Moby Dick (1998) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Is it wise to lower
in the dark, captain ?
In the dark, Mr. Starbuck,
we'll see his whiteness
better than by daylight.
If I'd only one leg,
you wouldn't catch me
in a boat by night
Except maybe to stop a leak
with my whalebone toe.
He's possessed, I tell you.
God has shipwrecked his soul.
Now, look at this.
The fog--
where did it come from ?
[ Starbuck ]
Look at us, rowing blind
into it at night,
looking for a whale
as white as the fog.
Was that a ghost we saw
or a whale ?
[ Flask ]
It was Moby dick,
I tell you.
Fog, hail or snow
I don't care.
I'll fetch that gold doubloon
or I'll die trying.
Come along.
Pull, damn ye.
Show some muscle, boys.
Come on.
Easy oars.
Hush.
[ Whale exhales ]
[ Whispers ]
Prick your ears.
Listen.
Hold the oars, boys.
Hold still.
[ Whispers ]
Softly.
That's it, mates.
Softly now.
- What do you make of it, sir ?
- Shh.
There !
There, men !
Mr. Starbuck, follow !
Follow !
After him, men !
Pull ! Pull !
Follow, Mr. Starbuck !
Follow !
- Avast !
- [ Ahab ] Pull, men ! Pull !
Here comes our whale, lads,
breaching now to larboard.
[ Stubb chuckling ]
[ Harpooners grunting,
sailors shouting, laughing ]
[ Starbuck ]
Queequeg !
He's swimming around us !
[ Pip screams ]
[ Stubb laughing ]
There he goes !
[ Pip ]
Help !
Man overboard !
Mr. Starbuck,
man overboard !
For god's sake, it's pip !
He's out there !
- Where's the line ?
- [ Sailor ] Hold onto me !
[ Whimpering ]
But, sir,
what about pip ?
Sit down, boy !
Nothing we can do.
[ Starbuck ]
The line ! Let it run !
Let it run ! Let it run !
Can't be too much left
in her now!
She's turned around !
Steady, lads !
Steady !
[ Starbuck ]
There ! There, lads !
Pull us up to him !
Mr. Starbuck, sir,
we can't just act as if
nothing's happened !
We've got to go
back for him.
Sit down, boy.
[ Crew straining ]
We got it. Come on.
Don't let her go down.
Turn around
and take up
that line, lad !
[ Groaning ]
He'll drown, sir.
He'll drown if
we leave him there.
There are two boats
in our wake, lad.
They're sure to see him.
Row, men, row !
Put your backs into it !
Pull, damn ye !
Row !
Aside ! Set aside !
Let me through !
[ Ahab gasping, groaning ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Water splashes ]
[ Ahab gasping,
groaning ]
[ Continues gasping,
groaning ]
Row !
Row, ye demons !
Pull !
Pull me to him !
He's there !
He's there, I tell ye !
Faster.
Break your backs, men !
Bring me to him !
Beach me
on his white back !
Pull !
Pull, ye demons ! Pull !
[ Shouts ]
[ Fedallah ]
He's gone, master.
[ Ahab ]
We've lost him.
[ Panting ]
Did ye not see him,
Mr. Starbuck ?
I did, captain.
Why did ye strike
this whale, when ye
could see Moby dick ?
I am a whaler, sir.
Have this blubber
on board tonight,
before daybreak.
We're drive it on
in the morning.
Aye, aye, sir.
What about the boy,
sir ?
"Boy" ? What boy ?
Pip, sir.
He's lost at sea.
Aye, sir.
Seen him myself, sir.
There's miles of sea
between him and us now.
We can't risk losing this
kill on account of that
minstrel's foolishness.
Oh, pip.
You mean the tambourine boy.
Aye. [ Stubb ] Aye.
What was he doing in your boat ?
Stowed away, sir,
where he wasn't supposed to be.
He's a kindhearted,
jolly little boy, sir.
I'm afraid we've lost him.
Me go find pip.
Pip be dead,
that be bad magic.
Go to him,
ye greyhounds !
Ye have till morning
to find him, Mr. Starbuck.
At least
what the sharks left of him.
Thank ye, captain.
Mr. Bulkington
Take this crew and boat,
organize a search.
Aye, sir.
Let's do it, lads.
[ Ishmael ]
Pip !
Pip !
Pip !
Pip !
Sing out !
Pip !
Where are ye, lad ?
We must all be daft,
looking for a black boy,
in a black sea, in a black night.
[ Bell ringing ]
[ Ringing continues ]
[ Mumbling,
shivering ]
[ Muttering ]
[ Gasps ]
Now, if the captain pleases,
let me measure it now, sir.
