1 00:01:16,326 --> 00:01:18,827 MELVILLE: How does one come to know the unknowable? 2 00:01:18,995 --> 00:01:21,872 "What faculties must a man possess? 3 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,832 "Since it was discovered that whale oil 4 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,336 "could light our cities in ways never achieved before, 5 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:29,588 "it created global demand. 6 00:01:30,215 --> 00:01:33,300 "It has pushed man to venture further and further 7 00:01:33,468 --> 00:01:36,512 "into the deep blue unknown. 8 00:01:36,679 --> 00:01:38,597 "We know not its depths, 9 00:01:38,765 --> 00:01:41,642 "nor the host of creatures that live there. 10 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:43,352 "Monsters. 11 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:44,686 "Are they real? 12 00:01:55,657 --> 00:01:59,535 "Or do the stories exist only to make us respect the sea's dark secrets? 13 00:02:13,341 --> 00:02:15,926 "The question both vexes and excites me 14 00:02:16,094 --> 00:02:17,803 "and is the reason I've written you a second time 15 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:19,721 "to request a meeting. 16 00:02:20,014 --> 00:02:22,099 "A conversation with you, sir, I believe will serve me well 17 00:02:22,267 --> 00:02:23,892 "for the novel I intend to write, 18 00:02:24,394 --> 00:02:27,062 "currently entitled Moby Dick. 19 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:30,983 "I hope you will reconsider my offer. 20 00:02:32,277 --> 00:02:33,318 "The unknown. 21 00:02:34,487 --> 00:02:36,989 "That is where my imagination yearns to venture. 22 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,368 "And so the question plagues me still. 23 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:44,830 "How does a man come to know the unknowable? 24 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,083 "Sincerely, Herman Melville. " 25 00:02:49,711 --> 00:02:51,170 We're closed. 26 00:02:51,754 --> 00:02:53,255 No boarders after 8:00. 27 00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:05,934 You came. 28 00:03:06,769 --> 00:03:08,020 (DOOR OPENS) 29 00:03:14,903 --> 00:03:17,446 Someone here for you, my love. 30 00:03:17,614 --> 00:03:18,780 Tom Nickerson? 31 00:03:21,951 --> 00:03:23,285 Herman Melville. 32 00:03:23,995 --> 00:03:25,787 We received your letter. 33 00:03:26,623 --> 00:03:28,248 You're either a desperate man 34 00:03:28,416 --> 00:03:30,876 or a fool to come all the way to Nantucket. 35 00:03:32,962 --> 00:03:35,505 Well, my offer still stands. 36 00:03:36,382 --> 00:03:38,508 Three months' lodgings for a single night's talk. 37 00:03:40,803 --> 00:03:42,554 All I have in the world. 38 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:44,973 But I prefer to think of it as an investment. 39 00:03:46,267 --> 00:03:49,853 I want you to tell me what happened to the Essex. 40 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:58,070 (SIGHS) What do you think happened? 41 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,658 There are rumblings. Rumors that the Essex was- 42 00:04:02,825 --> 00:04:03,867 What do you want? 43 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:05,994 What story do you expect to hear? 44 00:04:06,162 --> 00:04:07,579 That of the whale. 45 00:04:10,875 --> 00:04:13,335 The Essex ran aground. There was a full inquiry. 46 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:16,296 I believe the inquiry was less than truthful. 47 00:04:18,132 --> 00:04:19,174 Get out. 48 00:04:21,177 --> 00:04:23,845 You are the last survivor of the Essex, sir. 49 00:04:24,013 --> 00:04:25,597 If you won't talk, who will? 50 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:29,685 Did you not hear me? Leave. Now. 51 00:04:32,313 --> 00:04:33,939 (DOOR CLOSES) 52 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,608 - No. You mustn't go. Please. - He is in no mind to talk. 53 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:39,319 And I haven't come all this way to be humiliated and waste my time. 54 00:04:39,487 --> 00:04:41,488 Please, Mr. Melville. 55 00:04:42,156 --> 00:04:43,865 He won't talk about the Essex to me. 56 00:04:44,033 --> 00:04:46,743 To anyone. Never has. Never. 57 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:50,580 There's an agony about him. 58 00:04:51,541 --> 00:04:55,794 His soul is in torment, 59 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:58,213 and in need of confession. 60 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,091 Please, just let me talk to him. 61 00:05:01,259 --> 00:05:02,467 Please. 62 00:05:08,182 --> 00:05:09,224 Love. 63 00:05:13,771 --> 00:05:17,024 I believe it would do you good to talk to the man. 64 00:05:18,109 --> 00:05:19,276 No. 65 00:05:22,947 --> 00:05:24,740 You listen well. 66 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:28,994 Who holds this place together while you drink yourself to death? 67 00:05:29,787 --> 00:05:31,330 You will talk with this man 68 00:05:31,497 --> 00:05:34,875 as much as is necessary to keep the money. 69 00:05:36,419 --> 00:05:38,795 You know our circumstances, Thomas. 70 00:05:50,266 --> 00:05:52,100 Only as much as is necessary. 71 00:05:57,607 --> 00:05:59,232 I'll get whiskey. 72 00:06:04,947 --> 00:06:06,615 MELVILLE: I neglected to mention it in my letter, 73 00:06:07,658 --> 00:06:09,659 but I was a whaler once. 74 00:06:10,745 --> 00:06:12,788 One trip, I mean. 75 00:06:13,623 --> 00:06:14,623 Green hand. 76 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:16,833 So, you've seen it all. 77 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:20,796 My wife read your books. 78 00:06:22,173 --> 00:06:23,965 She enjoyed them. 79 00:06:24,675 --> 00:06:26,259 I'm happy to hear it. 80 00:06:27,011 --> 00:06:29,054 I've had good sales. 81 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:32,182 And I think this story could surpass the success 82 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:34,810 of even my first novel, which did quite well. 83 00:06:35,311 --> 00:06:38,313 Another of your seafaring yarns? 84 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:44,194 Have you read Hawthorne, Mr. Melville? 85 00:06:45,696 --> 00:06:47,406 Now there's a writer. 86 00:06:48,533 --> 00:06:49,991 Great writer. 87 00:06:50,159 --> 00:06:51,368 He is. 88 00:06:53,788 --> 00:06:56,665 But he is not here. And I am. 89 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,126 For my own particular reasons. 90 00:07:09,011 --> 00:07:10,804 I will tell you of the Essex. 91 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:12,556 I believe you will be disappointed. 92 00:07:13,182 --> 00:07:15,642 But every word I say will be true. 93 00:07:17,311 --> 00:07:21,231 Story of the Essex is the story of two men. 94 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:26,862 Captain George Pollard and his first mate, 95 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:29,906 Owen Chase. 96 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:32,701 - Owen. You don't wanna be late. - (HAMMERING) 97 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:34,619 I'll be there. 98 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:37,706 Besides, can't have our daughter sleeping under a leaky roof, can we? 99 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:40,083 What makes you so sure it's a girl? 100 00:07:41,002 --> 00:07:42,127 Well, it has to be. 101 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:43,545 So she can remind me 102 00:07:43,713 --> 00:07:45,547 why I still love you when you're being stubborn. 103 00:07:46,048 --> 00:07:48,675 Well, if it's to be a daughter, she'll be a version of you, not me. 104 00:07:48,843 --> 00:07:51,720 Blond locks and determined to conquer the world. 105 00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:53,305 I suppose after today, 106 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,098 you'll be trading in that tunic for a uniform. 107 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:56,391 That's right. 108 00:07:56,559 --> 00:07:58,226 Finally out of this patch of dirt, 109 00:07:58,394 --> 00:07:59,936 into a captain's house like you deserve. 110 00:08:00,396 --> 00:08:03,607 PEGGY: I don't need one of those houses in town with stuffy neighbors. 111 00:08:03,774 --> 00:08:05,150 There's plenty of room here for the three of us. 112 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:08,069 You know, sometimes your kind heart and good nature 113 00:08:08,529 --> 00:08:10,489 - is just unbearable. - (GIGGLES) 114 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:14,326 Go get your captaincy. 115 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:23,752 (CROWD TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 116 00:08:44,649 --> 00:08:45,649 (BOY LAUGHING) 117 00:08:46,692 --> 00:08:47,817 (BOY SHOUTING) 118 00:08:55,493 --> 00:08:57,118 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 119 00:08:57,578 --> 00:08:59,079 SHAREHOLDER: What's your bid? BUYER 1: I'll have $1.90. 120 00:09:00,122 --> 00:09:02,040 SHAREHOLDER: I've got 1,000 gallons at $2! 121 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:03,416 BUYER 2: I'll take 40 shares! 122 00:09:05,002 --> 00:09:07,045 BUYER 3: Seller! Seller! Over here! 123 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:09,631 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 124 00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:14,052 MAN: Criterion's back with a fine haul. 125 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,762 1,600 barrels. 126 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:16,972 SHAREHOLDER: A new record. 127 00:09:17,348 --> 00:09:20,809 �50 sterling for head matter on the London market. 128 00:09:22,311 --> 00:09:23,645 MAN: Congratulations. 129 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,817 (BANGING) 130 00:09:32,655 --> 00:09:34,656 - Good morning, Mr. Chase. - Mr. Mason. 131 00:09:34,824 --> 00:09:36,241 Come in, please. 132 00:09:36,492 --> 00:09:37,492 (CLEARS THROAT) 133 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:40,120 My partner, Benjamin Fuller. 134 00:09:40,288 --> 00:09:41,413 CHASE: Good morning, sir. 135 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,164 Do sit down. 136 00:09:47,336 --> 00:09:49,087 Mr. Chase. 137 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:51,673 I do hope you realize how satisfied we are 138 00:09:51,841 --> 00:09:53,675 with the work you've done for us over the years. 139 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:55,552 Thank you, sir. 140 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,929 Now, one of our ships, the Essex, 141 00:09:58,097 --> 00:10:00,015 has just been refitted at great expense 142 00:10:00,182 --> 00:10:02,183 and is to go to sea. 143 00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:04,936 Now, having made such an investment in her, 144 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:08,690 we want to be sure she's in the best possible hands. 145 00:10:08,858 --> 00:10:13,695 So, it gives us great pleasure to offer you a position aboard her. 146 00:10:14,655 --> 00:10:16,531 As first mate. 147 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:20,285 As first mate? 148 00:10:20,578 --> 00:10:21,578 Mmm-hmm. 149 00:10:22,371 --> 00:10:25,749 Mr. Mason, you promised me command of a ship after my last voyage 150 00:10:25,916 --> 00:10:28,209 when I brought you back 1,500 barrels. 151 00:10:28,377 --> 00:10:30,045 Do you remember? You gave me your word. 152 00:10:30,963 --> 00:10:33,715 That promise must now be deferred. 153 00:10:33,883 --> 00:10:36,801 Like everyone else, we've had a lean time recently. 154 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:38,094 No, never on my watch. 155 00:10:38,262 --> 00:10:41,056 Nantucket now dominates the world market. 156 00:10:41,849 --> 00:10:43,808 That must not change. 157 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,603 This is no time for experimentation. 158 00:10:47,396 --> 00:10:50,482 The Essex will be captained by George Pollard, 159 00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:53,735 scion of a great whaling family. 160 00:10:54,528 --> 00:10:57,572 His father also happens to be our patron. 161 00:10:57,740 --> 00:10:58,990 MASON: Blood, Mr. Chase. 162 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:01,660 You can have all the voyages under your belt you want, 163 00:11:01,827 --> 00:11:03,495 but blood will always win out. 164 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:06,623 Yes, well, blood is not gonna fill a ship with oil, Mr. Mason. 165 00:11:06,791 --> 00:11:08,375 To successfully command, a captain needs respect. 166 00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:10,251 Now, what if the men don't respect him? 167 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:12,712 You will make sure that they do. 168 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:15,048 Ah, good day, gentlemen. 169 00:11:15,257 --> 00:11:17,634 MASON: I understand your disappointment, 170 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,013 so, a one-fifteenth lay. 171 00:11:23,724 --> 00:11:26,351 That's more than I've ever paid any first officer. 172 00:11:27,103 --> 00:11:29,646 And if you bring back 2,000 barrels of oil, 173 00:11:29,814 --> 00:11:31,773 I give you my word, 174 00:11:32,650 --> 00:11:35,318 next time, you will have your captaincy. 