Describe only the beginning of a movie and see if anyone knows what movie it is....Part 2

[red dog 1]

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Fade In:

A man wearing a crumpled sports jacket and tieless shirt; the background is stark.

"There's an old joke. Uh, two elderly women are at a Catskills mountain resort, and one of 'em says: 'Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.'
The other one says, 'Yeah, I know, and such small portions'."

"Well, that's essentially the way I feel about life...Full of loneliness and misery and suffering and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly."






More movie beginnings from Part 1
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[MakeTXBlue2020]

1. Annie Hall! A personal favorite.

[red dog 1]

3. Ding!

(Great Woody Allen film)

[MakeTXBlue2020]

4. Like most of his films from the 70s

[red dog 1]

6. I liked his older films too, especially his first one, "What's Up Tiger Lily" (1966)

[Chipper Chat]

2. That cloud

It looks like a fucked up face

[red dog 1]

5. The scene... a bus stop in front of a Florida diner in the late 1940s

A bus has just arrived and the passengers are exiting the bus to go into the diner.
The white passengers get off first, followed by the black passengers.
The bus driver is standing outside the bus.
Bus driver speaking to the white passengers:
"All right folks, rest stop, 45 minutes..hot meals and bathrooms inside."
(then speaking to the black passengers)
"Uh, there's a window out back for y'all to buy sandwiches..and I suggest you make good use of them outhouses..ain't nothing but bushes for you in the Carolinas."
A blind black man, not one of the passengers exiting the bus is standing near the bus.
"Sir?" the black man says.
Bus driver: "Can I help you, sir?"
"Yes sir," the man replies, "Seattle?"
"Who you riding with?' the bus driver asks him.
"Nobody, just me," the blind man replies.
The bus driver says: "Boy, I can't take responsibility for some blind n*gger travelling 3,500 miles alone."

[red dog 1]

7. A radio alarm clock goes off....a man and a woman awake....the woman gets out of the bed,

but the man just turns over to go back to sleep.

"Glenn, it's time," the woman says.
"No, just a little more," the man replies
"If you don't get up right now I'm gonna cut one of your piano strings," she replies to him.
"Ugh, what time is it?' he asks.
"A quarter to seven," she replies.
"Oh, God," he replies to her "Nobody gets up this early!"
"Oh yes they do," she says..."Please, please, please, please, please!"
"Come on, come on, come on, come on," she continues.
"No, no no! This is a stupid idea...Oh, this is definitely not my scene, Iris." he answers
She replies, "It's just a gig..If it doesn't work, you can try something else."
"What time am I supposed to be there?" he asks.
"7:30" she answers
He replies, "7:30!..What type of people like to go to work at 7:30 in the morning?"

[red dog 1]

8. The scene.. a desert area in New Mexico...a police car is talking on the radio to a police aircraft

overhead.
A report has come in about a little girl walking alone off the road.
"It's a kid, all right," says the pilot of the plane.
"Maybe 50 yards off the road..I'll keep circling her until you pick her up."
"10-10" replies the patrol car.
"Hey! Hey, honey!" the policeman shouts.."Hey little girl, little girl!'
He comes close to where she is.
"What are you doing out here?..Honey, what's your name?...Who do you belong to?"
"Car 5W, Code one"
"Car 5W to 301A. go ahead"
"10-9, Johnny"
"There's a trailer three miles from you, off to the side of the road, I didn't see anybody around it, you better check it out, 10-10"
"Okay, Johnny, 10-10"
"What's the matter with her?"
"I don't know"
"Sunstroke?"
"She's not sunburned, couldn't have been out in the sun long..Looks like she's in shock"
"Johnny spotted a car and trailer up ahead, maybe she's from there"
"Maybe so, I'll check it out"

[frogmarch]

9. Them! 1954

I saw this movie when I was 10 and it freaked me out for months afterwards. Okay, it's still freaking me out. Love it now, though.

[red dog 1]

10. It freaked me out too.

[hfojvt]

12. I thought maybe it was

Species

[hfojvt]

11. the camera pans on a girl sleeping

an alarm goes off. It is 6:30. She gets up and walks out onto a patio.

