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Hear you now...
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...a story of good against evil.
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An epoch that has its beginning
at an ending...
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...and ends at a beginning.
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Listen, as we speak of the fall
of a lord of darkness...
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...and the return of a king of light.
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Concern yourselves
with armies and wizards...
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...phantoms and emperors...
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...cloud-capped towers
and bloodied fields of horrendous carnage.
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Consider no less...
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...than the cataclysmic transformation...
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...of that ancient world
of wonder and magic...
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...to the world we know now, of Man.
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What mighty lord, you may ask,

is hero enough...
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...to evoke such cosmic metamorphosis?
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Why, no lord at all,
but the littlest of fellows...
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...Frodo the Hobbit...
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...and his faithful squire, Samwise.
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Who, beginning at the ending,
now approach Rivendell...
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...the Elvish home of Elrond...
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...there to help celebrate
the 129th birthday...
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...of Frodo's aged kin...
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...Bilbo Baggins,
renowned tormentor of dragons.
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Bless my soul!
You're a match for Smaug himself.
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All of us, Frodo and Samwise...
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...their Hobbit companions,
Merry and Pippin...
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...EIrond the Elf-Lord, and l, Gandalf...

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...wished Bilbo only the best.
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But as we celebrated
far into the Elvish night...
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...we found it difficult
to keep our aging guest of honor awake.
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Nay, Pippin. Not till Bilbo has cut it.
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Blast. What a time to fall asleep.
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Who's asleep?
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Just resting my eyes...
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...and remembering.
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There And Back Again...
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...and what happened after.
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Remembering, sir?
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So many things.
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Old Smaug...
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...dear Thorin...
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...that terrible Gollum chap...

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...the Ring of Invisibility.
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What's become of my ring?
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That ring I gave you and you took away.
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Yes.
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I've lost it, Bilbo dear.
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I got rid of it, you know.
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Pity. I should have liked to see it again.
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But...
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...now, how silly of me.
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That's what you went for, wasn't it?
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To get rid of it.
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But why destroy a thing
of such wondrous magic?
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It was an evil thing, sir.
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Nay!
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Without its powers...
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...I could never have faced
the worm, Smaug.
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You unwittingly used its
evil forces for good, dear Uncle.
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Your innocence protected you.
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But had you continued to wear it...
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...instead of keeping it
above your mantle as a trophy...
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...its ever-growing malignancy
would have consumed you...
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...as it almost consumed Samwise and me
and the whole of Middle-earth.
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But this is all so confusing.
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So confusing.
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-Will he never cut the cake?
-Patience, Merry.
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Me for a good smoke, while we wait.
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-What say, master?
-Good notion, Sam.
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Bless my soul!
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You are missing a finger!
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You not only lost my ring...
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...you lost the finger on which it rode?
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Frodo, you must explain.
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We have brought with us someone...
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...who has written a ballad
about the adventures of Frodo:
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The Minstrel of Gondor.
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"Frodo of the nine fingers
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"And the Ring of Doom"
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It has its beginnings two ages past...
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...when Bilbo set forth to reclaim
the Dwarves' gold...
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...from the dragon, Smaug.
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While on his quest,
Bilbo stumbled into a deep, dank cave.
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This part I remember.

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"When Bilbo found that shiny ring
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"In Gollum's cave of gloom
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"He never thought
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"That it would turn into a ring of doom
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"The dragon Smaug
The spiders too
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"The Goblins, the Elven-king
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"They came to know the power
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"Of the Hobbit and his ring
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"Frodo of the nine fingers
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"And the Ring of Doom
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"It started with a Hobbit
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"In Gollum's cave of gloom
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"The power of the Ring, it grew
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"And Gandalf sat in thought
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"He knew that it must be destroyed

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"In fires where it was wrought
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"For if in evil hands it fell
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"The Earth would know its end
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"No force of arms would win the day
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"No army could contend"
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For evil flourished everywhere...
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...and lay on the land
like a festering malignancy.
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There was one hope, though:
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In a distant land, the noble Aragorn...
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...heir to the empty throne of Gondor...
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...awaited with a small band
to return and become king.
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But he could not triumph
until the Ring was destroyed.
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So went the prophecy.
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"Frodo of the nine fingers

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"And the Ring of Doom
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"Accepted a heavy burden
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"For the fires to consume"
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Frodo and his gallant
companion, Samwise...
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...had many brave adventures...
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...until finally they reached
the rocky border of Mordor...
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...domain of the Black Lord, Sauron.
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There, Frodo was captured and imprisoned
in the Tower of Cirith Ungol.
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Samwise vowed to enter
the Orc-infested tower alone...
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...to save him.
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The Ring of Doom was missing...
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...from 'round Frodo's neck!
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"Frodo of the nine fingers
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"And the Ring of Doom

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"Why does he have nine fingers?
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"Where is the Ring of Doom?"
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One tiny Hobbit against all the evil
the world could muster.
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A sane being would have given up.
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But Samwise burned
with a magnificent madness...
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...a glowing obsession
to surmount every obstacle...
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...to find Frodo, destroy the Ring,
and cleanse Middle-earth...
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...of its festering malignancy.
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He knew he would try again,
fail perhaps and try once more...
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...a thousand, thousand times, if need be.
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But he would not give up the quest.
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You cannot die, Master Frodo!
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I'll get to you somehow!
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You. I can feel you

throbbing with excitement!
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You know the gates to the land
of Mordor and your dark lord, Sauron.
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Now I must bear your loathsome weight.
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But I do it for he who lies
in that accursed tower...
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...Cirith Ungol:
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My sweet master, Frodo.
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And, 'tis Sting...
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...Master Frodo's sword.
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And his hero's cloak!
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Lost 'em with the Ring
while doing battle, he did.
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They're safe with me
till I find you again, master!
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He can't hear.
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Half dead, behind walls of stone.
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Serve me, Sting, till I can return you.
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Here now.
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What's this?
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Dank and foul-smelling...
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...but it may be a way in.
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I've got through!
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So I've finally crossed into Mordor.
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Orcs in the tower!
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Old Bilbo called them Goblins.
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But whatever the name,
I loathe the vile creatures.
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Fighting among themselves?
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I could get in!
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They wouldn't notice me!
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The Ring holds me back?
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True.
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Once the Orcs saw me...

