The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Page #3

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FADE TO BLACK:

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

It waited.

FADE UP:
Bathed in COLD MOONLIGHT, the WORLD lies DARK and

STILL...the unsettled quiet before the storm...

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

Darkness crept back into the forests of

the world. Rumor grew of a Shadow in the

East...whispers of a nameless fear. And

the Ring of Power perceived...its time

had now come. It abandoned Gollum.

SLOW MOTION:
unseen by its KEEPER..THE RING falls to the

MUDDY FLOOR of a MOUNTAIN TUNNEL...

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

But something happened then the Ring did

not intend...

FADE TO BLACK:

IMAGE:
FUMBLING in the dark, a SMALL HAND closes over the

6.

RING.

GALADRIEL:

It was picked up by the most unlikely

creature imaginable...

BILBO:

(to himself)

What's this?

A YOUNGISH LOOKING BILBO BAGGINS peers down at what lies in

his hand...PERPLEXED by what he has found.

GALADRIEL (V.O.)

A Hobbit....Bilbo Baggins of the Shire.

BILBO:

(surprised)

A Ring.

SUDDENLY! A VOICE SCREAMS...ITS ANGUISH RINGING through the

COLD, DANK TUNNELS...

GOLLUM (V.O.)

Lost! Lost! My Precious is lost!!

Frightened Bilbo quickly POCKETS the ONE RING and hurries on.

DISSOLVE TO:

WIDE ON:
THE CAMERA SOARS AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. MOVING

FASTER AND FASTER...THEIR DARK GREEN FORESTS AND JAGGED

WHITE PEAKS RECEDING INTO THE SHROUD OF MIST

GALADRIEL (V.O.)

For the time will soon come when Hobbits

will shape the fortunes of all.

FADE TO BLACK:

FADE IN:

EXT. HOBBITON WOODS -- DAY

ANGLE ON:
TWO HOBBIT FEET

resting on a small rock...rising out of the LONG, OVERGROWN

GRASSES SUPER:
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING SUPER: THE

SHIRE....60 YEARS LATER CAMERA TRACKS TO: a Figure lies

beneath the dappled sunlight of an old tree.

(CONTINUED)

7.

CONTINUED:

White flowers are scattered among the Well seeded grasses.

An idyllic setting at the end of a long hot summer... the

figure is reading a book. ON THE SOUNDTRACK: In the distance,

growing louder..over the Gentle clip clop of an approaching

cart and horse can be heard the HUMMING OF A DEEP VOICE to

the tune of "The Road Goes Ever On and On..."

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