Ye a man-maker, carpenter ?
Ye measure me like a suit ?
Ah, go on.
[ Sighs ]
Accursed fate.
That my soul should have
such a house for a body.
How does that feel, sir ?
I can't say.
I only feel
what is not there.
Aye. Dismasted man
never loses the feeling
of his lost spar, sir.
Hmm.
Now, careful, sir.
Careful.
Those straps there,
they'll break bones
if you're not careful.
I like a strong grip,
carpenter.
[ Inhales deeply,
exhales ]
Something in this
slippery world
to hold onto.
[ Sighs ]
You ever hear of an old
Greek called prometheus ?
No, sir.
Can't say that I ever shipped
with the man, sir.
[ Chuckles ]
Prometheus it was
that made man,
made him whole,
made him with tools,
and he animated him
with fire.
Oh, prometheus
should have made me.
What's made with fire
belongs in the fire.
Then I would have
been complete.
Oh. Fifty feet tall
in my socks.
My legs like roots.
Arms three feet
to the wrist.
No heart.
Not at all.
And eyes ?
No.
A skylight atop my head,
lighting up
a whole acre of brains.
Like a Greek god.
[ Scoffs ]
Greek god.
I stand on this
Broken stick of an old bone.
My torn soul
and my gashed body
bleed into each other,
and the truth
shakes me falsely.
Thank ye, carpenter,
the way you've fixed it.
You leave me
to the gods.
Aye, aye, sir.
What do ye want ?
The dream has come
to me again
Of my master's death.
My death ?
Well, then I pray
ye go before me.
I shall,
as your pilot.
Well, then, my pilot,
I pledge this:
I shall slay Moby dick,
and I shall survive it.
[ Man ]
Let's get that fire
stoked more !
Blubber up now.
Whale boat
to the starboard helm !
- They got pip !
- [ Crew cheering ]
[ Crew chattering,
cheering ]
Well done.
Well done,
Mr. Starbuck.
[ Stubb ]
Captain, sir.
They found pip, sir.
[ Crew chattering ]
[ Sailor ]
We got a lucky minstrel, sir !
Hey !
This is a fine day !
Well done, I say !
We'd given ye up
for lost, lad.
Thank Ishmael and Queequeg.
They spotted him.
Mr. Ishmael.
Mr. Queequeg.
Ye are a credit
to the ship, boys.
[ Crew laughing ]
We missed ye, lad.
[ Laughing continues ]
- Hello ! You're alive !
- [ Continue laughing ]
- Hey, lad !
- Hey, pip, come on !
Come on, pip !
Come on, pip !
Sing us a song.
Pip, what is it, lad ?
[ Pip screaming ]
[ Screaming continues ]
This be bad Ishmael.
This be very bad.
Bad magic.
- [ Screams ]
- [ Grunting ]
- [ Gasping ]
- [ Queequeg roars ]
[ Slaps rail ]
Set sail, Mr. Starbuck !
We've wasted enough time !
Aye, aye.
Right away, sir.
Up sail !
Let's catch a breeze !
[ Stubb ]
Masts ! Put them all up !
Spread away there, you lackeys !
Do you not know he's out there ?
Thunder away at it !
[ Flask ]
All hands below !
Let's get this deck clear !
Clear it off !
[ Stubb ] Aye, aye, sir.
We'll not be whalers again
till it's Moby dick's head
hanging from this yardarm !
Hello, pip.
Brought you
some food.
Come on.
We, ye, they--
we're all bats !
Who ?
There.
In there.
Two bones stuck
in trousers.
And one be not his,
but a whale's.
Get out ! Shoo !
Get out !
I fear we should have
left pip to his fate,
poor boy.
Bats.
[ Tashtego ]
There she blows, captain !
That's white !
The white whale !
It's not white, captain.
It's gray. Probably a humpback.
It's Moby dick,
I tell ye.
Unfurl the gallants !
We need more sail !
[ Crew shouting ]
The gallants !
[ Starbuck ]
No, sir ! Sperm whales
off the starboard !
Shall we lower away, sir ?
Up all sail, Mr. Starbuck !
We're driving on !
Sir, there's barrels
of gold out there
Worth far more
than a Spanish coin !
Those are
my orders, sir !
But captain--
sail on, I say !
Steady on course,
helmsman !
Sail onward !
To nowhere.
- [ Shouts ]
- That's it.
He'll not breach again
for another hour,
a mile away from here.
He's out there,
my master.
Very near.
Very near.
He's a cunning one,
that Moby dick.