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...they'd forget their own arguments
for the head of an enemy!
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Useless to face such odds.
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Don't take any chances.
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Destroy the thing yourself.
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I do it for you, Frodo!
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I must be ring bearer now!
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"The bearer of the Ring
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"The wearer of the Ring
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"Stands on the very brink of fate
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"Staring into eyes of darkness and despair
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"That rise and shrink with hate"
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I can feel you change
as we draw near the great furnaces...
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...where in the depths of time,
you were shaped and formed.
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Mount Doom!
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I could claim you, Ring!
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I would be Samwise the Strong!
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"The bearer of the Ring
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"The wearer of the Ring
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"He hears a voice compelling him
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"Filling him with thoughts
That echo in his mind
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"It should be telling him
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"Beware the power
is a power never known
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"Beware the power that was simple
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"Now has grown
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"Beware, bearer of the Ring
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"The final power has yet to be shown
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"The bearer of the Ring
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"The wearer of the Ring
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"Through forces tempting to resist

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"Must recall the quest
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"To end this darkest age
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"That mortal death has kissed
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"The bearer of the Ring
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"The wearer of the Ring
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"Beware who wears the Ring"
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Hail Samwise the Strong!
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Hail the Conqueror!
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Hail the War-King!
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Hero of the Age!
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To the Dark Tower!
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To Barad-dur!
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I claim thee, Barad-dur!
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You are Sauron's no more!
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Hail Samwise the Strong!

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The sun shines for thee alone!
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And now I claim all
of the Vale of Gorgoroth!
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Now let this foul desolation...
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...this cursed plateau
of the Dark Lord, Sauron...
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...this Orc-infested,
desert of nameless horrors...
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...let it blossom forth, and live!
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Let it live for Samwise the Strong!
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Samwise the Strong!
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Behold!
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The gardens of my delight!
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So I shall transform the world!
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All could be mine...
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...if I but claim thee, Ring!
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No!

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What brought me back?
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Plain Hobbit sense.
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I know in my heart I'm not
enough to bear such a burden.
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One small garden of a free gardener...
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...is all my need and due.
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My own hands to use...
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...not the hands of others to command.
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No, such a quest is not for me.
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Frodo lives.
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And only he knows
how to destroy the Ring...
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...in the Cracks of Doom.
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Only he can find the fire.
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Dear Master Frodo.
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I will find you.
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Somehow.
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An ancient world of towered fortress cities.
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Cirith Ungol...
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...guarding the entrance
to the lands of Mordor.
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Barad-dur, palace of the Dark Lord, Sauron.
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And now, look you to yet another.
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Minas-Tirith, chief city of Gondor...
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...last bastion of hope
for the powers of light and good.
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From the battlement atop the citadel,
like a mariner in a mountainous ship...
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...one could look sheer down
upon the gate 700 feet below.
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And still this was not the top.
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Behold! The White Tower.
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At the top, the banner of the stewards
who governed the city...
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...its silken arms embracing
a domain more fitting Gwaihir...

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...Lord of the Eagles
than those whose emblem it bore.
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All this, Minas-Tirith was.
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But now, under siege,
the sparkling gem of Gondor...
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00:22:04,934 --> 00:22:08,370
...had become dull and flawed
with the hell of war.
260
00:22:10,706 --> 00:22:14,506
The once-lush fields of Pelennor,
now a wasted battleground...
261
00:22:14,810 --> 00:22:19,509
...upon which Sauron's forces of evil
celebrated their victories.
262
00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:30,957
Far superior in number
to the battle-ravaged Gondor forces...
263
00:22:31,293 --> 00:22:33,659
...they mounted their monster oliphaunts...
264
00:22:33,796 --> 00:22:38,790
...to ride in the rocking, armored towers,
to their almost certain victory.
265
00:22:40,069 --> 00:22:43,971
And in the heavens,
where no living thing dare now venture...
266
00:22:44,807 --> 00:22:49,801
...Sauron's phantom lieutenants,
the Nazgul, astride their devil steeds...
267
00:22:50,613 --> 00:22:53,707
...scream battle cries
of vile encouragement.
268
00:23:10,499 --> 00:23:15,095

High in the White Tower, Lord Denethor,

Chief Steward of Gondor...
269
00:23:15,271 --> 00:23:18,138
...his mind broken
as his city crumbled about him...
270
00:23:18,207 --> 00:23:21,142
...had succumbed
to an eerie fire of the brain...
271
00:23:21,210 --> 00:23:24,873
...and, in his madness,
ordered his own execution.
272
00:23:27,082 --> 00:23:30,108
-You must stop him!
-His word is law!
273
00:23:30,219 --> 00:23:31,880
I'll find Gandalf!
274
00:23:33,722 --> 00:23:37,749
The Hobbit, Pippin, who had proved
a most valuable assistant for me...
275
00:23:37,927 --> 00:23:39,758
...rushed to the battlement.
276
00:23:40,095 --> 00:23:41,858
Where l, Gandalf...
277
00:23:42,364 --> 00:23:45,663
...and the Gondor generals searched
the distance in vain...
278
00:23:46,135 --> 00:23:48,069
...for a sign of our rescuers.
279
00:23:48,671 --> 00:23:50,298
For we awaited Theoden...
280
00:23:50,839 --> 00:23:53,967
...a valuable ally,
lord of the friendly nation of Rohan...
281
00:23:54,043 --> 00:23:58,537

...for whom we had dispatched

Pippin's Hobbit friend, little Merry...
282
00:23:59,648 --> 00:24:04,176
...to inform him of our perilous condition
and to beseech his aid.
283
00:24:04,253 --> 00:24:08,087
For we wondered, would he
and his armies come to our rescue?
284
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,987
Forward! To Minas-Tirith!
285
00:24:15,230 --> 00:24:16,458
Forward!
286
00:24:19,168 --> 00:24:21,602
For only Theoden could save our city...
287
00:24:21,870 --> 00:24:24,566
...and make it safe
for the return of Aragorn.
288
00:24:25,107 --> 00:24:27,701
But we feared he would come too late.
289
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,413
-What? Denethor?
-He's gone loony, I tell you!
290
00:24:34,483 --> 00:24:35,711
Come quickly.
291
00:24:39,955 --> 00:24:41,422
You cannot do this!
292
00:24:42,691 --> 00:24:44,682
Soon all shall be burned.
293
00:24:45,627 --> 00:24:47,390
The West has failed.
294
00:24:47,863 --> 00:24:51,629
It shall go up in a great fire...
295