175 00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:38,196 You've given me your word before, Mr. Mason. 176 00:11:40,449 --> 00:11:42,283 No, this time, I'll take it in writing. 177 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:48,123 (DOOR CLOSES) 178 00:11:55,798 --> 00:11:57,507 Captain Pollard. 179 00:11:58,259 --> 00:12:01,469 We've just had a most agreeable conversation with Mr. Chase. 180 00:12:01,637 --> 00:12:04,139 He'll be honored to serve under you. 181 00:12:05,141 --> 00:12:06,850 I'm glad to hear it. 182 00:12:07,685 --> 00:12:09,519 Now I'm to babysit a greenhorn. 183 00:12:10,104 --> 00:12:11,438 Some chinless Nantucketer 184 00:12:11,605 --> 00:12:13,898 born with a damn silver spoon in his mouth. 185 00:12:14,066 --> 00:12:16,192 You know, I should've thrown the offer back in their faces. 186 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,779 Why? You now have the offer of command in writing. 187 00:12:19,947 --> 00:12:21,906 Yes, well, a liar's word is worthless, 188 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:23,742 even on paper. 189 00:12:33,335 --> 00:12:35,962 You know, I'd love you just as much if you were a merchant captain. 190 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:38,590 And you wouldn't be gone for two years. 191 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,008 I won't be gone two years. 192 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:43,845 A Bedford whaler came back last week who was gone three. 193 00:12:44,013 --> 00:12:46,473 She lost two men and still with her hull half empty. 194 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:47,766 Yeah, well, they were from Bedford, 195 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:49,184 and they didn't have me on board. 196 00:12:54,356 --> 00:12:55,899 Son of a bitch! 197 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:00,361 I will captain my own ship! 198 00:13:02,239 --> 00:13:03,698 A whaling ship. 199 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:06,868 Up to them, all we'd ever have is this patch of dirt, 200 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:08,411 and that's not gonna happen, Peggy. 201 00:13:08,746 --> 00:13:10,371 Those are your father's words, not yours. 202 00:13:10,831 --> 00:13:12,499 What's wrong with his words? 203 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:15,335 He wanted things for his family, for himself. 204 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:17,837 He was a dreamer, Owen. 205 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:19,881 Yes, he was. 206 00:13:20,049 --> 00:13:21,800 Dreamed of the sea and never got to sail it 207 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:23,301 because of men like them. 208 00:13:23,677 --> 00:13:25,470 At least he got to see his children born. 209 00:13:34,438 --> 00:13:35,980 It's all I know. 210 00:13:39,735 --> 00:13:41,277 I'm sorry. 211 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:45,365 I married a whaleman. 212 00:13:52,706 --> 00:13:53,915 Hey. 213 00:13:55,709 --> 00:13:58,419 I'll come back as quick as a summer's night, I swear. 214 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:10,890 Just come back. 215 00:14:12,142 --> 00:14:13,268 Promise me. 216 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:18,439 I already swore to you. Now you want me to promise, too? 217 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:24,612 I promise. 218 00:14:39,128 --> 00:14:40,837 POLLARD SR.: Son, a word with you. 219 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:46,175 To be a captain, you cannot be a friend. 220 00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:47,468 You are their superior. 221 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:51,598 Never forget that. Never let them forget that. 222 00:14:51,765 --> 00:14:52,974 Thank you, sir. 223 00:14:53,142 --> 00:14:56,978 Your great-grandfather and a few others created this industry. 224 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:01,566 Without us, without you, the world plunges into darkness. 225 00:15:02,151 --> 00:15:04,986 I hope to bring honor to the Pollard family name, sir. 226 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:15,288 PRAYER LEADER: "Thou didst, O Lord, create the mighty whale 227 00:15:15,456 --> 00:15:18,374 "That wondrous monster of a mighty length 228 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:22,211 "Beyond conception his unmeasured strength 229 00:15:22,379 --> 00:15:25,590 "But, everlasting God, thou dost ordain 230 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:29,886 "That we, poor feeble mortals should engage 231 00:15:30,054 --> 00:15:33,932 "Ourselves, our wives and children to maintain 232 00:15:34,099 --> 00:15:37,477 "This dreadful monster with a martial rage" 233 00:15:40,564 --> 00:15:45,568 O Father, grant that your glorious light shine on these men. 234 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:49,447 Ensure them a prosperous voyage, 235 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:52,867 that they may return safely and with a full ship, 236 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:57,205 so that the white flames of Nantucket whale oil 237 00:15:57,373 --> 00:16:00,208 may continue to keep light in our homes, 238 00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:04,087 city streets safe from sin in the night, 239 00:16:04,254 --> 00:16:06,965 and to fuel the machines of industry 240 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:10,009 that drive our great nation forward 241 00:16:10,177 --> 00:16:13,596 as our noble species evolves. 242 00:16:13,764 --> 00:16:16,557 In your name, we pray. 243 00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:29,278 - So, what month was this? - Late in the year. 244 00:16:29,863 --> 00:16:32,323 We were one of the last ships to go out, 245 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:34,575 which is why my friend Barzillai and I got a berth. 246 00:16:35,703 --> 00:16:38,413 You know, I was 14. 247 00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:40,456 Fourteen. 248 00:16:41,291 --> 00:16:44,127 CHAPPEL: Nickerson, you're standing around, boy. Move! 249 00:16:44,294 --> 00:16:47,880 NICKERSON: First time to sea. Scared, but more scared to show it. 250 00:16:48,215 --> 00:16:49,757 Barzillai was 17. 251 00:16:50,426 --> 00:16:52,010 Orphans. Grew up on the wharf. 252 00:16:52,594 --> 00:16:54,929 Both in a hurry to be called men. 253 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,182 (MAN ORDERING INDISTINCTLY) 254 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:01,728 Grubs, what are those pins they're wearing? 255 00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:03,771 They're whale pins, Thomas. 256 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:06,274 How do I get one of them? 257 00:17:06,442 --> 00:17:08,484 Well, you gotta thrust the killing lance 258 00:17:08,652 --> 00:17:10,737 into the largest beast that ever breathed on this Earth. 259 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:12,447 (GRUNTING) 260 00:17:12,614 --> 00:17:15,700 JOY: Nickerson, get the green stuff to Mr. Bond, there. 261 00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:18,453 Make it quick, damn it. 262 00:17:19,413 --> 00:17:21,247 I shall have 12 of those one day. 263 00:17:21,957 --> 00:17:23,958 PETERSON: Windlass is ready and sails are loose, sir. 264 00:17:24,126 --> 00:17:25,918 SAILOR 1: Mr. Joy, this is only half my order! 265 00:17:26,253 --> 00:17:27,587 Put them over the ground tier casks. 266 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:30,465 Well, well, you being on board means only one thing. 267 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:32,633 Yeah, at least there's one person on this ship 268 00:17:32,801 --> 00:17:34,135 who knows the truth about Owen Chase. 269 00:17:34,678 --> 00:17:36,679 No, that all the other ships have already crewed up. 270 00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:38,181 Now, now. 271 00:17:38,348 --> 00:17:39,640 I'm a reformed man, Owen. 272 00:17:40,476 --> 00:17:41,684 Question is, are you? 273 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,811 Don't tell me Matthew Joy's put down the bottle. 274 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:45,813 - Dry as sand. - (CHUCKLES) 275 00:17:45,981 --> 00:17:47,648 Has Owen Chase put down his temper? 276 00:17:47,983 --> 00:17:49,859 Ah, serene as the church. 277 00:17:50,027 --> 00:17:52,487 I'll believe that when I see it. 278 00:17:52,654 --> 00:17:54,655 And given our captain, 279 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:58,159 I'll give your serenity about 48 hours? 280 00:17:59,161 --> 00:18:00,161 Good luck. 281 00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:08,294 Pollard. George Pollard. 282 00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:10,129 Owen Chase. 283 00:18:10,464 --> 00:18:12,965 "Chase. " That's an off-island name, isn't it? 284 00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:15,176 Yes, it is. 285 00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:17,845 And very shortly, we will be off-island for some time, 286 00:18:18,013 --> 00:18:19,347 and I'll be very much at home. 287 00:18:20,682 --> 00:18:22,725 POLLARD: Must say I was surprised. 288 00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:25,269 Normally, a captain gets to choose his first mate. 289 00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:27,647 An experienced captain, yes. 290 00:18:28,732 --> 00:18:30,691 'Course, you can understand from the owners' point of view, 291 00:18:30,859 --> 00:18:33,194 they want to feel their investment's in the hands of men. 292 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:34,362 Indeed. 293 00:18:34,738 --> 00:18:37,115 They probably want a little extra reassurance, that's all. 294 00:18:37,866 --> 00:18:39,200 Well, do keep an eye on me 295 00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:40,701 and let me know if I'm doing anything wrong. 296 00:18:40,994 --> 00:18:42,537 Oh, I know no other way, Captain. 297 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:43,996 Hmm. 298 00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:56,134 Mr. Chase, haul short the anchor. 299 00:18:56,385 --> 00:18:57,677 Yank to the wind! There's topmen aloft. 300 00:18:57,970 --> 00:18:59,554 - SAILOR: Aye! - Mr. Lawrence, take the helm. 301 00:18:59,721 --> 00:19:01,222 - Aye, sir. - Mr. Joy, make sail. 302 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:03,683 JOY: Mr. Cole! Mr. Chappel! Stand by the spanker. 303 00:19:03,851 --> 00:19:06,310 Set your fore staysail and your fore and main topsails. 304 00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:07,812 CHASE: Come on, look lively, you lads. 305 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:09,313 CHAPPEL: Come on, Nickerson! While we're young! 306 00:19:09,481 --> 00:19:10,940 JOY: Let fall clews and bunts and sheet ho! 307 00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:13,276 Set topsails and topgallants. 308 00:19:13,443 --> 00:19:15,486 - Heave away on the windlass. - Heave away on the windlass. 309 00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:17,238 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 310 00:19:19,074 --> 00:19:20,158 Set topgallants. 311 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:22,076 Let go clew lines and sheet ho! 312 00:19:22,369 --> 00:19:24,245 RAMSDELL: There's a snarl in the gasket, sir. 313 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:26,372 Mr. Chappel, take the helm. 314 00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:28,332 PETERSON: It won't clear, Mr. Chase! 315 00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:31,878 Come on! Why aren't those braces laid out? 316 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:34,422 Mr. Ray, where are my headsails? 317 00:19:34,756 --> 00:19:35,923 BARZILLAI: Aye, sir! 318 00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:38,259 CHASE: Crank away on the windlass! 319 00:19:38,594 --> 00:19:39,927 BOND: Crank away on the windlass, sir! 320 00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,388 CHAPPEL: Nickerson, pull! 321 00:19:46,268 --> 00:19:47,268 CHASE: Make saiI, God damn it! 322 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:50,479 JOY: God and all of Nantucket is watching, men. 323 00:19:55,068 --> 00:19:56,611 Anchor's trim! 324 00:19:56,778 --> 00:19:57,778 LAWRENCE: Captain! Head down! 325 00:19:58,113 --> 00:19:59,322 JOY: Mind your head, Captain. 326 00:20:02,784 --> 00:20:03,951 CHASE: What's the matter, Mr. Sheppard? 327 00:20:04,244 --> 00:20:05,578 THOMAS: Gasket's fouled the sheet, sir. 328 00:20:05,954 --> 00:20:07,747 GARDNER: It won't clear, Mr. Chase! 329 00:20:08,081 --> 00:20:09,624 Topgallant sheet is jammed! 330 00:20:09,791 --> 00:20:11,167 RAMSDELL: The gasket still won't clear! 331 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:14,462 COLE: We don't have enough sail on yet. 332 00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:15,630 CHASE: Still won't clear! 333 00:20:21,803 --> 00:20:23,221 Watch your step! 334 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,389 JOY: It's the gasket, Owen! 335 00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:38,110 Stand clear. 