SCENES: 1 - PORT OF ALEXANDRIA 365 AD
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Alexander the Great established Alexandria in 331 B.C. Then in 365 AD it vanished beneath the sea, hiding the location of Queen Cleopatra's tomb - a mystery for nearly 2,000 years - until now.
(Producers
note: this is a 93 page script written in Final Draft - Take 1)
EXT. CLEOPATRA’S PALACE - ALEXANDRIA - DAY
CLEOPATRA’S ROYAL PALACE -- ALEXANDRIA’S ROYAL PORT --
SCENES: 1 A
SUPER: ‘ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 365 AD’
SCENES: 1 B
ON THE ESPLANADE -- TRADER#1 shows off a swathe of fine raw silk to the attentive crowd of merchants gathered there at his stall. SILK YARNS burst from woven baskets. FINISHED SILK GARMENTS, all hues, hang deliciously from fixed wires --
TRADER#1
SCENES: 1 C
IN THE HARBOUR -- A large wooden ship navigating through the harbour’s gentle swells...
ON THE SHIP -- Swarthy LEAD SEAMAN barking orders -- LEAD SEAMAN
SCENES: 1 D
MERCHANT#1
SCENES: 1 E
Cheers from the crowd --
SCENES: 1 F
IN THE HARBOUR -- Ship glides effortlessly into its docking port -- SHIP’S CAPTAIN (ALEXIUS) disembarks, sweeps up the marble steps and disappears inside the royal palace.
SCENES: 1 G
INT. CLEOPATRA’S PALACE - MAUSOLEUM - DAY
SCENES: 1 H
INT. CLEOPATRA’S PALACE - COURTYARD - CONTINUOUS
SCENES: 1 I
CHIEF OFFICIAL
SCENES: 1 J
ALEXIUS
SCENES: 1 K
-- THEIR WORLD SUDDENLY SHIVERS -- then starts to grumble beneath their feet. A small tremor to begin, but enough that shock, then fear, registers on the men’s faces.
SCENES: 1 L
INT. CLEOPATRA’S PALACE - MAUSOLEUM - CONTINUOUS
SCENES: 1 M
EXT. CLEOPATRA’S PALACE - CONTINUOUS
Out here too, the GREAT COLUMNS OF THE PALACE SHUDDER AND
SCENES: 1 N
ON THE ESPLANADE -- People running and screaming, covering their heads -- others falling to their knees in prayer...
SCENES: 1 O
IN THE HARBOUR -- Alexius’s ship, pitched and tossed like a child’s toy by an unforgiving sea. Sailors screaming as they are hurled overboard...
SCENES: 1 P
INT. CLEOPATRA’S PALACE - MAUSOLEUM - CONTINUOUS
SCENES: 1 Q
GENERAL PANIC NOW -- PEOPLE RUNNING, SCREAMING, OTHERS THROWN TO THE GROUND BY THE EARTH’S VIOLENCE -- WINDS ROARING, WAVES CRASHING -- THE PALACE SHAKING, SPLINTERING, CRUMBLING -- EVERYTHING LOUD, TERRIFYING, APOCALYPTIC, until, suddenly --
SCENES: 1 R
IN THE HARBOUR -- A MERCHANT SHIP laying there on its side -- desperate faces clambering aboard, fighting over garments, silks, other fabrics and goods...
SCENES: 1 S
ON THE ESPLANADE -- Alexius observes the disturbing scenes, then catches sight of something way more disturbing --
ALEXIUS
SCENES: 1 T
IN THE HARBOUR -- the looters see the returning ocean -- start to scramble back to shore -- terrified faces laden with looted goods, weighing them down -- feet sinking in the muddy seabed -- young and old screaming as they run for their lives
SCENES: 1 U
ON THE ESPLANADE -- ALEXIUS LOOKS ON IN HORROR AS THE VAST WALL OF WATER CLOSES ON THEM -- SLAMMING INTO THE HARBOUR, SWALLOWING THE LOOTERS, DESTROYING ALL IN ITS PATH...
SCENES: 1 V (fade to black, the credits)
CUT TO BLACK: OPENING CREDITS.
SCENES: TWO (introducing George Franks, London office & Elizabeth Swann) [A-B]
EXT. LONDON DOCKLANDS - DAY
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A SWEEP OF LONDON’S FAMOUS SKYLINE - THE CITY, THE SHARD, TOWER BRIDGE, DOCKLANDS...
SUPER: ‘LONDON, PRESENT DAY’
SCENES: THREE (introducing John Storm, Dan Hawk & Elizabeth Swann) [A-H]
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This screenplay is Copyright © 17th February 2023 Cleaner Ocean Foundation. Protected by the Berne Convention. All rights reserved. Confirmed as lodged with the British Library as the original work of Jameson Hunter Ltd., 7th August 2023.
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