00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:54,498

...and all shall be ended.
296
00:24:56,372 --> 00:25:00,468
Ash and smoke blown away on the wind.
297
00:25:01,176 --> 00:25:06,170
All shall not be ended.
Theoden's forces are on their way!
298
00:25:12,621 --> 00:25:15,749
Pride and despair!
299
00:25:16,592 --> 00:25:18,583
Pride and despair!
300
00:25:19,194 --> 00:25:22,425
Didst thou think the eyes
of the White Tower were blind?
301
00:25:26,635 --> 00:25:31,368
I have looked inside my palantir.
302
00:25:31,507 --> 00:25:35,500
-What is that?
-Palantir. The stuff of wizards.
303
00:25:35,911 --> 00:25:37,902
A crystal ball to see the future.
304
00:25:38,614 --> 00:25:43,574
I have seen more than thou knowest,
gray fool.
305
00:25:44,219 --> 00:25:46,653
Thy hope is but ignorance.
306
00:25:47,856 --> 00:25:51,883
Even with the forces of Theoden,
there is no hope.
307
00:25:51,994 --> 00:25:54,462
Go forth and fight!
308
00:25:55,464 --> 00:25:56,658
Vanity!

309
00:25:57,366 --> 00:26:01,029
For a little space you may triumph
on the field...
310
00:26:01,103 --> 00:26:02,764
...for a day.
311
00:26:04,106 --> 00:26:08,600
But against the dark power...
312
00:26:08,677 --> 00:26:12,272
...that now rises, there is no victory.
313
00:26:12,848 --> 00:26:17,251
To this dying city,
only the first fingers of its hand...
314
00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:19,116
...have yet been stretched.
315
00:26:20,022 --> 00:26:23,981
All the East is moving!
316
00:26:25,027 --> 00:26:29,726
And even now,
the wind of thy hope cheats thee...
317
00:26:30,099 --> 00:26:34,729
...and wafts up an enemy fleet
with black sails.
318
00:26:35,571 --> 00:26:40,508
Up the Great River, Anduin they come,
even now.
319
00:26:40,876 --> 00:26:43,709
The river which leads to the edge...
320
00:26:43,779 --> 00:26:46,270
...of the Pelennor Fields.
321
00:26:52,154 --> 00:26:55,248
A black fleet? A devil's armada?
322
00:26:55,324 --> 00:26:59,158
-Do those palantir things ever lie?

-Never!
323
00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:04,196
The West has failed!
324
00:27:04,766 --> 00:27:07,860
It is time for all to depart this life...
325
00:27:07,936 --> 00:27:10,530
...who would not be slaves!
326
00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:15,032
Servants, come hither!
327
00:27:21,350 --> 00:27:25,013
So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion.
328
00:27:25,554 --> 00:27:28,455
And so pass also the days of Gondor.
329
00:27:29,191 --> 00:27:32,024
For good or evil they have ended.
330
00:27:35,264 --> 00:27:37,198
You must take charge, Gandalf.
331
00:27:37,499 --> 00:27:39,194
You must lead our forces now...
332
00:27:39,268 --> 00:27:42,396
...until Aragorn returns
to claim the throne of Gondor.
333
00:27:42,471 --> 00:27:43,768
If he returns.
334
00:27:44,273 --> 00:27:45,262
Gandalf, you...
335
00:27:45,474 --> 00:27:49,342
I saw the vision in the palantir.
A dark fleet.
336
00:27:49,545 --> 00:27:51,843
-ls there no hope?
-None.

337
00:27:52,347 --> 00:27:54,281
Unless the Ring be destroyed.
338
00:27:55,117 --> 00:27:58,052
But alas, it is lost with its bearer, Frodo.
339
00:27:58,654 --> 00:27:59,780
All is gone.
340
00:28:01,690 --> 00:28:03,988
l, Gandalf was without hope.
341
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,656
For I did not know
that at that very moment...
342
00:28:07,829 --> 00:28:10,024
...at that other towered fortress...
343
00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:12,697
...the future of all good in the world...
344
00:28:12,768 --> 00:28:16,329
...rested upon the wits
and the tiny shoulders...
345
00:28:16,572 --> 00:28:18,699
...of poor little Samwise...
346
00:28:19,641 --> 00:28:21,802
...who, still undetected
by the Orcs within...
347
00:28:21,877 --> 00:28:25,472
...approached the gates
of the Tower of Cirith Ungol.
348
00:28:26,582 --> 00:28:28,675
But to get through those gates...
349
00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:32,015
...he would have to pass
the Two Watchers.
350
00:28:36,391 --> 00:28:40,054

Though carved
from huge blocks of solid stone...
351
00:28:40,629 --> 00:28:44,087
...some dreadful spirit of evil vigilance
abode in them...
352
00:28:44,733 --> 00:28:46,724
...and they were aware.
353
00:28:54,142 --> 00:28:56,702
My imagination's running away with me.
354
00:28:57,846 --> 00:29:01,111
They're made of stone.
What harm can they do?
355
00:29:05,921 --> 00:29:08,082
Don't get too cocky, Samwise.
356
00:29:08,824 --> 00:29:13,261
Orcs aren't made of stone,
and they have ears.
357
00:29:15,163 --> 00:29:17,256
Though where the blazes are they?
358
00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:20,495
I thought the tower was full of them.
359
00:29:23,505 --> 00:29:25,530
But they give me the shivers.
360
00:29:27,175 --> 00:29:30,941
Forget about them.
Get past as quick as I can!
361
00:29:38,086 --> 00:29:40,054
Bless my soul.
362
00:29:41,790 --> 00:29:44,657
Like some invisible gate.
363
00:29:46,461 --> 00:29:48,986
That's how the Watchers keep guard.
364

00:29:51,099 --> 00:29:52,259

Blast!
365
00:29:52,567 --> 00:29:57,368
How do I get through, or climb over,
or under something I can't see?
366
00:29:59,041 --> 00:30:00,099
How?
367
00:30:00,175 --> 00:30:01,267
Ouch!
368
00:30:02,611 --> 00:30:04,272
Something's burning me.
369
00:30:05,714 --> 00:30:09,616
What's this? A phial?
370
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,552
And what magic is in it
to make it glow so?
371
00:30:23,098 --> 00:30:24,827
They're opening up!
372
00:30:28,737 --> 00:30:30,227
Thank you, old boys.
373
00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:33,439
It was bad manners you showed me before.
374
00:30:36,378 --> 00:30:37,902
Handy, this thing.
375
00:30:48,423 --> 00:30:50,823
An alarm! That's done it.
376
00:31:04,339 --> 00:31:06,239
I'm ready for you.
377
00:31:07,476 --> 00:31:11,344
Tell your captains
that a great Elf warrior has called...
378
00:31:11,413 --> 00:31:13,142

...with his Elf blade!

