir.

1312
01:34:15,240 --> 01:34:16,765
POLLARD: Barzillai?

1313
01:34:19,560 --> 01:34:21,130
The third boat?

1314
01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:23,241
MR. CHASE: They've, uh...

1315
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:26,450
<i>They've been gone for days.</i>

1316
01:34:27,360 --> 01:34:28,964
I'm afraid they're lost, sir.

1317
01:34:30,240 --> 01:34:31,605
(RUMBLING)

1318
01:34:58,760 --> 01:35:00,762
<font color="
you have the best position.</i>

1319
01:35:17,720 --> 01:35:19,131
It's just a whale.

1320
01:35:23,360 --> 01:35:24,480
He's there! Throw the lance!

1321
01:35:25,600 --> 01:35:26,647
<i>Throw it!</i>

1322
01:35:31,640 --> 01:35:34,689
- Throw it! Throw the lance!
- Come on.

1323
01:35:45,480 --> 01:35:47,084
Throw it!

1324
01:35:47,240 --> 01:35:48,605
Come on.

1325
01:35:50,080 --> 01:35:52,481
(WHALE CLICKING)

1326
01:35:57,120 --> 01:35:59,088
POLLARD: <i>Kill it! He's there!</i>

1327
01:35:59,680 --> 01:36:00,886
<i>Throw the lance!</i>

1328
01:36:19,520 --> 01:36:21,204
Why didn't you kill it?

1329
01:36:47,920 --> 01:36:49,570
You're a damn fool.

1330
01:37:13,400 --> 01:37:14,890
NICKERSON: <i>Currents drew us apart</i>

1331
01:37:16,880 --> 01:37:20,168
<i>and that was the last we would see
of Captain Pollard's whale boat.</i>

1332
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:24,206
SAILOR: <i>A boat!</i>

1333
01:37:25,520 --> 01:37:27,204
Broad on the port bow!

1334
01:37:53,120 --> 01:37:54,451
May God have mercy.

1335
01:38:37,480 --> 01:38:38,686
(WEAKLY) Mr. Chase.

1336
01:38:41,240 --> 01:38:43,049
(WEAKLY) Father!

1337
01:38:44,880 --> 01:38:47,167
(WHIMPERING)
Don't leave me, Father!

1338
01:38:51,680 --> 01:38:54,729
(SEAGULL SQUAWKING)

1339
01:39:38,000 --> 01:39:39,445
Mr. Chase.

1340
01:39:40,880 --> 01:39:42,405
Mr. Chase.

1341
01:39:42,560 --> 01:39:44,881
Sir, look. Look, sir.

1342
01:39:48,560 --> 01:39:51,404
Mr. Chase, look.

1343
01:39:52,840 --> 01:39:54,569
Wake up, Mr. Chase!

1344
01:39:55,400 --> 01:39:56,606
<i>Here, wake up!</i>

1345
01:39:58,200 --> 01:40:00,362
Please wake up, sir, there's land.

1346
01:40:01,240 --> 01:40:02,844
Mr. Chase, look.

1347
01:40:23,160 --> 01:40:24,605
NICKERSON: <i>We were rescued there,</i>

1348
01:40:25,280 --> 01:40:27,681
<i>off the island of Más Afuera, Chile,</i>

1349
01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:31,571
<i>90 days after the sinking of the</i> Essex.

1350
01:40:33,440 --> 01:40:35,283
<i>They gave us some old clothes.</i>

1351
01:40:35,440 --> 01:40:36,851
<i>Fed us, too.</i>

1352
01:40:38,480 --> 01:40:40,403
<i>It was hard to eat at first.</i>

1353
01:40:40,560 --> 01:40:41,800
<i>Strange.</i>

1354
01:40:43,480 --> 01:40:45,403
<i>They looked after us as best they could</i>

1355
01:40:45,600 --> 01:40:47,841
<i>till we found a ship
that would carry us home.</i>

1356
01:40:49,400 --> 01:40:51,243
<i>That voyage took another three months.</i>

1357
01:41:00,920 --> 01:41:04,003
<i>It looked like the whole island
turned out to see us return.</i>