If it was Moby dick.
Huh ?
He'll make us chase him
across the antarctic,
if we let him.
And when we're good
and exhausted,
when it's time
to turn back
Ahab will say,
"drive on."
He's seen Moby dick.
He's looked again
into that cold eye.
He won't let up now.
[ Grumbles ]
Burning the cargo now,
are we ?
Wasting our profit.
What good
are our damn profits
If we freeze to death ?
Sir.
[ Sighing ]
Captain
Might I be so bold to suggest
that we turn north, sir ?
Back on course,
toward the cape.
There are no whales
in these waters.
He's out there, Mr. Starbuck.
He's daring us on.
I've sailed through
Greenland waters
worse than this.
We'll just force our way
through this ice.
Aye, sir, but not
at this time of year.
The ice is too thick, sir.
We can't take that gamble.
It could crush this ship
like a gourd, captain.
Drive on, Mr. Starbuck.
Yes, sir.
Moby dick's trackings
are due east. You told me so.
Toward the cape.
He's taunting us, Mr. Starbuck.
He's taunting us.
Drive on, I say.
Aye, aye, captain.
[ Starbuck ]
Pack ice.
Aye, that's a bad sign.
Shouldn't we turn about sir ?
[ Starbuck ]
Captain's orders.
[ Shivering ]
Steady the helm !
Steady !
Steady the helm !
[ Crashing ]
Port !
We hit the ice !
Lost him.
Damn it, man !
We're going to lose
this ship !
Man the sheets !
Pull up them sails !
Shoal, sir !
Carpenter !
Sir ?
Fetch timber !
Pitch and timber !
Aye, aye, sir.
[ Starbuck shouting orders ]
Davy Jones, lads !
Come on !
Come on !
[ Shouting, chattering,
indistinct ]
[ Chattering continues ]
That's it !
Hold it right there.
We're sinking already,
you fool !
[ Crew shouting below,
indistinct ]
[ Shouting continues ]
[ Shouting, indistinct ]
Put a spike in it !
Put the spike in it !
[ Ahab ]
Only but one moment,
flank to flank with him.
For that I'd risk
a thousand full barrels.
Damn ye, white eye.
Where are ye ?
Show yourself !
Show me a sign.
So be it.
Plague my soul.
I am Jonah now.
A god fugitive.
[ Groans ]
[ Crew ] Mates--
stay over there !
We've got it.
Help me.
Hold it, hold it.
Give me that hatchet.
Give me that hatchet.
[ Indistinct ]
[ Hammering ]
What's this ?
A mutiny
or a speedy death ?
All is not lost,
my master.
[ Groaning ]
[ Sailor ]
Get under it.
Ain't no good !
We all gonna drown !
I ain't gonna die !
Get back here,
ye bastard !
Let go of me ! Let go !
[ Shouting, indistinct ]
[ Shouting continues ]
[ Ahab ]
Is it a fight ye want, lads ?
Well, the fight's out there.
Moby dick, my hearties.
Have ye so soon forgotten him ?
Well, hear this.
On the day
that white whale is killed,
there is a piece of gold
for each and every one of ye.
Be careful.
[ Groaning ]
Come on.
[ Chattering, indistinct ]
[ Gasps ]
Be careful.
[ Explosion ]
[ Men cheering ]
[ Cheering ]
If Moby dick
will not come to us
We shall go to him !
Yes !
I do not order ye, men !
Ye shall will it !
Death to Moby dick !
[ Crew cheering ]
Heave ! Heave !
[ Flask ]
Backs into it, lads !
Merciless, untamed sea,
Mr. Starbuck.
But we'll not yield to it,
shall we ?
No, captain,
we will not yield to it.
For once in me life
I married a wife ♪
and damn
that girl was lazy ♪
away, haul away
we'll haul away now ♪
she wouldn't
stay home at night ♪
which bloody near
drove me crazy ♪♪
All hail, captain pip.
[ Whispers ]
By god, it's my reflection.
[ Chuckling ]
Everything but the eyes.
Who are ye, mister ?
Pip, sir.
Ship's crier, cabin boy.
You crazy loon--
shh.
Hands off his holiness.
A greater idiot
ever scolds a lesser.
Oh, ye frozen heavens
Look down
upon this luckless boy.
Ye shall live in my cabin
So long as Ahab is alive.
You're tied to me with cords
of heartstrings, boy.
Ye have touched
the very center of me.
Come with me.
Come, come.
[ Laughing ]
What in thunder ?
Them two crazy ones,
now.
[ Laughing ]
[ Laughing, hoots ]
One crazy with strength,
the other crazy
with weakness, eh ?