336 00:20:44,493 --> 00:20:46,535 SAILOR: Whoa! Bloody hell! 337 00:20:46,870 --> 00:20:48,913 JOY: Let fall your course! SAILORS: Heave! 338 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:52,917 Make fast! 339 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:54,752 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 340 00:21:05,347 --> 00:21:07,598 SAILOR: Nice piece of work, Mr. Chase. 341 00:21:20,487 --> 00:21:22,363 If we make Cape Verdes in the next two weeks, 342 00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:25,616 we'll have a decent chance of reaching the Pacific on schedule. 343 00:21:28,036 --> 00:21:29,120 Corn, Mr. Chase? 344 00:21:29,997 --> 00:21:31,330 Oh, no, thank you, sir. 345 00:21:31,498 --> 00:21:32,748 Never did have much of a taste for it. 346 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:35,835 That's odd. 347 00:21:36,545 --> 00:21:38,671 Told your father grew corn on Cape Cod. 348 00:21:38,839 --> 00:21:40,214 That's right. He did. 349 00:21:40,382 --> 00:21:41,382 As you can imagine, 350 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:43,342 I certainly grew tired of eating it every day. 351 00:21:43,552 --> 00:21:44,552 (CHUCKLES) 352 00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:47,179 Corn. 353 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:50,474 - Okra. Beans, I believe? - Mmm-hmm. 354 00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:52,393 Before he went to jail. 355 00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:56,897 Are you familiar with this story, Mr. Joy? 356 00:21:57,357 --> 00:21:58,858 - JOY: Sir? - (CLEARS THROAT) 357 00:21:59,026 --> 00:22:00,568 Were you aware that 358 00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:04,280 Mr. Chase was effectively orphaned due to his father's incarceration? 359 00:22:04,448 --> 00:22:07,575 Well, we all have our own paths to sea. 360 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:11,120 As a rule, we tend not to ask too many questions. 361 00:22:11,705 --> 00:22:12,830 POLLARD: Hmm. 362 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,415 Can't have been easy, though. 363 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:15,750 Yet 364 00:22:16,251 --> 00:22:19,920 you had Nantucket's great seafaring family to adopt you. 365 00:22:20,088 --> 00:22:21,589 This is far from the first time 366 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:24,050 I've been called a landsman or an off-islander 367 00:22:24,217 --> 00:22:25,301 by some Nantucketer, 368 00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:28,512 reminding me how I am not a part of that family. 369 00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:31,932 Now, if the Captain will excuse me, 370 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:34,268 there are whaleboats and watches to assign. 371 00:22:41,777 --> 00:22:43,361 No, sir. Not for me. 372 00:22:43,904 --> 00:22:45,738 - Not a drop? - No, sir. 373 00:22:46,448 --> 00:22:48,282 Like I said, 374 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:51,369 sometimes the fewer questions one asks, the better. 375 00:22:54,247 --> 00:22:55,414 (LIQUID POURING) 376 00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:57,291 (SAILORS TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 377 00:22:59,336 --> 00:23:01,295 CHAPPEL: Serve that food up. 378 00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:04,799 RAMSDELL: Getting this slop on the first day? 379 00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:06,842 Cheap bastards. Where's the meat? 380 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:08,761 (BARZILLAI LAUGHS) 381 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:11,680 BARZILLAI: That's a gorgeous girl, Mr. Chappel. 382 00:23:12,015 --> 00:23:14,809 A vision of beauty, that. Carved on a varnished whale bone. 383 00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:16,977 - Let me have a touch. - Don't touch. 384 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:19,814 I thought you were married, anyway. 385 00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:21,482 I am, and there she is. 386 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:25,111 - Well, that's her nose, anyway. - (ALL LAUGHING) 387 00:23:25,278 --> 00:23:27,488 CHASE: Congratulations, ladies. 388 00:23:30,325 --> 00:23:32,493 That was a fine job trimming sails today. 389 00:23:33,161 --> 00:23:35,621 A sorrier pack of deck wallopers I don't think I've ever seen. 390 00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:38,666 Mr. Chappel. 391 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:41,168 - Sir! - You're Captain's harpooner. 392 00:23:42,003 --> 00:23:43,671 Mr. Lawrence, you'll be mine. 393 00:23:44,172 --> 00:23:45,172 Aye, sir. 394 00:23:45,674 --> 00:23:46,757 And Mr. Peterson. 395 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:49,844 Second mate's harpooner. 396 00:23:50,178 --> 00:23:51,178 Aye, sir. 397 00:23:51,638 --> 00:23:53,264 There'll be six men to a boat. 398 00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:55,808 First drills are tomorrow. Six bells sharp. 399 00:23:55,976 --> 00:23:58,519 We're not even east of Halifax, sir. 400 00:23:58,687 --> 00:23:59,687 What's your name? 401 00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:02,857 Coffin. Henry Coffin. 402 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,692 CHAPPEL: He's the Captain's cousin, sir. 403 00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:08,696 Well, well, Mr. Coffin. 404 00:24:08,864 --> 00:24:10,739 You think a whale knows if it's east of Halifax? 405 00:24:10,907 --> 00:24:12,283 (ALL LAUGHING) 406 00:24:14,661 --> 00:24:17,413 I don't know who all of you are or how you got here. 407 00:24:18,373 --> 00:24:21,000 Some of you probably have felonies to hide and you're on the run. 408 00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:24,003 That's fine. I don't give a damn. 409 00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:26,714 But in return, you exist for one thing 410 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:29,300 and one thing only. 411 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:30,885 And that is whale oil. 412 00:24:31,219 --> 00:24:33,345 I intend to fill our 2,000 barrels 413 00:24:33,513 --> 00:24:35,347 and be home as quickly as possible. 414 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:36,724 And even when the weather is fine 415 00:24:36,892 --> 00:24:38,517 and there are no whales, Mr. Coffin, 416 00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:41,061 we will lower the boats and practice all maneuvers 417 00:24:41,396 --> 00:24:43,731 necessary in the capture of a whale. 418 00:24:43,899 --> 00:24:46,066 And any man who is idle will find himself swimming home. 419 00:24:46,234 --> 00:24:47,234 Is that understood? 420 00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:48,444 Aye, sir. 421 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:49,612 Sir. 422 00:24:53,241 --> 00:24:54,742 Greenhorn. 423 00:24:55,577 --> 00:24:56,744 On deck. 424 00:24:59,581 --> 00:25:01,457 CHAPPEL: On you go. 425 00:25:04,085 --> 00:25:05,628 Aye, aye, landsman. 426 00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:07,296 CHASE: Thomas Nickerson, right? 427 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:08,506 NICKERSON: Aye, sir. 428 00:25:09,299 --> 00:25:11,383 CHASE: You know, some feel sick at first. 429 00:25:11,927 --> 00:25:13,928 - (GRUNTING) - (YELPING) 430 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:16,597 - (LAUGHING) - Please, pull me back up! 431 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:18,724 Best way to square it with King Neptune, boy! 432 00:25:18,892 --> 00:25:20,100 Please bring me up! 433 00:25:24,606 --> 00:25:26,023 Better now? 434 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:27,358 (COUGHING) 435 00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:29,527 Ah, shit. 436 00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:32,613 Sir, I am so sorry. 437 00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:36,951 Well, now you got something to write home to your mother about. 438 00:25:42,123 --> 00:25:44,792 My mother's buried up in Smith's Hill. 439 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,086 There's a stone for my father, too. 440 00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:49,880 He was lost at sea before I was born. 441 00:25:51,132 --> 00:25:52,299 CHASE: Here, give me that. 442 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:57,721 Well, this is your family now, boy. 443 00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:59,890 For better or for worse. 444 00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:03,310 Worse, mostly. 445 00:26:05,814 --> 00:26:07,648 Swab the deck, kid. 446 00:26:23,832 --> 00:26:27,126 CHASE: Dogwatch! You're gonna learn what it takes to be whalers today, mates. 447 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:28,752 SAILORS: Aye, sir! 448 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,212 JOY: You led that line wrong, Nickerson. 449 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:31,380 NICKERSON: Aye, sir. 450 00:26:31,673 --> 00:26:33,173 JOY: We'll stay at this till sundown if we have to. 451 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:34,425 BARZILLAI: Aye, Mr. Joy, sir! 452 00:26:34,718 --> 00:26:35,926 Main topsail leech lines! 453 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:37,553 Harpooner, make ready to boat! 454 00:26:37,804 --> 00:26:39,346 PETERSON: Aye, sir! RAMSDELL: Aye, Mr. Joy! 455 00:26:39,514 --> 00:26:41,056 CHASE: Go main topsail leech lines. 456 00:26:41,308 --> 00:26:42,808 Too slow, you damn coofs! 457 00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:44,018 JOY: The bailing piggins. 458 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:46,020 CHASE: You will learn every inch of this ship 459 00:26:46,187 --> 00:26:47,563 - before you return to your bunks. - SAILOR: Aye, sir! 460 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,402 COFFIN: Sweat that line, Barz. 461 00:26:53,570 --> 00:26:54,570 CHASE: You need to move quicker, Mr. Ray. 462 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:55,779 BARZILLAI: Aye, Mr. Chase. 463 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:57,448 PETERSON: Ain't no greenhorns no more, Mr. Chase. 464 00:26:57,657 --> 00:26:59,074 (SAILORS LAUGHING) 465 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,035 CHAPPEL: You're a sailor now! 466 00:27:01,202 --> 00:27:02,995 (MEN CHEERING) 467 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,707 CHASE: Not bad, Mr. Ray. Well done. 468 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:08,584 - Forecourse bunts! - ALL: Aye, sir. 469 00:27:08,752 --> 00:27:11,045 JOY: Get used to it, lads. You're gonna work like horses. 470 00:27:11,212 --> 00:27:12,212 Mr. Chase? 471 00:27:12,881 --> 00:27:13,964 Sir. 472 00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:15,966 POLLARD: Set stunsails. 473 00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:18,886 Is that wise, sir? We're nearing the Gulf Stream. 474 00:27:19,054 --> 00:27:20,721 Best keep it five knots till we can see the weather. 475 00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:23,057 We are two days behind. 476 00:27:23,433 --> 00:27:26,060 We need to make up the time if we're to catch the easterlies. 477 00:27:27,187 --> 00:27:29,146 Set stunsails. 478 00:27:34,235 --> 00:27:35,736 - Set stunsails. - NICKERSON: Aye, Mr. Chase! 479 00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:39,323 - CHASE: Come on, move. - Belay that! Set stunsails! 480 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,158 Get aloft, Mr. Coffin. 481 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:42,493 - The captain wants speed. - Aye, sir. 482 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:44,703 CHASE: Look for braces, lads. 483 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:45,954 - Trim for speed. - Aye, sir. 484 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:49,917 JOY: Set fore the main topsail and topgallant stunsails, men. Move it. 485 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,380 Make fast your stunsail halyard. 486 00:27:54,547 --> 00:27:56,256 PETERSON: Make fast stunsail halyard, sir. 487 00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,509 COFFIN: Stunsail boom ready, sir! 488 00:27:58,885 --> 00:28:01,011 PETERSON: Bracing fore topsail, sir. 489 00:28:02,263 --> 00:28:03,806 - (ALL CHEERING) - Hey! 490 00:28:08,603 --> 00:28:09,770 (LAUGHING) 491 00:28:16,778 --> 00:28:18,237 (CHEERING) 492 00:28:20,949 --> 00:28:22,783 CHAPPEL: The captain's got us moving now! 493 00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:24,368 RAMSDELL: We're finally getting somewhere! 494 00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:27,871 CHAPPEL: She may be old, but she can still roll, boys! 495 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:29,790 (CHEERING CONTINUES) 496 00:28:38,466 --> 00:28:39,717 CHASE: Sir, a squall on the starboard bow. 497 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:41,969 We must shorten sail immediately. 498 00:28:42,137 --> 00:28:43,971 Not just yet, Mr. Chase. 