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| Year: | 2003 |
| Rating: | 8.8(363063) |
| Listed in: | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Directed by: | Peter Jackson |
| Actors: | Noel Appleby Sean Astin David Aston John Bach Sean Bean Alexandra Astin |
| "The eye of the enemy is moving." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Peter Jackson | |
| Actors | |
| Noel Appleby | as Everard Proudfoot |
| Sean Astin | as Sam |
| David Aston | as Gondorian Soldier 3 |
| John Bach | as Madril |
| Sean Bean | as Boromir |
| Orlando Bloom | as Legolas |
| Billy Boyd | as Pippin |
| Sadwyn Brophy | as Eldarion |
| Alistair Browning | as Damrod |
| Marton Csokas | as Celeborn |
| Richard Edge | as Gondorian Soldier 1 |
| Jason Fitch | as Uruk 2 |
| Bernard Hill | as Theoden |
| Ian Holm | as Bilbo |
| Bruce Hopkins | as Gamling |
| Ian Hughes | as Irolas |
| Lawrence Makoare | as Witchking/Gothmog |
| Ian McKellen | as Gandalf |
| Bret McKenzie | as Elf Escort |
| Dominic Monaghan | as Merry |
| Viggo Mortensen | as Aragorn |
| John Noble | as Denethor |
| Paul Norell | as King of the Dead |
| Bruce Phillips | as Grimbold |
| Shane Rangi | as Harad Leader 2 |
| John Rhys-Davies | as Gimli |
| Todd Rippon | as Harad Leader 1 |
| Thomas Robins | as Deagol |
| Andy Serkis | as Gollum/Smeagol |
| Harry Sinclair | as Isildur |
| Peter Tait | as Shagrat |
| Joel Tobeck | as Orc Lieutenant 1 |
| Karl Urban | as Eomer |
| Stephen Ure | as Gorbag |
| Hugo Weaving | as Elrond |
| David Wenham | as Faramir |
| Elijah Wood | as Frodo |
| Alan Howard | as The Ring |
| Sala Baker | as Orc/Sauron |
| Robert Pollock | as Orc |
| Ross Duncan | as Orc |
| Pete Smith | as Orc |
| Jed Brophy | as Orc |
| Lee Hartley | as Orc |
| Billy Jackson | as Child |
| Jørn Benzon | as Traveling Elf/Various |
| Brad Dourif | as Grima Wormtongue (extended edition) |
| Peter Jackson | as Mercenary On Boat |
| Christopher Lee | as Saruman (extended edition) |
| Bruce Spence | as The Mouth of Sauron (extended edition) |
| Royd Tolkien | as Ranger |
| Actresses | |
| Alexandra Astin | as Elanor Gamgee |
| Cate Blanchett | as Galadriel |
| Sarah McLeod | as Rosie Cotton |
| Maisy McLeod-Riera | as Baby Gamgee |
| Miranda Otto | as Eowyn |
| Liv Tyler | as Arwen |
| Katie Jackson | as Child |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Quenya, Old English, Sindarin |
| Filming dates: | 11 October 1999 - 22 December 2000 |
| Budget: | USD 94,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 377,027,325 USD (3 June 2004) UK - 60,666,284 GBP (21 March 2004) Worldwide - 741,861,654 USD (2004) (except USA) Finland - 595,349 USD (18 December 2003) Hungary - 2,910,000 USD (10 March 2004) Italy - 7,741,312 EUR (25 January 2004) Netherlands - 5,750,003 EUR (28 December 2003) Philippines - 90,330,863 PHP (22 August 2004) Spain - 8,307,566 EUR (21 December 2003) |
| Plot: | The War of the Ring reaches its climax as the dark lord Sauron sets his sights on Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor. The members of the fellowship in Rohan are warned of the impending attack when Pippin cannot resist looking into Saruman's palantir and is briefly contacted by the dark lord. King Theoden is too proud to send his men to help without being asked, so Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith to see that this request is sent. They meet opposition there from Denethor, steward of the city and father of Faramir and the late Boromir. Denethor's family has acted as temporary guardians of Gondor for centuries until a member of the true line of kings returns. This member is none other than Aragorn, who must overcome his own self-doubt before he can take on the role he was destined to fulfill. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam continue to carry the One Ring towards Mordor, guided by Gollum. What they don't know is that Gollum is leading them into a trap so that he can reclaim the Ring for himself. Though Sam suspects his deceit, Frodo is starting to be corrupted by the Ring's power and the mistrust of Sam this causes is fully exploited by Gollum. The only way good can prevail in this contest is if the Ring is destroyed, an event that is becoming harder every minute for Frodo to achieve. The fate of every living creature in Middle Earth will be decided once and for all as the Quest of the Ringbearer reaches its climax. |
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"Into the West" Words & Music by Howard Shore , Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox Performed by Annie Lennox Annie Lennox appears courtesy of BMG Ariola Munchen GmbH "The Green Dragon" Music by David Donaldson , David Long , Steve Roche (as Stephen Roche), Janet Roddick Lyrics by Philippa Boyens Performed by Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan Courtesy of Mana Music "The Edge of Night" Music by Billy Boyd Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien Performed by Billy Boyd Adapted by Philippa Boyens Orchestration by Howard Shore "Aragorn's Coronation" Music by Viggo Mortensen Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien |
Goofs
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Continuity: SPOILER: In the scene of Theoden's death, a black line appears and disappears between shots on the right side of Eowyn's forehead, over her eyebrow. Revealing mistakes: Near the beginning of the film as the camera flies towards Rohan you can see the smoke pouring back into the chimneys rather than out of them. Continuity: When Sam and Frodo are climbing Mt. Doom, Sam's sword switches from his left side to his right. Later when Sam draws his sword, it is back on his left side. Continuity: At the Black Gates, although we see all the main characters on horseback to start with, when the battle actually starts *all* the horses have disappeared. Continuity: When Sam is holding Frodo on his lap during the climb up Mt. Doom, the wound on Frodo's face has moved from his right cheek to his left. The footage for the entire scene has been flipped. Continuity: The position of Smeagol's hands around Deagol's throat changes noticeably between cuts. Continuity: SPOILER: After Eowyn decapitates the Witch King's fellbeast, the severed head disappears. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: While Eowyn delivers the decapitating blow to the Witch King's Fell Beast, the path of her sword swing does not come close to matching the location of the eventual sword strike on the beast's neck. Continuity: SPOILER: When Eowyn kills the Witch King, her arm is hurt and she keeps holding it close to her body. But when she stands up after Merry stabs him she uses her hurt arm to push herself up. Continuity: When Frodo and Sam are bewildered as the orc army marches out from the fortress by the bottom of the secret stair, they are lit from the bridge's direction by red and orange fiery colors. In the reverse shots of the bridge and the fortress, there is no orange light in the shot at all, only the ghostly green lighting. Continuity: When Gandalf and Pippin are in Minas Tirith, and Gandalf is outside he starts coughing on his pipe smoke. On this wide shot, Pippin is tucked into bed. Then, in the next shot, he is up standing by his bed looking at his new Gondorian armor. He then gets Gandalf some water from the pitcher. SYNC: Prior to Faramir's ride to re-capture Osgiliath, Gandalf challenges him. There is one shot where Faramir comments on the "Men of Gondor" there are a number of words before this phrase but his lips do not appear to moving. Continuity: In the "Voice of Saruman Scene", Treebeard starts and ends the scene in front of Orthanc's door. Throughout the scene, Treebeard is nowhere to be seen. Continuity: Elrond's hair changes from being neatly tucked behind his ears to free flowing and back behind his ears again between shots as Arwen convinces him to re-forge the shards of Narsil. Continuity: The amount of mud along with the ring in Deagol's hand lessens considerably with each shot of him looking at the ring, until the mud is completely gone by the time he is attacked by Smeagol. Continuity: The two doors of the Black Gate continue to open as Aragorn and the others ride away from the approaching Orc army. When Aragorn rides as he shouts, "Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers... when the age of men comes crashing down," at the top of the screen the "closed gate" is visible. Continuity: After Frodo wakes up in Minas Tirith, Merry and Pippin stand in the doorway. Their height reaches the middle of the ornate door carving in the close-up, but in their next wide shot running in, they are considerably lower. When Legolas and Aragorn