[ Laughing ]
A greater idiot am I
Than pip ? Eh ?
[ Groans ]
Huh ?
Back to work.
[ Starbuck ]
I am sorry to disturb you,
but the oil barrels are leaking.
Tar them up.
The cask wood is rotten, sir.
It would be more prudent to ship
into the next port and replace--
we will not stray
from our course.
Is that understood ?
[ Starbuck ]
We are losing our profits, sir.
Do you wish to strip the men
of all hopes of cash ?
[ Ahab ] Oh, cash !
That's a hard matter, indeed.
Tar up the barrels.
That will not do.
Now you mind your words, sir.
Those are my orders.
That is all.
[ Laughing ]
As you wish, captain.
[ Pip continues laughing,
bangs chess piece ]
- Sail, ho !
- Where away ?
Three points
on the starboard bow, sir !
She's bringing down
her breeze to us !
That's a cheery sight, sir.
[ Men gasping,
dishes clattering ]
[ Groans ]
Shall we reef sails and
prepare to board her captain?
No, Mr. Starbuck.
Have ye seen
a whale boat adrift, sir ?
Have ye seen
the white whale ?
Aye, we have.
This morning.
Where was he, captain ?
Not dead, was he ?
Not killed ?
Ha!
What does that matter ?
My boy, sir !
I lost a whaleboat !
My own son
is on that boat !
I beg of ye, for god's sake,
help me find him.
Oh, don't. No, no, no,
don't ask me.
I know you, Ahab !
We have shipped together !
Let me charter your ship, sir !
I'll pay handsomely !
You must !
You must and you shall
do this for me, Ahab !
The whale, captain gardiner.
Where was he when you last
clapped eyes on him ?
Ahab, I will not go
till ye say aye to me.
I know ye have a child
of your own
Safe in Nantucket.
You know that I would do
for you what I am asking ye
to do for me.
Yes, I see it.
I see you relenting.
Stand by, men,
to square away the yards !
We're all going to look
for that boat
And find my son !
Avast ! Touch not a rope yard,
nor a block nor spar !
I will not help ye,
captain gardiner !
Even as we speak,
I'm losing time,
and I'll not lose any more !
Mr. Starbuck, prepare
to turn to windward !
No, no ! No !
Come on ! Man the yards !
Look lively there !
We are sailing on !
[ Pounds harpoon ]
[ Waves crashing]
Good-bye, captain gardiner !
Good-bye !
May I forgive myself
But I must go !
God will not forgive you
for this, Ahab !
He will not forgive you !
Helmsman, hold steady
on an easterly course.
[ Shouts ]
- Queequeg sailor no more.
- To your station, harpooneer.
Captain, ye be bad magic.
- Obey me !
- Queequeg harpoon no more !
[ Shouts ]
[ Grunts ]
Captain.
Captain ?
[ Polynesian ]
[ Polynesian ]
[ Continues ]
Let go of this door.
Permission to speak
with ye, sir.
Permission denied.
I will speak to ye !
[ Ahab ]
You'll return
to your duties, sir.
Starbuck,
get back on deck
Or, by god, I swear
I will deliver you
straight to hell.
I am in hell.
Captain, we have sailed
for thousands of miles
to stock oil.
We are breaking a solemn oath
by chasing this mirage
of a whale.
What will the owners
think if we--
"owners" ?
What cares Ahab ?
Let the owners
stand on nantucket beach
and out yell the typhoons.
They're not on my conscience.
My conscience is in the keel
of this ship.
Now, get back
on deck.
Your conscience, sir,
is drawing water.
And in the end
it will sink ye down.
And you'll drag us down
in your wake.
- Damnation, sir !
- Good lord, man,
think of your men !
The angels mob you
with warnings.
Do you not see them,
captain ?
[ Cocks rifle ]
No, sir.
Get back on deck.
Nay, I will not.
I do entreat ye,
captain.
I only ask that
we understand one another.
Then listen to me, sir.
There is one god
who is lord over the earth.
And there is one captain
who is lord over the pequod.
Now, get back to your post.
[ Starbuck ]
As you wish.
You needn't beware of Starbuck.
Let Ahab beware of ahab.
Beware of yourself,
old man.
You face me
like a brave man,
and yet ye obey me.
You're too good a man,
Starbuck.
I wish I were not.
[ Queequeg chanting ]
Queequeg.
What's gotten into ye ?
If you don't work,
then you'll get a flogging
for sure.
Now, Queequeg,
speak to me.
[ Continues chanting ]
He got the voodoo in him.
