| STRIDER: |
(takes Arwen's hand and holds it tightly)
Be iest lîn. (As you wish.)
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Arwen mounts her horse
behind Frodo who is still having trouble breathing
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| STRIDER: |
Ride hard. Don't look back
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| ARWEN: |
Noro lim, Asfaloth, noro lim! (Ride fast, Asfaloth, ride fast)
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She rides off through the
woods.
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| SAM: |
What're you doing ? Those wraiths are still out there!
|
Strider looks on worried
Arwen rides through the fields and
open plains. Through woodlands. She notices through the trees a black
rider. As she reaches a clearing he rides alongside her, and then is joined
by another two, screeching. Five follow her closely behind now. As she
dodges in and out of the trees she catches her face on a branch. In open
ground, eight wraiths now follow her. Frodo looks sideways at the wraiths as
one reaches out his hand to him.
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| ARWEN: |
Noro lim Asfaloth! (Ride faster Asfaloth!)
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Asfaloth pulls away from
them, dodging in and out of trees. Jumping a log, they finally reach the
river. Arwen rides across to the other side, whilst the nine wraiths
stand on the opposite shore facing her, their horses rearing in frustration,
the wraiths screeching.
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| WRAITH: |
Give up the halfling She-elf.
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| ARWEN: |
(draws her sword) If you want him.
Come and claim him
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All nine wraiths draw
their swords raised and gallop across the river towards her
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| ARWEN: |
Nin o Chithaeglir, lasto beth daer,
Rimmo nin Bruinen, dan in Ulair!
(she closes her eyes) Nin o Chithaeglir, lasto beth daer,
Rimmo nin Bruinen, dan in Ulair!
(Waters of the Misty Mountains
listen to the great word;
flow waters of Loudwater
against the Ringwraiths!)
|
| The water level starts to
rise. Suddenly a great wave comes from upriver. The wraiths horses
become nervous and turn to flee. White horses appear in the great wave and
chase the wraiths, flooding them and taking them away
Frodo suddenly becomes very weak, as Arwen lies him on
the ground.
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| ARWEN: |
No! Frodo! No! Frodo don't give in, not now.
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Tears spring into her
eyes as she hugs him
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| ARWEN VOICE: |
What grace has given me, let it pass to him. Let him be spared
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Visions of Rivendell
appear. Frodo appears sleeping in the visions
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| ARWEN VOICE: |
Save him |
| ELROND: |
(face appears in the vision) Lasto beth
nîn. Tolo dan na ngalad. (Hear my voice, come back to the light)
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|
Scene 22 ~ Rivendell
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|
|
| FRODO: |
(waking in a dream, surrounded by
white light) Where am I ?
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| GANDALF: |
(speaking tho not visible) You
are in the House of Elrond (the white mist clears)
and it is ten o'clock in the morning on October the 24th, if you want to
know
|
Frodo still
has his eyes closed, but frowns confused. He opens his eyes and looks
to the side of his bed
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| FRODO: |
(surprised) Gandalf!
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| GANDALF: |
(is sitting beside the bed that Frodo
is lying in, smoking his pipe) Yes, I am here (he draws on his pipe)
and you're lucky to be here too. A few more hours and you would have been
beyond our aid, (he shakes his head) but you
have some strength in you (he smiles) my dear
hobbit
|
Frodo sits up
and clutches his left breast
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| FRODO: |
(blinks) What happened Gandalf
?
|
Gandalf looks
at him quizzically
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| FRODO: |
Why didn't you meet us ?
|
| GANDALF: |
(looking into the distance) Oh,
I'm sorry Frodo (he sighs) I was delayed
|
Gandalf is
shown being thrown to the ground on the roof top of Isengard. Saruman
walks up to him, pointing his staff at him
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| SARUMAN: |
The friendship of Sauron is not lightly thrown aside
|
Saruman uses
his staff to throw Gandalf across the rooftop, and leave him lying in midair
off the edge of the roof
|
| SARUMAN: |
One ill turn deserves another (walking
over to Gandalf) it is over
|
Gandalf sees
a moth fly past his face
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| SARUMAN: |
Embrace the power of the Ring, or embrace your own
destruction (he lifts his staff and throws Gandalf
face first back onto the roof top)
|
| GANDALF: |
There is only Lord of the Ring (he
looks up at Saruman) Only one who can bend it to his will
(he sees the moth fly behind Saruman, followed by an
eagle) and he does not share power (he
scrambles to his feet and jumps from the roof top)
|
Saruman walks
to the edge of the roof to see Gandalf on the back of the eagle flying off.
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| SARUMAN: |
So you have chosen death
|
The eagle
flies off over the Misty Mountains as dawn rises
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Scene 23 ~ Many Meetings
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|
|
Back in
Rivendell Frodo is still look quizzically at Gandalf
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| FRODO: |
Gandalf ? What is it ?
|
| GANDALF: |
(wakes from his daydream memory)
hmm (he shakes his head and speaks unconvincingly)
Nothing Frodo
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| SAM: |
Frodo! (he comes running in and takes
Frodo's hand) Frodo!
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| FRODO: |
Sam!
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| SAM: |
Bless you, you're awake
(Frodo laughs)
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| GANDALF: |
(smiling) Sam has hardly left
your side
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| SAM: |
(sitting on the bed) We were
that worried about you, weren't we Mr Gandalf ?
|
| GANDALF: |
by the skills of Lord Elrond (he turns
his head as Elrond enters the room) you're beginning to mend
|
| ELROND: |
Welcome to Rivendell Frodo Baggins
|
An elf on a
horse can be seen riding into Rivendell from afar. We see Rivendell in
the depths of a valley. Frodo walks out onto his balcony and looks out
on Rivendell. He walks around with Sam and suddenly comes across Merry
and Pippin who run to him and they hug, laughing. He suddenly pauses
as he sees a smal figure sitting on a bench writing in a book, it is Bilbo,
very much aged
|
| FRODO: |
(runs over to him) Bilbo!
