The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Script - Book Two, Chapter I Many Meetings All Scenes (1, 2, 3 and 4)

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Scene 1:  Rivendell, Frodo Awakens, Gandalf's Escape from Orthanc                   (Click HERE for the associated images)
Frodo:	Where am I?
Gandalf:	You are in the House of Elrond and it is ten o'clock in the morning... on October the 24th, if you want to know...
Frodo:	Gandalf!
Gandalf:	Yes, I'm here.  And you're lucky to be here.  A few more hours and you would have been beyond our aid.  But you have some strength in you, my dear Hobbit...
Frodo:	What happened, Gandalf?  Why didn't you meet us?
Gandalf:	Oh, I am sorry Frodo.  I was delayed...
	(Saruman is ready to kill Gandalf, the moth flys over, then we see Gwaihir approaching)
Saruman:	The friendship of Saruman is not lightly thrown aside.  One ill turn deserves another.  Embrace the power of the Ring, or embrace your own destruction.
Gandalf:	There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who bends it to his will, and he does not share power! (Gandalf throws himself off the side of Orthanc and flies away on Gwaihir's back)
Saruman:	So, you have chosen death...

Scene 2:  Hobbit Reunions                   (Click HERE for the associated images)
Frodo:	Gandalf, what is it?
Gandalf:	Nothing...
Sam:	(comes in and sees Frodo) Frodo!  Frodo, bless you, you're awake...
Frodo:	Sam!
Gandalf:	Sam has hardly left your side since you arrived.
Sam:	We were that worried about him, weren't we Mr. Gandalf?
Gandalf:	By the skills of Lord Elrond, you are beginning to mend...
Elrond:	Welcome to Rivendell, Frodo Baggins
	(Frodo goes out on the terrace, buttoning his shirt. Then Sam and Frodo go tramping through the gardens. First they run into Merry and Pippin (hugs all 'round). Then Frodo spots Bilbo, in his sunny corner)
Frodo:	Bilbo!
Bilbo:	Hello, Frodo, my lad!
Frodo:	Bilbo! (Frodo and Bilbo in Bilbo's room, looking at his Book)
Frodo:	There and Back Again - A Hobbit's Tale, by Bilbo Baggins This is wonderful...
Bilbo:	I meant to go back, wander the paths of Mirkwood, visit Laketown, see the Lonely Mountain again.  But age, it seems, has finally caught up with me.
Frodo:	(Stopping at a page with a map of the Shire and a closeup of the area around Hobbiton and Bag End) I miss the Shire.  I spent all my childhood pretending I was off somewhere else.  Off with you, on one of your adventures.  My own adventure turned out to be quite different.  I'm not like you Bilbo...
Bilbo:	My dear boy... (Frodo finds Sam out on the terrace, checking his packing)
Sam:	(muttering to himself)  Now what have I forgotten?
Frodo:	Packed already?
Sam:	No 'arm in bein' prepared...
Frodo:	I thought you wanted to see the Elves, Sam?
Sam:	I do!
Frodo:	More than anything?
Sam:	I did.  It's just...  We did what Gandalf wanted us to do... We got the Ring this far to Rivendell, and I thought, seein' as 'ow you're on the mend, we'd be off soon, off 'ome.
Frodo:	You're right Sam, we did what we set out to do.  The Ring will be safe in Rivendell.  I am ready to go home.

Scene 3:  Gandalf and Elrond Confer                   (Click HERE for the associated images)
Elrond:	His strength returns...
Gandalf:	That wound will never fully heal - he will carry it for the rest of his life.
Elrond:	And yet, to have come this far still bearing the Ring, the Hobbit has shown extraordinary resilience to it's evil.
Gandalf:	It is a burden he should never have had to bear. We can ask no more of Frodo...
Elrond:	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 - Our list of allies grows thin...
Gandalf:	His treachery runs deeper than you know. By foul craft Saruman has crossed Orcs with goblin men.  He's breeding an army in the Caverns of Isengard, an army that can move in sunlight and cover 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 fight both Isengard and Mordor... Gandalf - the Ring cannot stay here. (Arrival of Boromir, Legolas (and two other Elves) and Gimli and Gloin (and some other Dwarves)) (Elrond striding across room in Rivendell, speaking to Gandalf) This peril belongs to all Middle-earth. They must decide now how to end it. The time of the Elves is over, My people are leaving these shores... Who will will you look to when we've gone? The Dwarves?  They hide in their mountains, seeking riches.  They care nothing for the troubles of others.
Gandalf:	It is in men that we must place our hope...
Elrond:	Men.  Men are weak.  The race of men is failing.  The blood of Númenor is all but spent, it's pride and dignity forgotten.  It is because of men, the ring survives.  I was there, Gandalf.  I was there three thousand years ago... Isildur took the Ring.  I was there the day the strength of men failed... (We see Elrond watch Sauron being defeated by Isildur) Isildur!  Hurry!  Come with me! I led Isildur into the heart of Mount Doom, where the Ring was forged, the one place it could be destroyed. Cast it into the fire!  Destroy it!
Isildur:	No!
Elrond:	Isildur! It should have ended that day, (but) Evil was allowed to endure... 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...

Scene 4:  The Heir of Isildur:  Aragorn with Boromir, then with Arwen                   (Click HERE for the associated images)
	(We see Aragorn, sitting in a darkened hall in Rivendell, reading a book.  Boromir comes in, not knowing Aragorn is there.  He sees the painting on the wall, of Isildur facing Sauron with the broken sword, Narsil, then he turns to the statue where the actual 'shards' are displayed.  He picks up the main piece and feels the edge.)
Boromir:	The Shards of Narsil! The blade that cut the Ring from Sauron's hand! (It cuts his finger) ...still sharp... (He sees Aragorn watching him) But no more than a broken heirloom.
	(He goes to put it back, but it falls to the floor.  Aragorn gets up and replaces it.  Arwen comes in.)
Arwen:	Why do you fear the past?  You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself.  You are not bound to his fate...
Aragorn:	The same blood flows in my veins;  the same weakness!
Arwen:	Your time will come.  You will face the same evil and you will defeat it.
	(Shot of Rivendell at night, then Arwen and Aragorn on a bridge)
Arwen:	A si i-dhúath ú-orthor, Aragorn. (The Shadow does not hold sway yet, Aragorn.) Ú or le a ú or nin. (Not over you and not over me.) Renech i lu i erui govannem? (Do you remember when we first met?)
Aragorn:	Nauthannem i ned ol reniannen. (I thought I had strayed into a dream.)
Arwen:	Gwennin in enninath... (Long years have passed...) Ú-'arnech in naeth i si celich. (You did not have the cares you carry now.) Renich i beth i pennen? (Do you remember what I told you?)
Aragorn:	You said you'd bind yourself to me, forsaking the immortal life of your people.
Arwen:	And to that I hold.  I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. (Aragorn looks down to find that Arwen has given him Evenstar) I chose a mortal life.
Aragorn:	You cannot give me this!
Arwen:	It is mine to give to whom I will... like my heart (They kiss)
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