1358
01:41:05,400 --> 01:41:07,129
<i>But there were no cheers.</i>

1359
01:41:08,240 --> 01:41:09,446
<i>Only silence.</i>

1360
01:41:11,120 --> 01:41:14,363
<i>They looked at us like
we were apparitions,</i>

1361
01:41:15,400 --> 01:41:16,731
<i>phantoms.</i>

1362
01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:22,005
<i>We'd said nothing of the details
of our survival to anyone,</i>

1363
01:41:22,160 --> 01:41:25,209
<i>but I wondered if they somehow
knew of our privations.</i>

1364
01:41:27,040 --> 01:41:28,690
<i>Maybe they were just curious.</i>

1365
01:42:08,200 --> 01:42:09,725
Oh, my God!

1366
01:42:14,120 --> 01:42:15,360
(SOBBING)

1367
01:42:17,120 --> 01:42:18,531
I promised, didn't I?

1368
01:42:26,680 --> 01:42:27,886
Oh, God.

1369
01:42:29,680 --> 01:42:30,727
Hi.

1370
01:42:32,160 --> 01:42:33,844
Hey, sweetie. Who's this?

1371
01:42:35,320 --> 01:42:36,446
Phoebe Ann.

1372
01:42:36,840 --> 01:42:38,171
<font color="

1373
01:42:40,920 --> 01:42:42,570
Phoebe Ann Chase, huh?

1374
01:42:43,960 --> 01:42:45,325
This is Daddy.

1375
01:42:47,320 --> 01:42:48,560
Hey, sweetie.

1376
01:42:53,920 --> 01:42:55,365
PEGGY: It's your daddy.

1377
01:43:03,360 --> 01:43:04,646
Oh, my God.

1378
01:43:12,720 --> 01:43:14,760
NICKERSON: Of course,
they couldn't leave him alone.

1379
01:43:15,280 --> 01:43:18,329
<i>Mr. Chase and his wife had
scarcely walked a block towards home</i>

1380
01:43:18,480 --> 01:43:21,768
when he was stopped and
made to return to the Maritime office.

1381
01:43:23,240 --> 01:43:26,050
<i>There were business matters
still in question.</i>

1382
01:43:39,800 --> 01:43:41,245
So, to the matter.

1383
01:43:45,960 --> 01:43:49,362
Due to the significant loss of life
and property on our voyage,

1384
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:51,843
it seems there will be an inquiry.

1385
01:43:52,800 --> 01:43:54,086
And as captain and first mate,

1386
01:43:54,240 --> 01:43:56,208
we will be expected to give an account

1387
01:43:56,360 --> 01:43:57,646
of what happened.

1388
01:43:57,800 --> 01:43:59,086
Yes, of course.

1389
01:43:59,240 --> 01:44:03,643
And having discussed this
with the ship owners and my father,

1390
01:44:04,840 --> 01:44:08,526
it is clear that full disclosure
will have ramifications.

1391
01:44:09,120 --> 01:44:11,487
Terrible ramifications
for the whole industry.

1392
01:44:12,920 --> 01:44:15,161
That a whale brought down the <i>Essex.</i>

1393
01:44:16,600 --> 01:44:17,806
But it's the truth.

1394
01:44:25,960 --> 01:44:27,962
If the insurance houses and investors

1395
01:44:28,120 --> 01:44:32,967
were to start worrying
about sea monsters sinking ships,

1396
01:44:33,160 --> 01:44:35,367
sailors drawing lots to survive...

1397
01:44:37,120 --> 01:44:38,690
We are in the oil business.

1398
01:44:39,440 --> 01:44:40,646
All of us.

1399
01:44:41,360 --> 01:44:42,486
And as in any business,

1400
01:44:42,640 --> 01:44:46,201
the probability of success must
always be greater than the risk incurred.

1401
01:44:48,760 --> 01:44:50,808
So, what are you suggesting, George?

1402
01:44:51,160 --> 01:44:53,049
That you say the ship ran aground.

1403
01:44:54,120 --> 01:44:55,201
That's a lie.

1404
01:44:55,440 --> 01:44:58,569
- And that the men that died, drowned.
- And that's another lie.