[jmowreader]

13. A man drives a Volkswagen Beetle along a scenic mountain road.

[Harker]

20. Kubrick's "The Shining.". n/t

[jmowreader]

21. Yes

[jmowreader]

14. A rich woman promises to bail out a bankrupt, corrupt government...

...in exchange for the entire government stepping down and appointing her boyfriend as the country's new leader.

[Mendocino]

15. A car is speeding

along on a curvy road. He loses control, sails over a cliff. A group of people stop. They were driving a Chrysler Imperial, a station wagon, a VW convertible and a furniture van.

[Harker]

19. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".

Durante kicks the bucket.

[Mendocino]

22. Its buried under a

big dubbaya.

[Harker]

23. You sound just like him.

Hot cha cha.

[red dog 1]

16. The scene, a man with a mustache is talking to a room full of people

It's set in Southern California back in the early 20th century.
The man says:
"You have a great chance here..but bear in mind, you can lose it all if you're not careful.
Out of all men that beg to drill your lots, maybe one in twenty will be oil men....the rest will be speculators. that's men trying to get between you and the oil men...to get some of the money that ought by rights come to you."

[Harker]

18. Would that be "There Will Be Blood"? n/t

[red dog 1]

25. It would.

[red dog 1]

17. The scene...a young woman drives up to the entrance of a fancy hotel and gets out of her car..

The attendant asks, "How long will you be?"
She replies, "Oh, I don't know..not very long."
She goes inside to the lobby and looks around.
A well-dressed man says to her,"Carol?"
She replies, "Yes. Are you Michael?"
"yes," he says. "Brian was right, you are lovely."
"Thank you," she replies.
"Uh, our dinner reservations aren't until 9:00...would you like a drink?" he asks.
"Sure," she replies.
"You didn't have to drive..I'd have picked you up," he says.
"Sometimes I have to work late," she replies, "Anyway, I prefer to drive myself."
"In case you need a quick getaway?" he says.
"Blind dates can be a bit grim sometimes," he continues,..."Ever since Brian joined the firm he's been trying to marry me off."
"Are you divorced?," she asks
"Uh, Widower," he answers.
"I'm sorry," she replies.
"No, that's all right,' he answers..."What kind of work do you do?"
She replies, "I work with a publishing company..I'm one of many editors..I read manuscripts and take work home at night..I've known Connie for years..After my divorce she took me on as something of a project..She thinks I work too hard."

[Mendocino]

24. An American buys a hat

in London. At another shop, he purchases an old beat up piece of pottery. He takes a train to an old airfield. It's weedy and cows are grazing.

[betsuni]

37. I saw that movie last year but can't remember the name or the story. It's bugging me now!

The American sees the pottery (beer stein? Was it German?) and feels nostalgic, goes to the old airfield where he was stationed during the war. Then we go back in time to when he was young and it was wartime. There were planes. There was the original piece of pottery there. I don't remember the rest, only that the Germans lost.

[Mendocino]

38. 12 O'Clock High

With Gregory Peck, Dean Jagger, Hugh Marlowe

[betsuni]

41. It was a jug. Thanks, now I remember.

My mother's older brother was a pilot on those bombing missions. She'd burst into tears every time she talked about him because she said he came back from the war a completely different person.

[Mendocino]

42. It's called a

Toby Jug.

My dad served in the Navy, combat in the Pacific. He barely spoke of it. There is no glory in war.

[red dog 1]

26. Fade in: A hotel room in a foreign country...A young man is using tape to attach illegal drugs

to every conceivable crevice of his body.
His clothes and travel bags are laid out on the bed.
His heartbeat is loud.
Next scene: an airport, dirty, crowded, wooden benches, peddlers.
The young man is seated on a bench, wearing sunglasses, and with him is a young woman.
Loudspeaker making announcements in a foreign language, followed by mediocre English translations..
"Pan American Flight 1 to Frankfurt, London, and New York has arrived and will be ready for boarding at gate 7 in 20 minutes."
The young man gets up, grabs his bags, and is very nervous as he walks down the corridor toward the gate with the young woman.
His heartbeat is even louder now.
Security guards are checking the carry-on bags of people at the checkpoint.
The young woman is digging into her bag for her passport as she walks.
The young man nervously looks at the guards, then ahead at his female companion.
He suddenly breaks stride, still a fair distance from the security checkpoint.
His companion glances back at him.
He is holding his belly and tells her, "I think I've been poisoned."
The young woman replies,
"And you ate two baclavas, right?..I told you not to touch them, mine was awful."
He replies, "Look, I think I'm going to have to go to the john again..You go on through..I'll catch up."
With a sense of panic, he turns and goes back down the corridor without waiting for a response from his companion.
She seems concerned, but moves on.
He goes into the bathroom, takes his sunglasses off and checks himself out in the mirror.
He splashes water on his face.
His nervousness is visible in his eyeballs and he knows it.
He closes his eyes and puts the sunglasses back on and turns away from the mirror.
No going back now,