379
00:31:22,057 --> 00:31:23,957
They're all dead.
380
00:31:25,427 --> 00:31:26,416
Why?
381
00:31:26,995 --> 00:31:30,294
The tower was crawling
with them just a few hours ago.
382
00:31:32,968 --> 00:31:35,402
Looks like they were
fighting among themselves.
383
00:31:35,470 --> 00:31:36,937
But what for?
384
00:31:38,807 --> 00:31:42,140
There's a lot less of you left
to attack Minas-Tirith!
385
00:31:43,078 --> 00:31:45,103
Goodbye and good riddance!
386
00:31:50,552 --> 00:31:53,646
The whole tower climbs backwards-like.
387
00:31:54,990 --> 00:31:56,719
I'll follow these lights.
388
00:32:01,863 --> 00:32:06,095
This must be the entrance to the top tier.
389
00:32:07,235 --> 00:32:09,533
Frodo can't be far away.
390
00:32:18,380 --> 00:32:21,008
An Orc! They're not all dead!
391
00:32:22,150 --> 00:32:25,551
Kill him! Bone him! Boil him!
392
00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:28,353
There's a sweet one for you!

393
00:32:29,224 --> 00:32:31,089
Split him in two!
394
00:32:32,260 --> 00:32:34,694
Can't let him have the Ring!
395
00:32:47,909 --> 00:32:48,898
No!
396
00:32:54,850 --> 00:32:57,478
What the blazes made him do that?
397
00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,412
Come back here!
398
00:33:01,289 --> 00:33:03,189
No!
399
00:33:05,260 --> 00:33:07,694
The great Elf warrior is loose! Stop.
400
00:33:09,231 --> 00:33:11,665
Stop, or I'll skin you alive!
401
00:33:14,569 --> 00:33:16,833
Mercy!
402
00:33:16,938 --> 00:33:20,237
I'll think about it!
I have some questions, filthy one.
403
00:33:20,308 --> 00:33:22,742
Yes? I'll tell you anything.
404
00:33:22,844 --> 00:33:25,244
The Hobbit, Frodo, is he still alive?
405
00:33:25,647 --> 00:33:28,980
If anything still lives here, he does.
406
00:33:29,217 --> 00:33:32,084
What happened here?
Why all this carnage?
407

00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,984

Our captains made battle
and ordered us to fight also.
408
00:33:37,058 --> 00:33:38,685
What was in contest?
409
00:33:39,027 --> 00:33:41,359
The Hobbit's pretty coat...
410
00:33:41,596 --> 00:33:44,929
...when he reveals its hiding place.
411
00:33:45,534 --> 00:33:49,026
You killed each other
for that blasted cloak?
412
00:33:49,804 --> 00:33:52,204
Well, I have it! Not Frodo.
413
00:33:53,174 --> 00:33:54,163
You?
414
00:33:54,843 --> 00:33:57,073
You're just a Hobbit.
415
00:33:57,512 --> 00:33:59,707
-Give me the coat.
-Get back!
416
00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:14,990
This must be the top.
417
00:34:18,033 --> 00:34:19,557
Anything above?
418
00:34:21,636 --> 00:34:22,625
Yes.
419
00:34:23,171 --> 00:34:25,002
There is something!
420
00:34:29,744 --> 00:34:31,211
Frodo!
421
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,350

Stop that, you pig!

422
00:34:59,908 --> 00:35:01,068
Frodo.
423
00:35:01,943 --> 00:35:04,571
Dear master. Frodo.
424
00:35:06,448 --> 00:35:07,437
You live.
425
00:35:08,249 --> 00:35:10,240
You live!
426
00:35:11,186 --> 00:35:14,815
-Am I still dreaming?
-No dream, master.
427
00:35:15,590 --> 00:35:18,184
It's real. I've come.
428
00:35:19,094 --> 00:35:22,188
Sam. Dear Sam.
429
00:35:23,798 --> 00:35:27,029
I feel like a child at rest.
430
00:35:27,769 --> 00:35:29,828
When night fears are driven away.
431
00:35:30,605 --> 00:35:34,234
By some loved voice.
432
00:35:35,844 --> 00:35:37,505
Come, Mr. Frodo.
433
00:35:38,213 --> 00:35:40,909
I still must get you out of this place.
434
00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:44,950
Please, dear master, wake up.
435
00:35:46,554 --> 00:35:48,078
They hovered over me.
436

00:35:48,657 --> 00:35:51,888

Gloating, fingering their knives.
437
00:35:52,060 --> 00:35:54,756
The whips, their claws, their eyes...
438
00:35:54,829 --> 00:35:56,922
Don't think about it.
439
00:35:57,465 --> 00:35:59,456
Let me help you to your feet.
440
00:36:00,669 --> 00:36:03,297
Oh, dear. The quest.
441
00:36:03,371 --> 00:36:05,464
The quest has failed.
442
00:36:05,907 --> 00:36:08,375
Failed? No, sir.
443
00:36:09,044 --> 00:36:12,104
Yes. The Ring is gone, dear Sam.
444
00:36:13,982 --> 00:36:16,849
Even if we could get out of here,
we can't escape.
445
00:36:17,552 --> 00:36:20,180
For evil is everywhere.
446
00:36:20,922 --> 00:36:23,550
And only Elves can escape Middle-earth.
447
00:36:24,325 --> 00:36:26,919
They board the white ships
at the Gray Havens...
448
00:36:26,995 --> 00:36:30,453
...and sail off to the lands beyond.
449
00:36:58,159 --> 00:37:00,650
Don't even think of passing on!
450
00:37:00,929 --> 00:37:03,329
The quest has not failed, master!

