The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Page #22

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GANDALF:

We still have time...time enough to

counter Sauron...if we act quickly.

SARUMAN:

Time? What time do you think we have?

CUT TO:

INT. ORTHANC ANTE-CHAMBER -- DAY

Saruman and Gandalf are seated in a small, cluttered room to

the side of the cavernous central chamber.

(CONTINUED)

36.

CONTINUED:

SARUMAN:

Sauron has regained much of his former

strength. He cannot yet take physical

form...but his spirit has lost none of

its potency. Concealed within his

fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all.

His gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth,

and flesh. You know of what I speak,

Gandalf...a great Eye, lidless, wreathed

in flame.

GANDALF:

(softly)

The eye of Sauron.

SARUMAN:

He is gathering all evil to him.

SARUMAN (CONT'D)

Very soon he will have summoned an army

great enough to launch an assault upon

Middle earth.

GANDALF:

You know this? How?

SARUMAN:

I have seen it.

Gandalf and Saruman stride through Orthanc toward a stone

plinth on which a sphere like shape is draped with a cloth...

GANDALF:

A palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman.

Saruman lifts the cloth to reveal the Palantir.

SARUMAN:

Why? Why should we fear to use it?

GANDALF:

They are not all accounted for, the lost

seeing-stones...we do not know who else

may be watching. Gandalf throws the cloth

back over the Palantir.

FLASH IMAGE:
A FIERY EYE!

Saruman sits upon his throne.

(CONTINUED)

37.

CONTINUED:

SARUMAN:

The hour is later than you think.

Sauron's forces are already moving...the

Nine have left Minas Morgul.

GANDALF:

(shocked)

The nine!

SARUMAN:

They crossed the river Isen in

Midsummer's eve, disguised as riders in

black.

GANDALF:

(alarmed)

They have reached the Shire? Saruman

shrugs...

SARUMAN:

They will find the ring...and kill the

one who carries it.

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