Man Bites Dog Script
MAN BITES DOG
(IT HAPPENED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD)
Ive just finished
ballasting the corpse, see?
That means you fill it
with certain things because...
You may not be aware that
a corpse under water
swells up with air, see?
So it tends to float
to the surface.
You have to load it
with ballast so it sinks.
You weight it down with stones
and other heavy stuff.
Theres a ballast rat
stone street
that leads to the wharf.
OLDER CHUCK (V.O.)
I never got close to him, nobody
did. But by the time we made Tampa,
I was sure I knew who he was, that I
understood what he saw, what
nourished his soul and tested his
faith...
??
EXT. WHARF - DAY
Chuck stares out across the harbor. In the distance, the
echoes of singing masts. Shrouds and canvas softly ping.
The small boats of Mystic tug
stone
to put in that thing.
Hey, lm sorry about your boat.
You want my guy to take a look at it?
l think its looking good.
Got it under control.
All right.
Well, the least l can do is offer.
Word on the water
is youre out of work.
You can always come back
and work for me.
No. l got my own thing going now.
But if you wanna subcontract me,
thats cool.
We can work something out.
Like a fifty-fifty t
who continue to believe in themselves despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. This is GUS GORMAN.
Behind the teller몶s wicket is a middle-aged female CLERK with the requisite officious manner and heart of stone common to her profession. As the MAN ahead of GUS finishes his turn and walks away, she barks out:
CLERK
Name?
GUS
(as he tries to
untangle his
yo-yo string)
Gus Gorman.
stone that was called the Blue Diamond of the Crown, which disappeared in 1792, About the same time old Louis lost everything from the neck up. The theory goes that the Crown Diamond was chopped too, to be cut into a heart-like shape that became known as the Heart of the Ocean. Today it would be worth more than the Hope Diamond. OLD ROSE: It was a dreadful heavy thing. I only wore it this once. L