The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Page #3

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SMEAGOL:

Too risky, too risky. The thieves! They

stole it from us. Kill them . . . kill them

... kill them both!

SMEAGOL wakes suddenly, shaking, his face drenched in SWEAT,

eyes wide in horror.

SME AGO L (c ont' d)

No!

(CON TINUED )

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GOLLUM:

(hissed whisper)

Shhh! Quiet!

SMEAGOL'S features suddenly transform into the MALEVOLENT

face of GOLLUM!

GOLLUM (cont'd)

Mustn't wake them, mustn't ruin it now!

SMEAGOL casts a quick glance over his SHOULDER to the

SLEEPING figures of FRODO and SAM as he clambers off his ROCK

. . . silently sidling towards the EDGE of a STAGNANT POOL.

SMEAGOL:

They knows, they knows, they suspects us.

SMEAGOL stares into the MURKY depths of the WATER.

The SURFACE RIPPLES as the face of GOLLUM appears as SMEAGOL'S

REFLECTION.

GOLLUM., . ,.·

What is it saying,.my Precious, my love? Is .

Smeagol losing his nerve??

SMEAGOL :

No! Not! Never!! Smeagol hates nasty

Hobbitses! Smeagol wants to see: them -

dead!

GOLLUM:

And we will . . ,- Smeagol did it once. . .

(sly)

. . . He can do it again.

FLASH INSERT:
SMEAGOL choking DEAGOL . . . Fingers locked tight

around his THROAT.

GOLLUM (cont'd)

It's ours - ours!

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SMEAGOL:

We must get the Precious. We must get it

back.

GOLLUM:

Patience, patience, my love. First we must

lead them to her.

SMEAGOL:

We lead them to the windy stairs.

GOLLUM:

(prompting)

Yes, the stairs ... and then?

SMEAGOL:

Up, up, up, up the stairs we go . . . until

we come to . . .

(naughty excitement)

... the Tunnel!

GOLLUM:

(quiet)

And when they go in, there's no coming out.

She's always hungry, she always needs to

feed. She must eat, all She gets is filthy

Orcses.

SMEAGOL:

And they doesn't taste very nice, does

they, Precious? .

GOLLUM:

(sinister)

No . . . not very nice at all, my love. She

hungers for sweeter meats . . .

CLOSE ON:
SAM . . . his EYES flicker OPEN . . .

GOLLUM (cont'd)

"Hobbit meat." And when She throws away the

bones and the empty clothes, then we will

find it . . .

SMEAGOL:

And take it for Me!

(CONTINUED)

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GOLLUM:

(correcting)

For us . . .

SMEAGOL:

Yes, we, we meant for us . . .

(choking cough)

Go Hum! Go Hum!

GOLLUM:

(sly)

The Precious will be ours once the

Hobbitses are dead!

SUDDEN ANGLE ON:
SAM image mirrored in the water as he SMACKS

GOLLUM on the HEAD with his POT!

SAM:

(yelling) ,· .

You treacherous little toad!

SAM drops the POT and FLINGS himself ON TOP of GOLLUM! GOLLUM

SCREAMS . . . his ARMS and LEGS FLAILING WILDLY!

GOLLUM:

(crying)

No! Not! Help! Master!

ANGLE ON:
FRODO staggers over to SAM and PULLS HIM OFF

GOLLUM.

FRODO:

No, Sam! Leave him alone!

CLOSE ON:
GOLLUM, huddled on the ground WHIMPERING and

SOBBING.

SAM:

(fuming)

I heard it from his own mouth he means

to murder us!

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SMEAGOL:

Never! Smeagol wouldn't hurt a fly!

He's a horrid, fat Hobbit who hates Smeagol

and who makes up nasty lies!

SAM makes for SMEAGOL again . . . with a look of MURDEROUS

RAGE.

SAM:

You miserable little maggot! I'll stove

your head in!

FRODO grabs SAM'S ARM.

FRODO:

Sm. . .

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SAM:

Call me a liar! You're a liar!

FRODO:

Sam! If you scare him off, we're lost.

SAM pulls away from FRODO . . .

SAM:

I don't care! I can't do it, Mr Frodo. I

won' t wait around for him to kill us !

FRODO:

(fierce whisper)

I'm not sending him away.

SAM stares at FRODO . . . at a loss.

SAM:

You don't see it, do you? He's a villain!

FRODO:

(lowers voice)

We can't do this by ourselves, Sam. Not

without a guide. I need you on my side.

ANGLE ON:
SAM, his face softening.

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SAM:

(taken aback)

I'm on your side, Mr Frodo.

FRODO:

I know, Sam, I know.

(whisper)

You must trust me.

FRODO beckons to GOLLUM.

FRODO (cont'd)

Come, Smeagol.

GOLLUM turns slowly, staring at SAM through hooded, HATE-FILLED

EYES ... and SMILES.

CUT TO:

EXT. EDORAS, GOLDEN HALL - EARLY DAWN

ARAGORN joins LEGOLAS on the STEPS to the GOLDEN HALL, oblivious

to the CHILL WIND . . . they look out across the SLEEPING CITY to

the LOOMING MOUNTAIN RANGE BEYOND . .-. DARK CLOUDS mark the sky.

LEGOLAS:

The stars are veiled, something stirs in

the east . . . A sleepless malice.

LEGOLAS looks at ARAGORN . . . realisation in his face.

LEGOLAS (cont'd)

The eye of the enemy is moving.

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