walk in, also in a close-up, their height is just a bit higher on the carving than the two Hobbits' heights were. Then when Sam stands in the doorway his height also reaches the center of the carving. Continuity: Sam rolls down Shelob's back, then he grabs Sting and takes a stance against Shelob. In the next wide shot, Sam stands ready and Shelob positions herself at the stairway. Frodo's wrapped body is not lying anywhere to be seen. Continuity: SPOILER: At the end, when the four Hobbits are entering Grey Havens, Sam is wearing a yellow vest with brown buttons over a white shirt. When Frodo makes his way onto the ship and turns back to smile at his friends, Sam is no longer wearing the yellow vest. The vest is still not there when the three Hobbits turn to leave the Grey Havens. When Sam is holding his daughter, he is once again wearing the yellow vest. On the Extended Edition DVD they explain this mistake. Continuity: When at the Black Gate, the army of men are surrounded by Orcs, then after Aragorn's "For Frodo" line, they charge across the screen from left to right. When they are running, in a shot where Gandalf is seen on the very right of the screen, you can see through some gaps and there are no Orcs, just an open field. Continuity: When Aragorn first meets the Army of the Dead, he is holding a torch in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. When he turns around to look at the rest of the undead, his torch and sword have switched hands. He then turns around again and the torch and sword are back where they originally were. Crew: After Pippin draws his sword, the next shot is of Orcs running to the right of the screen. As that shot opens, click five or six frames in and two crewmembers are seen between the Orcs on the right of the screen, click a few more times and more crew members are visible in the middle, between the Orcs. Continuity: When Gollum drops the lembas from the bridge, you see the leaves it was wrapped in falling away, and the wafers fall generally straight down. However, when Sam finds it later, the lembas is still mostly wrapped in the leaves, with only a few morsels broken off and laying around unwrapped. Continuity: After Gollum says, "Clever Hobbits, to climb so high!", he jumps onto Frodo and Sam. Gollum then attacks Frodo and when he turns Frodo onto his back, Frodo's shirt is wide open at his neck/chest and the chain and Ring are gone. In the next close-up as Gollum chokes Frodo, and the following shots, the chain with the Ring is back. Continuity: Before the charge of the Rohirrim, we see that Merry and Eowyn are near the middle of the group, but when we see Merry during the charge, look behind him. There are about five horsemen, behind whom are just empty fields. Continuity: When Theoden "reforms the line" as the Mumakil approach, there are empty fields behind the horses. In the overhead shot of them charging, it is seen that there are still orcs in the background who should have been there in the previous shot. SYNC: When Elrond comes to give the newly re-forged Narsil to Aragorn, a gust of wind suddenly blows up, knocking over a suit of armor in the background. The armor makes no noise as it crashes however. Continuity: When Aragorn meets the army of the dead, the elf leaf that hold his cape together changes. First its pointing left, then right again etc. Continuity: When Sam believes Frodo to be dead after his battle with Shelob, Frodo's eyes are open/closed/open between shots. Revealing mistakes: In Shelob's Lair, when Samwise pulls the web from "dead" Frodo's face, Frodo blinks. However, Frodo is paralyzed with his eyes open. Continuity: SPOILER: Nearing the end of the film where we see Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry having a drink at the Green Dragon, Frodo places four mugs on the table. The first sequence has two green mugs on the right and two brown mugs on the left. The second shot shows the mugs with a brown and green mug on each side of the table. Frodo puts the other brown mug in front of Merry, but in the next shot the other brown mug is in front of Pippin. Continuity: When Sam cuts Shelob's silk from around Frodo's face, it is completely cleared of silk in the close-up shots but remains covered with silk from the nose down in the long shots. Revealing mistakes: In a quick shot of Gandalf holding Pippin while riding Shadowfax in front of the Black Gate you can see Billy Boyd 's double's face. Continuity: When Aragorn is running back to join his fellow men, when the black gate is open, we can see the CGI flag of the rider that goes with him is going from left to right, but in the next shot, the wind is in the opposite direction. Continuity: During the fight with Shelob, Sam is holding Frodo's sword which switches between Sam's right and left hand in between shots at least once. Continuity: When Arwen is reading the book after she sees the vision, there is a picture on the right-hand page. When she drops the book there is no picture there. Continuity: When Aragorn's party rides to the Black Gate, Eomer is shown as riding with them (he can be identified by the white plume on his helmet). When they reach the gate, Eomer is missing from most of the wide shots, although he's shown in at least one close-up. Continuity: SPOILER: When Frodo finishes writing the book, he reaches for the stab wound on his shoulder with the writing quill in hand. Then Sam walks in and in the next shot, Frodo's hand is still by his shoulder, but the quill is gone. Continuity: While Denethor is eating in the citadel hall and is asking Pippin if he knows how to sing, he has a smear of red wine/sauce/blood on his chin. In a subsequent shot, Denethor turns to the camera and the smear is gone. It then reappears as he looks back to Pippin. Continuity: When Gandalf is speaking with Denethor, the end of his cloak alternates between clean and mud soaked. Continuity: After the battle at Minas Tirith the clasp holding Pippin's cape together changes direction between shots. Continuity: When Pippin finds Merry after the battle his leaf-brooch is pointing to the left, in the following shot is pointing to the right. Continuity: SPOILER: When Sam stabs Shelob in the eye with Sting, the blade is covered with blood, but when it is knocked out of his hand in the next shot, it's perfectly clean. Continuity: When Gandalf and Pippin are talking during the battle at Minias Tirith, Gandalf's sword has orc blood on it. Then the camera switches to Pippin and when it returns to Gandalf, his sword has no blood. Continuity: SPOILER: The elf standing behind Elrond, Galadriel and Celeborn at the Grey Havens changes position several times between shots. Continuity: When the Army of the Dead enters Minas Tirith, one of the battlements on the city's outer wall (near the bottom of the frame) changes its shape and position, losing a portion of its tower. Continuity: Gollum sprinkles crumbs of the Lembas bread on Sam to incriminate him. When Sam gets up, the crumbs are gone. Then, they reappear when Gollum points them out. Continuity: SPOILER: After defeating Shelob, Sam runs to Frodo. He lays Sting down next to him, on an area of dirt with a couple rocks sticking up. But later, when we see Sting glow blue, it's on perfectly level dirt ground. Continuity: When Pippin takes the seeing stone from Gandalf's sleeping arms, he replaces it with a pitcher. This pitcher is absent when Gandalf wakes up. Continuity: When Frodo flips Gollum/Smeagol over the cliff his back and shoulders are free of spider webs. But when he falls and has the vision, the spider webs are back. Continuity: When Merry and Pippin are dancing on the table at Rohan you can see Gandalf from behind bouncing up and down on his feet but when you see the front of him he is nodding his head and clapping. Continuity: When Eowyn is fighting the Witch King, the strap holding her helmet is buckled, however, when she pulls off her helmet, there is no strap on it at all. Continuity: When Eowyn pulls off her helmet to kill the Witch King her hair is fairly neat. In the next shot as she is crawling away and calling for Merry, her hair is very messy. Then when she is leaning over Theoden, her hair is neat again. Revealing mistakes: After Frodo tells him to go home and he starts crying, the next close-up of Sam shows where his real and fake ear meet-right above the curl of hair. Revealing mistakes: When Frodo is running through the stone gate at the Mount of Doom, you can see the surface beneath his feet is sliding away, so it looks like he is "floating" just above the ground. Continuity: When Pippin saves Gandalf from being stabbed during the Minas Tirith battle Gandalfs hands change position when he