[IHaveNoName]

48. Is this "Midnight Express"?

Seems really familiar to me...

[red dog 1]

51. Yes it is!

Welcome to DU!

[Mendocino]

54. Another BB reference

In Midnight Express, Erich the Swedish prisoner was portrayed by Norbert Weisser. He was in BB as Herr Schuler.

[red dog 1]

27. Opening scene: A man in a suit is relaxing in front of his TV...His wife is in the kitchen cooking

"There was a terrific recipe for capon in the Times today," she calls out to him.

The man is now out of his seat and looking out the window, "Someone's moving into the Warren place,' he tells her.

"So?" she replies.

"It's a funny time to be moving...I don't see any kids' stuff...Thank God!" he says.

"Maybe we should ask them over for a drink tonight," the wife replies.."It being their first night and all."

"Tomorrow will be fine," he replies.

His wife says,"well, tomorrow's not tonight, you know...and it would be nice."

"You don't have to push it," he replies..."I think they've got a dog."

[red dog 1]

28. Fade in: It's the mid-19th century....A U.S. soldier wearing a blue uniform is writing a letter home

"Dear Mother, I hope you are keeping well and not worrying too much about me...You mustn't think any of us are gonna' get killed...For they're collecting such a force here that an attack would be insane...The Massachusetts men passed through this morning...How grand it is to meet the men from all the states.....ready to fight for their country...as the old fellows did in the Revolution...But this time we must make it a whole country...for all who live here, so that all can speak.."

[Mendocino]

46. Glory ?

[red dog 1]

52. Yep!

[red dog 1]

29. A boat out in the open seas is spotted by a Coast Guard cruiser

"Target bearing 020....Range 20,000 yards...Course 255....Speed 13 knots"

(Close-up shot of rear of boat reveals name)
ENCHANTER, MOBILE
Female Coast Guard Captain says:
"Well, we're a long way from home....Wake em' up!"

(Very loud horn is heard)

In the cabin of the boat are two men
one man steps outside to look toward the rear and says:
"It's the Navy!"
"Quick, put out the flag," says the other man.

(Over a loud speaker from the Coast Guard cruiser)
"Enchanter!..This is the United States Coast Guard..Heave to, and prepare to be boarded!"

On the boat, the man is putting out a flag.

"Enchanter, you are a US-flag ship, and we are going to board you..Heave to now..muster your crew on the bow!" announces the Coast Guard captain.

The Coast Guard ship speeds up and quickly overtakes the smaller boat.
Then a boarding craft is sent out to where the smaller boat is.
It quickly reaches the "Enchanter" and several Coast Guard seamen board the boat.

After a short time, a radio message is sent back to the Coast Guard boat.
"Captain, Captain?"

"Go ahead, Senior Chief" replies the Captain.

"It's a bad one..I think you'd better send over the video camera."

[Mendocino]

39. Clear and Present Danger

[red dog 1]

43. Ding!

[Mendocino]

47. Tom Bower

played the chopper pilot in CAPD. In El Camino he was the "loudmouth" neighbor of Todd. Raymond Cruz was Tuco in BB. He was the main commando in CAPD.

[red dog 1]

53. I'm now a huge fan of Raymond Cruz

Tuco was the most powerful minor character of BB, imo

(I'll have to watch for him next time I watch CAPD)

[red dog 1]

30. Opening scene: a teenage girl's bedroom...the radio alarm goes off...She slowly gets out of bed

and goes over to the mirror and looks closely at her face.
(Talking to herself) "..I thought I'd look different today....I thought I'd wake up with an improved mental state that would show on my face...All it shows is that I don't have any tan left." (sighs)
"I'd better get downstairs."