[ Continues chanting ]
What do you think it is
that ails him, tashtego ?
His spirit's ill.
It be his time to die.
"His time to die" ?
What manner of nonsense
is that ?
Queequeg, that's enough.
Such madness.
First the old man,
then pip, now Queequeg.
- Are we all to go mad ?
- It's ahab, I tell ye.
He put the voodoo
in all us.
[ Chanting continues ]
What the devil is this ?
It's my friend, sir.
He's not well.
[ Chanting continues ]
Queequeg,
put out that flame.
You'll set
the whole ship afire.
Ship on fire.
Aye.
Whole, big ship.
Ship all burned,
and Queequeg
Go home to ancestors'
spiritual land.
Get carpenter !
I fetch him
for ye, mate.
What do you want
with the carpenter ?
Need him build canoe,
like them canoe put them in
when nantucket whaler dead.
Dark wood
Like me harpoon iron.
- Sabby ?
- What does he say ?
He wants us to set him adrift
in a canoe a coffin.
He's spoken to me
of it before.
It's how warriors are buried
in his homeland.
[ Carpenter ]
Aye. So ?
What's he want ?
A coffin that floats.
Can you manage that ?
Aye.
No matter !
Hey, hey.
Mauri god. Nantucket god.
No god on this ship !
No god !
[ Polynesian ]
[ Continues ]
[ Polynesian ]
[ Shouting,
polynesian ]
[ Sailor ]
Psst.
[ Squeaking ]
[ Pulley squeaking ]
[ Squeaking continues ]
[ Boat splashes ]
Bulkington !
- Have ye gone mad as well ?
- I got a young bride
waiting for me, sir.
It's not my fate
to die with that man.
[ Panting ]
[Knife Unsheathes]
I always liked ye, Starbuck.
Don't try to stop me.
This is for the missus
If you make it to nantucket.
Though you haven't
much of a chance.
[ Panting ]
Why don't you give it
to her yourself ?
There's room
in the boat.
You'll need that
more than me.
God go with ye, mate.
[ Flask ]
Make fast !
Dough boy, I said make fast !
Mr. Flask !
Easy, sir.
Fold together !
[ Sailor shouts ]
Fold together !
What ?
A word with ye.
Stubb,
I need a word with ye.
Sir ?
What, now ?
Aye ! Now.
Now, come on.
Just take a few sips.
[ Sailor ] Line secure !
You can get back
to your prayers.
[ Thud ]
[ Carpenter ]
Well, don't just sit there.
Give me a hand.
All right.
[ Groans ]
There.
Well, get in.
I've got to do a fitting.
[ Sighs ]
I've got to do a fitting !
[ Shouts ]
Hey.
Just--
[ Sighs ]
Perfect.
God bless you,
poor soul.
Come on.
[ Resumes chanting,
polynesian ]
[ Continues ]
How do you mean
"usurpation" ?
A captain cannot use a ship
for ill-gotten gains,
other than for the purposes
of her owners.
It's in the code
of the merchant seamen.
We're not merchant seamen.
We're whalers.
Are you blind
to what's happening here ?
All that we've toiled for
is being lost.
He will not lift
a finger to stop it.
He does not care.
Careful, stubb.
This whole damn ship
could go up in flames.
What are ye proposing,
mate ?
[ Sighs ]
We have the legal right
to refuse further obedience.
We can even wrest
command of the ship.
That's dangerous talk.
I can't abide by it.
Captain says,
"tar up them barrels."
Let's tar them up.
Stubb.
Stubb
Open your eyes, man.
We're not whalers
anymore.
We're sheep. We're sheep
following a madman,
wandering
from all mortal reason.
Right.
That may be true.
The captain's
still the captain.
He's a fearless one,
at that.
Aye.
Aye,
a mighty captain he is.
King of the seas and lord
of all the leviathans.
Shh.
[ Flask ]
We can't go
up against that.
[ Starbuck ]
Hark ye well, mates.
A fearless man is far more
dangerous than any coward.
[ Flask scoffs ]
No storm, no whale
can match the terror
That menaces us
from the brow
of this angry man.
We cannot let ahab's fate
and pride drag this ship
down to doom with him.
A mutiny, sir.
That's an idea born
of an undigested stomach.
That's a killing ground
you're standing on.
Aye.
Aye !
And I'll not be
part of it.
[ Footsteps splashing ]
[ Sighs ]
This is a sharkish business
we're in, Mr. Starbuck.
Are ye shark enough
for this ?
I can no longer stand by
to the willful murder
of this good crew.
I can no longer obey
my god and obey him.