451
00:37:03,698 --> 00:37:07,862
You don't understand.
The Orcs took everything!
452
00:37:08,236 --> 00:37:11,103
Not everything. Look.
453
00:37:12,807 --> 00:37:15,799
You've got it? You've got it here?
454
00:37:15,877 --> 00:37:18,971
You must have lost it in the struggle.
I found it.
455
00:37:19,547 --> 00:37:21,879
Samwise, you are a marvel!
456
00:37:22,317 --> 00:37:23,978
I'll keep it 'round my neck...
457
00:37:24,052 --> 00:37:26,987
...for it's too heavy
for you to bear in your condition.
458
00:37:30,925 --> 00:37:34,554
Give it to me at once! You can't have it!
459
00:37:34,629 --> 00:37:38,190
All right, Mr. Frodo. Here it is.
460
00:37:40,368 --> 00:37:45,362
"Beware the power
is a power never known
461
00:37:45,807 --> 00:37:50,744
"Beware the power that was simple
now has grown
462
00:37:51,412 --> 00:37:53,676
"Beware"
463
00:38:01,689 --> 00:38:04,419
You filthy, slimy thief!
464
00:38:05,026 --> 00:38:08,189

-I have the power now.

-Master, no.
465
00:38:08,496 --> 00:38:10,964
Don't say such things. Please don't.
466
00:38:11,432 --> 00:38:13,457
It's the Ring.
467
00:38:15,703 --> 00:38:20,402
Sam. What have I said?
What have I done? Forgive me.
468
00:38:21,176 --> 00:38:24,270
I'd forgotten its malevolent trickery.
469
00:38:24,979 --> 00:38:27,675
I'm fine now. Fine. Sam, forgive me.
470
00:38:28,550 --> 00:38:30,780
I must carry the burden to the end.
471
00:38:30,852 --> 00:38:33,320
It can't be altered.
You can't come between...
472
00:38:33,388 --> 00:38:35,322
...me and this doom.
473
00:38:35,924 --> 00:38:39,883
As you wish, master.
I also have found Sting.
474
00:38:41,029 --> 00:38:43,429
Might I keep it with me a little longer?
475
00:38:43,865 --> 00:38:47,665
I have the strength to use it.
And you, with your wound and all...
476
00:38:48,236 --> 00:38:50,932
Yes, of course, dear Sam.
477
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,671
And your cloak which I wear.
478

00:38:54,442 --> 00:38:56,535

In a pocket I found this.
479
00:38:57,545 --> 00:39:01,242
It has powers.
It got me past the Watchers. What is it?
480
00:39:01,583 --> 00:39:04,882
The Phial of Galadriel! I can say no more.
481
00:39:05,353 --> 00:39:09,449
If I betray the trust and give the secret,
its powers will die.
482
00:39:09,958 --> 00:39:14,418
-I understand.
-But now we must get out of here quickly.
483
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,966
I know the chain mail's heavy for you.
But we may need it.
484
00:39:23,037 --> 00:39:27,565
And I can't leave anything behind,
so I'll wear the Orc garb over my own.
485
00:39:29,611 --> 00:39:34,548
Don't we make a fine, matching pair.
Now, off to Mount Doom.
486
00:39:35,583 --> 00:39:38,245
Hope you've made inquiries
about inns along the road?
487
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,582
-lnns, master?
-For food and drink.
488
00:39:42,056 --> 00:39:44,388
Only the best for two fine Orcs.
489
00:39:44,792 --> 00:39:47,920
There's nothing, master,
and you know it well.
490
00:39:48,663 --> 00:39:52,531
Save for the few crumbs of cake
and drops of water left in my pack.

491
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:56,229
Courage, Sam. That's enough to start on.
492
00:39:56,504 --> 00:40:00,372
The food we might manage,
but the water's going to be bad business.
493
00:40:00,875 --> 00:40:02,137
We'll make it.
494
00:40:02,343 --> 00:40:05,870
But we'd best start,
or a whole lake of it won't do us any good!
495
00:40:09,517 --> 00:40:12,008
No, I'm all right. It's the mail.
496
00:40:12,086 --> 00:40:14,418
I'll get used to it. Come.
497
00:40:22,997 --> 00:40:27,331
I'm going to faint, Sam.
I don't know what's come over me.
498
00:40:27,902 --> 00:40:31,668
It's that invisible gate.
There's some devilry there.
499
00:40:32,340 --> 00:40:33,932
But I got through once.
500
00:40:35,643 --> 00:40:36,974
Now for it!
501
00:40:44,352 --> 00:40:46,217
It's still there!
502
00:40:46,788 --> 00:40:48,278
This is not working.
503
00:40:48,356 --> 00:40:51,985
They were expecting it!
Their will is strong.
504
00:40:52,527 --> 00:40:54,427

It needs helping.
505
00:41:00,668 --> 00:41:03,193
We've broken the Watchers' will!
506
00:41:30,298 --> 00:41:32,698
We've still a chance, Samwise.
507
00:41:32,834 --> 00:41:36,292
There's still a chance to destroy the Ring.
508
00:41:54,856 --> 00:41:59,725
-A Black Rider. The Nazgul.
-Run, Mr. Frodo.
509
00:41:59,994 --> 00:42:02,485
Not that way! There's a drop, follow me.
510
00:42:20,748 --> 00:42:22,375
Careful, Mr. Frodo.
511
00:42:23,017 --> 00:42:27,317
I can't. Not another step.
512
00:42:27,655 --> 00:42:29,748
We must keep going, master.
513
00:42:30,124 --> 00:42:32,456
The Nazgul is in charge of the Tower now!
514
00:42:32,527 --> 00:42:35,291
A Black Rider is not
so easy to fool as the Orcs.
515
00:42:35,596 --> 00:42:38,258
Just give me a moment.
516
00:42:38,633 --> 00:42:41,568
Begging your pardon, sir,
but there's no time.
517
00:42:42,203 --> 00:42:44,865
Listen as the foul flying demon...
518
00:42:44,939 --> 00:42:47,271
...gives alarm

to the whole Vale of Gorgoroth!

519
00:42:48,042 --> 00:42:51,136
He's rallying the dark forces
to defend the Tower.
520
00:42:51,212 --> 00:42:54,477
Soon they'll be upon us.
We've got to get away and hide!
521
00:42:55,049 --> 00:42:57,517
Yes, of course, dear Sam.
522
00:43:02,924 --> 00:43:03,913
Listen.
523
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,558
We'd best get across the bridge,
while we've still time.
524
00:43:16,170 --> 00:43:21,107
If Sauron himself was to offer me
a glass of water, I'd shake his hand.
525
00:43:21,876 --> 00:43:25,676
Don't say such things.
It only makes it worse.
526
00:43:27,982 --> 00:43:28,971
Sam.
527
00:43:30,551 --> 00:43:34,112
A spot of dizziness there. I'm sorry.
528
00:43:35,890 --> 00:43:40,156
'Tis a long time, Mr. Frodo,
since I had a proper sleep.
529
00:43:40,761 --> 00:43:43,662
Come, Sam, we shall support each other.
530
00:43:48,136 --> 00:43:50,161
It's no good, Sam.
531
00:43:51,339 --> 00:43:54,274
I can't manage
the weight of this mail shirt.

