Anybody ever read this shit? Scene from a movie script I wrote in 1987. I don’t expect many people will remember this but most of my shipmates were very interested in who would be portaying them in my film. I was in this mode for many months while underway and everybody had a part! Ignacio was my buddy. Somewhere toward the middle of the script. The Captain sits at the desk of his stateroom. He is looking over paperwork as the XO knocks then enters from the shared head between the two staterooms. XO: You wanted to see me Capatain. CO: Yes, yes, XO. The sonarman who discovered the secret to the Soviet’s new propulsion system. What is his name? XO: Ignacio, Capatain. The men call him Iggy. CO: I’d like to speak to him. XO: Right away, Captain. The XO exit’s the stateroom and walks into control. XO: Chief of the watch. The Captain would like to see Ignacio in his stateroom right away. COB Aye aye, sir. Messenger of the Watch go find Ingnacio. Tell him to put on a clean uniform and to report to the CO’s stateroom. MOOW: Right away chief. POV. MOOW racing through the boat. He quickly slides down the ladder and runs into berthing. He counts back three racks and opens the curtain of the top berth. A young petty officer is listening to a walkman while sucking on a tootsie pop. Beethovens 9th symphony can heard from the headphones as Iggy removes them. MOOW: Dunne wants to see you. Put on a clean poopie suit. Iggy quickly exits his rack and dresses. He rubs his chin wondering if he should shave, He doesn’t. He runs out of berthing, down a narrow passageway, and up a ladder. He stands before the door to the CO’s stateroom. He runs his fingers through his mussed hair and knocks three times on the door. CO: Enter Iggy opens the door and enters. He stands before the Captain and realizes he has a tootsie pop in his mouth which he quickly removes. Ignacio: Petty office Ignacio reporting, Captain. CO: So you’re Ignacio? I understand you worked tirelessly to discover the secret to the Soviet’s new ultra quiet propulsion system. Ignacio: Yes sir. CO I also understand you have a habit of listening to music and sucking on lollipops while you stand watch. Ignacio: Yes sir. It’s the only way I can concentrate. In fact, it was key in my discovery. There is a point in the second movement….. Captain: (INTERRUPTING Ignacio) Yes, yes that’s all very interesting. Do you think you’re up for a little extra work Petty Officer Ignacio? Ignacio: Of course, Captain. Anything for the Baltimore! CO: Good, good. I have a feeling this new Soviet submarine is going to give us quite a bit of trouble. I’ll need you and your expertise. Ignacio’s chest swells. Ignacio: Anything, sir. The Captain tosses a mesh bag at Ignacio. CO: Good, good. I’ll be wanting an extra clean uniform for this mission. Wash this one along with my socks and under garments. Oh, and I want the t-shirts ironed. Is that clear? Ignacio: (LOOKING Confused) Yes sir. CO: Get out! Ignacio leaves looking utterly heartbroken. CO: XO! The XO enters. XO; Yes sir. CO: Have Petty Officer Ignacio written up for deriliction of duty. Listening to music and eating while on watch will not be tolerated. Have him shave before his mast. Let him finish my laundry first, of course. XO; Of course, Captain. The XO opens the door to the head and turns to face the Captain as he leaves. XO: Sir? CO: What is it? XO: Can I write up somebody in engineering while I’m at it. There is a handsome young chemist who rubs me the wrong way. CO: Of course, of course. The boat will be in grave danger during this mission. A few Captain‘s masts will let the men know I mean business. And have the ice cream machine shut down. XO: Yes sir! While I’m at it I’ll make Dehate, Beck, and a few others dink. CO: XO I’ve told you before, I can’t be involved in all these minute details concerning the crew. Now get to work. And tell the cooks the radish roses in the wardroom were wilted last evening. XO: Aye, aye. So this is my favorite of about a dozen I wrote. The movie ends with the handsome young chemist swimming out a torpedoe tube and crippling the Soviet sub with a hydrogen filled rubber glove. In the end, the chemists mangled body lies amongst the debris field on the floor of the Atlantic. The Baltimore returns to Norfolk where she is greeted by mobs of adoring Americans. The crew exits looking weary and broken after many days of non-stop field day prior to their return. Petty officer Orsini who was almost killed in a test firing of the hydrogen weapon has to be helped off the boat, by petty officer‘s Caviness and Taylor. Stand down is cancelled when the Captain discovers two cans of pistachios missing from the wardroom. One officer, who’s name I’ll leave out, entered almost every scene and began sobbing. Stupid shit I did when underway to pass the time……………
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