The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
For Your Consideration
Best Adapted Screenplay By
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Based on the Book by J.R.R. Tolkien
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
BLACK SCREEN . . .
SUPER:
New Line Cinema PresentsSUPER:
A WingNut Films ProductionBLACK SCREEN:
ANGLE ON:
SMEAGOL and his cousin, DEAGOL, sit in a SMALLCORACLE, their FISHING LINES draped over the side . . . SUNSHINE
glinting off the surface of the water.
An idyllic image.
SUDDENLY . . . DEAGOL's FISHING ROD BENDS under the weight of a
LARGE FISH.
DEAGOL:
(excited)
Smeagol, I've got one!
(he laughs)
I've got a fish, Smeagol!
SMEAGOL:
(excitedly)
Go on, pull it in.
DEAGOL pulls on his ROD, but is HAULED OVERBOARD and
disappears underwater with a SPLASH!
ANGLE ON:
SMEAGOL leaning over the BOAT . . . CONCERNED.SMEAGOL (cont'd)
(worried)
Deagol!
EXT. UNDERWATER, RIVER ANDUIN - DAY
ANGLE ON:
DEAGOL is towed to the RIVER BED by a LARGE FISH. . . he suddenly lets go of the line . . . eyes fixed on a
SHINING GOLD RING, lying in 'the SILT.
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EXT. RIVER ANDUIN, GLADDEN FIELDS - DAY
CLOSE ON:
DEAGOL climbs out of the WATER, onto the RIVERBANK.
CLOSE ON:
the RING revealed in DEAGOL'S PALM . . .ANGLE ON:
SMEAGOL peers over his shoulder . . . the GOLDreflects in SMEAGOL'S EYES!
ON SOUNDTRACK:
The HUM of the RING growing LOUDER . . .SMEAGOL:
Give us that, Deagol, my love!
DEAGOL turns to look at him, a smirk on his face.
DEAGOL:
Why?
CLOSE ON:
SMEAGOL moves towards DEAGOL . . .SMEAGOL:
Because its my birthday, and I wants it.
ANGLE ON:
SMEAGOL jumps on DEAGOL . . . STRANGLING HIM! SMEAGOLrips the GLITTERING RING from DEAGOL'S LIMP HAND.
SMEAGOL (cont'd)
My precious!
CLOSE ON:
SMEAGOL slips the RING onto his FINGER and DISAPPEARS.DISSOLVE TO:
INT. MISTY MOUNTAINS CAVES - DAY
IMAGES:
SMEAGOL descending into madness. His body TWISTS andDISTORTS . . . he becomes a CREEPY, SHRIVELLED wretch . . . finally
crawling into a DARK CAVE beneath the MISTY MOUNTAINS.
SMEAGOL V/0
They cursed us. Murderer. Murderer they
called us. They cursed us and drove us
away.
(M°RE) (CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
SMEAGOL V/0 (cont'd)
And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so
alone. And we forgot the taste of bread,
the sound of trees, the softness of the
wind . . . We even forgot our own name.
(in a choking cough)
Gollum! Gollum!
ANGLE ON:
GOLLUM in the CAVE staring at the RING in his hand.GOLLUM:
It's mine! My own. It came to me.
SMEAGOL:
(ecstatic)
My Precious.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. CULVERT, VALE OF MORGUL - DAWN
ANGLE ON:
A GRIM LANDSCAPE, covered in THORN BUSHES and thescars of RECENT FIRES. The DARK MORGUL VALLEY disappears up
towards the MOUNTAINS.
SETTLE ON:
FRODO and SAM in a FILTHY CULVERT.SAM twitches in a RESTLESS SLEEP. But FRODO is awake . . . His
hand trails down to the CHAIN around his NECK ...
A SUDDEN HISS! FRODO quickly hides the RING as GOLLUM peers
at them with GLEAMING EYES.
GOLLUM:
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies! We
must go, yes, we must go at once!
SAM STIRS, looks at FRODO . . .
SAM:
Haven't you had any sleep, Mr Frodo?
FRODO shakes his HEAD.
SAM (cont'd)
I've gone and had too much!
(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
SAM looks at the dead, BROWN TWILIGHT, below the LOWERING
CLOUD.
SAM (cont'd)
It must be getting late.
FRODO:
No . . . no it isn't. It isn't midday yet.
The days are growing darker.
The GROUND suddenly QUIVERS, as a ROLLING, RUMBLING NOISE
ECHOES down the VALLEY.
GOLLUM:
Come on, must go, no time ...
SAM:
Not before Mr Frodo's had something to eat.
GOLLUM:
. . . no time to lose, silly.
SAM shoots GOLLUM a HOSTILE LOOK and turns back to rummage in
his KNAPSACK. He holds up a piece of dried LEMBAS BREAD to
FRODO.
SAM:
Here.
FRODO:
What about you?
SAM:
(lying badly)
I'm not hungry - leastways, not for lembas
bread.
FRODO:
Sam.
SAM:
(confessing)
Alright. We don't have that much left.
(MORE)
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