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byRoselyne BoschREVISEDSeptember 23, 1991 FADE IN:CREDITS AND MUSIC OVER:INT. AUDIENCE ROOM - GRANADA - DAYWe start on a mans elegant slipper. He is seated in asplendid chair. Moving up the stocking leg, we pass thegarter of Castile, coming to rest on a pair of delicatehands. His fore finge
COLUMBUS
They didn't listen. They didn't
want to listen!
He paces about the book-lined room.
MARCHENA
You mustn't give way to despair.
You must wait.
COLUMBUS
Wait! I've waited seven years
already! How much longer do you
want me to wait?
MARCHENA
If God intends you to go, then you
will go.
COLUMBUS
(angrily)
Damn God!
MARCHENA is shocked.
MARCHENA
Colon!
COLUMBUS
Damn all of you! You all set up
theories based on what? You never
leave the safety of your studies!
Go out! Find out what the world is
about and then tell me something I
can listen to!
He seizes a beautiful book from MARCHENA'S desk.
COLUMBUS
These don't mean anything! They're
full of assumptions! Out of the
heads of old men who've never been
past the end of their gardens!
He hurls the book across the room. MARCHENA is horrified.
MARCHENA
No...! My books...!
COLUMBUS seizes more books from the shelves, just sweeping
them to the floor.
COLUMBUS
All of them! Just lies!
MARCHENA
Colon! Don't!
MARCHENA tries to stop him. In his fury, COLUMBUS
accidentally knocks the poor old MAN to the ground. His
cries bring three MONKS rushing into the room.
As COLUMBUS continues to rage and scatter books
everywhere, they try to stop him, struggling with this
big, powerful man -- to almost comical effect. Finally, a
short, muscular MONK delivers a quick punch that sends
COLUMBUS crashing to the floor.
INT. CHAPEL OF LA RABIDA - EVENING
COLUMBUS lies face down on the stone floor. He is dressed
in a homespun robe. His arms are stretched out in
penance. FERNANDO and DIEGO look down at him.
FERNANDO
Father?
DIEGO
Sssshhhh...! One can't speak to a
man doing penance.
FERNANDO
What can you do?
DIEGO
Nothing. That's the point,
Fernando.
A pause -- and then FERNANDO lies face down on the floor
beside his FATHER, and stretches out his arms in the same
way. DIEGO is left looking on, unable to bring himself to
join them.
EXT. CLOISTER - LA RABIDA - DAY
Along the cloister, maps are drying, hanging like laundry
in the light breeze. COLUMBUS pins up a new addition.
Another MONK works nearby, in silence.
PINZON (O.S.)
Senor Colon?
COLUMBUS turns, to see a small, stocky MAN approaching: a
middle-class gentleman. He nods.
PINZON
Ah, thank God! I've been looking
all over Seville for you! Never
expected to find a sailor in a
monastery, eh?
He laughs. COLUMBUS smiles, but doesn't say anything.
PINZON is clearly a little surprised.
PINZON
Name's Pinzon, by the way. Martin
Alonzo Pinzon. I'm a ship owner
from Palos...
COLUMBUS glances around cautiously, and walks a little way
down the cloister, away from the other MONK, gesturing for
PINZON to follow him. PINZON is yet more surprised by
this strange behavior.
PINZON
(indicating the
monk)
Is he a spy?
COLUMBUS shakes his head. PINZON stares at him,
perplexed.
PINZON
What is it? Are you a Trappist?
COLUMBUS shakes his head again.
PINZON
Vow of silence...? Penance?
COLUMBUS nods vigorously.
PINZON
Jesus! Just my luck!
He takes off his hat, wiping his forehead with a silk
cloth.
PINZON
Listen. I'll do the talking for
both of us. You just nod. Agreed?