is talking to Pippin. Revealing mistakes: When Aragorn speaks to Legolas and Gimli before they enter the Path of the Death, you can see a green shimmer in the back showing the King of the Death, exactly in this moment a knight of Rohan crosses between Aragorn and the entrance, but the shimmer which is supposed to be several yards behind him appears "over" him. Continuity: SPOILER: When Sam deals the killing blow to Shelob, he is shown pulling Sting from her belly two times, first at the end of one view, then again about a second into a different view. Continuity: SPOILER: In the Voice of Saruman, after Saruman has fallen onto the spiked wheel it begins to turn, causing the Palantir to fall from his robe. When it is shown splashing into the water, the wheel is not turning, but continues to turn after the Palantir has landed on the ground. Continuity: In the Voice of Saruman, when Pippin jumps from the horse and picks up the Palantir, the debris in the water changes position every time the scene changes. Continuity: When Pippin is recovering from looking into the Palantir, the shots alternate between Gandalf and Pippin. In the shots of Pippin, you can see Gandalf's hand holding the side of Pippin's face. In the shots of Gandalf, the hand is no longer there. Continuity: When Gandalf and Pippin conclude their meeting with Denethor and leave, the bottom of Gandalf's robe clearly has been soaked in dirty water. Then the next shot of his robe from behind shows it to be clean. Continuity: Through the course of the movie, Frodo's face is very dirty. When unconscious in the spider web, it has become totally clean. But once he is freed of the spider web, it is dirty again. Continuity: The sword Narsil was broken into four distinct pieces - two big, two small. Yet the blacksmith who repairs the sword only takes the two larger pieces, and forges them together - and the sword is complete. Since the blacksmith didn't use all four pieces, the sword should not appear completed. Continuity: SPOILER: When Frodo is writing in the book, and stops because of the pain from his wound, he has only had enough time to write a couple of words. However, when Sam looks at it, the whole title is there. Continuity: SPOILER: In the Coronation scene, when Aragorn bows to the four hobbits, in the close shot they are closely surrounded by a crowd of people. In the wide shot the hobbits are all along on a dais. Continuity: SPOILER: Toward the very end of the film, as Frodo finishes writing, he presses his hand to his chest. His quill is clearly visible between his fingers, and yet when the scene is cut to a slightly different angle, the quill disappears. Continuity: When the camera pans over the tower of Isengard where Saruman is being held captive, you can see the entire top surface - and that he is alone. A few moments later, Grima appears behind him - also imprisoned at the top. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: In the scene where Frodo is hanging on the ledge in Mt. Doom; as Frodo grabs Sam's hand, you can clearly see that the finger that's supposed to be cut off is actually curled up. Crew: At the very end of the movie, as the camera pulls in toward the round yellow door of the house, you can see in the window to the left of the door a stage light reflected. Revealing mistakes: During the Black Gates scene, Gimli's body double is seen in a frontal shot that last at least one and a half seconds. Continuity: In the ride of the Captains of the West and the army from Minas Tirith to the Black gate, Aragorn's hair is suddenly - and obviously - a different wig. The hair is longer, straighter, and the hairline is different. While it's conceivable that Aragorn might have cleaned up a little bit before he took charge of his new kingdom's army, his hair couldn't have grown that much, and his hairline shouldn't have changed. Continuity: During the final battle in front of the gates of Mordor the entire army of Gondor and Rohan are on horses. But when the war begins the horses are nowhere to be seen. PLOT: When Shelob stings Frodo, she does so in his chest, through his mithril vest. This would not have been possible as mithril is supposedly impenetrable. (In the book he gets stabbed in the back of the neck.) Revealing mistakes: When Aragorn and friends ride up to the black gate, in some of the close ups one of the hobbit's scale double's faces can be clearly seen in the background. Continuity: SPOILER: When Saruman falls from the roof, he turns backward and falls top-of-body first, meaning that he is toppling counter-clockwise when viewed from stage left (the camera's view, in this sequence): In the brief moment showing him reaching the bottom of the tower (just before smashing on the water wheel), his body is toppling clockwise, still viewed from the left. Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Gandalf and Pippin are racing through Minis Tirith (when they first arrive to talk to Denethor), in one of the shots where Shadowfax is turning a corner, you can see that the Pippin on his back is in fact a dummy. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: The round doors on the houses in The Shire are always shown as being much larger then hobbits, but at the end of the movie, Sam and his wife have to bend over to get inside their house. Continuity: Denethor prepares to eat as he goads Faramir into attacking the orcs. Faramir leaves the hall. There should be a time delay as Faramir puts on his armor and organizes the attack. Yet while Pippin signs and the attack begins Denethor is still eating this meal. DATE: Before the charge of the Rohirrim, while Theoden is giving his speech there is a shot of Eowyn making a face in response to something Theoden says, and you can see a silver filling on one of her teeth, on the left side of her mouth. Continuity: SPOILER: During the early stages of the Battle of Pelennor Fields (at Minas Tirith), the two sides use massive trebuchets against one another, loaded up with large stones and fiery projectiles. However, later in the battle, when the Rohirrim arrive, and later when the oliphaunts [sic] and army of the dead do battle, these large blocks have disappeared from the battlefield. Several towers in the city of Minas Tirith which we see smashed during the early fighting, also appear to be intact later on. Continuity: When Frodo is panicking and stuck to the web in Shelob's lair, shortly before he pulls out Galadirel's Phial, his Elven cloak sticks to the web and is pulled off of his shoulders. Yet, in the next shot of him (Galadriel's voice-over) it is still on his shoulders. CHAR: In the Extended Edition, "Cair Andros" is mispronounced. ("Cair" should rhyme with "wire", not "fair".) Continuity: SPOILER: After the negotiations with the Mouth of Sauron (Extended DVD version), Aragorn decapitates the Mouth of Sauron. The Black Gates open, and the Orcs march out, but as the camera pulls back to a wide angle shot showing Aragorn and the others ride back to their army, there is no sign of the Mouth's body, or of his horse. Continuity: As Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are jumping out the ship, Aragorn's positioning changes between shots as he leaps out. Continuity: SPOILER: Before Eowyn delivers the first blow to the Witch King's Fell Beast, you can clearly see the cut through the beast's neck although no blows have been administered just yet. Revealing mistakes: During Rohan's charge on Mordor's army in the battle at Minas Tirith, you can see from the front shot of Eomer him reaching his hand and grabbing a spear from somewhere off-camera. Continuity: While repairing the sword it is being mended closer to the tip but the break was much closer to the handle. Revealing mistakes: Orlando Bloom's eyes are brown, but as Legolas, his eyes are changed to blue using CGI. In close-up outside the Black Gates, his eyes are CGI blue, but in a shot immediately following with Gandalf in the foreground and Legolas in the near background, his eyes are clearly brown. Revealing mistakes: After Gorbag says, "You touch it, and I'll stick this blade in your gut", Shagrat and Gorbag start to fight. A few shots later there's a close-up of Gorbag being bald - he's not wearing his hairpiece/wig in this shot-as he's being pushed towards the right of the screen by Shagrat, just before falling into the hole! (On the Extended Edition DVD Director/Writer commentary, writer Philippa Boyens actually admits that his wig falls off!) Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: When Frodo and Sam are on the rock at the foot of the exploding Mount Doom, there is a shot of Frodo's left hand where the hand is completely clean and the finger is still there. Revealing mistakes: One shot where the army of the dead reveal themselves in the cavern is flipped: As he turns to regard them appearing, Aragorn's leaf clasp is backwards and the torch and sword have changed hands. Revealing mistakes: When Legolas jumps on the back of the elephant, he goes to cut the rope to release the people. However, there are about three thick rows of ropes going through the back of the elephant. Legolas only cuts one. The other ones were already cut. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: At the end of the movie when the four hobbits are at the Green Dragon and Sam works up the nerve to approach Rosie, Frodo has all 10 of his fingers. Gollum had bitten off the finger Frodo placed the One Ring on at Mount Doom. PLOT: There is no stairway or other form of entry to the roof of Orthanc. This is most evident in the extended edition of ROTK: Grima's sudden appearance behind Saruman when moments before an all revealing overhead shot didn't show him or any means for him to get there. PLOT: SPOILER: Frodo is covered completely in a web cocoon when Sam grabs him and frees his face. Frodo's neck is still wrapped when the orcs take him. Sam somehow took the ring and chain from around Frodo's neck without disturbing the cocoon as he has it when he rescues Frodo later. GEOG: SPOILER: When Denethor catches fire, he is in the Hallows of Minas Tirith, on the sixth of seven levels of the city (according to the books). However, he dies not by immolation but by plummeting off the prow of the city, meaning that he ran, fully engulfed in flames, "... about a mile..." (as Peter Jackson later revealed in the audio commentary). CHAR: As Frodo enters Shelob's lair with Gollum, Frodo can be seen visibly favoring his right foot, but in the next shot, he is walking normally. Revealing mistakes: In the scenes when Pippin is lying in his couch in Meduseld, tormented by the urge to watch again the Palantir, next to him there's a Rohir sleeping. While when Pip stands up to go to Gandalf the proportions between the hobbit and the man are right, in the scene before, when he's helplessly trying to sleep (before the scene in main hall between Aragorn and Eowyn), Pippin looks about as high as the Rohir. GEOG: In the scene where Frodo and Sam encounter and fight with Gollum on the slopes leading to Mount Doom, Frodo starts running towards the entrance to the Crack of Doom. Not only are they on top of an erupting volcano, but they are also in Mordor, which as both the books and films would have us believe, is a arid, barren, and totally dry location. However, as Frodo runs up the hill, there is clearly trickling water in the background, indicating a large stream. PLOT: When Gandalf rides out, using the light of his staff to ward off the fell beasts so Faramir's team can get back to Minas Tirith, you see that Pippin is on the horse with him, even though there would have been no reason to bring him along. The reason is that this scene was originally filmed to coincide with Gandalf and Pippin's arrival at Minas Tirith, but was pushed further back as the story evolved. Continuity: Right after Éowyn and Merry saying "to battle", there's a scene where a trebuchet is throwing a fiery rock into Minas Tirith. You can clearly see that the rock won't fly for more then a dozen feet or so, thus there's no way it made it over the walls of Minas Tirith like seen in the next shot, unless the trebuchet stood right at them. Continuity: When Pippin replaces the Palantir with a jar as Gandalf was sleeping, Merry cries for help and the jar is no longer with Gandalf. |
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Aragorn: We have time. Every day Frodo moves closer to Mordor. Gandalf: Do we know that? Aragorn: What does your heart tell you? Gandalf: That Frodo is alive. Yes. Yes, he's alive. Merry: [triumphantly, as Barad-Dur crumbles] Frodo! Frodo! Aragorn: For Frodo! Aragorn: Let the lord of the Black Land come forth! Let justice be done upon him! The Mouth of Sauron: My master, Sauron the Great, bids thee welcome. Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me? Gandalf: We do not come to treat with Sauron, faithless and accursed. Tell your master this: the armies of Mordor must disband. He is to depart these lands, never to return. The Mouth of Sauron: Ahh, old grey beard. I have a token I was bidden to show thee. [Pulls out Frodo's mithril vest and throws it at them] Pippin: [whispers] Frodo... Gandalf: Silence. Merry: No! Gandalf: Silence! The Mouth of Sauron: The halfling was dear to thee, I see. Know that he suffered greatly at the hands of his host. Who would've thought one so small could endure so much pain? And he did, Gandalf, he did. [pause; Aragorn rides towards the Mouth of Sauron] The Mouth of Sauron: And who is this? Isildur's heir? It takes more to make a king that a broken Elvish blade... [Aragorn cuts off the Mouth of Sauron's head with one stroke of Anduril] Gimli: I guess that concludes negotiations. Aragorn: [to Gandalf] I do not believe it! I will not! Sam: [Both are overcome by exhaustion] Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries? Frodo: No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food... nor the sound of water... nor the touch of grass. I'm... naked in the dark, with nothing, no veil... between me... and the wheel of fire! I can see him... with my waking eyes! Sam: Then let us be rid of it... once and for all! Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you! Sam: FRODO! Frodo: I'm here Sam. Sam: Destroy it! [Frodo holds the ring on its chain over the edge of the pit] Sam: Go on! Now! Throw it in the fire! [Frodo stares at the ring, the ring whispers to him] Sam: What are you waiting for? Just let it go! [Frodo turns and looks at Sam] Frodo: The ring is mine. [He snaps the chain and approaches the ring to his finger] Sam: No... no... [Frodo slips the ring on and vanishes] NO! Sam: [tearing the spider silk away from Frodo's face] Oh no! Frodo... Mr. Frodo, wake up... Don't leave me here alone. Don't go where I can't follow... Wake up. Sam: I don't think there will be a return journey, Mr. Frodo. Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men. Elrond: [in Elvish] The Sea calls us home. Bilbo: [smiling] I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure! [Bilbo climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel follows with Celeborn] Gandalf: Farewell, my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. [Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting] Gandalf: It is time, Frodo. Sam: What does he mean? Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved... But not for me. Sam: [weeping] You don't mean that. You can't leave. Frodo: [hands Sam the Red Book] The last pages are for you, Sam. Gandalf: He's suffered a defeat, yes, but... behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping. Gimli: Let him stay there. *Let him rot!* Why should we care? Gandalf: Because 10,000 Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death. Aragorn: No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time... and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that. Gimli: How? Aragorn: Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate. Eomer: We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms. Aragorn: Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves. Legolas: A diversion. Gimli: Certainty of death, *small* chance of success... What are we waiting for? Gandalf: Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait. Aragorn: [knowingly] No, I think he will. Sam: There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins, and The Lord of the Rings by Frodo Baggins. You finished it. Frodo: Not quite. There's room for a little more. Gollum: Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, sleepies. We must go, yeeees, we must go at once. Sam: Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo? [Frodo shakes his head] Sam: I've gone and had too much... it must be getting late. Frodo: No, it isn't. It isn't midday, yet. The days are growing darker. Gollum: Come on! We must go, no time! Sam: Not before Mr. Frodo's had something to eat. Gollum: [impatiently] No time to lose, silly! Sam: [Gives Frodo lembas] Here. Frodo: What about you? Sam: Oh no, I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread. Frodo: Sam... Sam: All right... we don't have that much left. We have to be careful, we don't want to run out. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it... there should be enough. Frodo: Enough for what? Sam: The journey home. Pippin: Gandalf, forgive me. Gandalf: Look at me. What did you see? Pippin: A tree. There was a white tree in a courtyard of stone. It was dead. The city was burning. Gandalf: Minas Tirith? Is that what you saw? Pippin: I saw... I saw him. I can hear his voice in my head. Gandalf: What did you tell him? Speak! Pippin: He asked me my name. I didn't answer. He hurt me. Gandalf: What did you tell him about Frodo and the Ring? [scene cuts to later] There was no lie in Pippin's eyes. A fool... but an honest fool, he remains. He told Sauron nothing of the Ring. We've been strangely fortunate. Pippin saw in the Palantir a glimpse of the enemy's plan. Sauron moves to strike Minas Tirith. Sam: [Frodo is being drawn toward Cirith Ungol] No, Mister Frodo! Gollum: [in a panic] Not that way! Oh! What's he doing? [extended version, the Houses of Healing] Eowyn: The city has fallen silent. There is no warmth left in the sun. Faramir: [approaching her] It is only the damp of the first spring rain. [Eowyn looks up at him] Faramir: I do not believe this darkness will endure. [in a drinking game] Gimli: It's the Dwarves that go swimming with little, hairy woman. [he burps] Legolas: I feel something. A slight tingle in my fingers. I think it's affecting me. Gimli: What did I say? He can't hold his liquor. [Gimli passes out] Legolas: [to Eomer who is watching] Game over. [first lines] Deagol: Smeagol, I've got one! I've got a fish, Smeag. Smeagol! Smeagol: Pull it in. Go on. Go on. Go on. Pull it in. [from extended version] Pippin: [to himself] What were you thinking, Peregrin Took? What service could a hobbit offer such a great lord of men? Faramir: [approaching] It was well done. Generous deeds should not be checked by cold council. You are to join the tower guard? Pippin: I didn't think they would find any livery that would fit me. Faramir: It once belonged to a boy of the citadel. A very foolish one; who spent many hours slaying dragons instead of attending to his studies. Pippin: This was yours? Faramir: Yes, it was mine. My father had it made for me. Pippin: Well, I'm taller than you were then. Though I'm not likely to grow anymore... except sideways. [they laugh] Faramir: Never fitted me either. Boromir was always the soldier. They were so alike, he and my father. Proud... stubborn even. But strong. Pippin: I think you have strength, of a different kind. And one day your father will see it. Aragorn: I do not fear death. Aragorn: I summon you to fulfill your oath. King of the Dead: None but the king of Gondor may command me. [Swings sword; Aragorn blocks him with the sword Anduril] King of the Dead: That blade was broken! [Aragorn takes him by the throat] Aragorn: It has been remade. [Aragorn releases the King of the Dead; pause] Aragorn: Fight for us... and regain your honor. Gimli: They had no honor in life. They have none now in death. Denethor: No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No long, slow sleep of death embalmed. We shall burn, like the heathen kings of old. Bring wood and oil. Saruman: You have fought many wars and slain many men, Theoden King, and made peace afterwards. Can we not take council as we once did, my old friend? Can we not have peace? Theoden: We shall have peace... We shall have peace, when you answer for the burning of the Westfold, and the children that lie dead there! We shall have peace, when the lives of the soldiers whose bodies were hewn even as they dead against the gates of the Hornberg, are avenged! When you hang from a gibbit for the sport of your own crows...! We shall have peace. Saruman: Gibbits and crows! DOTARD! What do *you* want, Gandalf Greyhame? Let me guess. The key of Orthanc? Or perhaps the keys of Barad-Dur itself? Along with the crowns of the seven kings and the rods of the five wizards? Sam: It must be getting near tea-time, leastways in decent places where there *is* still tea-time. Gollum: We're not *in* decent places. Gandalf: [to Pippin] Now, listen carefully. Lord Denethor is Boromir's father. To give him news of his beloved son's death would be most unwise. And do not mention Frodo, or the Ring. And say nothing of Aragorn either. In fact, it's better if you don't speak at all, Peregrin Took. Denethor: Can you sing, Master Hobbit? Pippin: Well... yes. At least, well enough for my own people. But we have no songs for great halls and... evil times. Denethor: And why should your songs be unfit for my hall? Come, sing me a song. [pause] Pippin: [sings] Home is behind, the world ahead... And there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight... Mist and shadow, cloud and shade, all shall fade... all... shall... fade... Aragorn: Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!* Gandalf: Go back to the abyss! Fall into nothingness that awaits you and your master! Witch King: Do you not know death when you see it, old man? This is my hour! Smeagol: Clever Hobbits, to climb so high! [jumps on them, pins Frodo to the ground and grips him by the throat] Smeagol: Mustn't go that way! Mustn't hurt the Precious! Frodo: You swore! You swore on the Precious! Smeagol: [mocking] Oo-hoo-hoo-hoo... Frodo: SMEAGOL PROMISED! Smeagol: Smeagol lied. Sam: [Frodo stops walking] Mr. Frodo? What is it? Frodo: Just a thought... I don't think I'm going to be returning. Sam: Of course you are. That's just morbid thinking, that is. Aragorn: Behold! The sword of Elendil! Elrond: You're outnumbered, Aragorn. You need more men. Aragorn: There are none. Elrond: There are those who dwell in the mountain. Aragorn: Murderers. Traitors. You would call upon them to fight? They believe in nothing. They answer to no one. Elrond: They will answer to the king of Gondor. [pulls out Anduril] Elrond: Anduril, Flame of the West, forged from the shards of Narsil. Aragorn: Sauron will not have forgotten the sword of Elendil. The blade that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith. Elrond: The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. Put aside the ranger. Become who you were born to be. Take the Dimholt Road. Elrond: [pause] [in Elvish] I give hope to men. Aragorn: [in Elvish] I keep none for myself. Aragorn: [to the corsair ships] You may go no further! You will not enter Gondor. Captain: Who are you to deny us passage? Aragorn: Legolas, fire a warning shot past the bosun's ear. Gimli: Mind your aim! [Legolas aims; Gimli knocks the bow as he shoots and the arrow kills the bosun] Gimli: Oh! That's it, right! We warned you! Prepare to be boarded! [the corsairs laugh] Captain: Boarded! By you and whose army? Aragorn: *This* army. [the army of the dead charges through him and onto the ships] Eowyn: Courage, Merry, courage for our friends. Smeagol: ...and take it for ME. Gollum: For us. Smeagol: Yes, we... we meant for us. Denethor: Is there a captain here who still has the courage to do his lord's will? Faramir: You wish now that our places had been exchanged... that I had died and Boromir had lived. Denethor: Yes. [whispering] Denethor: I wish that. Faramir: Since you are robbed of Boromir... I will do what I can in his stead. [Bows and turns to leave] Faramir: If I should return, think better of me, Father. Denethor: That will depend on the manner of your return. Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men. Elrond: I Aear c?n ven na mar. [Elvish: The Sea calls us home] Bilbo: I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure. [Climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel gets on boat with Celeborn] Gandalf: Farewell... my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say, Do not weep... not all tears are an evil. [Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting] Gandalf: It is time, Frodo. Sam: What does he mean? Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me. Sam: You don't mean that. You can't leave. Theoden: I have left instruction. The people are to follow your rule in my stead. Take up my seat in the Golden Hall. Long may you defend Edoras if the battle goes ill. Eowyn: What other duty would you have me do? Theoden: Duty? No... I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair. Gamling: He leaves because there is no hope. Theoden: He leaves because he must. Gamling: Too few have come. We cannot defeat the armies of Mordor. Theoden: No. We cannot. But we will meet them in battle nonetheless. Eowyn: I will kill you if you touch him! Witch King: Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey. Sam: [to Shelob] Let him go, you filth. Let him go! You will not touch him again! Pippin: Is there any hope, Gandalf, for Frodo and Sam? Gandalf: There never was much hope. Just a fool's hope. Gollum: Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, sleepies. We must go, yeeees, we must go at once. Sam: Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo? [Frodo shakes his head] I've gone and had too much... it must be getting late. Frodo: No, it's not. It's not midday, yet. The days are growing darker. Gollum: We must go. Sam: Not until Mr. Frodo has had something to eat. Gollum: No time to lose, silly. Sam: [Gives Frodo lembas bread] Here, eat this. Frodo: What about you? Sam: I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread. Frodo: Sam... Sam: Alright... we don't have that much left. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it... there should be enough left. Frodo: For what? Sam: The journey home. Sam: Give me your hand. Take my hand. Don't you let go. Don't let go... *Reach!* Sam: You miserable little maggot. I'll stove your head in! Frodo: I need you on my side. Sam: I'm on your side Mr Frodo. Frodo: I know you are Sam. Theoden: I know your face... Eowyn. My eyes darken. Eowyn: No. No. I'm going to save you. Theoden: You already did... Eowyn. My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed. Eowyn... [dies] Sam: I heard it from his own mouth! He means to murder us! Gollum: Never! Smeagol wouldn't hurt a fly! Witch King: [taking Eowyn by the throat] You fool. No man can kill me. Die now. [Merry stabs the Witch King from behind; the Witch King shrieks and falls to his knees. Eowyn rises and pulls off her helm, her hair falls down over her shoulder] Eowyn: I am no man. [she thrusts her sword into the Witch King's helm and twists; he shrieks and implodes] [as he kills the three Orcs guarding Frodo] Sam: That's for Frodo! And for the Shire! *And that's for my old Gaffer!* Theoden: Eomer. Take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling, follow the King's banner down the center. Grimbold, take your company right, after you pass the wall. Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, Riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day... a red day... ere the sun rises! Eowyn: [to Merry] What ever happens, stay with me. I'll look after you. [the King rides past his men, hitting their spears with his sword as he goes] Theoden: Ride now!... Ride now!... Ride! Ride to ruin and the world's ending! [He stops and faces Sauron's army] Theoden: Death! Rohirrim: [echoing] Death! Theoden: Death! Rohirrim: [echoing] Death! Theoden: DEATH! Eowyn, Merry: Death! Theoden: Forth, Eorlingas! Pippin: [kneeling] I offer you my service, such as it is, in payment of this debt. Denethor: This is my first command to you. How did you escape, and my son did not, so mighty a man as he was? Pippin: The mightiest man may be slain by one arrow... and Boromir was pierced by many. Gandalf: Get up. My Lord, there will be a time to greive for Boromir, but it is not now. War is coming. The enemy is on your doorstep. As steward, you are charged with the defense of this city. Where are Gondor's armies? You still have friends. You are not alone in this fight. Send word of Theoden of Rohan. Light the Beacons. Gandalf: Frodo has passed beyond my sight. The darkness is deepening. Aragorn: If Sauron had the Ring, we would know it. Gandalf: It's only a matter of time. Witch King: Send forth all legions. Do not stop the attack until the city is taken. Slay them all. Gothmog: What of the wizard? Witch King: I will break him. Eomer: Now is the hour! Riders of Rohan! Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, to lord and land! [From Trailer] Gandalf: The board is set... the pieces are moving [From Trailer] Elrond: You gave away your life's grace. I cannot protect you anymore. Legolas: The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is moving. He is HERE. [after Legolas single-handedly takes out an Oliphant and its drivers] Gimli: That still only counts as one. Gimli: Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf. Legolas: What about side by side with a friend? Gimli: Aye. I could do that. Gimli: Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for? Frodo: [after destroying the Ring] I can see the Shire. The Brandywine River. Bag End. The Lights in the Party Tree. Sam: Rosie Cotton dancing. She had ribbons in her hair. If ever I were to marry someone, it would have been her. It would have been her. [sits down and begins to cry] Frodo: [leans over and hugs him] I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things. Eomer: You should not encourage him. Eowyn: You should not doubt him. Eomer: I do not doubt his heart, only the reach of his arm. Eowyn: Why are you doing this? The war lies to the East. You cannot leave on the eve of battle. [pause] Eowyn: You cannot abandon the men. Aragorn: Eowyn... Eowyn: We need you here. Aragorn: Why have you come? Eowyn: Do you not know? Aragorn: It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek. [Merry gives Pippin a tobacco pouch at their parting] Pippin: The last of the Longbottom leaf? Merry: I know you've run out. You smoke too much, Pip. Gandalf: I will not say, Do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. Aragorn: [to Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry] My friends. You bow to no-one. [He kneels, and the entire kingdom follows suit, kneeling to the hobbits] Frodo: [voiceover] And thus it was. A fourth age of middle-earth began. And the fellowship of the ring... though eternally bound by friendship and love... was ended. Thirteen months to the day since Gandalf sent us on our long journey... we found ourselves looking upon a familiar sight. We were home. How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are somethings that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold. Bilbo once told me his part in this tale would end... that each of us must come and go in the telling. Bilbo's story was now over. There would be no more journeys for him... save one. My dear Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on. Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way. Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass... And then you see it. Pippin: What? Gandalf?... See what? Gandalf: White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. Pippin: [smiling] Well, that isn't so bad. Gandalf: [softly] No... No it isn't. Frodo: The Ring is mine. Gandalf: Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the king, *steward*. Denethor: The rule of Gondor is mine! And no other's! Theoden: I take my leave. Aragorn: My lord Elrond. Elrond: I come on behalf of one whom I love. Arwen is dying. She will not long survive the evil that now spreads from Mordor. The light of the Evenstar is failing. As Sauron's power grows, her strength wanes. Arwen's life is now tied to the fate of the Ring. The Shadow is upon us, Aragorn. The end has come. Aragorn: It will not be our end but his. Aragorn: The Beacons of Minas Tirith! The Beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid. Theoden: And Rohan will answer. Muster the Rohirrim. Assemble the army at Dunharrow. As many men as can be found. You have two days. On the third, we ride for Gondor... and war. Pippin: It's so quiet. Gandalf: It's the deep breath before the plunge. Pippin: I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse. Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me. Legolas: The horses are restless, and the men are quiet. Legolas: The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it. The way is shut. Gimli: Well, this is a thing unheard of. An Elf would go underground, where a Dwarf dare not. Oh, I'd never hear the end of it. Sam: What are you up to? Sneaking off, are we? Gollum: Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret ways that nobody else could find, and they say "sneak!" Sneak? Very nice friend. Oh, yes, my precious. Very nice, very nice. Sam: All right, all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing? Gollum: Sneaking. [last lines] Sam: Well, I'm back. Pippin: I feel like I'm back at the Green Dragon. Merry: [through a mouthful of food] Mm. Green Dragon. Pippin: A mug of ale in my hand, putting my feet up on a settle after a hard day's work. Merry: Only, you've never done a hard day's work. [They laugh; Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli ride up. Merry stands and gives an exaggerated bow] Merry: Welcome, my lords, to Isengard! Gimli: You young rascals! A merry hunt you've led us on, and now we find you... feasting and... and *smoking.