499 00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:46,473 Sir, we are headed into a squall at more than 8 knots, 500 00:28:46,641 --> 00:28:47,975 and it's moving faster than that. 501 00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:50,394 Let it come. The men are soft from months on land. 502 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:51,562 They need a good baptism. 503 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:53,021 Let them know our work has begun. 504 00:28:56,484 --> 00:28:59,486 If we don't shorten sail and bear off, it'll catch us on the beam. 505 00:28:59,654 --> 00:29:02,740 Mr. Chase, we will stand on. 506 00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:04,408 Mr. Lawrence? 507 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:05,576 Hold our course. 508 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:07,119 Holding course, sir. 509 00:29:07,287 --> 00:29:10,456 POLLARD: We'll lose half a day running like that. We'll skirt the edge of it. 510 00:29:10,790 --> 00:29:13,625 If the men can't handle a gust like this, then God help us all. 511 00:29:16,671 --> 00:29:17,921 (WIND WHOOSHING) 512 00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:26,180 JOY: Best secure for heavy weather. 513 00:29:26,347 --> 00:29:27,848 PETERSON: Rough weather coming up, boys. 514 00:29:28,016 --> 00:29:29,057 Get this deck secure. 515 00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:32,019 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 516 00:29:35,982 --> 00:29:38,108 JOY: Double gripes on the boats! 517 00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:47,117 Best prepare for weather, Mr. Bond. 518 00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:48,994 We're headed into a squall. 519 00:29:49,162 --> 00:29:50,621 CHASE: Secure the main hatch! 520 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:51,789 SAILOR: She's moving fast! 521 00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:09,515 We must fall off and run with it. 522 00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:11,558 We will stand on, Mr. Chase. 523 00:30:11,851 --> 00:30:13,060 Mr. Lawrence! 524 00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:16,146 - Hold your course. - Holding course, sir. 525 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:25,280 (CLATTERING) 526 00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:29,993 CHASE: Sea's coming aboard! 527 00:30:30,286 --> 00:30:31,829 PETERSON: Hold on! 528 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:33,956 Shorten sail, Mr. Chase! 529 00:30:34,290 --> 00:30:36,917 - Climb to weather and grab the shrouds! - SAILOR: Climb to weather! 530 00:30:37,252 --> 00:30:39,086 CHASE: Get to windward and hold on! 531 00:30:39,754 --> 00:30:43,423 - We need to get those sails down! - CHAPPEL: Go lee! 532 00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:46,927 BARZILLAI: Nickerson, hold fast! 533 00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:49,721 CHASE: Hold steady lines! 534 00:30:55,061 --> 00:30:56,395 (SAILORS YELLING) 535 00:30:58,106 --> 00:30:59,356 LAWRENCE: Hold fast! 536 00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:00,816 POLLARD: Turn the ship! 537 00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:02,359 Turn to leeward! 538 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,444 CHASE: No! The damage is done! 539 00:31:04,779 --> 00:31:07,197 - Strike topgallants. Let fly sheets! - No, turn the ship! 540 00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:08,866 Veer off, Mr. Lawrence. 541 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,201 It's too late! It's too goddamn late! 542 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:13,537 - We'll be broadsided! - POLLARD: Turn this ship! 543 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:22,713 CHASE: Hold on! POLLARD: Turn! 544 00:31:23,089 --> 00:31:25,549 CHASE: Strike those damn topgallants! 545 00:31:32,432 --> 00:31:33,432 Hold on! 546 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,881 CHASE: Look out! 547 00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:10,510 (YELLING) 548 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:19,686 (SCREAMING) 549 00:32:26,152 --> 00:32:27,527 Mr. Joy! 550 00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:30,822 - We have to cut away the topgallants! - JOY: Topgallants away! 551 00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:32,491 CHASE: We have to get her upright! 552 00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:39,665 (GRUNTS) 553 00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:58,809 (PANTING) 554 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,291 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 555 00:33:26,879 --> 00:33:28,422 CHASE: You wish to see me, sir? 556 00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:31,717 At six bells tomorrow, 557 00:33:32,885 --> 00:33:34,886 you will assemble the crew. 558 00:33:35,054 --> 00:33:38,849 Inform them that we will be returning to Nantucket for repairs. 559 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:40,684 You will then apologize to them 560 00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:42,185 for interfering with a captain's order, 561 00:33:42,353 --> 00:33:44,771 which nearly cost the lives of every man on this ship today. 562 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:46,106 What? 563 00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:48,942 I'll accept your resignation upon our return to port. 564 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:50,402 That will be all. 565 00:33:51,112 --> 00:33:53,864 - It was your order to set stunsails, sir. - That decision was sound. 566 00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,741 The men needed testing. 567 00:33:55,908 --> 00:33:57,409 So you send them into a storm? 568 00:33:57,702 --> 00:33:59,161 That was unlucky. 569 00:33:59,328 --> 00:34:01,371 No, it was bad seamanship. 570 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,749 And blaming misfortune is just plain weakness. 571 00:34:03,916 --> 00:34:05,292 Damn your impertinence! 572 00:34:05,918 --> 00:34:07,878 Do you know who you're speaking to? 573 00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,630 My name is Captain George Pollard. 574 00:34:10,798 --> 00:34:11,798 Pollard! 575 00:34:15,261 --> 00:34:17,637 And you, Mr. Chase, no matter how many whale pins 576 00:34:17,805 --> 00:34:19,306 you may have on your lapel, 577 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:21,224 are nothing more than the son of a farmer 578 00:34:21,642 --> 00:34:24,686 who's managed to bully his way into an officer's tunic. 579 00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:27,773 Now get out. 580 00:34:31,194 --> 00:34:33,653 To return to port without a single barrel of oil 581 00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:35,363 would be a mistake, sir. 582 00:34:36,157 --> 00:34:38,575 And not behoove a man whose name is Pollard. 583 00:34:38,951 --> 00:34:40,827 Or Chase, for that matter. 584 00:34:41,496 --> 00:34:42,746 And the best thing for both of us 585 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:45,540 would be to work all hours God sends us, 586 00:34:45,708 --> 00:34:48,460 fill this ship with oil and be home inside a year 587 00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:50,670 and rid of one another as quickly as possible. 588 00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:56,843 Trust me, I am every bit as desirous of that as you. 589 00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:02,599 Of course, that is a captain's decision. 590 00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:16,363 NICKERSON: They were like an ill-married couple. 591 00:35:18,366 --> 00:35:21,201 An ill-married couple will tolerate each other, Mr. Melville. 592 00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:24,204 But an ill-married couple can also bring down a ship. 593 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:25,997 Are you married, Mr. Melville? 594 00:35:27,041 --> 00:35:29,209 - I am. - God have mercy on you. 595 00:35:30,711 --> 00:35:31,962 First child on the way, too. 596 00:35:32,547 --> 00:35:34,089 So, does your good wife know that you've brought 597 00:35:34,257 --> 00:35:36,424 all you have in the world here tonight 598 00:35:36,592 --> 00:35:37,676 and given it to a stranger? 599 00:35:39,428 --> 00:35:40,428 No, sir. 600 00:35:40,721 --> 00:35:42,722 You're full of surprises, aren't you? 601 00:35:43,558 --> 00:35:44,724 So, 602 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:49,312 the Essex did not return to port. 603 00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:50,647 She did not. 604 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:54,401 - She continued out to sea. - Yes, she did. 605 00:35:54,569 --> 00:35:55,944 And before long, 606 00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:57,320 we heard that call 607 00:35:57,572 --> 00:35:59,447 that all whalemen pray for. 608 00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:01,700 "Blows. " 609 00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:05,328 Blows! 610 00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:06,955 RAMSDELL: To windward! 611 00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:08,874 There she blows! 612 00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:11,835 POLLARD: Right or sperm, Mr. Ramsdell? 613 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,336 CHASE: Sperm whales they are! 614 00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:15,005 CHAPPEL: There go the flukes! 615 00:36:15,381 --> 00:36:16,506 POLLARD: Mr. Chase! 616 00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:17,924 Hoist and swing boats. 617 00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:20,093 All hands! All hands on deck! 618 00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:23,263 - All hands on deck! - (SAILORS WHOOPING) 619 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,601 CHASE: Away the boats. 620 00:36:28,936 --> 00:36:30,770 JOY: Lower away! 621 00:36:57,131 --> 00:36:59,341 CHASE: Straight! Crack them backbones. 622 00:36:59,508 --> 00:37:00,967 RAMSDELL: Aye, sir! 623 00:37:01,135 --> 00:37:02,302 CHASE: Give way all. 624 00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:05,263 Spring those oars till your arms fall off. 625 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:09,684 POLLARD: There they breach! 626 00:37:10,811 --> 00:37:12,979 Thataway, boys! Full pressure! 627 00:37:13,147 --> 00:37:14,231 CHAPPEL: Aye, sir! 628 00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:17,317 Come on! Put your back into it. 629 00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:21,321 Pull! 630 00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:22,697 Pull like a vengeance! 631 00:37:22,865 --> 00:37:24,366 RAMSDELL: There she blows! 632 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:28,995 - That's a calf. - SAILOR: Whoo-hoo! 633 00:37:29,497 --> 00:37:30,580 (SAILOR LAUGHING) 634 00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:33,208 That's the calf? 635 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:34,626 That's the cow. 636 00:37:40,716 --> 00:37:42,008 (WHOOPING) 637 00:37:45,846 --> 00:37:48,515 LAWRENCE: And that's our boy! That's the money. 638 00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:50,767 - Nickerson, push! - Sorry, sir. 639 00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:52,310 Forty-barreler? 640 00:37:52,853 --> 00:37:53,853 Fifty. 641 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:56,356 - (GRUNTING) - CHASE: Oh, he's a buster! 642 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:58,900 Bite the oars, lads. 643 00:37:59,402 --> 00:38:01,152 Blister your goddamn lungs! 644 00:38:01,529 --> 00:38:02,779 Full pressure! 645 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,490 Smartly, lads! Smartly! 646 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:06,950 Mind your oars! 647 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,870 CHASE: Mr. Ramsdell, prepare the line. RAMSDELL: Aye, sir. 648 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:16,167 CHASE: Mr. Lawrence, the first one's mine. 649 00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:19,838 Take me to the pretty spot. 650 00:38:20,756 --> 00:38:23,883 LAWRENCE: Pull! CHASE: Come on. Stay on him. 651 00:38:28,889 --> 00:38:30,265 (SAILORS WHOOPING) 652 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:44,988 You're on your first Nantucket sleigh ride, boy. 653 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:46,656 NICKERSON: Oh, my God! 654 00:38:47,116 --> 00:38:48,283 Whoo! 655 00:38:58,252 --> 00:38:59,586 Look at him! 656 00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:01,880 The most fearsome creature ever to live on this Earth. 657 00:39:08,554 --> 00:39:09,763 (ALL WHOOPING) 658 00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:13,224 LAWRENCE: He sounds. 659 00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:17,687 My hands! 660 00:39:21,108 --> 00:39:22,650 (WHALE SPUTTERING) 661 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:27,614 LAWRENCE: We need to wet the line, Nickerson. 662 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:35,538 JOY: Give way, lads. Give way. 663 00:39:40,419 --> 00:39:43,630 RAMSDELL: Got 140 fathoms of line left, Mr. Chase. 