EXT. NORTH ATLANTIC - UNDERWATER - NIGHT
Moonlight pierces the surface. It reaches as far as it can
before disappearing into the inky depths.
Something SPLASHES into the water and sinks, trailing BLOOD
and BITS OF FLESH in looping spirals.
CHUM.
More drops in until the water is cloudy with gore. Then,
with a bigger splash, A HUNK OF MEAT ON A HOOK.
The meat hangs in suspense, leaking blood.
POV: A BIG ANIMAL swims for the bait.
Cut back to the meat on the hook.
It bobs up and down in the moon-shot sea.
Then --
Underwater ripples nudge the bait an instant before the
animal arrives in a MASSIVE BLUR OF GREY FLESH.
A GREAT WHITE SHARK.
The shark swallows the meat and hauls it away.
The hook is set.
EXT. FISHING BOAT - SAME
A shabby but well-equipped 40-footer with a hefty FISHING
ROD mounted on the back deck.
The rod bends as the shark takes the bait. The reel spins.
DIRK, a grizzled poacher, grabs the rod with both hands. He straps himself into a deck chair.
DIRK
That’s it. Swim all you want.
He watches the line screaming into the water and yells over
his shoulder.
DIRK (cont'd)
Put it in reverse! He’s a fighter!
The CAPTAIN fires up the engine with a worried look.
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