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| BILBO: |
(stands up) Hello Frodo my lad
|
| FRODO: |
(runs up and hugs him) Bilbo
|
Frodo opens
up Bilbo's book and sees the title written there
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| FRODO: |
"There and Back Again... A Hobbits Tale" by Bilbo Baggins
(he flicks through the pages looking at the maps and
drawings and scribing) This is wonderful
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| BILBO: |
I meant to go back. Wander the paths of Mirkwood,
(he walks over to sit beside Frodo) visit
Laketown, see the Lonely Mountain again (sitting down)
but age it seems has finally caught up with me
|
Frodo
continues to turn the pages until he reaches the map of the Shire.
Bilbo smiles at him, they look at it together
|
| FRODO: |
I miss the Shire. I spent all my childhood pretending
I was off somewhere else... off with you on one of your adventures......(pauses
thinking) My own adventure turned out to be quite different
(they turn to look at each other) I'm not
like you Bilbo
|
| BILBO: |
(half smiles and reaches a hand to
Frodo's face) My dear boy
|
Sam can be
seen packing his backpack
|
| SAM: |
Now what have I forgotten
|
Frodo walks
up to him
|
| FRODO: |
Packed already ?
|
| SAM: |
(stands up startled) No harm in
being prepared
|
| FRODO: |
I thought you wanted to see the elves Sam
(he walks away)
|
| SAM: |
I do
|
| FRODO: |
More than anything
|
| SAM: |
I did. Its just (he looks around
to see who's listening and walks over to Frodo) We did what Gandalf
wanted didn't we ? We got the Ring this far to Rivendell and I thought...
seeing as how you're on the mend, we'd be off soon ..... off home
|
| FRODO: |
You're right Sam (he turns to face
him) We did what we set out to do (He takes the
Ring out of his pocket and holds it out) the Ring will be safe in
Rivendell. I am ready to go home
|
|
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Scene 24 ~ The Fate of the Ring
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Elrond and
Gandalf are looking down at Frodo and Sam from a balcony
|
| ELROND: |
His strength returns
|
| GANDALF: |
That wound will never fully heal, he will carry it for the
rest of his life
(he looks at Elrond)
|
| ELROND: |
And yet to come so far, still bearing the Ring, the hobbit
has shown extraordinary resilience to its evil (he
walks over to a carafe of wine)
|
| GANDALF: |
It is a burden he should never have had to bear.
(shaking his head) we can ask no more of Frodo
|
| ELROND: |
(turning to look at Gandalf, speaks
seriously) Gandalf! The enemy is moving Sauron's forces are massing
in the east, his eye is fixed on Rivendell ..... and Saruman you tell me has
betrayed us... (Gandalf looks away folorn) Our
list of allies grows thin!
|
| GANDALF: |
His treachery runs deeper than you know.
(Elrond looks at him frowning) By foul craft Saruman has
crossed orcs with goblin men, he is breeding an army in the caverns of
Isengard. An army that can move in sunlight and gather great distance
at speed. Saruman is coming for the Ring.
|
| ELROND: |
This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the elves.
We do not have the strength to fight both Mordor and Isengard
(Gandalf walks away from him) Gandalf! the Ring
cannot stay here
|
Gandalf looks folorn. He
leans on the balcony and looks out. He sees Boromir riding into
Rivendell, then Legolas and other elves and Gimli walking with fellow
dwarves.. all look in wonder at this place
|
| ELROND VOICEOVER: |
This peril belongs to all in Middle Earth they must decide
now how to end.
|
| ELROND: |
The time of the elves is over. My
people are leaving these shores. Who will you look to when
we've gone ? The dwarves ? They hide in their mountains seaking
riches, they care nothing for the troubles of others
|
| GANDALF: |
(turning to him) It is in men
we must place our hope
|
| ELROND: |
Men! (turning away) Men are
weak (he walks through his library Gandalf follows)
the race of men is failing. The blood of Numenor is all but spent, its
pride and dignity all but forgotten. It is because of men the Ring
survives. I was there Gandalf (we see Elrond fighting
in the Battle of the Last Alliance) I was there three thousand years
ago (Elrond watches as Isildur cuts the Ring from
Sauron's hand) when Isildur took the Ring. I was there the day
the strength of men failed (Isildur looks at the Ring
he has just cut) Isildur hurry, follow me
(Elrond in the battle appears before Isildur) I led Isildur into the
heart of Mount Doom (Elrond appears inside Mount Doom,
with Isildur behind him, he beckons to Isildur He speaks to Isildur)
Come!
|
| ELROND VOICEOVER: |
Where the Ring was forged. The one place it could be
destroyed (Elrond looks at Isildur)
|
| ELROND: |
(to Isildur) Cast it into the
fire
|
Isildur
holds the Ring up and rolls it in his fingers
|
| ELROND: |
Destroy it!
|
| ISILDUR: |
No (he turns and walks out of Mount
Doom)
|
| ELROND: |
Isildur! (Isildur walks out of the
Crack of Doom)
|
| ELROND VOICEOVER: |
It should have ended that day but evil was allowed to endure
(Elrond in Mount Doom, stares after Isildur in
despair)
|
| ELROND: |
(turns to Gandalf) Isildur kept
the Ring. The line of Kings is broken. There's no strength left
in the world of men. They're scattered, divided, leaderless
|
| GANDALF: |
There is one who could unite them. One who could
reclaim the throne of Gondor
|
| ELROND: |
He turned from that path a long time ago. He has
chosen exile
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