The Two Towers Movie Script - Book Four, Chapter VI The Forbidden Pool

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Scene 1:  Gollum Causing a Problem   (Click HERE for the associated images)
	(Faramir is sitting alone, deep in thought.  Suddenly a Gondorian Ranger comes up to him)
Madril:	Captain Faramir.  The third one has been found. (Frodo and Sam are sleeping.  Frodo awakens as Faramir stands before him)
Faramir:	You must come with me.  Now. (Frodo gets up and follows.  They come to the edge of the waterfall, overlooking the Forbidden Pool.  Faramir points) Down there. (Frodo looks down and sees Gollum diving into the water) To enter the forbidden pool bears the penalty of death. (He gestures to archers hidden in the bushes) They wait for my command. (The Rangers notch their arrows) Shall they shoot? (Frodo looks stricken.  Gollum emerges from the pool onto a rock.  He holds a fish in his hand and starts singing, slapping the fish on the rock as he does)
Gollum:	The rock and pool, is nice and cool, so nice for feet! I only wish,  (he whacks the fish on the rock) to catch a fish,  (another whack) so juicy sweet! (The fish almost wriggles out of his grasp and he whacks it some more) (Faramir has his hand raised to order his men to shoot.  At the last moment, Frodo calls out)
Frodo:	Wait! (Faramir stops) This creature is bound to me.  And I to him.  He is our guide.  Please, let me go down to him. (Faramir nods.  Frodo descends to the Forbidden Pool and approaches Gollum, who is gorging on the raw fish)
Frodo:	Sméagol. (Gollum turns around at hearing Frodo’s voice) Master is here.  Come, Sméagol.  Trust master.  Come! (Frodo gestures for Gollum to follow him)
Gollum:	We must go now?
Frodo:	Sméagol, you must trust master.  Follow me, come on.  Come.  Come, Sméagol.  Nice Sméagol.  That’s it.  Come on. (With the fish between his teeth, Gollum follows Frodo warily.  Suddenly he looks up in alarm and is caught by the Rangers) Don’t hurt him!  Sméagol don’t struggle!  Sméagol listen to me!
Gollum:	Master!! (A black cloth is put over Gollum's head.  Frodo stares after them with a stricken expression, as Faramir leads them away.  Back in the cave, Gollum is thrown down on the ground.  Crying, he crawls into a corner and curls up into ball)
Faramir:	Where are you leading them?  Answer me!
Gollum:	(Cooing, his hand stroking his shoulder) Sméagol...  Why do you cry, Sméagol?
Sméagol:	Cruel men hurts us.  Master tricks us.
Gollum:	Of course he did.  I told you he was tricksy.  I told you he was false.
Sméagol:	Master is our friend...  our friend.
Gollum:	Master betrayed us.
Sméagol:	No, not it’s business.  Leave us alone!
Gollum:	(He hits his fist against the wall) Filthy little hobbites.  They stole it from us.
Sméagol:	No...  No!
Faramir:	What did they steal?
Gollum:	(He turns to Faramir with a ferocious expression) Myyy PRECIOUSSS!! (He bares his teeth and growls) Aaaarrrggghhh!!! (Back in their holding area, Sam and Frodo are alone)
Sam:	We have to get out of here.  You go.  Go, now!  You can do it.  Use the Ring, Mr. Frodo.  Just this once.  Put it on.  Disappear.
Frodo:	I can’t.  You were right, Sam.  You tried to tell me.  I’m sorry.  The Ring’s taking me Sam.  If I put it on, he’ll find me.  He’ll see.
Sam:	Mr. Frodo... (They both stand as Faramir enters)
Faramir:	(He unsheathes his sword) So...  this is the answer to all the riddles.  Here in the wild I have you.  Two halflings and a host of men at my call.  The Ring of power within my grasp. (Faramir lifts the Ring from Frodo's neck with the tip of his sword) A chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor, to show his quality. (Frodo is backed up fearfully against the wall.  The Ring whispers and Frodo falls into a trance.  Suddenly, he grabs the ring in his hand and jerks himself away)
Frodo:	No!!  (He runs away from Faramir)
Sam:	Stop it!  Leave him alone!  Don’t you understand?  He’s got to destroy it.  That’s where we’re going.  To Mordor.  To the mountain of fire. (Faramir stares at Frodo.  Just then Madril enters)
Madril:	Osgiliath is under attack.  They call for reinforcements.