664 00:39:52,473 --> 00:39:54,307 Eighty fathoms of line left, sir! 665 00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:00,855 He's gonna pull us under! 666 00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:04,734 Matthew, I need your line! 667 00:40:05,152 --> 00:40:06,361 Keep going! 668 00:40:06,529 --> 00:40:08,822 - Peterson, give me the line. - Aye, sir. 669 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:10,782 JOY: Give me that line, Mr. Peterson. 670 00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:13,326 RAMSDELL: We're down to 60 fathoms of line left, sir! 671 00:40:15,579 --> 00:40:17,622 - Twenty fathoms, Mr. Chase. - Tie it off! 672 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:23,545 - JOY: Safe! - Go! 673 00:40:36,725 --> 00:40:38,852 - Peterson, lay out. - Aye, sir. 674 00:40:39,728 --> 00:40:41,771 How many fathoms can he go? 675 00:40:42,606 --> 00:40:44,524 PETERSON: 70 fathoms left, sir. 676 00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:48,069 No, no, no, wait. 677 00:40:52,783 --> 00:40:55,201 - Owen! - No, no! Not yet! 678 00:40:55,536 --> 00:40:56,870 Don't touch that line! 679 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,247 PETERSON: Down to 50 fathoms, sir. 680 00:41:01,375 --> 00:41:02,375 Owen, God damn it! 681 00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:04,210 I said don't touch it! 682 00:41:04,503 --> 00:41:06,713 PETERSON: 30 fathoms left, Mr. Joy. 683 00:41:10,384 --> 00:41:11,843 Ten fathoms left, sir! 684 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:34,324 (MEN CHEERING) 685 00:41:42,291 --> 00:41:43,625 (GRUNTS) 686 00:41:48,047 --> 00:41:49,589 Backwater! 687 00:41:53,135 --> 00:41:54,302 Push! 688 00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:01,309 Chimney's afire! 689 00:42:02,394 --> 00:42:03,394 LAWRENCE: Afire! 690 00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:36,803 CHASE: Hurry it along, lads. 691 00:42:37,721 --> 00:42:40,807 LAWRENCE: God! Get out, you bastards. 692 00:42:56,031 --> 00:42:57,574 BOND: Blubber in the oil. 693 00:42:57,866 --> 00:42:59,993 Smell that, boys! That's us making money! 694 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,787 LAWRENCE: Get out ofthere, you sons of bitches. 695 00:43:02,997 --> 00:43:04,372 (SAWING) 696 00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:07,417 RAMSDELL: There, you got it? BARZILLAI: There's not a chance. 697 00:43:10,671 --> 00:43:11,671 (GRUNTS) 698 00:43:12,006 --> 00:43:13,756 - PETERSON: How's it looking? - It's not good. 699 00:43:16,010 --> 00:43:17,343 RAMSDELL: That's it. 700 00:43:21,015 --> 00:43:23,182 - Mr. Chase, sir. - Yeah? 701 00:43:24,184 --> 00:43:26,060 That's all of it, sir. We can't get any more out. 702 00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:28,688 That's the gold in there, boys. Come on, keep digging. 703 00:43:29,189 --> 00:43:30,648 We're too big to wriggle down there. 704 00:43:31,108 --> 00:43:32,358 Then find someone who can. 705 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:40,241 Nickerson! Come here, boy. 706 00:43:41,035 --> 00:43:42,452 (WHISTLES) 707 00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:45,371 Hey! I said come here. 708 00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:49,250 Climb on into him. 709 00:43:50,919 --> 00:43:52,170 RAMSDELL: Come on, Thomas. 710 00:43:52,546 --> 00:43:54,297 What's in there is worth a hell of a lot more 711 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:56,257 than what they're boiling down. 712 00:43:58,886 --> 00:43:59,886 (COUGHING) 713 00:44:00,554 --> 00:44:01,554 Sir! 714 00:44:02,598 --> 00:44:03,806 I can't, I'm... 715 00:44:04,725 --> 00:44:05,725 I'm sorry. I can't. 716 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:08,853 You get down there, or I'll have you sleep down there. 717 00:44:11,690 --> 00:44:13,983 You best put that between your teeth, boy. 718 00:44:14,610 --> 00:44:16,778 Stinks worse than the devil's asshole down there. 719 00:44:21,033 --> 00:44:22,158 Thanks. 720 00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:28,289 Sorry. 721 00:44:28,582 --> 00:44:30,792 CHAPPEL: Here, Nickerson, take my pillow with you. 722 00:44:31,001 --> 00:44:32,585 (MEN LAUGHING) 723 00:44:33,712 --> 00:44:34,796 Down you go. 724 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:37,757 (GRUNTS) 725 00:44:45,307 --> 00:44:47,558 (RETCHING) 726 00:44:51,313 --> 00:44:53,314 A man gets to know himself down there. 727 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:54,732 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 728 00:44:56,276 --> 00:44:58,736 - They ever send you into a whale's head? - MELVILLE: No. 729 00:44:59,947 --> 00:45:01,030 I was spared. 730 00:45:01,949 --> 00:45:04,325 Well, that's where the treasure is. 731 00:45:06,453 --> 00:45:08,788 I'll never forget that first bull. 732 00:45:10,332 --> 00:45:11,457 Forty-seven barrels. 733 00:45:12,459 --> 00:45:15,211 'Course, the happiness was short-lived. 734 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:17,630 The waters there had all been fished out? 735 00:45:17,798 --> 00:45:19,132 That they had. 736 00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:22,635 So, we headed further out. 737 00:45:25,305 --> 00:45:26,514 Yeah. 738 00:45:26,682 --> 00:45:29,142 Took us a month to round the Horn. 739 00:45:30,936 --> 00:45:33,980 Left the South Atlantic behind with a sliver of hope 740 00:45:34,148 --> 00:45:36,607 that things could change for the better. 741 00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:41,404 But making the Pacific didn't improve our lot. 742 00:45:43,824 --> 00:45:46,117 Whale sightings were too damn scarce. 743 00:45:48,912 --> 00:45:50,997 After nearly a year at sea, 744 00:45:51,165 --> 00:45:55,126 the temperaments of our captain and first mate grew more strained. 745 00:45:57,004 --> 00:45:59,589 Captain Pollard spent most days and nights in his cabin, 746 00:46:01,175 --> 00:46:02,842 afraid to look his crew in the eye. 747 00:46:08,223 --> 00:46:10,767 Our hold was almost empty. 748 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,520 And to gaze upon our paltry efforts 749 00:46:14,688 --> 00:46:16,856 only served as a reminder 750 00:46:17,024 --> 00:46:20,026 that we were a long way from going home. 751 00:46:37,753 --> 00:46:39,545 (CHILDREN TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 752 00:46:41,215 --> 00:46:42,924 (TRADER SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE) 753 00:46:43,217 --> 00:46:45,718 BOND: No, no. I don't talk that talk. 754 00:46:45,886 --> 00:46:47,553 - Speak English. - Offer me more. 755 00:46:49,056 --> 00:46:52,058 - Here, sir. - This, Nantucket whale oil. 756 00:46:52,226 --> 00:46:53,267 (INTERPRETER TRANSLATING) 757 00:46:53,435 --> 00:46:56,562 - Ain't no skinny hog worth more than that. - More! 758 00:47:11,912 --> 00:47:13,079 (FIRST MATE SPEAKING SPANISH) 759 00:47:14,748 --> 00:47:15,748 - (SPEAKING SPANISH) - (CAPTAIN SPEAKING) 760 00:47:33,267 --> 00:47:34,267 (FIRST MATE SPEAKING) 761 00:47:36,937 --> 00:47:37,937 (CAPTAIN SPEAKING) 762 00:47:41,275 --> 00:47:42,275 (FIRST MATE SPEAKING) 763 00:47:48,991 --> 00:47:51,117 Capit�n. Excuse me. 764 00:47:51,285 --> 00:47:53,578 The locals told me your voyage was waylaid, sir. 765 00:47:54,454 --> 00:47:56,122 Captain George Pollard. The Essex. 766 00:47:57,082 --> 00:47:59,458 Capit�n Clemente Pelaez, the Santa Maria. 767 00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:02,879 Would you buy a colleague a drink? 768 00:48:04,006 --> 00:48:05,756 (MEN SPEAKING SPANISH) 769 00:48:09,386 --> 00:48:10,678 No, no. 770 00:48:12,139 --> 00:48:14,974 Bad luck? How far out? 771 00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:18,644 Far enough for only a fool to go. 772 00:48:19,062 --> 00:48:20,521 How far would that be? 773 00:48:21,690 --> 00:48:23,983 A thousand leagues along the equator. 774 00:48:25,110 --> 00:48:26,152 The Offshore Grounds. 775 00:48:27,529 --> 00:48:29,071 Were there whales there? 776 00:48:29,990 --> 00:48:32,241 More than you've ever dreamed. 777 00:48:32,409 --> 00:48:33,659 Hundreds. 778 00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:37,204 Fields of flukes far as the eye can see. 779 00:48:37,372 --> 00:48:40,374 Could have filled up 3,000 barrels in the space of a day. 780 00:48:40,542 --> 00:48:41,751 What do you mean, "could have"? 781 00:48:46,298 --> 00:48:48,549 If it weren't for that demon. 782 00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:51,928 A whale. 783 00:48:53,013 --> 00:48:54,680 White as alabaster. 784 00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:57,350 Hundred feet long. 785 00:48:58,685 --> 00:49:00,853 Sent six of my crew to their graves. 786 00:49:09,571 --> 00:49:12,657 And the rest of us, something to remember him by. 787 00:49:13,992 --> 00:49:15,242 Now, this white whale, 788 00:49:15,410 --> 00:49:17,620 did he dance a jig and pick your pocket as well? 789 00:49:18,246 --> 00:49:19,246 Hmm? 790 00:49:23,210 --> 00:49:24,251 Gracias. 791 00:49:28,298 --> 00:49:29,882 You believe that? 792 00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:35,930 If we set sail now, catch the south easterlies 793 00:49:36,098 --> 00:49:37,473 at their best time and fill our belly, 794 00:49:37,849 --> 00:49:39,183 we could be home in six months. 795 00:49:41,311 --> 00:49:43,062 What say you, Mr. Chase? 796 00:49:43,230 --> 00:49:44,605 No need to endure our predicament 797 00:49:44,773 --> 00:49:46,440 for a moment longer than necessary. 798 00:49:46,608 --> 00:49:47,900 Amen to that. 799 00:49:48,235 --> 00:49:49,235 Amen. 800 00:49:51,279 --> 00:49:54,573 NICKERSON: Greed took hold of our captain and first mate. 801 00:49:55,325 --> 00:49:56,951 So we headed out. 802 00:49:57,494 --> 00:49:59,662 A thousand leagues along the equator. 803 00:50:00,747 --> 00:50:04,417 Where knowledge ended, speculation began. 804 00:50:05,043 --> 00:50:06,836 That's where the whales had gone to hide. 805 00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:10,798 As far from man as they could possibly go. 806 00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:12,925 But we hunted them down. 807 00:50:14,428 --> 00:50:15,886 Centuries before, 808 00:50:16,054 --> 00:50:19,181 sailors feared sailing off the edge of the Earth. 809 00:50:20,892 --> 00:50:24,020 But we were headed for the edge of sanity. 810 00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:29,483 Trust gave way to doubt. 811 00:50:30,652 --> 00:50:33,446 Hope to blind superstition. 812 00:50:33,947 --> 00:50:35,781 Captain, the men are talking. 813 00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:38,034 That's what men do. 814 00:50:38,326 --> 00:50:40,661 They aren't happy with your decision to sail out this far. 815 00:50:42,247 --> 00:50:44,081 Well, did you correct them? 816 00:50:44,249 --> 00:50:47,126 Did you remind them of our purpose to fill this ship with whale oil, 817 00:50:47,294 --> 00:50:50,087 and if the whales are 1,000 leagues out, that that is where we will go? 818 00:50:50,255 --> 00:50:52,339 Cousin, please. 819 00:50:55,302 --> 00:50:56,761 This is madness. 820 00:50:57,971 --> 00:51:00,639 You have let yourself be influenced by that man. 821 00:51:01,099 --> 00:51:02,850 You must turn this ship back. 822 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,103 I suggest you go back down, 823 00:51:06,271 --> 00:51:09,648 reassure the men, be a leader 824 00:51:10,442 --> 00:51:14,403 and don't ever, ever abuse the privilege of family with me again. 825 00:51:16,656 --> 00:51:18,115 Mr. Coffin. 826 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:42,890 (CREAKING) 827 00:51:48,021 --> 00:51:49,021 What is it? 828 00:51:49,773 --> 00:51:50,773 Listen. 829 00:51:50,941 --> 00:51:53,192 Mr. Chase? I see some white water. 830 00:51:53,527 --> 00:51:54,527 CHASE: Where? BARZILLAI: Portside! 831 00:51:54,945 --> 00:51:56,278 LAWRENCE: We're away! JOY: Portside, Captain! 832 00:51:56,613 --> 00:51:58,280 CHAPPEL: Where are they? PETERSON: You see anything? 833 00:52:05,872 --> 00:52:06,914 Lower away! 834 00:52:07,374 --> 00:52:11,335 - Lower away! Lower away! - (ALL EXCLAIMING EXCITEDLY) 835 00:52:11,545 --> 00:52:14,046 The devil take the Mexican grounds! 836 00:52:30,021 --> 00:52:38,455 (EXCLAIMS) 837 00:52:53,378 --> 00:52:54,962 POLLARD: Peak oars! 838 00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:57,590 Give it to him, Mr. Chappel! 839 00:52:58,717 --> 00:53:00,384 Stick him, man! Stick him! 840 00:53:00,594 --> 00:53:01,594 (YELLS) 841 00:53:05,098 --> 00:53:06,932 JOY: Dead ahead, Peterson! 842 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:09,768 (GRUNTS) 843 00:53:15,317 --> 00:53:17,318 - (THUD) - (MEN GRUNTING) 844 00:53:18,153 --> 00:53:22,114 Don't let him chew your oars, boys. Back to it. 845 00:53:24,367 --> 00:53:26,243 - (THUD) - (MEN EXCLAIMING) 846 00:53:29,289 --> 00:53:30,289 (GASPING) 847 00:53:45,764 --> 00:53:48,182 - The whale? - Yes. 848 00:53:48,975 --> 00:53:51,352 - So it's true? - Yes. 849 00:53:52,020 --> 00:53:53,646 Too much is true. 850 00:53:54,648 --> 00:53:55,940 BARZILLAI: Get it up! 851 00:54:11,539 --> 00:54:13,207 Full pressure! 852 00:54:26,179 --> 00:54:27,346 (CHASE WHISTLES) 853 00:54:28,014 --> 00:54:29,139 CHASE: Mr. Bond! 854 00:54:29,474 --> 00:54:31,392 Back the foreyard, lower the tackle! 