Do you understand that,
stubb ?
I understand, mate.
I'm not a religious man
Nor a brave one.
Ye stand alone.
[ Footsteps splashing ]
Poor, simple, mad pip.
[ Sighs ]
Oh were I the wind,
I'd blow no more
in this wicked world.
Oh, god.
Stave my brain.
Oh, how he gores me.
[ Sighs ]
If only I could sleep.
But Ahab never sleeps.
He only feels.
Feels.
Feels.
[ Flask shouting,
indistinct ]
All hands !
All hands !
Flask
Break out the main yard !
Drop the main yard !
[ Sailor repeats order ]
[ Indistinct ]
Look to yourselves !
[ Sailor shouting,
indistinct ]
[ Shouting order ]
I'll take the helm !
Aye !
[ Shouts,
indistinct ]
[ Shouts, indistinct ]
[ Groans softly ]
What is it ?
A storm captain.
Hey, ho ♪
donkey riding
donkey riding ♪
[ Laughing ]
Riding
on a donkey ♪
donkey riding
donkey riding ♪
riding
on a donkey ♪
donkey riding
donkey riding ♪
riding on a donkey ♪♪
Let the storm
do the singing.
Be a braver man
and hold your tongue.
[ Thunderclap ]
Queequeg !
Get below !
Come on, mate !
You'll be washed overboard !
Bad work, Mr. Starbuck.
Bad work !
The sea's having her way !
Ye can't fight it !
No one can !
Not even the captain !
We'll go no further
in this squall !
Captain, we can turn this
Gale into a fair wind
if we come about.
Let it drive us home.
To leeward, sir,
and homeward !
Don't lecture me,
Mr. Starbuck !
I know these seas,
and I know myself !
Never think
this voyage over
Till Moby dick
is in my grasp !
For god's sake, ahab,
turn about !
You heard me, Starbuck !
Drive on !
Mr. Starbuck !
Mr. Starbuck !
Get him below !
He won't move, sir !
Tie him down !
[ Thunderclap ]
Break the gallant sail !
Come on, lad !
[ Men screaming ]
He's there, men !
He's riding the storm
with us !
Captain,
leave that whale
to his ghostly wanderings !
We must save our ship !
[ Man screaming ]
[ Ahab ]
There he is !
[ Men scream ]
[ Ahab ]
Behold him !
Believe your own eyes !
He's there !
Do ye see him ?
[ Loudly ]
Do you see him, men ?
Do you see him there ?
It's him !
Do you not see him ?
There !
I see him, captain !
I see him !
I see him too, captain !
Clear as day !
Where is he, sir ?
I don't see him !
Of course you don't, lad !
He ain't there !
The old man's blasted
all reason straight out
of their heads !
Prepare to wear ship !
Man the yards !
We're coming about !
Captain,
we must turn around !
No !
I drive on, I say !
We drive on !
We'll lose this ship,
sir !
We'll perish !
We drive on !
He's done it !
The old man--
he's done it !
We're out of the weather.
[ Thunder rumbling ]
[ Thunder rumbling,
light crackling ]
[ Gasps ]
What is it ?
Saint elmo's fire.
[ Light crackling ]
[ Thunder rumbling ]
[ Sailor ]
It's on the wheel !
It's all over the ship.
Don't touch it !
Don't touch it !
[ Ahab ]
Aye !
Mark it !
Mark it well, shipmates !
The white flame
can lead the way
to the white whale !
[ Light crackling ]
[ Crew ]
Look ! It's coming down !
Jesus Christ in heaven,
what's he doing ?
Oh, he knows
what he's doing.
[ Crew chattering ]
Leap up.
Leap up
and lick the heavens !
I leap with you !
I bond with you !
I command the heavens !
[ Crew gasping ]
[ Light crackling ]
Captain.
Ahab is bound, shipmates !
Bound !
Heart, body and soul !
[ Crackling ]
Life and lungs !
And ye are all bound
with the same oath !
Make no mistake !
[ Queequeg ]
Captain.
Captain.
Me sabby.
Me see.
Me captain, me captain.
Me god.
[ Laughing ]
[ Continues laughing ]
You see, Mr. Starbuck ?
You see ?
My pulse makes these
very planks beat !
Enough, Ahab !
No more witchcraft,
old man !
Forbear !
God has turned
against thee !
This light
is not thine !
This light is not thine !
Look up, shipmates.
Raise your heads !
[ Crackling ]
[ Loudly ]
Look up and watch
[ Crackling
continues ]
As ahab
Blows away
the last of your fear !
All of it, gone !