Sam:	Please.  It’s such a burden.  Will you not help him?
Madril:	Captain?
Faramir:	Prepare to leave.  The Ring will go to Gondor. (He turns to leave and Sam looks after him sadly)

Scene 2:  Encounter at Osgiliath   (Click HERE for the associated images)
	(Faramir and company draw close to Osgiliath)
Madril:	Look!  Osgiliath burns!
Ranger:	Mordor has come.
Frodo:	The Ring will not save Gondor.  It has only the power to destroy.  Please, let me go. (Faramir hesitates for a moment)
Faramir:	Hurry.  (He presses them on)
Frodo:	Faramir, you must let me go! (Frodo and Sam are pushed on towards Osgiliath) (Osgiliath is still under siege as Faramir and company arrive, dodging arrows and falling rocks)
Ranger:	Faramir, Orcs have taken the eastern shore.  Their numbers are too great.  By nightfall we’ll be overrun. (Frodo suddenly seems stricken)
Sam:	Frodo!
Frodo:	It’s calling to him, Sam.  His eye is almost on me.
Sam:	Hold on, Mr. Frodo.  We'll be alright... (Frodo sees that Sam is speaking to him but he hears nothing.  His senses are overcome)
Faramir:	Take them to my father.  Tell him Faramir sends a mighty gift.  A weapon that will change our fortunes in this war. (Sam breaks away as they are being led off)
Sam:	You want to know what happened to Boromir?  You want to know why your brother died?  He tried to take the Ring from Frodo!  After swearing an oath to protect him, he tried to kill him!  The Ring drove your brother mad!
Ranger:	Watch out! (A boulder crashes into a tower overhead and shatters it.  Suddenly, Frodo’s eyes roll up and he stares at Faramir strangely)
Sam:	Mr Frodo?
Frodo:	They’re here.  They’ve come.
Faramir:	(He looks up) NAZGÛL!! (He grabs the hobbits and thrusts them into a corner) Stay here.  Keep out of sight.  Take cover! (Frodo walks slowly away from the safe corner.  Rangers and Gondorian soldiers are still running about, defending their stations)
Sam:	What are you doing?  Where are you going?! (In slow motion, Frodo walks up some stairs and stands on a bridge.  A Nazgûl on a Fell Beast appears in front of him.  Frodo stares at the Nazgûl, fixated.  Feeling the call of the Ring, he holds it up.  Faramir watches the unfolding drama from below.  As Frodo moves to put the Ring on his finger and the Nazgûl flies closer and closer, Sam runs up and knocks Frodo over.  Faramir releases an arrow and shoots at the Fell Beast.  Frodo and Sam roll down the stairs.  As they come to a stop at the bottom, Frodo grabs Sam, yells and points Sting at his throat, livid with madness and anger)
Frodo:	Aaarrgghh!!!
Sam:	It’s me.  It’s your Sam.  Don’t you know your Sam? (The madness fades and recognition returns to Frodo’s eyes.  He realises what he nearly did and is overcome.  Stumbling backwards, he collapses against a wall and Sting falls to the ground with a clang.  Sam gets up slowly)
Frodo:	I can’t do this, Sam.
Sam:	I know.  It’s all wrong.  By rights we shouldn’t even be here.  But we are. (He stands and leans against a wall, looking out into the distance) It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo.  The ones that really mattered.  Full of darkness and danger they were.  And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end.  Because how could the end be happy?  How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?  But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow.  Even darkness must pass.  A new day will come.  And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.  Those were the stories that stayed with you.  That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.  But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand.  I know now.  Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t.  Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo:	What are we holding on to, Sam?
Sam:	There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.  And it’s worth fighting for. (Standing in a corner, even Gollum seems moved.  Faramir walks over and comes to kneel in front of Frodo)
Faramir:	I think at last we understand one another, Frodo Baggins.
Ranger:	You know the laws of our country, the laws of your father.  If you let them go, your life will be forfeit.
Faramir:	Then it is forfeit.  Release them. (Sam shakes the ranger’s hand from his shoulder.  Frodo looks up at Faramir with gladness)
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