855 00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:32,851 Aye, sir! 856 00:54:33,353 --> 00:54:35,980 JOY: Here she comes, Peterson. Now, now! 857 00:54:38,566 --> 00:54:39,566 (GROANING) 858 00:54:39,943 --> 00:54:40,943 (GRUNTS) 859 00:54:49,786 --> 00:54:52,204 Mr. Lawrence, take us leeward, head us straight for the school. 860 00:54:52,497 --> 00:54:53,497 LAWRENCE: Aye, sir. 861 00:54:53,665 --> 00:54:55,833 - BOND: Hot tar, sir. - We'll find him. 862 00:55:01,047 --> 00:55:02,381 POLLARD: We're boat to black skin. 863 00:55:03,383 --> 00:55:04,466 Beach us on her! 864 00:55:13,226 --> 00:55:14,226 (CHEERING) 865 00:55:14,436 --> 00:55:16,061 She's ours, men! 866 00:55:26,740 --> 00:55:28,741 (WHALE BELLOWING) 867 00:55:32,037 --> 00:55:33,412 (BANGING CONTINUES) 868 00:55:36,082 --> 00:55:37,416 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 869 00:55:38,043 --> 00:55:39,209 (THUD) 870 00:55:48,094 --> 00:55:49,762 What was that, Mr. Lawrence? 871 00:55:51,931 --> 00:55:53,098 (RUMBLING) 872 00:55:54,100 --> 00:55:55,434 BOND: Mr. Chase! 873 00:56:03,651 --> 00:56:04,651 God damn it. 874 00:56:05,612 --> 00:56:06,779 Find Mr- 875 00:56:11,117 --> 00:56:12,326 (GRUNTS) 876 00:56:31,763 --> 00:56:33,138 NICKERSON: Mr. Easton! 877 00:56:49,781 --> 00:56:52,408 CHASE: Get Mr. Lawrence to man the pumps! 878 00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:54,243 Where is he? 879 00:56:54,869 --> 00:56:56,161 Port bow! 880 00:57:07,966 --> 00:57:10,175 Get me the biggest irons we have. 881 00:57:13,721 --> 00:57:14,847 He wants a fight? 882 00:57:25,233 --> 00:57:26,400 Never seen a whale do that. 883 00:57:26,693 --> 00:57:27,860 CHASE: Mr. Lawrence, take the wheel. 884 00:57:28,027 --> 00:57:30,195 Mr. Ramsdell, secure the other end of the line 885 00:57:30,363 --> 00:57:31,905 - to the foremast. - RAMSDELL: Aye, sir. 886 00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,409 As I live and breathe, he's mine. 887 00:57:55,722 --> 00:57:58,515 - (GRUNTS) - (GROANS) 888 00:57:58,683 --> 00:57:59,683 Ah! 889 00:58:04,647 --> 00:58:05,647 (EXCLAIMS) 890 00:58:20,413 --> 00:58:22,414 - Cut the line! - RAMSDELL: Look out! 891 00:58:27,921 --> 00:58:28,921 (GRUNTS) 892 00:58:37,388 --> 00:58:38,388 (CRACKING) 893 00:58:39,140 --> 00:58:40,307 (CREAKING) 894 00:58:41,309 --> 00:58:43,237 (SCREAMING) 895 00:59:09,629 --> 00:59:10,629 (GASPS) 896 00:59:16,636 --> 00:59:17,928 - Captain! - What? 897 00:59:18,304 --> 00:59:20,639 The Essex! She's listing. 898 00:59:32,026 --> 00:59:33,777 Turn this boat around! 899 01:00:09,939 --> 01:00:10,939 - NICKERSON: Help me! - Nickerson! 900 01:00:11,107 --> 01:00:12,482 - Mr. Joy! - Here! 901 01:00:12,650 --> 01:00:13,734 - Give me your hand! - Help! 902 01:00:13,901 --> 01:00:15,027 Nickerson! 903 01:00:51,356 --> 01:00:52,564 Mr. Chase! 904 01:00:54,901 --> 01:00:56,276 A whale, sir. 905 01:00:56,444 --> 01:00:57,986 It stove the ship. 906 01:00:58,696 --> 01:00:59,738 What? 907 01:00:59,947 --> 01:01:02,491 We lost Easton and Sanborn. 908 01:01:05,244 --> 01:01:06,745 The pumps are useless, sir. 909 01:01:14,253 --> 01:01:15,712 Prepare to abandon ship. 910 01:01:16,047 --> 01:01:17,339 We can't row our way home. 911 01:01:18,216 --> 01:01:19,633 We'll have to strip her of her sails 912 01:01:19,801 --> 01:01:21,301 - and jimmy-rig something. - Aye, sir. 913 01:01:21,469 --> 01:01:23,887 JOY: Gather as much food and water as you can carry. 914 01:01:24,055 --> 01:01:26,306 We're gonna need all the fresh water you can find. 915 01:01:26,474 --> 01:01:28,266 RAMSDELL: Nickerson, you grab as much as you can. 916 01:01:28,434 --> 01:01:29,434 Barz, come with me. 917 01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:35,774 Sweet Lord! 918 01:01:35,942 --> 01:01:37,901 JOY: First, the sails, then the provisions. 919 01:01:40,279 --> 01:01:43,073 SAILOR: Get as much food as you can carry, lad. 920 01:01:44,617 --> 01:01:45,951 JOY: Make haste, boys! 921 01:01:46,119 --> 01:01:48,954 Nickerson, there are more casks in steerage. 922 01:01:49,122 --> 01:01:51,289 - Got it? - Hardtack is dry. 923 01:01:51,624 --> 01:01:52,958 Move sprightly, gentlemen. 924 01:01:53,292 --> 01:01:54,292 Lower away! 925 01:01:54,585 --> 01:01:56,753 - Take those tack lines. - COLE: Up aloft! 926 01:01:56,921 --> 01:01:57,921 LAWRENCE: Lower away! Bring it down! 927 01:01:58,089 --> 01:01:59,131 JOY: Mr. Cole, get that yard down. 928 01:01:59,298 --> 01:02:00,298 LAWRENCE: Bring it down. Keep it coming! 929 01:02:01,801 --> 01:02:03,301 Hold off! 930 01:02:09,392 --> 01:02:10,726 (GRUNTS) 931 01:02:11,102 --> 01:02:12,769 - Come on, Nickerson! - LAWRENCE: Get those sails! 932 01:02:14,772 --> 01:02:15,856 NICKERSON: There you go. 933 01:02:19,193 --> 01:02:20,402 CHASE: Get that yard down! 934 01:02:22,822 --> 01:02:25,073 We need the sails. Not enough water. 935 01:02:30,705 --> 01:02:31,997 CHAPPEL: Get the barrels, now! 936 01:02:32,999 --> 01:02:34,166 CHASE: Strip that rigging! 937 01:02:34,876 --> 01:02:36,543 BOND: More fresh water! More hardtack! Come on! 938 01:02:36,878 --> 01:02:38,587 RAMSDELL: I can see more casks in the steerage! 939 01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:39,880 (GRUNTS) 940 01:02:40,214 --> 01:02:41,506 NICKERSON: Benjamin! Quick! Come on! 941 01:02:41,758 --> 01:02:42,883 BARZILLAI: Give me your hand! CHASE: Get him up. 942 01:02:43,050 --> 01:02:44,176 BARZILLAI: I got you. 943 01:02:44,510 --> 01:02:45,719 Hardtack! 944 01:02:46,012 --> 01:02:47,679 JOY: Come on! Move it! 945 01:02:48,639 --> 01:02:49,931 Step lively, Mr. Nickerson! 946 01:02:56,522 --> 01:02:57,689 Gotta get away from the oil! 947 01:02:57,857 --> 01:02:59,357 CHAPPEL: She's going down! She's listing! 948 01:02:59,525 --> 01:03:00,525 JOY: Where's Owen? 949 01:03:00,818 --> 01:03:01,818 Nickerson, where is Mr. Chase? 950 01:03:01,986 --> 01:03:03,653 NICKERSON: He wasjust here, sir. 951 01:03:03,821 --> 01:03:06,031 COLE: Come on, hurry up! JOY: Owen! 952 01:03:06,199 --> 01:03:07,324 NICKERSON: Mr. Chase! JOY: We gotta shove off! 953 01:03:08,576 --> 01:03:09,618 Come on, now, boys! 954 01:03:09,869 --> 01:03:11,161 COLE: Oil on deck! 955 01:03:12,580 --> 01:03:14,372 - Captain! - NICKERSON: Mr. Chase! 956 01:03:14,999 --> 01:03:16,458 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 957 01:03:29,514 --> 01:03:31,014 (CHASE GRUNTS) 958 01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:35,977 Mr. Chase, sir! 959 01:03:36,354 --> 01:03:37,813 JOY: Owen! 960 01:03:38,105 --> 01:03:39,397 Where is the first mate? 961 01:03:39,565 --> 01:03:42,275 - Owen! - NICKERSON: Mr. Chase, sir! 962 01:03:48,699 --> 01:03:49,699 (GRUNTS) 963 01:03:50,117 --> 01:03:51,618 JOY: Owen! RAMSDELL: She's gonna blow! 964 01:03:51,953 --> 01:03:52,953 - Owen! - COLE: We gotta move! 965 01:03:53,246 --> 01:03:55,080 No, wait! Wait! 966 01:03:55,414 --> 01:03:56,665 Mr. Chase, sir! 967 01:03:58,918 --> 01:04:00,043 Mr. Chase! 968 01:04:05,383 --> 01:04:06,883 (GRUNTS) 969 01:04:44,672 --> 01:04:46,756 There he is! There he is! There he is! 970 01:04:49,302 --> 01:04:50,886 BOND: Over here! NICKERSON: Mr. Chase! 971 01:04:53,472 --> 01:04:54,806 Move that! 972 01:04:55,474 --> 01:04:57,142 Mr. Chase, sir. 973 01:04:57,476 --> 01:04:59,102 - Here! - BOND: Get ahold, now. 974 01:04:59,312 --> 01:05:00,604 We got you. 975 01:05:01,939 --> 01:05:03,106 - Sir. - BOND: You're all right now, Mr. Chase. 976 01:05:07,945 --> 01:05:09,070 Going fishing, are we? 977 01:05:09,488 --> 01:05:11,489 Clean and load it, Mr. Joy. 978 01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:15,744 (GASPING) 979 01:05:23,294 --> 01:05:26,046 Back away, or she'll take us down with her. 980 01:06:56,804 --> 01:06:57,804 (BLOWS) 981 01:07:10,109 --> 01:07:11,109 Captain. 982 01:07:12,111 --> 01:07:13,278 What about our provisions? 983 01:07:19,994 --> 01:07:22,203 Two ounces of hardtack a day per man. 984 01:07:23,456 --> 01:07:25,123 And half a cup of water. 985 01:07:28,961 --> 01:07:30,628 Hey, man, we can't live on that. 986 01:07:30,796 --> 01:07:31,963 RAMSDELL: Not for more than a few days. 987 01:07:36,635 --> 01:07:38,011 (WHALE BELLOWING DISTANTLY) 988 01:07:49,273 --> 01:07:50,356 It's he. 989 01:07:53,611 --> 01:07:55,278 (BELLOWING CONTINUES) 990 01:07:55,654 --> 01:07:57,113 Yeah, it's him, all right. 991 01:08:00,659 --> 01:08:02,494 You don't fool me, Mr. Chase. 992 01:08:03,245 --> 01:08:04,370 POLLARD: Mr. Coffin? 993 01:08:04,872 --> 01:08:06,831 - That right? - You put us here. 994 01:08:07,166 --> 01:08:09,125 You know you put us here. 995 01:08:10,544 --> 01:08:12,587 - Hey! Put it down! - Mr. Coffin, put the pistol down. 996 01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:14,172 - Say you're scared! - CHAPPEL: What are you doing? 997 01:08:14,340 --> 01:08:15,757 POLLARD: Mr. Coffin, put the pistol down. 998 01:08:16,050 --> 01:08:18,093 You know what happens when the food and water runs out? 999 01:08:18,469 --> 01:08:20,178 Do as the captain says, Coffin! 1000 01:08:20,513 --> 01:08:21,721 I just wanna see the landsman scared. 1001 01:08:21,889 --> 01:08:23,556 Mr. Coffin, put the pistol down. That's an order! 1002 01:08:23,849 --> 01:08:26,059 - Do as the captain says! Now! - Say it! 1003 01:08:26,227 --> 01:08:27,227 - POLLARD: Henry. - Say it! 1004 01:08:28,312 --> 01:08:29,354 Say it! 1005 01:08:29,814 --> 01:08:30,855 POLLARD: Henry! 1006 01:08:31,398 --> 01:08:33,024 Put the pistol down. 1007 01:08:37,321 --> 01:08:38,530 Henry! 1008 01:08:39,406 --> 01:08:40,532 Put it down. 1009 01:08:41,784 --> 01:08:42,951 (EXHALES DEEPLY) 1010 01:09:17,194 --> 01:09:18,611 So east it was. 1011 01:09:19,738 --> 01:09:21,948 Back in the direction we'd come. 1012 01:09:22,741 --> 01:09:25,743 Though only the sun and compass told us so. 1013 01:09:26,912 --> 01:09:29,122 All directions looked the same. 1014 01:09:29,582 --> 01:09:32,542 Our hope was to catch the Westerlies to Easter Island. 1015 01:09:34,211 --> 01:09:35,962 A journey of 3,000 miles. 1016 01:09:37,756 --> 01:09:39,299 In 12 days, we have drifted south. 1017 01:09:39,967 --> 01:09:41,885 Six degrees latitude. 1018 01:09:42,636 --> 01:09:45,346 We're not one mile closer to Easter Island. 1019 01:09:46,307 --> 01:09:47,599 RAMSDELL: We stayed in the same place. 1020 01:09:48,475 --> 01:09:49,475 (COUGHS) 1021 01:09:50,644 --> 01:09:52,437 PETERSON: We are cursed. 1022 01:09:52,813 --> 01:09:55,106 We'll make up for it when we catch the variables. 1023 01:09:58,402 --> 01:09:59,777 We'll catch them. 1024 01:10:15,586 --> 01:10:17,128 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 1025 01:10:22,092 --> 01:10:24,677 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 1026 01:10:29,934 --> 01:10:31,768 Chappel! 1027 01:10:31,936 --> 01:10:33,144 COLE: Chappel! 1028 01:10:33,812 --> 01:10:35,146 Chappel! 1029 01:10:35,314 --> 01:10:36,314 You've got him, Captain! 1030 01:10:41,946 --> 01:10:44,030 PETERSON: Mr. Joy, the halyard's jammed! 1031 01:10:47,618 --> 01:10:51,246 Mr. Joy! You all right, Mr. Joy? 1032 01:10:51,622 --> 01:10:52,622 (GROANS) 1033 01:10:54,959 --> 01:10:56,167 JOY: Grab the tiller! 1034 01:10:57,169 --> 01:10:58,586 - Grab it! - CHASE: Matthew! 1035 01:11:00,756 --> 01:11:02,131 Get that sail down! 1036 01:11:02,383 --> 01:11:03,925 (WHALE BELLOWING) 1037 01:11:32,788 --> 01:11:34,789 Matthew. Hey, what happened? 1038 01:11:35,499 --> 01:11:36,708 What happened? 1039 01:11:36,875 --> 01:11:38,668 Owen. What are you doing here? 1040 01:11:39,003 --> 01:11:40,086 - Let me take a look. - No, no, no. 1041 01:11:40,254 --> 01:11:41,879 - Lay still. Let me look. - Owen, I'm fine. 1042 01:11:42,047 --> 01:11:43,381 All right. Just relax. Relax. Let me take a look. 1043 01:11:43,549 --> 01:11:44,549 - I'm fine! - I know. I know. 1044 01:11:44,717 --> 01:11:46,217 I just wanna take a look. 1045 01:11:50,389 --> 01:11:53,224 I banged my head. Just a scratch, all right? 1046 01:11:53,559 --> 01:11:54,767 - Just a scratch. - Give him some water. 1047 01:11:55,060 --> 01:11:58,021 - I don't need any water! - Give him some goddamn water! 1048 01:11:58,188 --> 01:12:00,106 No, no, no. I don't need water. I'm fine. 1049 01:12:07,448 --> 01:12:08,990 - Yeah. - CHASE: Take that. Take it. 1050 01:12:09,199 --> 01:12:10,199 (GROANING) 1051 01:12:10,826 --> 01:12:12,410 Hey. I got you, I got you. 1052 01:12:13,245 --> 01:12:15,997 You're all right. You're all right. 1053 01:12:20,711 --> 01:12:23,004 Hey! What're you all looking at? I'm fine. 1054 01:12:23,172 --> 01:12:25,006 Captain Pollard. Fit as a fiddle. 1055 01:12:26,133 --> 01:12:28,092 Fit as a goddamned fiddle. You hear me? 1056 01:12:29,094 --> 01:12:30,178 - Owen. - Yeah. 1057 01:12:30,346 --> 01:12:31,554 I'm fine. 1058 01:12:31,722 --> 01:12:33,222 All right? I'm fine! 1059 01:12:34,058 --> 01:12:37,602 - You're a tough son of a bitch. - Thank you. I'm fine. Get out of here. 1060 01:12:38,771 --> 01:12:40,063 CHASE: He's good. 1061 01:12:41,148 --> 01:12:42,315 Let's go. 1062 01:12:43,776 --> 01:12:46,235 COFFIN: Why waste water on a dead man? 1063 01:12:46,653 --> 01:12:51,741 Them two men have known each other, sailed together since childhood. 1064 01:12:51,992 --> 01:12:52,992 Now, tell me, 1065 01:12:53,160 --> 01:12:56,245 could you sit there and watch your own brother die? 1066 01:12:56,789 --> 01:12:59,290 Simply a matter of numbers, Mr. Chappel. 