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The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Script - Book Two, Chapter IV A Journey in the Dark Both Scenes (1 and 2) |
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| Scene 1: At the Gates of Moria, The Watcher in the Water (Click HERE for the associated images) | |
| Gimli: |
The Walls of Moria! |
| Gandalf: |
Ithildin! It mirrors only starlight and moonlight... (The moon breaks through the clouds and shines on the Doors, causing their outlines and writing to glow) It reads: The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, Friend, and enter. |
| Merry: |
What do you suppose that means? |
| Gandalf: |
It's quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password and the doors will open. Annon Edhellen, edro hi ammen. (Gate of the Elves, open now for me) (Nothing happens; Gimli grunts skeptically; Gandalf tries the Quenya version of the door-opening spell) Ando Eldarinwa a lasta quettanya, Fenda Casarinwa! (Gate of Elves listen to my word, Threshold of Dwarves!) (Still nothing happens; Gandalf sits down to think) (Aragorn and Sam have been unloading their supplies from Bill) |
| Aragorn: |
The mines are no place for a pony, Sam; even one so brave as Bill. |
| Sam: |
Bye, bye, Bill |
| Aragorn: |
Go on, Bill, go on... Don't worry, Sam - he knows the way home. (Merry throws a rock into the water as Aragorn is walking by. Pippin is just about to throw one too, but Aragorn stops him) |
| Aragorn: |
Do not disturb the water. |
| Frodo: |
It's a riddle! Speak 'friend' and enter... What's the elvish word for friend? |
| Gandalf: |
Mel-lon (The Doors open and they all move inside) |
| Gimli: |
Soon, Mr. Elf, you will experience the fabled hospitality of the
Dwarves: roaring fires, malt beer, red meat off
the bone. This, my friend, is the home of my cousin
Balin. And they call it a mine. A mine! |
| Boromir: |
This is no mine - it's a tomb! |
| Gimli: |
Nooooo! (seeing the skeltons scattered all around) |
| Legolas: |
Goblins! (picking up an arrow) |
| Boromir: |
We make for the Gap of Rohan! We should never have come
here. Now get out, get out! (Meanwhile, Frodo has been grabbed by the ankle and dragged outside by the Watcher in the Water. The other Hobbits hack at the tentacle(s) and call for help) |
| Sam: |
Get off him! |
| Merry: |
Frodo! |
| Pippin: |
Strider! |
| Frodo: |
Aragorn! |
| Gandalf: |
Into the mines! |
| Aragorn: |
Legolas! (Legolas shoots the beast, wounding but not killing it) |
| Gandalf: |
Into the mines! Into the mines! Much fighting and shouting ensues, before Frodo is rescued and they escape back into the mines, whereupon the Watcher pulls down the doors as well as many more rocks, blocking their exit.) |
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| Scene 2: Into the Mines
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| Gandalf: |
We now have but one choice: We must face the long
dark of Moria. Be on your guard. There are older and
fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world. Quietly now. It is a four-day journey to the other side. Let us hope that our presence may go unnoticed (We see the fellowship following Gandalf and Gimli through various parts of the mine, including up a set of very steep stairs, where they come to a place with three doorways) I have no memory of this place... (Gandalf sits down to try to remember and the others take advantage of the break to rest and smoke their pipes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merry: |
Pippin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pippin: |
What? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merry: |
I'm hungry!|
Pippin: |
You're always hungry! | (Frodo has been looking back the way they came and he sees something)
Frodo: |
There's something down there! |
Gandalf: |
It's Gollum... |
Frodo: |
Gollum!? |
Gandalf: |
He's been following us for three days... |
Frodo: |
He escaped the dungeons of Barad-Dûr? |
Gandalf: |
Escaped, or was set loose. | He hates and loves the Ring, just as he hates and loves himself. He will never be rid of his need for it...
Frodo: |
Pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance! |
Gandalf: |
Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live
deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can
you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out
death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all
ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play
yet, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of
Bilbo may rule the fate of many. |
Frodo: |
I wish the Ring had never come to me. | I wish none of this had happened...
Gandalf: |
So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to
decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that
is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world,
Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the
Ring, in which case you were also meant to have it. And that
is an encouraging thought... | Ah, it's that way!
Merry: |
He's remembered! |
Gandalf: |
No, but the air doesn't smell so foul down here. | When in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose! Let me risk a little more light... Behold! The great realm of the Dwarf city of Dwarrowdelf!
Sam: |
There's an eye-opener and no mistake! |
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