Downstairs, her father is looking for his briefcase.
"Where's my briefcase?' he asks.
"Where'd you leave it?" asks his wife.
"Don't be a smart ass.," he replies, then asks, "Where's Sam?"

Outside a car horn is honking, and the father heads for the front door and says:
"Don't forget the grandparents are coming this afternoon."

The teenager asks "Are we still having dinner with the Rice Chex?"

"Riczcechs, 8 P.M. at the club, you'd better learn their names..As of tomorrow, they're family."

"That's a lovely thought," she replies.

Her father responds, "When it comes your turn to get married, elope!"

Her 12-year-old brother says,"Who'd marry her?" sarcastically.

Meanwhile, her mother says to her, "You'll have to buy lunch today, I didn't have time to fix your carrots."

Her brother replies, "She's only eating carrots to increase the size of her breasts."

The father replies to his son's comment, "Mister, you had better shape up, or you will miss your sister's wedding."

"Promise?" the boy replies.

[Niagara]

31. Sixteen Candles.

[red dog 1]

32. Yes indeed!

Well done!

[Niagara]

33. Thank you.

[red dog 1]

34. A young man with a mustache is driving to work in New York City

The car radio is playing the song: "Sun coming up over New York City"

Next scene is a locker room, where the young man and others are putting on their uniforms.

"Hey rookie, how's it going today, man?'

"It's going good."

"All right"

"Hey Willy,

"Yeah"

"I like those shorts...They're real sharp, you know?"

"Oh, Yeah?"

"Yeah"

"12 bucks at Target, yeah"

"Do they make them for men too?"

"I'm not the one who puts a gallon of Pomade in my hair, Pezzulo"

(Next scene...Uniformed police officers are standing at roll call)

A police sergeant is addressing the men:
"Attention!..Roll call working Tuesday, Color for the day is green..Tour Commander is Lieutenant Kassimatis....Patrol Sergeant, you're looking at him."

(The Sergeant starts calling out assignments)

"Stolzman!"

"Sarge"

"Post one..Colovito!"

"Sarge"

"Three..Nice job on Friday"

"Thanks"

"Pezzulo!"

"Sarge"

"Six"

"Jimino!"

"Sarge"

"Three-five"

"Rodrigues!"

"Sarge"

"Nine"

"Lieutenant, you got anything?'

"No"

"Inspector Fields has something to say"

"Listen up...Be on the lookout for this girl..Zoey Cowley..Age 11, runaway out of Rhode island.
Thought to be on a bus coming in this morning...This is important, okay?"
"As always, protect yourselves..Watch each other's backs!"

[red dog 1]

35. Opening scene: three boys are playing cards in a treehouse...a portable radio is playing '50s rock

and roll
"Rockin' Robin" is playing on the radio

"How do you know a Frenchman has been in your backyard?" asks one of the boys

One of the other two, who wears glasses, replies:
"I'm French, OK?"

The joke-teller continues:
"Your garbage can is empty and your dog's pregnant"

"Didn't I just say I was French?"

"Twenty-nine," says one of the boys, laying out his cards.

"Twenty-two," says the other.

"Piss up a rope!"

"Gordie's out, Ol' Gordie just bit the bag and stepped out the door"

"Come on, man, deal"

A knock is heard on the bottom of the tree house, where the entrance is.

"That's not the secret knock," says one of the boys

"I forgot the secret knock, let me in," comes a voice from below the treehouse.
"Come on you guys, open up"

A fourth boy climbs into the treehouse...He's excited.

"Man, you guys are not going to believe this," he exclaims.
"This is so boss..Wait til you hear this!...It's unbelievable!...I ran all the way from my house!"

The other three boys start singing:
"I ran all the way home.."

"Come on, listen to me, this is boss"

"Just to say I'm sorry," the other three continue to sing.

"OK forget it, I don't have to tell you nothin"

"What is it?' one of the three asks the new arrival.

"Can you camp out tonight?..I mean, if you tell your folks we're gonna tent out in my back field?