1067 01:13:00,542 --> 01:13:02,710 There's not enough for all of us. 1068 01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:17,350 (MUTTERING) Why waste water on a dead man? 1069 01:13:18,268 --> 01:13:19,519 Why waste water on... 1070 01:13:20,396 --> 01:13:22,980 Why waste water? Why waste? 1071 01:13:23,690 --> 01:13:25,817 Why waste water on a dead man? 1072 01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:27,527 Mr. Nickerson? 1073 01:13:29,154 --> 01:13:30,863 - Why waste water- - You all right, sir? 1074 01:13:32,116 --> 01:13:34,325 - I cannot. - Cannot what? 1075 01:13:34,701 --> 01:13:36,160 (SIGHS) No, you... 1076 01:13:36,328 --> 01:13:38,329 You have enough. More than enough. 1077 01:13:38,664 --> 01:13:40,123 But, sir, we've come so far. 1078 01:13:40,374 --> 01:13:41,624 We have come to an end. 1079 01:13:41,959 --> 01:13:43,084 We have an agreement, sir. 1080 01:13:43,377 --> 01:13:44,877 Take the money and leave! 1081 01:13:45,045 --> 01:13:46,337 The devil's bargain. 1082 01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:48,172 No, sir. 1083 01:13:48,340 --> 01:13:50,466 The devil loves unspoken secrets. 1084 01:13:54,138 --> 01:13:56,347 Especially those that fester in a man's soul. 1085 01:13:58,851 --> 01:14:00,184 What's yours? 1086 01:14:19,371 --> 01:14:20,705 I am not a great writer. 1087 01:14:24,168 --> 01:14:25,501 I am not Hawthorne. 1088 01:14:27,212 --> 01:14:29,422 But from my first hearing of it, 1089 01:14:30,215 --> 01:14:32,049 this tale has haunted me. 1090 01:14:33,886 --> 01:14:35,386 It consumes me. 1091 01:14:36,722 --> 01:14:38,598 I fear if I do not write it, 1092 01:14:40,684 --> 01:14:42,101 then I should never write again. 1093 01:14:43,604 --> 01:14:44,729 What else? 1094 01:14:47,065 --> 01:14:48,733 I fear if I do write it, 1095 01:14:50,736 --> 01:14:53,279 that it will not be as good as it should be. 1096 01:15:03,624 --> 01:15:05,541 Continue the story, sir. 1097 01:15:06,752 --> 01:15:08,461 For the both of us. 1098 01:15:24,937 --> 01:15:26,854 Pass that down. 1099 01:15:31,443 --> 01:15:32,777 BOND: Thank you, sir. 1100 01:15:38,116 --> 01:15:40,785 We thank you, Lord, for this is our food. 1101 01:15:41,119 --> 01:15:42,245 I'm sorry. 1102 01:15:42,621 --> 01:15:44,580 For life and health, 1103 01:15:45,457 --> 01:15:46,541 and every good. 1104 01:15:46,833 --> 01:15:48,501 - Let all manner to- - Land. 1105 01:15:49,127 --> 01:15:50,211 Land! 1106 01:15:51,964 --> 01:15:53,798 NICKERSON: Land! Land! BARZILLAI: Land! 1107 01:15:54,132 --> 01:15:56,801 - Land! - NICKERSON: Land! 1108 01:15:57,135 --> 01:16:00,096 Oars! Give way! Give way! 1109 01:16:01,265 --> 01:16:04,267 Oars! Now! Give way! Row! 1110 01:16:05,936 --> 01:16:07,186 (MEN LAUGHING) 1111 01:16:11,942 --> 01:16:14,151 BARZILLAI: I saw it, Mr. Chase. CHASE: That you did, boy. 1112 01:16:24,121 --> 01:16:26,998 Hold fast. Hold fast! Hold fast! 1113 01:16:28,500 --> 01:16:31,002 - LAWRENCE: Mr. Chase, sir. What is it? - Mr. Chase! 1114 01:16:31,461 --> 01:16:33,838 What the devil is it? Why have you stopped? 1115 01:16:34,172 --> 01:16:35,464 He's been following us! 1116 01:16:35,799 --> 01:16:37,592 LAWRENCE: What is he talking about? 1117 01:16:38,135 --> 01:16:39,635 BOND: There's nothing out there, Mr. Chase! 1118 01:16:40,053 --> 01:16:42,179 - There ain't nothing out there, sir! - Sir, what are you doing? 1119 01:16:55,819 --> 01:16:58,070 - Brace! Brace! Brace! - (ALL SCREAMING) 1120 01:17:00,157 --> 01:17:01,157 No! 1121 01:17:04,036 --> 01:17:05,369 (GRUNTS) 1122 01:17:25,057 --> 01:17:26,182 Where is he? 1123 01:17:27,517 --> 01:17:28,517 (ALL SCREAMING) 1124 01:17:30,062 --> 01:17:31,200 (GRUNTS) 1125 01:17:44,576 --> 01:17:46,077 (MEN COUGHING) 1126 01:17:46,370 --> 01:17:47,745 (ALL GASPING) 1127 01:18:54,521 --> 01:18:55,730 (BIRD SQUAWKING) 1128 01:19:10,245 --> 01:19:11,245 (GRUNTS) 1129 01:19:28,638 --> 01:19:30,389 POLLARD: This could be Ducie Island. 1130 01:19:31,016 --> 01:19:33,768 Without a map, compass or quadrant, there's no way to be certain. 1131 01:19:34,352 --> 01:19:36,645 We will keep fires going night and day. 1132 01:19:37,355 --> 01:19:40,566 Hope a passing ship catches sight of our smoke. 1133 01:19:49,868 --> 01:19:51,494 (HAMMERING) 1134 01:20:37,415 --> 01:20:39,041 CHASE: This is what I wanted you to see. 1135 01:20:47,717 --> 01:20:49,885 They've been here a long time, no doubt. 1136 01:20:50,887 --> 01:20:52,763 Waiting for a ship. 1137 01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:55,432 But no ship came. 1138 01:20:57,435 --> 01:20:59,311 No ship is going to come. 1139 01:21:00,272 --> 01:21:01,772 If we stay, we die. 1140 01:21:02,649 --> 01:21:05,067 How long do you think it'll take the tropic birds 1141 01:21:05,443 --> 01:21:07,820 to stop coming here once they see their eggs eaten? 1142 01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:13,617 (METAL CLANGING) 1143 01:21:26,673 --> 01:21:29,717 It's a privilege to know the moment of one's death in advance, 1144 01:21:30,635 --> 01:21:32,261 be able to prepare for it. 1145 01:21:33,805 --> 01:21:36,307 Curse to be so far from home 1146 01:21:37,976 --> 01:21:39,643 without a chance to say goodbyes, 1147 01:21:39,811 --> 01:21:42,021 without a chance to make peace, 1148 01:21:42,814 --> 01:21:44,857 without a chance to settle the scores. 1149 01:21:47,986 --> 01:21:51,822 Then let us at least settle those between us, Captain. 1150 01:21:54,534 --> 01:21:56,035 Captain of what? 1151 01:21:56,661 --> 01:21:59,330 The Essex was lost through no fault of yours. 1152 01:21:59,497 --> 01:22:00,664 I was as much to blame for- 1153 01:22:00,957 --> 01:22:02,625 You are not the captain. 1154 01:22:07,714 --> 01:22:09,673 But you were born to do this job. 1155 01:22:10,884 --> 01:22:12,676 I was just born into it. 1156 01:22:25,649 --> 01:22:27,858 What do we do, do you think, George? 1157 01:22:29,235 --> 01:22:32,696 And what offense did we give God to upset him so? 1158 01:22:33,323 --> 01:22:34,907 The only creature to have offended God here 1159 01:22:35,075 --> 01:22:36,075 is the whale. 1160 01:22:37,077 --> 01:22:38,369 Not us? 1161 01:22:40,205 --> 01:22:43,499 In our arrogance, our greed, look where we find ourselves. 1162 01:22:43,833 --> 01:22:46,835 We are supreme creatures made in God's own likeness. 1163 01:22:47,837 --> 01:22:50,547 Earthly kings whose business it is 1164 01:22:50,715 --> 01:22:52,925 to circumnavigate the planet bestowed to us. 1165 01:22:54,052 --> 01:22:55,761 To bend nature to our will. 1166 01:22:56,304 --> 01:23:00,307 You really feel like an earthly king after everything that we've been through? 1167 01:23:01,267 --> 01:23:03,060 We're nothing. We're... 1168 01:23:03,228 --> 01:23:05,562 We're specks. And dust. 1169 01:23:06,940 --> 01:23:08,899 We sail into the sun at dawn. 1170 01:23:10,360 --> 01:23:16,407 If we are to die, then with God's grace, let us die as men. 1171 01:23:19,577 --> 01:23:21,370 (CLANGING) 1172 01:23:23,456 --> 01:23:24,748 (HAMMERING) 1173 01:23:28,253 --> 01:23:29,586 POLLARD: Are we ready, Mr. Weeks? 1174 01:23:29,754 --> 01:23:30,796 WEEKS: Aye, sir. 1175 01:23:38,388 --> 01:23:39,888 Mr. Chappel? 1176 01:23:40,265 --> 01:23:41,265 Mr. Wright? 1177 01:23:41,474 --> 01:23:43,100 I can't do it, sir. 1178 01:23:44,060 --> 01:23:45,728 Me, Wrights and Weeks, 1179 01:23:46,938 --> 01:23:48,147 we're staying. 1180 01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:53,777 (BREATHING WITH DIFFICULTY) 1181 01:23:56,781 --> 01:23:58,449 CHASE: You ready to go, Matthew? 1182 01:24:09,669 --> 01:24:10,919 I'll give you a hand. Here, you gotta get up. 1183 01:24:11,087 --> 01:24:12,463 No, there's no point. You hear me? 1184 01:24:12,630 --> 01:24:14,465 No, we're going home. We're going home. 1185 01:24:14,632 --> 01:24:15,966 There's no point. 1186 01:24:16,926 --> 01:24:18,469 - Just go. - (SIGHS) 1187 01:24:22,265 --> 01:24:23,974 God damn it, Matthew. 1188 01:24:26,978 --> 01:24:28,145 It's all right. 1189 01:24:29,439 --> 01:24:31,857 Well, I'll send a boat for you the minute we get back. 1190 01:24:32,025 --> 01:24:34,359 Then we'll play cards back in Nantucket, all right? 1191 01:24:34,652 --> 01:24:35,778 Yeah. 1192 01:24:35,945 --> 01:24:37,654 - It's a deal. - Good. 1193 01:24:44,245 --> 01:24:46,789 You want me to open that for you? 1194 01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:48,040 JOY: Ah... 1195 01:24:50,835 --> 01:24:52,169 I think I'll manage. 1196 01:24:53,213 --> 01:24:54,505 If it comes to that. 1197 01:24:58,510 --> 01:25:00,219 God be with you, brother. 1198 01:25:01,971 --> 01:25:03,430 Yeah, and you. 1199 01:25:22,534 --> 01:25:24,034 MR. BOND: Brother Peterson? 1200 01:25:25,578 --> 01:25:27,204 Y'all coming with us? 1201 01:25:27,914 --> 01:25:28,914 Mr. Peterson. 1202 01:25:29,082 --> 01:25:31,375 Why don't you come in our boat with Mr. Bond here? 1203 01:26:04,659 --> 01:26:06,493 Where... Where is he? 1204 01:26:08,204 --> 01:26:09,538 Pollard? 1205 01:26:10,832 --> 01:26:13,208 Mr. Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence, wake up. 1206 01:26:14,544 --> 01:26:16,128 Where's the other boat gone? 1207 01:26:17,046 --> 01:26:18,797 - Pollard! - NICKERSON: Captain Pollard! 1208 01:26:19,090 --> 01:26:21,800 - Captain Pollard! - Captain Pollard, sir! 1209 01:26:22,260 --> 01:26:23,802 MR. CHASE: Pollard. NICKERSON: Captain! 1210 01:26:24,721 --> 01:26:26,305 Captain Pollard! 1211 01:26:29,350 --> 01:26:30,475 MR. CHASE: Pollard! 1212 01:26:31,102 --> 01:26:32,227 (GASPS) 1213 01:26:35,273 --> 01:26:36,356 What's the matter? 1214 01:26:45,116 --> 01:26:46,283 (CRYING) 1215 01:26:52,457 --> 01:26:53,957 Benjamin. What are you doing? 1216 01:26:54,751 --> 01:26:56,001 He's dead. 1217 01:26:56,586 --> 01:26:58,003 Putting him overboard, sir. 1218 01:26:58,463 --> 01:26:59,755 (FABRIC RIPPING) 1219 01:27:00,632 --> 01:27:01,924 Look at me. 1220 01:27:02,091 --> 01:27:03,133 Look at me, Benjamin. 1221 01:27:08,598 --> 01:27:12,267 No right-minded sailor discards what might yet save him. 1222 01:27:23,488 --> 01:27:25,489 Listen to me, boy. Listen to me. 1223 01:27:29,827 --> 01:27:31,328 He can help us. 1224 01:27:31,996 --> 01:27:33,747 MR. BOND: My God. My heavenly king. 1225 01:27:34,165 --> 01:27:37,668 Sweetness is the power of his grace. 1226 01:27:37,835 --> 01:27:39,002 With longing eyes, 1227 01:27:39,420 --> 01:27:42,381 thy creatures await on thee for daily food. 1228 01:27:43,883 --> 01:27:45,926 NICKERSON: (SOFTLY) My soul is dead. 1229 01:28:00,024 --> 01:28:01,858 So it was decided. 1230 01:28:09,033 --> 01:28:10,701 We prepared the body. 1231 01:28:13,705 --> 01:28:15,747 We removed the organs. 1232 01:28:18,584 --> 01:28:21,253 Separated his limbs from his body 1233 01:28:22,922 --> 01:28:25,465 and cut all the flesh from the bones. 1234 01:28:30,054 --> 01:28:31,221 After which, 1235 01:28:32,390 --> 01:28:34,141 we closed the body 1236 01:28:35,560 --> 01:28:36,727 and we sewed it up 1237 01:28:37,729 --> 01:28:39,730 as decently as we could 1238 01:28:40,315 --> 01:28:42,566 and committed it to the sea. 1239 01:28:44,652 --> 01:28:46,445 We ate the heart first. 1240 01:28:49,615 --> 01:28:50,907 (SIGHS) 1241 01:28:55,079 --> 01:28:56,496 You judge me. 1242 01:28:58,750 --> 01:28:59,791 No. 1243 01:29:03,087 --> 01:29:04,254 (SIGHS) 1244 01:29:06,257 --> 01:29:09,468 There. 1245 01:29:10,428 --> 01:29:11,762 It is done. 1246 01:29:14,432 --> 01:29:15,766 It is out. 1247 01:29:17,602 --> 01:29:19,186 And you've never told anyone? 1248 01:29:21,773 --> 01:29:22,814 No. 1249 01:29:24,609 --> 01:29:25,817 Not even your wife? 1250 01:29:27,278 --> 01:29:29,529 Do you think she could ever love me 1251 01:29:29,697 --> 01:29:32,783 if she knew the abominations I had committed? 1252 01:29:32,950 --> 01:29:34,868 MRS. NICKERSON: Yes. She would. 1253 01:29:36,329 --> 01:29:39,790 And if you had told me the story when we met, 1254 01:29:40,500 --> 01:29:43,335 I would still wear your ring today. 1255 01:29:45,004 --> 01:29:47,047 The strength of that boy 1256 01:29:47,465 --> 01:29:49,299 still lives in you. 1257 01:29:51,177 --> 01:29:52,386 I see that. 1258 01:29:53,638 --> 01:29:55,222 Even if you don't. 1259 01:30:16,494 --> 01:30:19,538 You can finish your story now, my love. 1260 01:30:25,336 --> 01:30:26,878 (GASPING) 1261 01:30:30,508 --> 01:30:31,716 (COUGHS) 1262 01:30:35,346 --> 01:30:36,638 Hey, sit up. 1263 01:30:40,184 --> 01:30:41,435 Listen, 1264 01:30:42,562 --> 01:30:44,062 put your head back. 1265 01:30:44,272 --> 01:30:45,689 (COUGHING) 1266 01:30:46,232 --> 01:30:48,900 Look, we still got a few drops of water left. 1267 01:30:49,777 --> 01:30:52,404 Don't you quit on me. We're going home. 1268 01:30:57,910 --> 01:31:01,913 Do you have a family back home, Mr. Chase? 1269 01:31:02,081 --> 01:31:03,790 Yeah, I have a wife. 1270 01:31:07,044 --> 01:31:09,421 Yes, and a son or a daughter. 1271 01:31:51,756 --> 01:31:52,964 (SIGHS) 1272 01:31:54,884 --> 01:31:55,926 Very well. 1273 01:31:58,137 --> 01:32:00,138 - Captain. - We will draw again. 1274 01:32:00,598 --> 01:32:02,057 We will do no such thing. 1275 01:32:03,142 --> 01:32:04,226 We'll draw again. 1276 01:32:05,061 --> 01:32:06,520 POLLARD: Mr. Ramsdell, 1277 01:32:07,271 --> 01:32:08,939 you will assume command of this vessel. 1278 01:32:11,817 --> 01:32:13,068 Cousin, will you? 1279 01:32:14,862 --> 01:32:15,904 You're our... 1280 01:32:16,072 --> 01:32:18,365 You're our captain. The men need you. 1281 01:32:20,284 --> 01:32:21,618 The men will be fine. 1282 01:32:22,828 --> 01:32:24,037 Please. 1283 01:32:24,789 --> 01:32:26,164 Please. Please. 1284 01:32:26,707 --> 01:32:28,375 - Henry. - (CRYING) Let us draw again. 