1405
01:44:58,840 --> 01:45:00,126
Think on it. They will make you captain.

1406
01:45:00,280 --> 01:45:02,408
Well, that pledge I already have
in writing.

1407
01:45:02,560 --> 01:45:06,042
Only on the condition
you bring home a ship full of oil.

1408
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:09,286
This way, it's guaranteed.

1409
01:45:09,560 --> 01:45:11,449
FULLER: You would be a wealthy man.

1410
01:45:12,280 --> 01:45:14,965
The name Chase need
no longer be a landsman's name,

1411
01:45:15,360 --> 01:45:16,407
but an established name

1412
01:45:16,560 --> 01:45:19,291
that belongs among the great families
of Nantucket.

1413
01:45:20,720 --> 01:45:22,961
You want me to whitewash
what happened for profit?

1414
01:45:23,920 --> 01:45:26,685
We are asking you to be pragmatic.

1415
01:45:42,680 --> 01:45:44,762
The <i>Essex</i> was stove by a white whale.

1416
01:45:46,000 --> 01:45:48,924
And those of us that survived
in ill-equipped whaleboats

1417
01:45:49,080 --> 01:45:52,050
had to commit abominations
in order to survive.

1418
01:45:53,360 --> 01:45:56,967
And, on our return,
we're expected to spread barefaced lies

1419
01:45:58,120 --> 01:46:00,248
so that you,
the ship owners of Nantucket,

1420
01:46:01,280 --> 01:46:04,204
might line your pockets
and sleep well at night?

1421
01:46:05,440 --> 01:46:07,442
Well, I will not embroider the truth.

1422
01:46:08,560 --> 01:46:10,449
Nor should you, George.

1423
01:46:29,960 --> 01:46:32,327
NICKERSON: <i>That last time I saw him...</i>

1424
01:46:32,480 --> 01:46:33,720
Mr. Chase, sir!

1425
01:46:34,480 --> 01:46:37,245
<i>I couldn't find the right words
to say what I wanted to.</i>

1426
01:46:38,320 --> 01:46:39,321
Thomas.

1427
01:46:40,720 --> 01:46:42,449
<font color="

1428
01:46:42,760 --> 01:46:43,807
One...

1429
01:46:44,960 --> 01:46:48,487
I'm gonna be on my way to Falmouth and...

1430
01:46:51,200 --> 01:46:52,406
It's...

1431
01:46:53,400 --> 01:46:56,961
It's been an honor, sir,
to sail with you.

1432
01:47:01,040 --> 01:47:03,042
The honor's been mine, Mr. Nickerson.

1433
01:47:20,320 --> 01:47:21,367
Here.

1434
01:47:27,040 --> 01:47:28,565
Good luck out there, Thomas.

1435
01:47:30,280 --> 01:47:31,520
And you, sir.

1436
01:48:00,720 --> 01:48:03,530
Next day, George Pollard was called
before the inquiry.

1437
01:48:04,320 --> 01:48:06,322
(CROWD MURMURING)

1438
01:48:08,440 --> 01:48:10,080
MASON: <i>Gentlemen, Captain George Pollard.</i>

1439
01:48:11,360 --> 01:48:13,760
<font color="
in Nantucket were there.</i>

1440
01:48:14,920 --> 01:48:16,524
<i>It was a formality.</i>

1441
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:20,844
Good day to you, Captain.
Please sit down.

1442
01:48:25,760 --> 01:48:27,125
<i>For the record, then...</i>

1443
01:48:29,600 --> 01:48:32,080
The <i>Essex</i> was stove by a white whale

1444
01:48:32,240 --> 01:48:34,607
1,200 leagues west of Ecuador.

1445
01:48:35,120 --> 01:48:37,885
It was as if Owen Chase himself
had spoken.

1446
01:48:39,920 --> 01:48:41,285
Told them the truth.

1447
01:48:45,440 --> 01:48:47,568
<i>Captain Pollard's conscience was clear.</i>

1448
01:48:49,160 --> 01:48:50,286
<i>But the inquiry was a sham.</i>

1449
01:48:53,040 --> 01:48:54,201
Pollard went out again,

1450
01:48:57,560 --> 01:48:59,164
looking for the white whale.