"I think so," replies one of the boys

[Mendocino]

40. "Chopper...

sic balls"

[red dog 1]

44. Chopper could have been called "Chomper"

(Great flick)

[red dog 1]

36. Opening scene: Camera swoops down on a high-rise apartment complex, through billowing curtains

of a plush penthouse apartment.
Spread-eagled on a designer sofa lies a young, beautiful, blonde woman wearing a satin nightgown....She's asleep.
On the table next to her lies an open bottle of pills...next to that, a mirror dusted with cocaine.
She rouses herself to smear some powder on her gums.
As she does, it becomes apparent that she is thoroughly, completely whacked out of her mind.
Her eyes are dull.
She stands, stumbles across the room, throws open the glass doors & steps out onto a balcony.
On the balcony railing beside her stand three potted plants.
She sees them, picks one up, and looks over the balcony railing...it's ten stories down to the parking lot.
She squints as she holds the plant over the edge, then drops the plant...Down it goes, spiraling end over end until it hits the windshield of a red Chevy.
Then she does the same with the other two plants, each one hitting a parked car.
Suddenly, the dullness leaves her eyes, and she is suddenly, incredibly sober.
Tears fill her eyes as she looks over the edge of the railing.
She jumps over the railing and plummets head over heels like a rag doll, hits a parked car and lies dead...still beautiful.

[First Speaker]

49. Lethal Weapon?

[red dog 1]

50. That's it!

[red dog 1]

45. Fade in: A western town...Several men with badges and rifles are out in the street

"They just moved out of the OK Corral down by Flys"

"Looks like Ike and Billy Clanton....the McLaurys, Billy Claiborn...Maybe more"

"Let's go!"

[red dog 1]

55. (Voice over) "When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how my brothers and I managed to

survive at all...It was, of course, a miserable childhood....The happy childhood is hardly worth your while....Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood, is the miserable Irish childhood.
And worse yet, is the miserable Catholic childhood....

(Scene changes to shots of a baby)
"You beautiful wee thing!..You are. Look at you..So gorgeous!...What is it?"

(Mother of baby replies)
"It's a beautiful wee girl, Mrs. Liebowitz...After four boys, can you believe it?..A wee girl."

(Mrs. Liebowitz to father of baby)
"What name is it, Malachy?"

"It's Margaret Mary."

"Oh she's so beautiful, Minnie...Brown hair and blue eyes, just like her mother."

[red dog 1]

56. A teenage girl on the sidewalk is crying....A woman stops her car & comes over to see what's wrong

(woman) "Hey, come on now."

(girl is sobbing)

(woman) "Miss?...Miss?...Excuse me sweetheart...Are you okay?..Is anyone coming to get you?"

(girl) "He left me!"

(woman) "This is not a safe neighborhood..Come on..Come on, come with me..Come on, I'm going to take you back to my house....What's your name, miss?"

(girl) "He said: 'This time, Dawn, it's gonna be different..It'll be different'....Now we've been in that shithole for days now."

(woman) "Who?..Who is it that said this?"

(girl) "John!..My fucking boyfriend."

[red dog 1]

57. Opening: It's a battle scene in WW2...two American soldiers are in a foxhole, bullets are flying..

Mortars are coming in every few seconds...The two soldiers are pinned down.

"Charlie!"

"Watch out!"

"My hand!"

"Goddamn!"

"We're running out of ammo!"

"We gotta get out of here!"

"Move!"

"Come on!...Come on, you can do it, come on!"

"We got nothin', Enders!"

"We're out of ammo!"

"Joe..nobody else needs to die..We can go! We can get outa' here!"

"We got orders!.They told us to hold the position!..And that's what we're gonna' do!"

"Get up, Marine!"

"Hold the goddamn position!"

"Come on!"

"Get down!"

"Tommy!"

[red dog 1]

58. Fade in: The scene, a rocky, western desert in the 1890s...Several men on horseback ride up to a

young boy alone in the desert.

(man on horseback)
"Morning, son"

(boy)
"Morning"

(man on horseback)
"We're off course...Know the old mine around here?"

(boy)
"There's a lot of them here"

(man on horseback)
"It's worked by a man named Sand"

(2nd man on horseback)
"Samuel Sand"

(boy)
"He's my father"

(man on horseback)
"You don't say, boy...Your pa hunted buffalo with me in the army..We thought it only decent to stop by and say howdy"

(boy)
"Three miles on, second canyon. head west, you'll see"

(man on horseback)
"You have a first name?"

(boy)
"Max"

(man on horseback)
"Much obliged, Max"

The men ride on until they come to the canyon, a white man and an Indian woman are next to a large pile of dirt, working.
The woman starts shouting.