[ Crackling stops ]
[ Yells ]
[ Crew murmuring ]
[ Sobs ]
May god forgive you.
May god forgive you !
[ Chuckles ]
I just don't fathom you.
You were going to die.
Ishmael, only man go dead
want to go dead.
No bad magic kill man
not want to go dead.
Only big fire,
big water,
big whale that
don't think.
Only that kill man
not want to go dead.
Sabby ?
[ Chuckles ]
I'm going
to draft my will.
You can be my witness.
Queequeg much like that.
[ Sailor shouting,
indistinct ]
I don't mean
to bother you, sir.
Aye.
What is it, Ishmael ?
I don't know, sir.
I have such a feeling
of dread.
What's gotten
into this crew ?
They've lost
their wits, sir.
It's as if
they cannot think.
They cannot see
his madness.
He won't let them.
He won't let them think,
only to feel.
And they feel that
they must obey him.
I must obey him,
and I hate him for it.
Then I must obey him ?
No, no.
Good friend
Do not give in to him.
Not in your heart.
[ Sawing ]
[ Sawing continues ]
[ Sailor ]
Need some nails here.
[ Sawing, hammering ]
I don't like it.
I made a coffin for Queequeg,
but now he don't want it.
And now you want me
to turn it into a life buoy.
It's just plain undignified,
that's what.
Listen. There's
nothing else for it.
We lost the old one.
We need a new one.
So stop complaining
and just rig it.
Hammer it good,
you old wog.
We don't want
a leaky coffin.
I'll hammer your lips together
if you don't shut up,
you little black weasel.
Now, now, now, now, now,
cook's right.
You make a good job of it,
for if this ship sinks,
then there's gonna be
30 lively men trying
to get onto one coffin,
and that's a sight
I don't want to miss.
[ Laughing ]
[ Sailors ]
Out of the way.
Time to eat.
I'm gonna start
tarring this place up.
[ Hammering, sawing ]
[ Hammering, sawing
continue ]
What's here ?
A life buoy, captain.
Mr. Stubb's orders, sir.
Ye are the leg maker,
are ye not ?
Yes, sir.
So I am. So I am.
Are you also
the undertaker ?
Aye, sir.
'Twas a coffin before,
but now they've got me
turning it into a buoy.
A buoy ?
[ Sighs ]
You're a Jack-of-all-trades
and as unprincipled
as the gods.
I do what I do, sir.
[ Chuckles ]
Look at ye,
ye white-haired
woodpecker.
Turning the dreadful
symbol of grim death
Into an instrument
of hope.
[ Laughing ]
[ Snickering ]
[ Softly ]
A coffin into a life buoy.
Faith, sir.
Faith.
What faith ?
Why, faith.
A sort of exclamation, sir.
[ Chuckles ]
Get this thing below
where it belongs !
Let me not see it again !
Sir.
[ Sailor ]
Get me a couple more buckets.
[ Sailor #2 ]
I'll help you.
[ Sailors talking,
indistinct ]
[ Stubb ]
Come on,
step lively, lads !
[ Softly ]
Oh, high and mighty pilot,
ye can tell me
where I am,
but not where
I shall be
Or where he is.
[ Sighs softly ]
Where is he ? Moby dick ?
Ye can see him, can't ye ?
My eyes looked the very eye
that even now beholds him.
A foolish toy,
a baby's plaything
for commodores.
What can ye do with it ?
Tell me the poor,
pitiful spot where ye be ?
Not a jot more.
Ye cannot tell me
where a drop of water
will be tomorrow.
Or where be
the white whale.
You're impotent.
With your very impotence,
you insult the sun !
Can't see !
Ye vile, paltry thing !
I will no longer guide
my earthly path by thee !
[ Stomping on quadrant ]
[ Stomping continues ]
Back at work, you guys.
Come on now.
Ahoy, pip, get below.
[ Breathing hard ]
[ Exhales ]
[ Sighs ]
'Tis a mild, mild wind,
Mr. Starbuck, is it not ?
And a mild-looking sky.
[ Inhales ]
The air smells as if
it blew from some
faraway Meadow.
Huh ?
They've been mowing hay
somewhere under the slopes
of the andes,
and the mowers
are all sleeping
in the new-mown hay.
Such a mild day as this,
I struck my first whale.
Boy harpooner of 18;
40 years ago.
Forty years of
[ Sighs ]
Privation and peril.
Storms.
Forty years of whaling.
All those years, i--
I don't think
I spent more than
Three ashore.
Forty years
of desolation
and solitude.
Whole oceans away
from that young wife
that I wedded,
that I wedded and then
set sail the next day
for the horn.