1285 01:32:29,377 --> 01:32:30,835 It is an order. 1286 01:32:32,755 --> 01:32:34,172 If you cannot do it, 1287 01:32:34,340 --> 01:32:36,174 pass the pistol to another man. 1288 01:32:49,897 --> 01:32:51,147 (GUN COCKING) 1289 01:33:04,370 --> 01:33:05,704 Henry, no, no, no! 1290 01:33:15,047 --> 01:33:18,008 MR. COLE: You gotta help me, kid. You gotta help me. 1291 01:33:21,846 --> 01:33:23,555 NICKERSON: We were weeks in the doldrums. 1292 01:33:24,223 --> 01:33:26,391 That part of the Pacific is more desert than ocean. 1293 01:33:27,768 --> 01:33:29,561 The sun beating down. 1294 01:33:30,479 --> 01:33:31,605 My fear. 1295 01:33:33,482 --> 01:33:34,983 All I could think about 1296 01:33:36,777 --> 01:33:38,278 was that everyone would die, 1297 01:33:38,446 --> 01:33:40,155 and I'd be the last left alive. 1298 01:33:41,741 --> 01:33:45,535 And as best Mr. Chase could tell, we were still 800 miles from land. 1299 01:33:48,039 --> 01:33:49,205 (THUDDING) 1300 01:33:51,709 --> 01:33:53,209 POLLARD: Mr. Chase. 1301 01:33:59,967 --> 01:34:01,051 Ah. 1302 01:34:01,469 --> 01:34:02,844 Captain Pollard. 1303 01:34:05,473 --> 01:34:06,890 I am happy to see you. 1304 01:34:07,850 --> 01:34:10,310 Been very little happiness in our survival. 1305 01:34:12,396 --> 01:34:13,980 Or in ours, sir. 1306 01:34:15,232 --> 01:34:16,775 POLLARD: Barzillai? 1307 01:34:19,570 --> 01:34:21,112 The third boat? 1308 01:34:22,156 --> 01:34:23,239 MR. CHASE: They've, uh... 1309 01:34:24,867 --> 01:34:26,451 They've been gone for days. 1310 01:34:27,370 --> 01:34:28,953 I'm afraid they're lost, sir. 1311 01:34:30,247 --> 01:34:31,581 (RUMBLING) 1312 01:34:58,776 --> 01:35:00,777 POLLARD: Mr. Chase, you have the best position. 1313 01:35:17,712 --> 01:35:19,129 It's just a whale. 1314 01:35:23,342 --> 01:35:24,384 He's there! Throw the lance! 1315 01:35:25,594 --> 01:35:26,636 Throw it! 1316 01:35:31,642 --> 01:35:34,686 - Throw it! Throw the lance! - Come on. 1317 01:35:45,489 --> 01:35:47,073 Throw it! 1318 01:35:47,241 --> 01:35:48,616 Come on. 1319 01:35:50,077 --> 01:35:52,495 (WHALE CLICKING) 1320 01:35:57,126 --> 01:35:59,085 POLLARD: Kill it! He's there! 1321 01:35:59,670 --> 01:36:00,879 Throw the lance! 1322 01:36:19,523 --> 01:36:21,191 Why didn't you kill it? 1323 01:36:47,927 --> 01:36:49,552 You're a damn fool. 1324 01:37:13,410 --> 01:37:14,869 NICKERSON: Currents drew us apart 1325 01:37:16,872 --> 01:37:20,166 and that was the last we would see of Captain Pollard's whale boat. 1326 01:37:23,003 --> 01:37:24,212 SAILOR: A boat! 1327 01:37:25,506 --> 01:37:27,215 Broad on the port bow! 1328 01:37:53,117 --> 01:37:54,450 May God have mercy. 1329 01:38:37,494 --> 01:38:38,661 (WEAKLY) Mr. Chase. 1330 01:38:41,248 --> 01:38:43,041 (WEAKLY) Father! 1331 01:38:44,877 --> 01:38:47,170 (WHIMPERING) Don't leave me, Father! 1332 01:38:51,675 --> 01:38:54,719 (SEAGULL SQUAWKING) 1333 01:39:38,013 --> 01:39:42,392 Mr. Chase. 1334 01:39:42,559 --> 01:39:44,894 Sir, look. Look, sir. 1335 01:39:48,565 --> 01:39:51,401 Mr. Chase, look. 1336 01:39:52,820 --> 01:39:54,570 Wake up, Mr. Chase! 1337 01:39:55,406 --> 01:39:56,614 Here, wake up! 1338 01:39:58,200 --> 01:40:00,368 Please wake up, sir, there's land. 1339 01:40:01,245 --> 01:40:02,829 Mr. Chase, look. 1340 01:40:23,142 --> 01:40:24,600 NICKERSON: We were rescued there, 1341 01:40:25,269 --> 01:40:27,687 off the island of M�s Afuera, Chile, 1342 01:40:28,981 --> 01:40:31,566 90 days after the sinking of the Essex. 1343 01:40:33,444 --> 01:40:35,278 They gave us some old clothes. 1344 01:40:35,446 --> 01:40:36,821 Fed us, too. 1345 01:40:38,490 --> 01:40:40,408 It was hard to eat at first. 1346 01:40:40,576 --> 01:40:41,784 Strange. 1347 01:40:43,495 --> 01:40:45,413 They looked after us as best they could 1348 01:40:45,581 --> 01:40:47,832 till we found a ship that would carry us home. 1349 01:40:49,418 --> 01:40:51,252 That voyage took another three months. 1350 01:41:00,929 --> 01:41:04,015 It looked like the whole island turned out to see us return. 1351 01:41:05,392 --> 01:41:07,101 But there were no cheers. 1352 01:41:08,228 --> 01:41:09,437 Only silence. 1353 01:41:11,106 --> 01:41:14,358 They looked at us like we were apparitions, 1354 01:41:15,402 --> 01:41:16,736 phantoms. 1355 01:41:17,905 --> 01:41:21,991 We'd said nothing of the details of our survival to anyone, 1356 01:41:22,159 --> 01:41:25,203 but I wondered if they somehow knew of our privations. 1357 01:41:27,039 --> 01:41:28,664 Maybe they were just curious. 1358 01:42:08,205 --> 01:42:09,705 Oh, my God! 1359 01:42:14,128 --> 01:42:15,378 (SOBBING) 1360 01:42:17,131 --> 01:42:18,506 I promised, didn't I? 1361 01:42:26,682 --> 01:42:27,890 Oh, God. 1362 01:42:29,685 --> 01:42:30,726 Hi. 1363 01:42:32,146 --> 01:42:33,855 Hey, sweetie. Who's this? 1364 01:42:35,315 --> 01:42:36,440 Phoebe Ann. 1365 01:42:36,859 --> 01:42:38,151 (PEGGY LAUGHING) 1366 01:42:40,904 --> 01:42:42,572 Phoebe Ann Chase, huh? 1367 01:42:43,949 --> 01:42:45,324 This is Daddy. 1368 01:42:47,327 --> 01:42:48,578 Hey, sweetie. 1369 01:42:53,917 --> 01:42:55,376 PEGGY: It's your daddy. 1370 01:43:03,343 --> 01:43:04,635 Oh, my God. 1371 01:43:12,728 --> 01:43:14,437 NICKERSON: Of course, they couldn't leave him alone. 1372 01:43:15,272 --> 01:43:18,316 Mr. Chase and his wife had scarcely walked a block towards home 1373 01:43:18,483 --> 01:43:21,777 when he was stopped and made to return to the Maritime office. 1374 01:43:23,238 --> 01:43:26,032 There were business matters still in question. 1375 01:43:39,796 --> 01:43:41,255 So, to the matter. 1376 01:43:45,969 --> 01:43:49,347 Due to the significant loss of life and property on our voyage, 1377 01:43:50,015 --> 01:43:51,849 it seems there will be an inquiry. 1378 01:43:52,809 --> 01:43:54,060 And as captain and first mate, 1379 01:43:54,228 --> 01:43:56,187 we will be expected to give an account 1380 01:43:56,355 --> 01:43:57,647 of what happened. 1381 01:43:57,814 --> 01:43:59,065 Yes, of course. 1382 01:43:59,233 --> 01:44:03,653 And having discussed this with the ship owners and my father, 1383 01:44:04,821 --> 01:44:08,532 it is clear that full disclosure will have ramifications. 1384 01:44:09,117 --> 01:44:11,494 Terrible ramifications for the whole industry. 1385 01:44:12,913 --> 01:44:15,164 That a whale brought down the Essex. 1386 01:44:16,583 --> 01:44:17,792 But it's the truth. 1387 01:44:25,968 --> 01:44:27,969 If the insurance houses and investors 1388 01:44:28,136 --> 01:44:32,974 were to start worrying about sea monsters sinking ships, 1389 01:44:33,141 --> 01:44:35,351 sailors drawing lots to survive... 1390 01:44:37,104 --> 01:44:38,688 We are in the oil business. 1391 01:44:39,439 --> 01:44:40,648 All of us. 1392 01:44:41,358 --> 01:44:42,483 And as in any business, 1393 01:44:42,651 --> 01:44:46,195 the probability of success must always be greater than the risk incurred. 1394 01:44:48,740 --> 01:44:50,783 So, what are you suggesting, George? 1395 01:44:51,159 --> 01:44:53,035 That you say the ship ran aground. 1396 01:44:54,121 --> 01:44:55,204 That's a lie. 1397 01:44:55,455 --> 01:44:58,541 - And that the men that died, drowned. - And that's another lie. 1398 01:44:58,834 --> 01:45:00,126 Think on it. They will make you captain. 1399 01:45:00,294 --> 01:45:02,378 Well, that pledge I already have in writing. 1400 01:45:02,546 --> 01:45:06,048 Only on the condition you bring home a ship full of oil. 1401 01:45:08,010 --> 01:45:09,260 This way, it's guaranteed. 1402 01:45:09,553 --> 01:45:11,429 FULLER: You would be a wealthy man. 1403 01:45:12,264 --> 01:45:14,974 The name Chase need no longer be a landsman's name, 1404 01:45:15,350 --> 01:45:16,392 but an established name 1405 01:45:16,560 --> 01:45:19,270 that belongs among the great families of Nantucket. 1406 01:45:20,731 --> 01:45:22,940 You want me to whitewash what happened for profit? 1407 01:45:23,900 --> 01:45:26,694 We are asking you to be pragmatic. 1408 01:45:42,669 --> 01:45:44,754 The Essex was stove by a white whale. 1409 01:45:46,006 --> 01:45:48,924 And those of us that survived in ill-equipped whaleboats 1410 01:45:49,092 --> 01:45:52,053 had to commit abominations in order to survive. 1411 01:45:53,347 --> 01:45:56,974 And, on our return, we're expected to spread barefaced lies 1412 01:45:58,101 --> 01:46:00,227 so that you, the ship owners of Nantucket, 1413 01:46:01,271 --> 01:46:04,190 might line your pockets and sleep well at night? 1414 01:46:05,442 --> 01:46:07,443 Well, I will not embroider the truth. 1415 01:46:08,570 --> 01:46:10,446 Nor should you, George. 1416 01:46:29,966 --> 01:46:32,301 NICKERSON: That last time I saw him... 1417 01:46:32,469 --> 01:46:33,719 Mr. Chase, sir! 1418 01:46:34,471 --> 01:46:37,223 I couldn't find the right words to say what I wanted to. 1419 01:46:38,308 --> 01:46:39,308 Thomas. 1420 01:46:40,727 --> 01:46:42,436 NICKERSON: Perhaps there are no words. 1421 01:46:42,771 --> 01:46:43,813 Um... 1422 01:46:44,940 --> 01:46:48,484 I'm gonna be on my way to Falmouth and... 1423 01:46:51,196 --> 01:46:52,405 It's... 1424 01:46:53,407 --> 01:46:56,951 It's been an honor, sir, to sail with you. 1425 01:47:01,039 --> 01:47:03,040 The honor's been mine, Mr. Nickerson. 1426 01:47:20,308 --> 01:47:21,350 Here. 1427 01:47:27,023 --> 01:47:28,566 Good luck out there, Thomas. 1428 01:47:30,277 --> 01:47:31,527 And you, sir. 1429 01:48:00,724 --> 01:48:03,517 Next day, George Pollard was called before the inquiry. 1430 01:48:04,311 --> 01:48:06,312 (CROWD MURMURING) 1431 01:48:08,440 --> 01:48:09,940 MASON: Gentlemen, Captain George Pollard. 1432 01:48:11,359 --> 01:48:13,194 NICKERSON: And all the important men in Nantucket were there. 1433 01:48:14,905 --> 01:48:16,530 It was a formality. 1434 01:48:17,991 --> 01:48:20,826 Good day to you, Captain. Please sit down. 1435 01:48:25,749 --> 01:48:27,124 For the record, then... 1436 01:48:29,586 --> 01:48:32,087 The Essex was stove by a white whale 1437 01:48:32,255 --> 01:48:34,590 1,200 leagues west of Ecuador. 1438 01:48:35,133 --> 01:48:37,885 It was as if Owen Chase himself had spoken. 1439 01:48:39,930 --> 01:48:41,263 Told them the truth. 1440 01:48:45,435 --> 01:48:47,561 Captain Pollard's conscience was clear. 1441 01:48:49,147 --> 01:48:50,272 But the inquiry was a sham. 1442 01:48:53,026 --> 01:48:54,193 Pollard went out again, 1443 01:48:57,572 --> 01:48:59,156 looking for the white whale. 1444 01:48:59,866 --> 01:49:01,116 He never found it. 1445 01:49:02,869 --> 01:49:05,037 He ran a second ship aground off Hawaii. 1446 01:49:06,540 --> 01:49:07,790 Twice cursed. 1447 01:49:09,626 --> 01:49:10,668 Never sailed again. 1448 01:49:11,253 --> 01:49:12,336 And Owen Chase? 1449 01:49:14,297 --> 01:49:16,006 He was a man of his word. 1450 01:49:16,841 --> 01:49:19,134 First, he sent a boat back to Ducie Island. 1451 01:49:20,637 --> 01:49:22,054 Mr. Joy had passed. 1452 01:49:22,764 --> 01:49:25,975 But the other three were, incredibly, still alive. 1453 01:49:28,937 --> 01:49:30,187 And then? 1454 01:49:31,106 --> 01:49:34,483 And then he packed up his family and moved to New Bedford. 1455 01:49:36,486 --> 01:49:37,987 Started over. 1456 01:49:38,822 --> 01:49:40,239 Became a merchant captain, 1457 01:49:41,157 --> 01:49:43,158 sailing on his own terms. 1458 01:49:52,669 --> 01:49:55,713 Well, you certainly got your money's worth, Mr. Melville. 1459 01:49:56,298 --> 01:49:58,757 These February nights are the longest of the year. 1460 01:49:58,925 --> 01:50:00,843 Well, you can both rest now. 1461 01:50:01,094 --> 01:50:02,386 Believe me, 1462 01:50:02,554 --> 01:50:04,680 I shall not be resting for some time. 1463 01:50:05,473 --> 01:50:06,682 NICKERSON: Why? 1464 01:50:07,684 --> 01:50:09,268 You got your story. 1465 01:50:09,853 --> 01:50:12,354 You know, your plot. It's all there. 1466 01:50:12,856 --> 01:50:16,150 Maybe it wasn't a plot I was after. 1467 01:50:16,860 --> 01:50:18,527 No. What, then? 1468 01:50:19,362 --> 01:50:22,823 - Something else you've given me tonight. - And what's that? 1469 01:50:23,908 --> 01:50:27,786 The courage to go where one does not want to go. 1470 01:50:29,956 --> 01:50:31,415 Mr. Melville, 1471 01:50:32,125 --> 01:50:34,543 what you've heard, what I've told you, 1472 01:50:37,714 --> 01:50:41,717 will it all be of service to your book? 1473 01:50:43,386 --> 01:50:46,472 It will be a work of fiction, Mr. Nickerson, 1474 01:50:47,807 --> 01:50:49,433 inspired by truth. 1475 01:50:51,144 --> 01:50:54,229 But I don't believe I'll feel the need to use all of it. 1476 01:51:03,406 --> 01:51:05,282 - Thank you. - Here. 1477 01:51:05,450 --> 01:51:08,744 - Take that with you. - No. The money is for you. I insist. 1478 01:51:09,913 --> 01:51:11,580 I insist you keep it. 1479 01:51:11,748 --> 01:51:15,501 And I insist one person in this conversation is sober. 1480 01:51:26,429 --> 01:51:29,098 - So it's back to, uh... - Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 1481 01:51:30,016 --> 01:51:31,475 Well, good luck. 1482 01:51:33,269 --> 01:51:34,436 Thank you. 1483 01:51:38,066 --> 01:51:39,274 You know, 1484 01:51:40,151 --> 01:51:43,529 I heard a man from Pennsylvania drilled a hole in the ground recently 1485 01:51:44,614 --> 01:51:46,115 and found oil. 1486 01:51:46,741 --> 01:51:47,950 That can't be true. 1487 01:51:48,743 --> 01:51:49,910 I heard it, too. 1488 01:51:52,539 --> 01:51:54,123 Oil from the ground. 1489 01:51:56,543 --> 01:51:57,876 Fancy that. 1490 02:01:40,167 --> 02:01:41,167 English - SDH