* Pippin: We are sitting on a field of victory enjoying a few well-earned comforts. [Merry blows a smoke ring] Pippin: The salted pork is particularly good. Gimli: [eagerly] Salted pork? Gandalf: [exasperated] Hobbits. Merry: We're under orders from Treebeard, who has taken over management of Isengard. Treebeard: [as they walk toward the tower] Hroom, young master Gandalf! I'm relieved that you've come. Wood and water, stock and stone I can master, but there's a wizard to manage here. Locked his tower. Arwen: Tell me what you have seen. Elrond: Arwen? Arwen: You have the gift of foresight. What did you see? Elrond: I looked into your future and I saw death. Arwen: But there is also life. You *saw* there was a child, you saw my son! Elrond: That future is almost gone. Arwen: But it is not lost. Elrond: Nothing is certain. Arwen: Some things are certain. If I leave him now, I will regret it forever. Pippin: [singing to Denethor as Faramir leads the charge] Home is behind, the world ahead... and there are many paths to tread... Through shadow... To the edge of night... Until the stars are all alight... Mist and shadow, cloud and shade... All shall fade... all... shall... fade. Denethor: My sons are spent. My line has ended. Rohan has deserted us. Theoden's betrayed me. Abandon your posts! Flee, flee for your lives! [He turns around, and Gandalf knocks him out with his staff] Gandalf: Prepare for battle! Gandalf: Faramir! [Running after Faramir] Gandalf: Faramir! Your father's will has turned to madness. Do not throw away your life so rashly. Faramir: Where does my allegiance lie if not here? This is the city of the men of Numenor. I would gladly give my life to defend her beauty, her memory... her wisdom... Gandalf: Your father loves you, Faramir. He will remember it before the end. Gollum: She's always hungry. She always needs to feed. She must eat. All she gets is nasty orcses. Smeagol: And they doesn't taste very nice, does they, Precious? Gollum: No. Not very nice at all, my love. [Frodo drinks the last drops of water from Sam's waterskin] Frodo: There'll be none left for the return journey. Sam: I don't think there will be a return journey, Mr. Frodo. Pippin: How far is Minas Tirith? Gandalf: Three days' ride, as the Nazgul flies, and you'd better hope we don't have one of those on our tail. Merry: Are you going to leave me? Pippin: No, Merry. I'm going to look after you. Merry: Why did you look? Why do you always have to look? Pippin: I don't know. I can't help it. Merry: You never can. Pippin: I'm sorry, all right? I won't do it again. Merry: Don't you understand? The enemy thinks you have the Ring. He's going to be looking for you Pip. They have to get you out of here. Pippin: And you... you're coming with me? [Merry impatiently walks away] Pippin: Merry? Merry: Come on. Pippin: But we'll see each other soon. Won't we? Merry: I don't know. I don't know what is going to happen. Pippin: Merry... Gandalf: Run, Shadowfax. Show us the meaning of haste. Pippin: Merry! [Shadowfax gallops off, carrying Gandalf and Pippin away] Gandalf: Of all the inquisitive Hobbits, Peregrin Took, you are the worst. Frodo: [hands Sam the book] The last pages are for you, Sam. Denethor: You think you are wise, Mithrandir. Yet for all your subtleties, you have not wisdom. Do you think the eyes of the White Tower are blind? I have seen more than you know. With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor, and with your right you would seek to supplant me. I know who rides with Theoden of Rohan. Oh, yes. Word has reached my ears of this Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and I tell you now, I will not bow to this Ranger from the North, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship! Gothmog: The Age of Men is over. The Time of the Orc has come. Pippin: Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor. In peace or war. In living or dying. F... f... from this hour henceforth, until my lord release me... or death take me. Denethor: And I shall not forget it. Nor fail to reward that which is given. Fealty with love, valor with honor, disloyalty with vengeance. King of the Dead: The dead do not suffer the living to pass. Aragorn: You will suffer me. Frodo: My dear Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on. Elrond: Your hands are cold. The life of the Eldar is leaving you. Arwen: This was my choice... ada, whether by your will or not, there is no ship now that can bear me hence. Smeagol: Give us that, Deagol my love. Deagol: Why? Smeagol: Because it's my birthday, and I wants it. Gimli: There's plenty for the both of us, may the best dwarf win. [to Smeagol, outside Shelob's lair] Frodo: I have to destroy it, Smeagol. I have to destroy it for both our sakes. Galadriel: This task was appointed to you, Frodo of the Shire. If you do not find a way, no one will. [Gollum and Frodo stand in front of a tunnel opening, and Frodo hesitates to go in] Gollum: It's the only way. Go in, or go back. Frodo: I cannot go back. Arwen: From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king. Frodo: You can't help me anymore. Sam: You don't mean that. Frodo: Go home. [singing] Merry, Pippin: You can search far and wide. You can drink the whole town dry. But you'll never find a beer so brown as the one we drink in our hometown. You can drink your fancy ales. You can drink them by the flagon. But the only brew for the brave and tru-u-u-ue comes from the Green Dragon! Pippin: [pulls sword from scabbard] So I imagine this is just a... ceremonial possession? I mean, they don't actually expect me to do any fighting... Do they? Gandalf: You're in the service of the steward now. You'll have to do as you're told, Peregrin Took. [shakes his head] Guard of the Citadel. Gandalf: This will be the end of Gondor as we know it. Here the hammer-stroke will fall hardest. [Gorbag advances towards Frodo with a knife] Gorbag: I'm gonna bleed you like a stuck pig. [Gorbag is stabbed from behind by Sam] Sam: Not if I stick you first. [Aragorn dreams of a pale, dying Arwen] Arwen: I wish I could have seen him again, one last time. [Aragorn is crowned King] Aragorn: This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace. Bilbo: Tell me again, lad... where are we going? Frodo: To the harbor, Bilbo. The elves have accorded you a special honor; a place on the last ship to leave Middle Earth. Bilbo: Frodo... Any chance of seeing that old ring again? Hmm? The one I gave you? Frodo: I'm sorry, uncle... I'm afraid I lost it. Bilbo: Oh... Pity. Should have liked to have held it one last time. [Aragorn readies to take the Paths of the Dead. He leads his horse towards the entrance and passes by Gimli, who stops him] Gimli: Where do you think you're going? Aragorn: Not this time Gimli. This time you must stay. [Legolas walks up to them, leading his horse] Legolas: Have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of dwarves? Gimli: You may as well accept it. We're going with you, laddy. Shagrat: This scum will be awake in a couple of hours. Gorbag: And then he'll wish he'd never been born. Witch King: Feast on his flesh. Gandalf: If the beacons of Gondor are lit, Rohan must be ready for war. Theoden: Tell me, why should we ride to the aid of those who did not come to ours? What do we owe Gondor? Aragorn: I will go. Gandalf: No. Aragorn: They must be warned. Gandalf: They will be. Gandalf: I ride for Minas Tirith... [looks at Pippin] Gandalf: ...and I won't be going alone. Gondorian Soldier 1: The beacon! The beacon of Amon Din is lit. Gandalf: Hope is kindled. Gandalf: Now come the days of the king! [whispers] Gandalf: May they be blessed. Eowyn: Ride with me. Merry: [smiles] My lady! Eowyn: He has just as much reason to go to war as you do. Why can he not fight for those he loves? Pippin: But we have the white wizard. That's got to count for something. Gandalf: We come to it, at last. The great battle of our time. Theoden: Tonight we remember those who gave their blood to defend this country. Hail the victorious dead. All: Hail! Sam: It's that Gollum, it's this place, it's that thing around your neck. I could help a bit, I could carry it, share the load... Frodo: GET AWAY! Sam: I don't want to keep it. I just want to help. [Eowyn hands Aragorn a goblet, he drinks and moves away] Theoden: [to Eowyn] I am happy for you. He is an honorable man. Eowyn: You are both honorable men. Theoden: It was not Theoden of Rohan who led our people to victory. Galadriel: And for you, Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of Earendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out. Frodo: Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima Gollum: They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away. And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so alone. And we only wish to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread... the sound of trees... the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name. My Precious. Gandalf: So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion. Gandalf: Hail Denethor, son of Ecthelion, Lord and Steward of