"You keep out of this, squaw!"

(man on horseback)
"Now where is the gold...tell me!"

(man with Indian woman)
"Take it easy"

(man on horseback)
"Come on, Sam"

(2nd man on horseback)
"Sam, ain't no use holding back"

(Sam)
"There's no gold, Jesse"

(man on horseback)
"When will you get it?"

(2nd man on horseback)
"Now look, you're working a so-called dead mine"

(man on horseback)
"You found something"

(Sam)
"Would I be living like this?"

(man on horseback)
"We don't want it all, just half"

(Sam).."of nothing!"

(man on horseback)
"You've been sprinkling gold dust like snow"

(Sam)
"$1 a days' worth"

(man on horseback)
"You paid the store with a gold nugget"

(Sam)
"It's been two years, one nugget, $38..wouldn't even pay for the shovels"

(man on horseback)
"We didn't ride this far to argue...You're going to tell us where it is, if you tell us with your dying breath"

[red dog 1]

59. Opening scene....It's raining hard in Kansas City as a large man wearing an overcoat enters a

diner and sits at one of the dozen or so stools.

Louis,the diner's owner greets him:
"Evening, Lieutenant"

"Evening," replies the man.

"Coffee?" asks Louie.

"Yeah," replies the man.

Two women seated several stools away look at the man who just entered and get up and leave.

The man watches them leave and Louie says:
"Forget it, Lieutenant, the free refills we're killing me anyway."

Then, another large man comes in and asks Louie:
"Has Mike Murphy been in yet?"

"Who?" replies Louie.

"Murphy, Michael," replies the man.

"Uh, I don't know him, pal" says Louie.

The man persists:
"That's funny, I hear he eats here every night."

(Louie) "Murray, you say?"

"Murphy, brick brain..You're ears need unplugging?" responds the man, who grabs Louie by his shirt and says, "So?"

(Louie) "No, he ain't been in yet."

"I'll wait," replies the man as he sits down on a stool.

[red dog 1]

60. The scene: A row of Spanish-styled 3 bedroom houses with common walls..Move in on one of these

houses, the one without Christmas lights.
At the door is a furtive 15-year-old girl.
She checks her cheek, straightens her hair, and hides something under her coat.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, a mother is cooking dinner and talking to her teenage son.

The girl we've just seen tries to enter the house silently, but just barely brushes some wind chimes.
She silently curses to herself.

The mother hears the chimes,
"Anita, is that you?"

The girl answers,
"Hey Mom, I already ate!" as she heads for her bedroom.

Her Mom comes out of the kitchen, the girl is almost to her bedroom down the hall when Mom catches up with her.
We see the girl clearly now...She is an alluring, young Natalie Wood, with a sunny smile.

"You sure? I'm making soy cutlets." her mom announces.

"I'm fine, already ate." the girl replies.

Her younger brother comes out of the kitchen to watch.
Mom is suspicious.

Mom: "Wait, you've been kissing!"

"No I haven't," replies the girl.

Mom is right next to her now.
"Yes, you have, I can tell," her Mom says as she steps closer to examine her daughter's lips.

"You can't tell," replies the girl.

Mom: "Not only can I tell, I know who it is..It's Darryl."
Mom continues, "And what have you got under your coat?"

Mom picks at the corner of the album cover now visible under the girl's jacket.
She withdraws the album.
It's Simon & Garfunkel's "Bookends"

[red dog 1]

61. Opening scene....A marina on a river with boats tied up as the opening credits roll

Fade in to a sad excuse for a boat sitting in an end slip......a seagull-shit-covered, thirty-foot cabin cruiser that hasn't cruised in a long, long time.
An unpainted plywood addition has been nailed to the top of the cabin, partially covered with a blue plastic tarp.

The tarp moves as a young man in his late twenties emerges, looking hungover, and glances up at the clouds.
He pulls on the top part of an old, patched wet suit and zips it up, shivering.

He climbs into an old Zodiac inflatable dinghy.
He's pulled up the attached rubber hood to his wet suit.
He slips on a weight belt, puts on a pair of old gaffer-taped goggles, jams the end of an air hose in his mouth and falls backward into the water, which is dark and murky.
All that can be heard is the shooting sound of his air hose echoing across the river bottom.