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

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GIMLI:

(suddenly interested)

Salted pork?

GANDALF:

(shaking his head)

Hobbits!

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MERRY:

We're under orders from Treebeard, who's

taken over management of Isengard.

WIDE:
GANDALF leads the company through the flotsam and

jetsam which floats upon the muddied waters surrounding the

TOWER ... TREEBEARD, the GIANT ENT, strides towards them,

ALARMING all but GANDALF.

TREEBEARD:

Huraroom ... Young Master Gandalf, I'm glad

you've come. Wood and water, stock and ,

stone I can master, but there's a wizard to

be managed here ... Locked in his tower.

GANDALF:

And there Saruman must remain, under your

guard, Treebeard.

GIMLI:

Let's just have his head and be done with

it. .

GANDALF stares up the long length of the DARK TOWER . . .

GANDALF:

(quietly)

No. He has no power any more.

THE OLD ENT nods his head wisely . . .

TREEBEARD:

The filth of Saruman is washing away ...

Trees will come back to live here, young

trees . . . wild trees.

CLOSE ON:
PIPPIN, his eye caught by something lying in the WATER

ANGLE ON:
The MUDDY waters GLOWING wit a golden light . . .

ARAGORN turns as, quick as a FLASH, PIPPIN has jumped off his

ho rse an d pi cke d u p -- th e PA LAN TIR !

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TREEBEARD (cont'd)

Well bless my bark!

GANDALF:

(urgent)

Peregrin Took! I'll take that, my lad!

PIPPIN doesn't move, his eyes staring in wonder at the smooth

black stone ...

GANDALF (cont'd)

Quickly, now!

RELUCTANTLY, PIPPIN hands the PALANTIR to GANDALF ... who

immediately smothers it in his cloak.

ANGLE ON:
GANDALF looks back at PIPPIN . . . troubled.

EXT. EDORAS - DAY

WIDE:
BACK SHOT - a GROUP OF RIDERS gallop towards the ROHAN

CITY of EDORAS . . .

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