1451
01:48:59,880 --> 01:49:01,120
He never found it.

1452
01:49:02,880 --> 01:49:05,042
<i>He ran a second ship aground off Hawaii.</i>

1453
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:07,800
<i>Twice cursed.</i>

1454
01:49:09,640 --> 01:49:10,687
Never sailed again.

1455
01:49:11,240 --> 01:49:12,321
And Owen Chase?

1456
01:49:14,280 --> 01:49:16,009
He was a man of his word.

1457
01:49:16,840 --> 01:49:19,127
First, he sent a boat back
to Ducie Island.

1458
01:49:20,640 --> 01:49:22,051
Mr. Joy had passed.

1459
01:49:22,760 --> 01:49:25,969
But the other three were,
incredibly, still alive.

1460
01:49:28,920 --> 01:49:30,206
And then?

1461
01:49:31,120 --> 01:49:34,488
And then he packed up his family
and moved to New Bedford.

1462
01:49:36,480 --> 01:49:38,005
<i>Started over.</i>

1463
01:49:38,840 --> 01:49:40,251
<i>Became a merchant captain,</i>

1464
01:49:41,160 --> 01:49:43,162
<i>sailing on his own terms.</i>

1465
01:49:52,680 --> 01:49:55,729
<i>Well, you certainly got your
money's worth, Mr. Melville.</i>

1466
01:49:56,280 --> 01:49:58,760
These February nights
are the longest of the year.

1467
01:49:58,920 --> 01:50:00,843
Well, you can both rest now.

1468
01:50:01,080 --> 01:50:02,411
Believe me,

1469
01:50:02,560 --> 01:50:04,688
I shall not be resting for some time.

1470
01:50:05,480 --> 01:50:06,686
NICKERSON: <i>Why?</i>

1471
01:50:07,680 --> 01:50:09,284
You got your story.

1472
01:50:09,840 --> 01:50:12,366
You know, your plot. It's all there.

1473
01:50:12,840 --> 01:50:16,162
Maybe it wasn't a plot I was after.

1474
01:50:16,880 --> 01:50:18,530
No. What, then?

1475
01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:22,842
- Something else you've given me tonight.
- And what's that?

1476
01:50:23,920 --> 01:50:27,811
The courage to go where
one does not want to go.

1477
01:50:29,960 --> 01:50:31,405
Mr. Melville,

1478
01:50:32,120 --> 01:50:34,566
what you've heard, what I've told you,

1479
01:50:37,720 --> 01:50:41,725
will it all be of service to your book?

1480
01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:46,483
It will be a work of fiction,
Mr. Nickerson,

1481
01:50:47,800 --> 01:50:49,450
inspired by truth.

1482
01:50:51,160 --> 01:50:54,243
But I don't believe
I'll feel the need to use all of it.

1483
01:51:03,400 --> 01:51:05,289
- Thank you.
- Here.

1484
01:51:05,440 --> 01:51:08,762
- Take that with you.
- No. The money is for you. I insist.

1485
01:51:09,920 --> 01:51:11,604
I insist you keep it.

1486
01:51:11,760 --> 01:51:15,526
And I insist one person
in this conversation is sober.

1487
01:51:26,440 --> 01:51:29,091
- So it's back to, uh...
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

1488
01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:31,490
Well, good luck.

1489
01:51:33,280 --> 01:51:34,441
Thank you.

1490
01:51:38,080 --> 01:51:39,286
You know,

1491
01:51:40,160 --> 01:51:43,528
<i>I heard a man from Pennsylvania
drilled a hole in the ground recently</i>

1492
01:51:44,600 --> 01:51:46,125
and found oil.

1493
01:51:46,760 --> 01:51:47,966
That can't be true.

1494
01:51:48,760 --> 01:51:49,921
I heard it, too.

1495
01:51:52,520 --> 01:51:54,124
Oil from the ground.

1496
01:51:56,560 --> 01:51:57,891
Fancy that.

1497
01:51:59,220 --> 01:52:10,560
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