The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
BLACK SCREEN:
SUPER:
New Line Cinema PresentsSUPER:
A Wingnut Films ProductionBLACK CONTINUES... ELVISH SINGING....A WOMAN'S VOICE IS
whispering, tinged with SADNESS and REGRET:
GALADRIEL (V.O.)
(Elvish:
subtitled)"I amar prestar sen: han mathon ne nen,
han mathon ne chae...a han noston ned
wilith."
(English:
)The world is changed: I feel it in the
water, I feel it in the earth, I smell it
in the air...Much that once was is lost,
for none now live who remember it.
EXT. PROLOGUE -- DAY
IMAGE:
FLICKERING FIRELIGHT. The NOLDORIN FORGE in EREGION.MOLTEN GOLD POURS from the lip of an IRON LADLE.
GALADRIEL (V.O.)
It began with the forging of the Great
Rings.
IMAGE:
THREE RINGS, each set with a single GEM, are receivedby the HIGH ELVES-GALADRIEL, GIL-GALAD and CIRDAN.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Three were given to the Elves, immortal,
wisest...fairest of all beings.
IMAGE:
SEVEN RINGS held aloft in triumph by the DWARF LORDS.GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Seven to the Dwarf Lords, great miners
and craftsmen of the mountain halls.
IMAGE:
NINE RINGS clutched tightly by the KINGS OF MEN...asif holding-close a precious secret.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
And Nine...nine rings were gifted to the
race of Men who, above all else, desire
power.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
2.
CONTINUED:
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
For within these rings was bound the
strength and will to govern each race.
FADE TO BLACK:
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
But they were all of them deceived.
FADE UP:
An ancient PARCHMENT MAP of MIDDLE EARTH...movingslowly across the MAP as if drawn by an unseen force the
CAMERA closes in on a PLACE NAME...MORDOR.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
...for another ring was made.
TEASING SHOTS:
SAURON forging the ONE RING in the CHAMBERS ofSAMMATH NAUR.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
In the land of Mordor, in the fires of
Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged
in secret a Master Ring to control all
others.
IMAGE:
The ONE RING reflecting FIERY LAVA! FIRE WRITINGemerges on the plain BAND OF GOLD.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
...and into this Ring he poured his
cruelty, his malice and his will to
dominate all life.
IMAGE:
THE ONE RING falls through SPACE and into flames...GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
One Ring to rule them all...
IMAGE:
A GREAT SHADOW falls across the MAP...closing inaround the realm of GONDOR...
IMAGE:
SCREAMING VILLAGERS, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, RUNfrom their homes, pursued by ARMIES OF HIDEOUS ORCS.
GALADRIEL:
One by one the Free lands of Middle earth
fell to the power of the ring.
FADE TO BLACK:
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
But there were some...who resisted.
(CONTINUED)
3.
CONTINUED:
FADE UP:
ISILDUR, son of the KING OF GONDOR, leads an ARMYACROSS the PLAINS OF DAGORLAD...
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
A last alliance of Men and Elves marched
against the armies of Mordor.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
On the slopes of Mount Doom they fought
for the freedom of Middle- Earth.
TEASING SHOTS:
THE BATTLE OF DAGORLAD...THE ELF LORD, ELROND,commands rank after rank of ELVEN ARCHERS...ORCS RETREATING
before the ARMY of the LAST ALLIANCE...ELENDIL holds aloft
the great sword....NARSIL!
GALADRIEL:
Victory was near!
IMAGES:
THE HUGE, DARK FIGURE OF SARURON, bearing the ONERING on his finger, looms over the field of battle...
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
But the power of the Ring could not be
undone.
IMAGE:
SAURON lays waste to the armies of the LAST ALLIANCE.With desperate courage, ELENDIL leads a charge...THE BLACK
MACE OF SAURON LASHES OUT!! IMAGE: ELENDIL'S body falls like
a crumpled rag doll... IMAGE: ISILDUR cradles the body of his
father in his arms. The SHADOW OF SAURON falls over him...
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
It was in this moment..when all hope had
faded, that Isildur, son of the king,
took up his father's sword.
ISILDUR snatches up the BROKEN BLADE OF NARSIL..The BLADE
severs SAURON'S FINGERS... AND THE ONE RING FLIES from his
body.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Sauron, the enemy of the Free Peoples of
Middle Earth, was defeated. SAURON'S
ARMOR clatters to the ground. His body
GONE....VAPORIZED! CLOSE ON: ISILDUR picks up the SEVERED
FINGER and removes the ONE RING...transfixed!
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
The Ring passed to Isildur...who had this
one chance to destroy evil forever.
(CONTINUED)
4.
CONTINUED:
IMAGE:
GLADDEN FIELD...ISILDUR leads a small column of menthrough DARKENING WOODS...the ONE RING glinting on a CHAIN
around his neck.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
But the hearts of Men are easily
corrupted. And the Ring of Power has a
will of its own.
SUDDENLY! ARROWS FLY! They are ambushed by ORCS...ISILDUR
SCREAMS!
FADE TO BLACK:
FADE UP:
ISILDUR MATERIALIZES UNDER WATER...as THE RING slipsslowly from his finger. Ripples of LIGHT play across
ISILDUR'S PALE FACE...he is DEAD.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
It betrayed Isildur to his death.
IMAGE:
THE RING falls through the MURKY WATERS of the RIVERANDUIN.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
And some things that should not have been
forgotten...were lost.
FADE TO BLACK:
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
History became legend...legend became
myth.
FADE UP:
The waters of the ANDUIN RIVER lie dark andundisturbed.
GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
And for two and a half thousand years the
Ring passed out of all knowledge.
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