The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Page #17

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FRODO:

Bilbo!

LATER... Frodo is turning the neatly inscribed title page of

a red leather bound journal:

FRODO (CONT'D)

(reading)

"There and back again: A Hobbit's tale"

by Bilbo Baggins.

Bilbo smiles Proudly. He is sitting with Frodo on a terrace

overlooking a Waterfall. Frodo looks at Page after page of

beautiful Handwriting, with intricate Maps and Drawings.

(CONTINUED)

67.

CONTINUED:

FRODO (CONT'D)

This is wonderful.

BILBO:

I meant to go back...wander the paths of

Mirkwood, visit Laketown, see the Lonely

Mountain again...but age, it seems, has

finally caught up with me.

Frodo turns a page...there before him, is a map of the Shire.

FRODO:

(quietly)

I miss the Shire...I spent all my

childhood pretending I was off somewhere

else...off with you, on one of your

adventures...

(Looks at Bilbo)

But my own adventure, turned out to be

quite different...I'm not like you,

Bilbo.

BILBO:

My dear boy...

CUT TO:

EXT. RIVENDELL TERRACE -- EVENING

Sam busily tries to stuff more and more things into his

already full pack...pots and pans, blankets, cooking

utensils, provisions, clothes.

SAM:

No, what have I forgotten? Pull back to

reveal Frodo, hands in his pocket,

watching Sam.

FRODO:

Packed already?

Sam looks up, startled.

SAM:

(slightly embarrassed)

No harm in being prepared. Frodo strolls

to the edge of the Balcony.

FRODO:

I thought you wanted to see the Elves,

Sam?

(CONTINUED)

68.

CONTINUED:

SAM:

I do...

FRODO:

More than anything.

SAM:

I did. It's just...we did what Gandalf

wanted, didn't we? We got the Ring this

far, to Rivendell...and I thought...

seeing as how you're on the mend, we'd be

off soon. Off home.

FRODO:

You're right, Sam. Frodo looks at Sam...

FRODO (CONT'D)

...we did what we set out to do. Frodo

opens his hand, the Ring sits in his

Palm.

FRODO (CONT'D)

The ring will be safe in Rivendell. I am

ready to go home.

CUT TO:

EXT. ELROND'S CHAMBER, RIVENDELL -- DAY

Gandalf and Elrond watch Frodo and Sam from Elrond's balcony,

ELROND:

His strength returns.

GANDALF:

That wound will never fully heal. He will

carry it the rest of his life.

ELROND:

And yet to have come so far still bearing

the Ring...the hobbit has shown

extraordinary resilience to its evil.

GANDALF:

It is a burden he should never have to

had to bear. We can ask no more of Frodo.

ELROND:

Gandalf, the enemy is moving. Sauron's

forces are massing in the east. His eye

is fixed on Rivendell. And Saruman, you

tell me, has betrayed us. Our list of

allies grows thin.

(CONTINUED)

69.

CONTINUED:

GANDALF:

His treachery runs deeper than you know.

By foul craft, Saruman has crossed Orc

with Goblin Men...he is breeding an army

in the caverns of Isengard. An army that

can move in Sunlight and cover great

distance at speed. Saruman is coming for

the Ring.

Elrond turns and walks away...

ELROND:

This evil cannot be concealed by the

power of the Elves...We do not have the

strength to fight both Mordor and

Isengard...Gandalf...the ring cannot stay

here.

Gandalf turns and looks out the window.

Sounds of arrivals...Gandalf watches as Boromir rides through

Rivendell gate, followed by Legolas and Gimli.

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

This peril belongs to all Middle earth.

They must decide how to end it. Not just

for themselves but for those who come

after. Elrond approaches Gandalf.

ELROND (CONT'D)

The time of the Elves is over. My people

are leaving these shores. Who will you

look to when we have gone? The dwarves?

They hide in their mountains seeking

riches. They care nothing for the

troubles of others.

GANDALF:

It is in Men that we must place our hope.

ELROND:

Men? Men are weak. The race of Men is

failing. The blood of Numenor is all but

spent, its pride and dignity forgotten.

It is because of men the Ring survives.

FLASH INSERT:
With the broken sword, Isildur slices off

Sauron's finger. Elrond reacts.

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

I was there, Gandalf...I was there three

thousand years ago when Isildur took the

ring.

70.

FLASH INSERT:
ISILDUR PICKS UP THE RING AND STARES AT IT,

ENTRANCED.

ELROND:

I was there the day the strength of Men

failed.

CUT TO:

INT. CRACK OF DOOM -- DAY

ELROND:

Isildur...hurry...follow me! IMAGES:

ELROND leads Isildur into the steaming

volcano.

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

I let Isildur into the heart of Mount

Doom, where the ring was forged: the one

place it could be destroyed.

FLASH INSERT:
ELROND AND ISILDUR STAND BEFORE THE FIRES OF

MT. DOOM.

ELROND:

Cast it into the fire...destroy it!

CLOSE ON:
ISILDUR...CAPTIVATED BY THE RING.

ISILDUR:

No.

Isildur turns and walks away

ELROND:

Isildur!!

INT. ENROND'S CHAMBER, RIVERDELL -- DAY

Elrond turns to Gandalf.

ELROND:

It should have ended that day, but evil

was allowed to endure. Isildur kept the

Ring...and the line of Kings was broken.

There's no strength left in the world of

Men. They're scattered, divided,

leaderless.

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