[ Sighs ]
Wife, did I say ?
More--
more like a widow.
She and that
poor, sad
Neglected spit of a boy.
I widowed them both,
Starbuck.
With all the madness
and frenzy
And boiling blood
and smoking brow,
with more than
a thousand lowerings,
I pursued my prey.
More a demon than a man.
How much better or
How much richer am I
for all that effort ?
What is this--
what is this master
that commands me ?
What is this unearthly thing
that forces me to do
What in my heart
I would not dare ?
Oh, god, I feel so old.
Please, god
Come mend
this broken heart.
[ Sighs deeply ]
Come closer,
Starbuck.
Oh, god, I feel
so deadly faint.
Oh.
[ Sobs ]
Let me look
into a human eye.
'Tis better than to gaze
into sea or sky
Or even into the eye
of god himself.
No, no, no, no.
No. Stay on board.
Low and high.
[ Gasps ]
I see my wife
and my boy in thine eyes.
Oh, my,
I can see my home.
I see my home.
[ Sobs ]
My captain
In these eyes
you see my wife,
you see my children.
And I fear I shall
never see them again.
Sir, let us sail
from these wretched waters.
Let me alter the course
to leeward, sir.
Let this fair wind
blow us home to nantucket.
O, dear god,
show yourself to this man,
or give me the strength
to lift this arm against him !
[ Gasping, sobbing ]
[ Continues sobbing ]
Oh, god, what have I done ?
[ Continues sobbing ]
Is Ahab no longer Ahab ?
[ Sailor ]
There she blows !
She blows ! She blows !
Back to the bow, captain !
It's him !
The white whale !
[ Stubb ] Move !
Come on, my children !
[ Crew ] It's the whale !
[ Crew clamoring ]
To the boats !
I should not go with thee,
captain.
[ Clamoring continues ]
Lower the boats !
[ Sailor ]
Aye, aye !
Then stay
with the shipkeepers.
[ Stubb ]
To the boats !
- Fedallah !
- [ Crew clamoring ]
Fedallah !
Fedallah !
Come back, ye heathen !
Damn your soul !
My friends,
fire up those works !
We shall have tons
of blubber tonight !
Aye, captain.
Aye.
Captain ! Captain !
No ! Come back !
Captain, no !
The sun ! The sun !
[ All shouting ]
[ Crew shouting ]
Pull ! Pull !
Pull ! Pull !
Pull, pull,
ye murderous rogues !
Dash on !
Beach me
on his white back !
Do that for me !
Pull ! Pull !
[ Rowers grunting ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Laughing, shouting ]
[ Continues laughing, shouting ]
[ Laughing, shouting
continue ]
[ Shouting ]
[ Roaring ]
- [ Screaming ]
- [ Wood splintering ]
Gone.
So ye have gone
before me, fedallah.
I am the fates' lieutenant.
Pull, men.
Pull !
Bring me alongside him !
Thunder away at him, lads !
We'll strike him
and send him to a fiery hell !
[ Ahab ]
Pull !
[ Flask ]
Pull, damn ye ! Pull !
Pull ! Nobody laughs
at Mike flask !
Especially you,
Moby dick !
Easy, men ! Easy !
Break, black vomit !
Breach thee !
From the heart of hell
I stab at thee !
- [ Grunting ]
- Captain !
[ Ishmael ]
Captain !
- Ahab !
- [ Grunting ]
[ Ishmael ]
Captain, no !
Captain !
[ Crew shouting,
indistinct ]
Whoa !
For hate's sake,
with my last breath,
I spit at thee !
[ Queequeg,
Ishmael shouting ]
Pull !
[ Shouting ]
[ Shouting, indistinct ]
[ Crew shouting ]
[ Queequeg shouting ]
[ Polynesian ]
[ Crew shouting,
screaming ]
Tash ! The steel !
Whale !
Pull, lads !
Row !
Let not our captain
die in vain !
Remember thy oath ! Aye !
We'll lash that whale's heart
and spill his Gore !
[ Crew cheers ]
Pull, damn ye ! Pull !
I want Moby dick !
[ Screaming ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Gasping ]
Ishmael--
no.
No !
[ Screaming In Mental Agony ]
Mine.
You shut up,
you miserable little man.
[ Screams ]
- [ Laughs ]
- [ Screaming ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Ishmael ]
Saved by my friend's coffin,
I drifted on a soft, calm sea
for two days and a night.
On the evening
of the second day,
help !
A whaling ship
found me at last.
It was the Rachel,
still searching
for her lost son.
Instead,
she found another orphan.