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So what does everybody think of the screenplay. I know the dialog was thick, I always wanted more then not enough. It is easier to delete. With that said I won't work on it anymore than what is already here. I thought it was time for a new movie about the Bismarck. I just wished I could have been ap...

BISMARCK MAY 27, 1941 830 HOURS Just before Rechberg enters his station the alarm bells ring. He picks up the control phone. RECHBERG (repeating the information to his crew) “Two battleships port bow.” Rechberg turns his director and see to large silhouettes. RECHBERG (CONT’D) (under his breath) The...

ABORAD THE NORFOLK MAY 26, 1941 21:30 HOURS Ryan and the crew have no idea that the Bismarck has been damaged. They try scanning though the mist and fog to spot the Bismarck after the torpedo attack. Then out of the mist the battleship Bismarck emerges from the fog and heads straight for the cruiser...

I just watched some of the orginal "sink the Bismarck". There are a lot of things wrong with the movie's facts. They really dumb it down. I guess it was the times. Some day this summer I'll have the time to sit and watch the whole thing.
Joe

ABOARD THE NORFOLK. RYAN’S CABIN “FLASHBACK NIGHT” Ryan is lying in his cabin thinking back to a conversation with Jack. The scene flashes back to the pub where Ryan enjoyed his impromptu bachelor party. Ryan and his fellow seamen are shown standing around the piano singing drinking songs. A couple ...

I hope everybody is having fun reading this. I hope Churchill's part is interesting enough. I think any movie made has to have him in it. The Bismarck's destruction was very important to him even before the loss of the Hood. Sorry for throwing Lutjens under the bus and giving Wake-Walker a dark side...

WHITE HALL WAR ROOM MAY 25,1941 8:15 HOURS Churchill is standing in his robes with a cigar and glass in hand. ADMIRAL POUND It seems their queen has escaped. ADMIRAL FRAISER We lost contact here. The Admiral Fraiser points to the large wall map of the Atlantic ocean. Using a long pointer he shows th...

ABOARD THE NORFOLK MAY 24,1941 4:00 HOURS The Norfolk speeds along accompanied by the Suffolk and Prince of Wales. The men are on watch. Admiral Wake-Walker is on the upper bridge with Captain Phillips. Both men are scanning the sea with their binoculars. The radio officer hands the Admiral a messag...

III. THE HUNT------------------------------------------------- THE NORFOLK MAY 24 1941 6:20 HOURS On the bridge of the Norfolk there is a somber silence. The crew is stunned and their faces display the look of shock at the Hood’s sinking. Some of the men glance an empathetic look at Ryan knowing his...

THE PRINZ EUGEN: MAY 24,1941 05:15 HOURS As this scene opens we see the ship’s hydrophone operator listening intently to the sounds in his headphones. Close behind him two sailors are drinking their coffee while they laugh and talk. The operator quickly lifts his hand with raised index finger to ind...

THE BISMARCK MAY 22, 1941 The Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are being escorted out to sea from the fjord by a screen of destroyers. Rechberg and Oels are standing outside on the deck watching the destroyers. RECHBERG We couldn’t have been blessed with a darker night. OELS The elements have favored us. Ad...

GOTENHAFEN. A PORT ON THE BALTIC SEA MAY 5,1941 The scene opens as a large motor boat comes alongside of the Bismarck. The Bismarck’s crew of sailors is mustered for inspection. Adolf Hitler and his entourage exit the launch and make their way up the gangway. Hitler, Lindemann, and Lutjens inspect t...

JOYCE AT THE HOSPITAL Joyce is seen walking into a hospital with a large buddle of blankets and other bedding. The next couple of shots should be of her finding her way to the hospital’s office. When she enters the office she hands over the blankets to one of the staff. JOYCE I brought some blankets...

THE HOOD: DOCK SIDE AUGUST 21, 1940 The scene opens as the crew of the Hood is reporting to the ship. Ryan and Jack are being seen off by Joyce. We see Jack as he leaves the newlyweds and heads up the gangway leaving the two to say their good-byes. JOYCE Please be careful and do write. RYAN Every ch...

I realize that the dialog is thick. I rather have to much then not enough. It is easier to cross out the lines that are not needed. I wanted to build up the Hood's story, without it the story of the Bismarck is less compelling. It's great that people are reading this. Sorry about the love story. The...