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The Two Towers
Book Three, Prologue
Foundations of Stone
Scene 1 - Gandalf Fighting the Balrog
 
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Scene 1:  Gandalf Fighting the Balrog   (For the associated script, see the bottom of this page)
 
Sunrise over the...
 
Sunrise over the Misty Mountains (image flipped from the movie)
 
...Misty Mountains
 

 
In the movie, the camera zooms in (through the mountain) to the scene of Gandalf facing
the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm.  To see all the images from that confrontation,
go to THIS page (a little over half way down) then use your BACK arrow to return here.
 

 
The Balrog - Terror of Flame and Shadow
 
<- The Balrog - Terror of
Flame and Shadow

Gandalf wielding Glamdring ->
"Lightning Brand"
 
Gandalf wielding Glamdring:  'Lightning Brand'
 
'Long I fell...'
"Long I fell,
through fire and water"
'...through fire and water'
Gandalf and the Balrog...
Gandalf and the Balrog, falling and fighting
...falling and fighting
Gandalf has regained Glamdring...
 
Gandalf has regained Glamdring
which he uses to smite the Balrog
 
...which he uses to smite the Balrog
 
Concept Art - John Howe
 
Gandalf and the Balrog, falling and fighting (Concept Art - John Howe)
 
Gandalf and the Balrog
 
'Down and down we fell...'
 
"Down and down we fell..."
unto the uttermost
foundations of stone
 
...unto the uttermost foundations of stone
 
Gandalf and the Balrog, falling towards the water
 
Gandalf, lying on his
back, after his ordeal?
Gandalf, lying on his back, after his ordeal?
(or is this from earlier, when
he is plunging down headfirst?)
Durin's Tower - Gandalf and the Balrog atop the mountain
<- Durin's Tower - Gandalf and
the Balrog atop the mountain

The Balrog has fallen to his ->
death on the rocks below
The Balrog has fallen to his death on the rocks below
The Balrog is lying dead
on the mountainside...
 
The Balrog, lying dead on the mountainside (Gandalf above)
 
...and Galdalf is lying
on the mountaintop
 
"I've been sent back..."
 
'I've been sent back until my task is done'
 
"...until my task is done"
 
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June 25th, 2003

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