The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Page #2

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

The Ring passed to Isildur...who had this

one chance to destroy evil forever.

(CONTINUED)

4.

CONTINUED:

IMAGE:
GLADDEN FIELD...ISILDUR leads a small column of men

through DARKENING WOODS...the ONE RING glinting on a CHAIN

around his neck.

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

But the hearts of Men are easily

corrupted. And the Ring of Power has a

will of its own.

SUDDENLY! ARROWS FLY! They are ambushed by ORCS...ISILDUR

SCREAMS!

FADE TO BLACK:

FADE UP:
ISILDUR MATERIALIZES UNDER WATER...as THE RING slips

slowly from his finger. Ripples of LIGHT play across

ISILDUR'S PALE FACE...he is DEAD.

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

It betrayed Isildur to his death.

IMAGE:
THE RING falls through the MURKY WATERS of the RIVER

ANDUIN.

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

And some things that should not have been

forgotten...were lost.

FADE TO BLACK:

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

History became legend...legend became

myth.

FADE UP:
The waters of the ANDUIN RIVER lie dark and

undisturbed.

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

And for two and a half thousand years the

Ring passed out of all knowledge.

IMAGE:
SILT SWIRLS...A THIN WHITE HAND reaches

down...grasping the RING...

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

Until, when chance came, it ensnared a

new bearer!

IMAGE:
THE THIN WHITE HAND opens to reveal one ring.

GOLLUM (V.O.)

My Precious...

5.

IMAGE:
MIST SHROUDED MOUNTAINS...

GALADRIEL (V.O.)

The Ring came to the creature Gollum, who

took it deep into the tunnels of the

Misty Mountains.

IMAGE:
THE GLOOM of a MOUNTAIN CAVERN..a MURKY POOL of

WATER...in the DARKNESS the SHADOWY OUTLINE of an EMACIATED

FIGURE.

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

And there, it consumed him. A RASPY VOICE

mutters in the half light...

GOLLUM:

It came to me. My own. My love...

(ecstatic whisper)

My preciousness.

GALADRIEL (V.O.)

The Ring brought to Gollum unnatural long

life. For five hundred years it poisoned

his mind. And in the gloom of Gollum's

cave...

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