532
00:43:54,342 --> 00:43:58,608
It's of no use anyway.
We shall never get through by fighting.
533
00:43:59,213 --> 00:44:01,147
We may have some to do.
534
00:44:02,416 --> 00:44:04,884
We won't take on armies.
535
00:44:05,319 --> 00:44:08,152
Who knows
what's down here in this canyon...
536
00:44:08,589 --> 00:44:10,079
...slithering behind the rocks?
537
00:44:11,192 --> 00:44:13,353
No, Sam, it must go.
538
00:44:14,028 --> 00:44:17,225
What about that Gollum creature,
for instance?
539
00:44:18,166 --> 00:44:22,102
The Gollum isn't dead,
and he's still after that ring!
540
00:44:23,371 --> 00:44:26,499
I'd hate to think of you
with naught but a bit of leather...
541
00:44:26,574 --> 00:44:29,065
...between you and a stab in the dark.
542
00:44:33,614 --> 00:44:35,172
This hellish Mordor.
543
00:44:35,249 --> 00:44:38,218
First it sears you, then it freezes you.
544
00:44:39,053 --> 00:44:40,418
Mr. Frodo...
545
00:44:40,488 --> 00:44:44,015

...maybe we could rest just a little.

546
00:44:44,792 --> 00:44:48,888
My eyes are fair closing by themselves.
547
00:44:48,963 --> 00:44:50,089
Not here.
548
00:44:50,298 --> 00:44:51,788
I didn't want to say anything...
549
00:44:51,866 --> 00:44:56,098
...but there's a black rider,
a Nazgul, over us.
550
00:44:56,170 --> 00:44:59,230
I can feel it. We must keep moving.
551
00:45:17,558 --> 00:45:22,552
Only a little more
to climb out of the canyon.
552
00:45:24,298 --> 00:45:26,061
Then we'll take a look...
553
00:45:26,534 --> 00:45:30,698
...and see what the Vale of Gorgoroth
holds for us.
554
00:45:34,275 --> 00:45:37,335
I told you, you'd see it, Mr. Frodo.
555
00:45:38,646 --> 00:45:40,546
Just look at it.
556
00:45:44,185 --> 00:45:46,415
God help us.
557
00:45:48,723 --> 00:45:52,159
Behold Gorgoroth!
558
00:45:54,829 --> 00:45:57,229
I don't like the looks of things at all.
559
00:45:57,498 --> 00:45:59,261
Pretty hopeless, I call it.

560
00:45:59,333 --> 00:46:03,736
Yes. And these dark armies
are not only of Orcs.
561
00:46:04,105 --> 00:46:05,766
There are Men, too!
562
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:11,002
We just can't cross all that open country
crawling with enemies.
563
00:46:11,279 --> 00:46:14,578
Still, Sam, we shall have to try.
564
00:46:50,184 --> 00:46:52,243
It's no worse than I expected.
565
00:46:52,753 --> 00:46:54,721
I never hoped to get across...
566
00:46:54,789 --> 00:46:57,758
...but I've got to do the best I can.
567
00:47:03,130 --> 00:47:05,997
I think we can make it
to the next boulder, master.
568
00:47:06,067 --> 00:47:07,432
No one is about.
569
00:47:08,102 --> 00:47:09,763
Blasted moonlight.
570
00:47:09,904 --> 00:47:13,840
Traveling by night's
almost as bad as by day.
571
00:47:14,308 --> 00:47:16,538
Come now, sir. I'll help.
572
00:47:21,115 --> 00:47:23,015
Got to rest.
573
00:47:24,352 --> 00:47:27,480
If you please, sir. Me too.

574
00:47:29,623 --> 00:47:31,386
Just for a few minutes.
575
00:47:44,739 --> 00:47:46,229
"Where there's a whip
576
00:47:46,707 --> 00:47:48,174
"There's a way
577
00:47:48,642 --> 00:47:50,371
"Where there's a whip
578
00:47:50,644 --> 00:47:52,168
"There's a way
579
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:53,845
"Where there's a whip
580
00:47:53,914 --> 00:47:56,644
"We don't want to go to war today
581
00:47:56,717 --> 00:48:00,551
"But the Lord of the Lash says,
'Nay, nay, nay'
582
00:48:01,689 --> 00:48:06,058
"We're gonna march all day
583
00:48:07,461 --> 00:48:10,157
"Where there's a whip, there's a way
584
00:48:10,731 --> 00:48:12,631
"Where there's a whip
585
00:48:12,700 --> 00:48:14,167
"There's a way
586
00:48:14,635 --> 00:48:16,603
"Where there's a whip
587
00:48:16,704 --> 00:48:18,103
"There's a way
588
00:48:18,639 --> 00:48:20,903

"Where there's a whip, there's a way

589
00:48:20,975 --> 00:48:23,375
"Left, right, left, right, left
590
00:48:23,477 --> 00:48:25,843
"Where there's a whip, there's a way
591
00:48:25,913 --> 00:48:27,073
"Left, right
592
00:48:27,148 --> 00:48:30,948
"A crack on the back says,
'we're gonna fight'
593
00:48:31,452 --> 00:48:34,944
"We're gonna march all day and night
594
00:48:35,022 --> 00:48:36,956
"And more
595
00:48:37,191 --> 00:48:42,151
"For we're the slaves
of the Dark Lord's war
596
00:48:44,398 --> 00:48:46,628
"Where there's a whip
597
00:48:46,767 --> 00:48:48,291
"There's a way
598
00:48:48,769 --> 00:48:50,293
"Where there's a whip
599
00:48:50,771 --> 00:48:52,204
"There's a way
600
00:48:52,573 --> 00:48:53,904
"Where there's a whip
601
00:48:53,974 --> 00:48:56,909
"We don't want to go to war today
602
00:48:56,977 --> 00:49:00,378
"But the Lord of the Lash says,
'Nay, nay, nay'