Gondor. Gandalf: Not at the towers! Aim for the trolls! Kill the trolls! Bring them down! Gandalf: Send these foul beasts into the abyss. Gothmog: [sniffs] Fear. The city is rank with it. Let us ease their suffering. Gollum: [singing] Pretty little fly. Why does he cry? Caught in a web. Soon he'll be... eaten. [Aragorn is looking toward the paths of the dead, when Gimli interrupts] Gimli: Aragorn, let's find some food. Denethor: He is burning... already burning. Pippin: He's not dead! He's not dead! [Denethor drags him out] No! No! He's not dead! Stop! Denethor: Farewell, Peregrin, son of Paladin... I release you from my service. Go now and die in what way seems best to you. Gandalf: Fight! Fight to the last man! Fight for your lives! Frodo: What is this place? Gollum: Master must go inside the tunnel. Frodo: Now that I'm here, I don't think I want to. Sam: I'm sorry to wake you, Mr. Frodo. We have to be moving on. [Slowly Frodo gets up, his voice sounding wearied] Frodo: It's dark still... Sam: It's always dark here. Gandalf: [During the siege of Gondor] Peregrin Took! Go back to the Citadel! Pippin: [dazed] They called us out to fight. Gandalf: This is no place for a Hobbit! [He lays about him with his sword and staff; an orc rushes up behind him and Pippin kills it. Gandalf looks at Pippin] Gandalf: [impressed] Guard of the Citadel indeed! [Gandalf is fighting and sees a moth. He looks up to see... ] Pippin: Eagles! The eagles are coming! Sam: You can't go walking through Mordor in naught but your skin. Gothmog: Release the prisoners! Orc Lieutenant 1: Catapults! [the catapults fling dozens of severed heads into the city] Sam: [about Gollum] You don't see it, do you? He's a villain. Pippin: It's the tree. Gandalf! Gandalf! Gandalf: Yes the white tree of Gondor. The tree of the King. Lord Denethor, however, is not the king. He is a steward only, a caretaker of the throne. Gandalf: Peregrin Took, there is a task now to be done. Another opportunity for one of the Shirefolk to prove their great worth. You must not fail me. Faramir: Mithrandir! They broke through our defenses! They've taken the bridge and the west bank. Battalions of Orcs are crossing the river. Irolas: It is as the Lord Denethor predicted. Long has he forseen this doom. Gandalf: Forseen and done nothing! Gandalf: Faramir? This is not the first halfing to have crossed your path. Faramir: No. Pippin: You've seen Frodo and Sam? Gandalf: Where? When? Faramir: In Ithilien. Not two days ago. Gandalf, they're taking the road to the Morgul Vale. Gandalf: And then the pass of Cirith Ungol. Pippin: What does that mean? What's wrong? Gandalf: Faramir, tell me everything. Theoden: Grimbold, how many? Grimbold: I bring 500 from the Westfold, my lord. Gamling: We have 300 more from Fenmarch, Theoden King. Theoden: Where are the riders of Snowbourn? Gamling: None have come, my lord. Theoden: Six thousand spears. Less than half of what I'd hoped for. Aragorn: Six thousand will not be enough to break the lines of Mordor. Theoden: More will come. Aragorn: Every hour lost hastens Gondor's defeat. We have till dawn, then we must ride. Gimli: That road there... where does that lead? Legolas: It is the road to the Dimholt, the door under the mountain. Eomer: None who venture there ever return. That mountain is evil. Elrond: You ride to war, but not to victory. Sauron's armies march on Minas Tirith, this you know. But in secret he sends another force which will attack from the river. A fleet of Corsairs ships sails from the south. They reach the city in two days. Gimli: What kind of army would linger in such a place? Legolas: One that is cursed. Long ago the men of the mountain swore an oath to the last king of Gondor, to come to his aid, to fight. But when the time came, when Gondor's need was dire, they fled, vanishing into the darkness of the mountain. And so Isildur cursed them, never to rest until they had fulfilled their pledge. Who shall call them from the gray twilight, the forgotten people? Aragorn: What say you? What say you? I am Isildur's heir. Fight for me. And I will hold your oaths fulfilled. What say you? Gandalf: Our enemy is ready, his full strength gathered. Not only orcs, but men as well: legions of Haradrim from the south, mercenaries from the coast. All will answer Mordor's call. Gandalf: Hold them back! Do not give in to fear! Stand to your posts! FIGHT! King of the Dead: Release us. Gimli: Bad idea. Very handy in a tight spot, these lads, despite the fact they're dead. Denethor: Why do the fools fly? Better to die sooner than late. For die we must. Denethor: [to Faramir, about his loyalty] Ever you desire to appear lordly and gracious as a king of old. Boromir would have remembered his father's need. He would have brought me a kingly gift. Faramir: Boromir would not have brought the Ring. He would have stretched out his hand to this thing, and taking it, he would have fallen. Denethor: You know nothing of this matter! Faramir: He would have kept it for his own! And when he returned, you would not have known your son. Denethor: [jumping up angrily] Boromir was loyal to me! Not some wizard's pupil! [Denethor cries and falls back into his chair; Faramir approaches him] Faramir: Father? [Denethor looks over Faramir's shoulder and smiles] Denethor: My son! [an image of Boromir appears behind Faramir. Boromir smiles and then the image fades. Denethor is left looking at Faramir. His mood shifts back to anger] Denethor: Leave me! [Faramir hesitates and departs] Aragorn: I have wished you joy since first I saw you. Gorbag: [as he and Shagrat come upon Frodo's body] What's this? Looks like old Shelob has been having a bit of fun. Shagrat: Killed another one, has she? Gorbag: [he examines Frodo's body] No... this fellow ain't dead. Sam: [to himself, in tears] Not dead! Gorbag: She jabs them with her stinger and they go as limp as a boned fish. Then she has her way with them. That's how she likes to feed-fresh blood. Take him to the tower! [the Orcs begin to drag Frodo away] Sam: Samwise, you fool! Denethor: I am the servant of the house of Anarion. Thus I have walked... thus now I will asleep. Sam: I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. Sam: Sam: what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? Gollum: Gollum: Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice... Sam: Sam: All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing? Gollum: Gollum: Sneaking. Sam: Sam: Fine have it your own way. I'm sorry to wake you Mr Frodo, we have to be moving on. Frodo: Frodo: It's dark still Sam: Sam: It's always dark here. It's gone! The elven bread! Frodo: Frodo: what? That's all we have left. Sam: Sam: He took it! He must have! Gollum: Gollum: Smeagol? Oh no not poor Smeagol. Smeagol hates nasty elf bread Sam: Sam: You're a lying wretch. What did you do with it? Frodo: Frodo: He doesn't eat it. He can't have taken it. Gollum: Gollum: Look. What's this? Crumbs on his jacketses. He took it! He took it! I seen him Sam: Sam: That's a filthy lie! 'hits Gollum to the ground and starts to wail on him' Frodo: Frodo: Sam! Stop it. Sam, no! 'Falls against the rock wall' Sam: Sam: Oh my! I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to go so far I was just so, so angry. Here, let's just rest a bit. Frodo: Frodo: I'm all right Sam: Sam: No. No you're not all right. It's that Gollum. It's this place. It's that thing around your neck. I could help a bit. I could carry it for a while... Share the load Frodo: Frodo: Get away! 'pushes Sam and stands up' Sam: Sam: I don't wanna keep it. I just wanna help Gollum: Gollum: See? See? He wants it for himself Sam: Sam: 'stands up' Shutup you! Go away. Get out of here Frodo: Frodo: No Sam, it's you. I'm sorry Sam. Sam: Sam: But he's a liar. He's poisoned you against me Frodo: Frodo: You can't help me anymore Sam: Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries? Frodo: No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food... Nor the sound of wood or touch of grass... I'm naked in the dark, with nothing. No veil between me and the ring of fire. I can see him with my waking eyes! Sam: Then let us be rid of it! Once and for all! Come on Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you! But I can carry you! Come on! [He picks Frodo up and starts carrying him up the slopes of Mount Doom] Aragorn: For Frodo. [He charges out towards the remaining army of Morder alone. Merry and Pippin raise their swords and yell then charge. The rest of the soldiers do the same and soon overtake Merry and Pippin] Aragorn: Long have you hunted me, long have I eluded you. No more. Behold! The Sword of Elendil! |
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