EXT. TITANIC / BOAT 6

265 AT THE STERN the propellers are 100 feet out of the water and rising.

Panicking people leap from the poop deck rail, fall screaming and hit the

water like mortar rounds. A man falls from the poop deck, hitting the bronze

hub of the starboard propeller with a sickening smack.

266 SWIMMERS LOOK UP and see the stern towering over them like a monolith,

the propellers rising against the stars. 110 feet. 120.

267 AT THE STERN RAIL a man jumps. IN HIS POV we fall seemingly forever,

right past one of the giant screws. The water rushes up--

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EXT. TITANIC / BOAT 6

268 TRACKING SLOWLY IN on Ruth as the sounds of the dying ship and the

screaming people come across the water.

269 REVERSE / HER POV: IN A WIDE SHOT we see the spectacle of the Titanic,

her lights blazing, reflecting in the still water. Its stern is high in the

air, angles up over forty five degrees. The propellers are 150 feet out of

the water. Over a thousand passengers cling to the decks, looking from a

distance like a swarm of bees.

The image is shocking, unbelievable, unthinkable. Ruth stares at the

spectacle, unable to frame it or put it into any proportion.