603
00:49:01,715 --> 00:49:05,151
"We're going to march all day
604
00:49:07,421 --> 00:49:09,889
"Where there's a whip, there's a way
605
00:49:09,957 --> 00:49:12,448
"Left, right, left, right"
606
00:49:18,899 --> 00:49:19,991
Mr. Frodo.
607
00:49:21,702 --> 00:49:24,865
-What is it?
-Now we've gone and done it.
608
00:49:24,939 --> 00:49:26,804
Slept through till daylight.
609
00:49:27,308 --> 00:49:31,039
With only this fool rock between us
and them armies.
610
00:49:31,579 --> 00:49:32,603
Look out.
611
00:49:34,081 --> 00:49:37,448
What have we here? Two deserters?
612
00:49:37,852 --> 00:49:40,013
Up with you! Get in line!
613
00:49:40,287 --> 00:49:41,481
We're in luck.
614
00:49:41,555 --> 00:49:43,580
-He thinks we're Orcs.
-Luck?
615
00:49:44,625 --> 00:49:49,028
Good sir, we're gonna be marching
with the whole blinking army...
616
00:49:49,096 --> 00:49:51,724
...back to Cirith Ungol

where we started from!

617
00:49:52,900 --> 00:49:54,629
Come on, you slugs!
618
00:49:57,938 --> 00:49:59,269
"Where's there's a whip
619
00:49:59,340 --> 00:50:01,900
"We don't wanna go to war today
620
00:50:02,743 --> 00:50:06,008
"But the Lord of the Lash says,
'Nay, nay, nay'
621
00:50:06,847 --> 00:50:11,477
"We're gonna march all day
622
00:50:12,853 --> 00:50:15,583
"Where there's a whip, there's a way"
623
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,520
I can't continue.
624
00:50:23,063 --> 00:50:26,362
I'd rather be singing
a good old Hobbit song myself.
625
00:50:36,777 --> 00:50:39,837
At least they gave us
provisions for our packs.
626
00:50:40,214 --> 00:50:43,274
But Orc food is enough
to turn a rodent sick.
627
00:50:43,350 --> 00:50:46,114
Samwise, we have got to break ranks.
628
00:50:46,186 --> 00:50:48,313
Not while old whipper there is watching.
629
00:50:48,556 --> 00:50:51,753
Don't worry, master.
The opportunity will come.
630

00:50:55,729 --> 00:50:56,718

Halt.
631
00:50:57,331 --> 00:50:59,196
What do you mean, "halt"?
632
00:50:59,533 --> 00:51:02,991
I have a battalion of Men
to move across your road.
633
00:51:03,437 --> 00:51:07,396
Well I've got a battalion of Orcs
to move across yours.
634
00:51:07,474 --> 00:51:08,498
You wait!
635
00:51:08,809 --> 00:51:11,676
Men come before Orcs. Get back.
636
00:51:11,912 --> 00:51:15,177
I think this is it! You stay right here, sir.
637
00:51:17,351 --> 00:51:19,285
You going to stand for that, sir?
638
00:51:20,287 --> 00:51:21,845
Get back in line!
639
00:51:21,922 --> 00:51:26,859
You mean you're going to let a pack
of filthy Man-creatures go before us?
640
00:51:29,663 --> 00:51:32,188
And you call yourself an Orc?
641
00:51:34,234 --> 00:51:35,462
You're right.
642
00:51:38,038 --> 00:51:43,032
Kill them, bone them, cut them to bits!
643
00:51:44,445 --> 00:51:46,606
Smash them, bash them!
644
00:51:47,681 --> 00:51:49,046

Skin them alive!

645
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:14,405
Not an inch.
646
00:52:14,808 --> 00:52:17,504
Not an inch further can I move.
647
00:52:18,178 --> 00:52:20,078
Come, Mr. Frodo.
648
00:52:20,981 --> 00:52:25,975
One more crawl and then you can lie still.
649
00:52:27,921 --> 00:52:29,650
A bit further.
650
00:52:30,824 --> 00:52:32,621
This way, sir.
651
00:52:34,528 --> 00:52:38,430
No use. Going to die. Can't see a thing.
652
00:52:40,067 --> 00:52:41,398
Mr. Frodo.
653
00:52:49,276 --> 00:52:50,903
Don't die, Mr. Frodo.
654
00:52:51,512 --> 00:52:54,743
You can't die. Please, master.
655
00:52:56,450 --> 00:53:00,648
If any power of good can hear us
in this accursed land...
656
00:53:00,854 --> 00:53:02,515
...give us help.
657
00:53:02,990 --> 00:53:04,514
Help us.
658
00:53:14,601 --> 00:53:15,829
Power of good?
659

00:53:16,770 --> 00:53:20,672

Indeed, was there none left
in all Middle-earth...
660
00:53:20,741 --> 00:53:23,869
...with strength to aid our dying cause?
661
00:53:25,946 --> 00:53:30,645
At that moment, the forces of darkness
made ready to break the main gate...
662
00:53:30,818 --> 00:53:34,413
...with a mighty battering ram
which they had named Grond.
663
00:53:38,926 --> 00:53:42,362
Long had it been forging
in the dark smithies of Mordor...
664
00:53:43,097 --> 00:53:45,122
...and on it spells of ruin lay.
665
00:53:55,242 --> 00:54:00,202
-The gate will never stand up to that thing!
-Like the arm of the devil himself!
666
00:54:01,582 --> 00:54:04,415
When the gates break
I shall be there to greet it!
667
00:54:04,885 --> 00:54:07,479
Have my steed, Shadowfax, made ready!
668
00:54:07,821 --> 00:54:10,483
-Farewell, Pippin.
-I go with you, sir.
669
00:54:10,691 --> 00:54:14,525
Then we leave this life together.
Come, little one.
670
00:54:26,974 --> 00:54:28,532
On, Shadowfax!
671
00:54:47,060 --> 00:54:48,789
The Lord of the Nazgul...
672

00:54:49,029 --> 00:54:51,224

...Sauron's second-in-command.
673
00:54:51,565 --> 00:54:53,726
A creature of the super-natural...
674
00:54:54,268 --> 00:54:57,362
...and so no living Man could hinder him...
675
00:54:57,871 --> 00:55:00,066
...nor bring him harm in any way.
676
00:55:00,641 --> 00:55:03,109
He was invulnerable!
677
00:55:57,731 --> 00:55:59,596
You cannot enter here!
678
00:56:00,467 --> 00:56:03,129
Go back to the abyss prepared for you!
679
00:56:03,437 --> 00:56:08,431
Go back! Fall to the nothingness
that awaits you and your master. Go!
680
00:56:16,416 --> 00:56:18,611
Old fool!
681
00:56:19,019 --> 00:56:21,886
This is my hour.
682
00:56:22,489 --> 00:56:26,152
Do you not know Death when you see it?
683
00:56:26,627 --> 00:56:30,757
Die now and curse in vain!
684
00:56:39,940 --> 00:56:44,434
And, as from some courtyard of the city,
a cock crowed...
685
00:56:44,845 --> 00:56:46,938
...recking nothing of wizardry or war...
686
00:56:47,547 --> 00:56:49,515
...welcoming only the morning...

