blknwite at 2012-10-01 13:20:56:

The African Queen Screenplay by James Agee, John Huston and Peter Viertel (Scott I cannot find the clip I have looked and looked will keep looking) VERTICAL SHOT -- THE MOTIONLESS GUNWALE AND MANGROVES and the just perceptibly moving slime on the water between. ROSE AND ALLNUTT They sit by each other, she holding his forehead; he is in a dry nausea of exhaustion. ROSE There, there, dear. There, there. There, dear. Able to speak, ashamed, he tries to joke. ALLNUT Fine specimen of a man I am, ain't I! ROSE You're the bravest man that ever lived. He is silent, slowly and rather inanely shaking his head; she watches him. ROSE (like a very old wife to a very old husband) Lie down, dear. Rest. Both of us. He keeps on shaking his head. ROSE You just overdo, that's all. You must take care of yourself! You're not one bit well. ALLNUT Well! We're both of us half dead. ROSE (ignoring this) Besides, it's high time we had our supper. It'll be dark before long. ALLNUT You 'ave some. I ain't up to it yet. ROSE Or a nice steaming cup of tea. ALLNUT You fix yourself some. ROSE Not just yet, thank you. (she gets up, taking his hand) Come now. (she helps him weakly up) Lie-down. CAMERA STAYS WITH THEM, MOVING INTO VERTICAL TWO SHOT -- Rose helps Allnutt to the floor, and nurse-like, puts bunched rags under his head. ROSE There now. All comfy? He tries to smile. ALLNUT You rest, too. ROSE Indeed I will. (she lies down beside him and smiles at him) That's all we need, a good long rest, and we'll be on our way in a jiffy. You'll see. ALLNUT (managing a smile) Sure. She turns her back to him because she can't meet his eyes. Both lie with eyes wide open, obsessed. ROSE (after a pause) Try to sleep, dear. ALLNUT (pause) Sure. You too. ROSE Of course. She reaches a hand behind her and pets him. He clearly has, and resists, an impulse to take her hand. She withdraws her hand. A pause. ALLNUT Rosie. ROSE (pause; with quiet dread) Yes, Charlie. ALLNUT You want to know the truth, don't you? ROSE (pause; very quietly) I know it. His eyes show deep pain. ROSE We're finished. ALLNUT That's right. ROSE Even if we had all our strength we'd never be able to get her off this mud. ALLNUT Not a chance in this world. They are silent a while; everything is in their eyes. As suddenly and swiftly as her weakness allows, she turns to him; their faces are close. CAMERA DROPS NEARER. She looks into his quiet eyes; her own eyes are fiery, not with tears but with passionate, incredulous despair; speechless, trying to speak; a sort of palsy. ROSE So useless! He puts a hand along her cheek. Slowly he realizes, and enhances for us, her only concern with dying. ALLNUT They don't come no better'n you. They lie still, looking at each other. Within about 15 seconds, their faces profoundly alter; by changes of makeup, every couple of seconds, the motionless faces become years older, and take on a kind of worn majesty; and gradually lose consciousness; by the end of the seconds, the eyes are closed. The CAMERA meanwhile very slowly withdraws upward. In the last we can clearly see of their faces, they are quite possibly dead. As CAMERA RISES, we see them at full length, as prostrated and flattened as grasses pressed in a book; then, their static boat and the crawling water; the CAMERA RISES among the overhanging mangrove branches which obscure and trap them; and, as it rises, the SCREEN slowly darkens.

blknwite at 2012-10-01 13:31:07:

(a little later) http://youtu.be/7WpmWNBzzb4 MEDIUM SHOT -- ROSE AND ALLNUTT as they come out of the cabin surrounded by the ship's officers. The company stops near the main mast where a crew member has finished making a hangman's noose of one rope and is now tying a knot in another. 1ST OFFICER (to Captain) The man first. ROSE Please -- hang us together. CAPTAIN Very well. He nods to the First Officer to proceed with the execution. Allnutt and Rose exchange a look of satisfaction. ALLNUT Rosie, I ain't gonna say goodbye again. It's gettin' to be an old story. ROSE Darling! The next moment, the deck heaves upward. There is a rush of air and a frightful ROAR. Smoke and flying debris fill the SCREEN.