The Return of the King Page #4

Synopsis: This film adapts the final book of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy where the Hobbits, Frodo and Samwise, struggle through the barren land of Mordor to destroy the Ruling Ring in Mount Doom. At the same time, Gandalf and the others wage a desperate battle against the forces of Sauron at Minas Tirith, but Sauron seems to have the upper hand while the source of his power, the Ring, slowly threatens to corrupt its bearers.
Production: Rankin-Bass Productions
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
NOT RATED
Year:
1980
98 min
1,671 Views


"Where there's a whip, there's a way

"Left, right

"A crack on the back says,

'we're gonna fight'

"We're gonna march all day and night

"And more

"For we're the slaves

of the Dark Lord's war

"Where there's a whip

"There's a way

"Where there's a whip

"There's a way

"Where there's a whip

"We don't want to go to war today

"But the Lord of the Lash says,

'Nay, nay, nay'

"We're going to march all day

"Where there's a whip, there's a way

"Left, right, left, right"

Mr. Frodo.

- What is it?

- Now we've gone and done it.

Slept through till daylight.

With only this fool rock between us

and them armies.

Look out.

What have we here? Two deserters?

Up with you! Get in line!

We're in luck.

- He thinks we're Orcs.

- Luck?

Good sir, we're gonna be marching

with the whole blinking army...

...back to Cirith Ungol

where we started from!

Come on, you slugs!

"Where's there's a whip

"We don't wanna go to war today

"But the Lord of the Lash says,

'Nay, nay, nay'

"We're gonna march all day

"Where there's a whip, there's a way"

I can't continue.

I'd rather be singing

a good old Hobbit song myself.

At least they gave us

provisions for our packs.

But Orc food is enough

to turn a rodent sick.

Samwise, we have got to break ranks.

Not while old whipper there is watching.

Don't worry, master.

The opportunity will come.

Halt.

What do you mean, "halt"?

I have a battalion of Men

to move across your road.

Well I've got a battalion of Orcs

to move across yours.

You wait!

Men come before Orcs. Get back.

I think this is it! You stay right here, sir.

You going to stand for that, sir?

Get back in line!

You mean you're going to let a pack

of filthy Man-creatures go before us?

And you call yourself an Orc?

You're right.

Kill them, bone them, cut them to bits!

Smash them, bash them!

Skin them alive!

Not an inch.

Not an inch further can I move.

Come, Mr. Frodo.

One more crawl and then you can lie still.

A bit further.

This way, sir.

No use. Going to die. Can't see a thing.

Mr. Frodo.

Don't die, Mr. Frodo.

You can't die. Please, master.

If any power of good can hear us

in this accursed land...

...give us help.

Help us.

Power of good?

Indeed, was there none left

in all Middle-earth...

...with strength to aid our dying cause?

At that moment, the forces of darkness

made ready to break the main gate...

...with a mighty battering ram

which they had named Grond.

Long had it been forging

in the dark smithies of Mordor...

...and on it spells of ruin lay.

- The gate will never stand up to that thing!

- Like the arm of the devil himself!

When the gates break

I shall be there to greet it!

Have my steed, Shadowfax, made ready!

- Farewell, Pippin.

- I go with you, sir.

Then we leave this life together.

Come, little one.

On, Shadowfax!

The Lord of the Nazgul...

...Sauron's second-in-command.

A creature of the super-natural...

...and so no living Man could hinder him...

...nor bring him harm in any way.

He was invulnerable!

You cannot enter here!

Go back to the abyss prepared for you!

Go back! Fall to the nothingness

that awaits you and your master. Go!

Old fool!

This is my hour.

Do you not know Death when you see it?

Die now and curse in vain!

And, as from some courtyard of the city,

a cock crowed...

...recking nothing of wizardry or war...

...welcoming only the morning...

...that in the sky far above

the shadows of death...

...was coming with the dawn.

For as if in answer there came

from far away, another note.

Horns! Horns! Horns!

Over the fields of Pelennor,

they echoed from the distance.

Great horns in the north, wildly blowing.

Theoden and the rescuing arms of Rohan

had come at last.

Ride now.

Ride now, to Gondor.

Victory was slipping

from the grasp of evil...

...even as he stretched

out his hand to seize it.

And the strength of goodness

began to be felt once more...

...throughout the lands.

Had a prayer been answered?

Water. Give me water.

Master! Thank heaven!

Here, not too much now.

Not all at once.

He's weakening.

I feel it. Sauron is weakening.

But he is still in command.

His arm is long, and it wields great power.

No, master. You must rest.

I must still destroy the Ring.

I've more of a chance now...

...but there's still such a long way to go.

That's tomorrow, Mr. Frodo, tomorrow.

And as the battle raged anew

on the fields of Pelennor...

...the carnage continuing endlessly

through the days and nights...

...the real victory still lay

in the hands of Frodo and Samwise...

...and the terrible weight

they bore closer and closer...

...to the destruction,

which was our only hope.

And finally, almost dead...

...without fully realizing

they had reached the roots...

...of the accursed Mount Doom.

Come, Sam. Dear Sam.

For the rest of the way we shall crawl.

And so foot by foot...

...like small gray insects...

...they crept up the slope...

...ever closer to that which lay

inside the mountain...

...the fire, and the Cracks of Doom.

"Doom

"The Cracks of Doom

"The chambers of fire

"The fires of doom"

Who causes the minutes to fall dead...

...adding up to no passing hour...

...bringing no change from day to night...

...as the unseen sun fails to filter

into the ever-present shadows?

Who is this dark lord who turns

starless nights into sunless days?

How does his piercing eye

see through the ever-present darkness?

Seeing all and nothing.

The Restless Eye, in his dark tower...

...wearing a veil of protective shadow

he has woven from fear.

And yet he fears, too.

In the security of his protective realm...

...he fears the winds of the world

are turning against him.

Tearing aside his veils and troubling him...

...with tidings of bold spies

that have passed through his fences.

"Doom

"The Cracks of Doom

"The chambers of fire

"The fires of doom"

- Did you see when the clouds parted?

- Yes.

He's spotted us!

It's all up, or will soon be.

This is the end of ends!

Still have a chance.

Bless you, sir, for your bravery!

Give me the strength.

I ask you:

Give me the strength to try once more.

Wicked master.

- God help us.

- Gollum.

Wicked master cheats us.

He mustn't go that way!

He mustn't hurt Precious.

Away, you scum.

What do you want of us?

Give it to Gollum, yes, give it to us!

Give it to us!

My Precious, my ring.

Soon it will be mine...

...all mine!

Precious, my Precious.

Precious.

Precious is mine.

You foul, reeking scum!

I'll kill you!

I can't strike! I may hit Mr. Frodo.

Let me get hold of the Ring.

"The bearer of the Ring

"The wearer of the Ring

"Stands on the very brink of fate

"Staring into eyes of darkness and despair

"That rise and shrink with hate"

Be gone and trouble me no more!

If you touch me ever again...

...you shall be cast, yourself,

into the Fire of Doom.

Look out! He'll spring again.

Quick, master, no time to lose.

Go on! I'll deal with him!

Now I can deal with you!

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