Return of the King Short Preview
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Shot: A hand (looks like Sam) opens, holding the rings and some dirt.
Shot: Sam and Frodo follow Gollum through some brush.
Pippin: “If there any hope Gandalf? For Frodo and Sam?”
Gandalf: “There never was much hope”
Shot: Pippin looking over a wall and then Gandalf looking down at him.
Gandalf (continued): “Just a fool’s hope.”
Shot: Frodo (and partial Sam), sitting up, his face
is covered with ash, he’s looking into a light (
Shot: Merry kneeling before Pippin, shaking his hand.
Merry: We shall see the Shire again.
Shot: Pippin nods, he looks sad, like he’s about to cry.
Shot: Gandalf rides through a forest on Shadowfax (Pippin probably is with him, but the shot is very wide and I can’t see him.)
Shot: The Eye of Sauron fills the screen.
Shot: We see orcs running (Close up)
Faramir: My lord, Osgiliath is overrun.
Shot: Faramir stands in hall (Probably Minas Tirith, before Denethor.)
Shot: Orcs running through Osgiliath
Shot: Close up of Eowyn
Theoden: I would have you smile again.
Shot: Theoden looking down at Eowyn.
Theoden (continued): Not grieve for those whose time has come.
Shot: Pippin in Gondorian amour holds an injured Merry in the thick of battle (Pellenor?) Gandalf is fighting behind them.
Shot: Aragorn (normal clothes) sinks to his knees, Legolas is behind him.
Shot: Close up of Gandalf, holding his staff
Gandalf: Board is set.
Shot: Gondorian Archers aim in Osgiliath
Gandalf (continued): Pieces are moving.
Shot: More Gondorian archers.
Shot: Orcs and Men fighting
Shot: Horsemen ride from Minas Tirith, Aragorn in front
Gandalf (continued): We come to it at last
Shot: Closer shot of Aragorn on a horse, wearing the symbol of the White Tree on his armour, Legolas is riding behind him.
Shot: Gandalf on Shadowfax rides up to the wall of Minas Tirith, which is guarded and looks out onto an ocean of orcs.
Gandalf (continued): “The great battle of our time.”
Shot: Horsemen charge over fields, Theoden leading them.
Shot: Orcs start to pound with a log against a gate.
Shot: Some large structure falls over a wall and smashes the upper part of it.
Shot: Orcs and men fight in Gondor.
Shot: A Ringwraith on the flying steed flies over a building and knocks the top off of a tower.
Shot: Sam speaks to Frodo.
Sam: “You don’t see it, do you?”
Shot: Gollum looks into his reflection in water.
Gollum: “Precious will be ours.”
Shot: Orcs catapult fire into Minas Tirith.
Sam (cont.): “He’s leading up into a trap!”
Shot: Sam and Frodo run through Shelob’s lair.
Gollum (cont.): “Once the Hobbitses are dead.”
Shot: Gollum drops a stone into the water, rippling his reflection.
Shot: Aragorn swings a sword and torch (not sure if sword is Andruil; he’s not in White Tree armour yet), Legolas stands behind him (whoa, déjà vu ;-) ).
Shot: Theoden raises his sword, leading a charge
Shot: In battle, Legolas points his bow.
Shot: Aragorn (in his White Tree Armour) charges at someone with a sword (Andruil)
Theoden: Ride now for ruin and the world’s ending!
Shot: Horsemen charge.
Shot: Gandalf rides in a city on Shadowfax with Pippin behind him to confront a Ringwraith on a winged steed.
TITLE: The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King.
TITLE: December 2003
