The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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BLACK SCREEN:

SUPER:
New Line Cinema Presents

SUPER:
A Wingnut Films Production

BLACK 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.

SUPER:
THE LORD OF THE RINGS

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 received

by 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...as

if 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...moving

slowly 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 of

SAMMATH 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 WRITING

emerges 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 in

around the realm of GONDOR...

IMAGE:
SCREAMING VILLAGERS, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, RUN

from 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 ARMY

ACROSS 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 ONE

RING 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 men

through 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 slips

slowly 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 RIVER

ANDUIN.

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 and

undisturbed.

GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)

And for two and a half thousand years the

Ring passed out of all knowledge.

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