687
00:56:49,583 --> 00:56:52,518
...that in the sky far above
the shadows of death...
688
00:56:52,653 --> 00:56:54,484
...was coming with the dawn.
689
00:56:55,489 --> 00:56:59,357
For as if in answer there came
from far away, another note.
690
00:57:03,130 --> 00:57:05,189
Horns! Horns! Horns!
691
00:57:05,265 --> 00:57:08,496
Over the fields of Pelennor,
they echoed from the distance.
692
00:57:08,769 --> 00:57:11,704
Great horns in the north, wildly blowing.
693
00:57:12,172 --> 00:57:16,609
Theoden and the rescuing arms of Rohan
had come at last.
694
00:57:29,089 --> 00:57:32,081
Ride now.
695
00:57:32,359 --> 00:57:34,088
Ride now, to Gondor.
696
00:57:36,863 --> 00:57:39,525
Victory was slipping
from the grasp of evil...
697
00:57:39,967 --> 00:57:42,765
...even as he stretched
out his hand to seize it.
698
00:57:43,003 --> 00:57:46,234
And the strength of goodness
began to be felt once more...
699
00:57:46,707 --> 00:57:48,766
...throughout the lands.

700
00:57:51,411 --> 00:57:53,504
Had a prayer been answered?
701
00:57:54,414 --> 00:57:56,405
Water. Give me water.
702
00:57:57,117 --> 00:57:59,210
Master! Thank heaven!
703
00:57:59,486 --> 00:58:01,647
Here, not too much now.
704
00:58:02,556 --> 00:58:04,387
Not all at once.
705
00:58:07,260 --> 00:58:08,557
He's weakening.
706
00:58:09,129 --> 00:58:12,394
I feel it. Sauron is weakening.
707
00:58:13,266 --> 00:58:15,097
But he is still in command.
708
00:58:15,736 --> 00:58:19,137
His arm is long, and it wields great power.
709
00:58:19,639 --> 00:58:22,665
No, master. You must rest.
710
00:58:22,976 --> 00:58:25,206
I must still destroy the Ring.
711
00:58:25,645 --> 00:58:27,875
I've more of a chance now...
712
00:58:28,315 --> 00:58:31,443
...but there's still such a long way to go.
713
00:58:31,618 --> 00:58:36,055
That's tomorrow, Mr. Frodo, tomorrow.
714
01:00:29,503 --> 01:00:32,700
And as the battle raged anew
on the fields of Pelennor...

715
01:00:32,939 --> 01:00:36,500
...the carnage continuing endlessly
through the days and nights...
716
01:00:36,877 --> 01:00:41,541
...the real victory still lay
in the hands of Frodo and Samwise...
717
01:00:41,748 --> 01:00:44,740
...and the terrible weight
they bore closer and closer...
718
01:00:44,818 --> 01:00:47,446
...to the destruction,
which was our only hope.
719
01:00:51,558 --> 01:00:53,822
And finally, almost dead...
720
01:00:54,361 --> 01:00:57,455
...without fully realizing
they had reached the roots...
721
01:00:57,697 --> 01:01:01,155
...of the accursed Mount Doom.
722
01:01:02,369 --> 01:01:04,894
Come, Sam. Dear Sam.
723
01:01:05,405 --> 01:01:09,000
For the rest of the way we shall crawl.
724
01:01:10,143 --> 01:01:12,338
And so foot by foot...
725
01:01:12,646 --> 01:01:15,114
...like small gray insects...
726
01:01:15,182 --> 01:01:16,615
...they crept up the slope...
727
01:01:16,683 --> 01:01:19,743
...ever closer to that which lay
inside the mountain...
728

01:01:20,854 --> 01:01:23,914

...the fire, and the Cracks of Doom.
729
01:01:31,164 --> 01:01:33,462
"Doom
730
01:01:34,201 --> 01:01:38,262
"The Cracks of Doom
731
01:01:38,505 --> 01:01:42,498
"The chambers of fire
732
01:01:42,709 --> 01:01:47,703
"The fires of doom "
733
01:01:52,752 --> 01:01:55,550
Who causes the minutes to fall dead...
734
01:01:56,122 --> 01:01:58,590
...adding up to no passing hour...
735
01:01:59,192 --> 01:02:01,558
...bringing no change from day to night...
736
01:02:01,895 --> 01:02:06,696
...as the unseen sun fails to filter
into the ever-present shadows?
737
01:02:07,267 --> 01:02:12,136
Who is this dark lord who turns
starless nights into sunless days?
738
01:02:12,772 --> 01:02:16,299
How does his piercing eye
see through the ever-present darkness?
739
01:02:16,876 --> 01:02:18,969
Seeing all and nothing.
740
01:02:20,213 --> 01:02:23,649
The Restless Eye, in his dark tower...
741
01:02:23,883 --> 01:02:28,343
...wearing a veil of protective shadow
he has woven from fear.
742

01:02:29,322 --> 01:02:31,847

And yet he fears, too.
743
01:02:32,259 --> 01:02:34,887
In the security of his protective realm...
744
01:02:35,161 --> 01:02:38,688
...he fears the winds of the world
are turning against him.
745
01:02:39,199 --> 01:02:42,100
Tearing aside his veils and troubling him...
746
01:02:42,435 --> 01:02:47,429
...with tidings of bold spies
that have passed through his fences.
747
01:02:52,946 --> 01:02:55,244
"Doom
748
01:02:55,982 --> 01:03:00,146
"The Cracks of Doom
749
01:03:00,220 --> 01:03:04,179
"The chambers of fire
750
01:03:04,624 --> 01:03:09,618
"The fires of doom "
751
01:03:17,604 --> 01:03:21,700
-Did you see when the clouds parted?
-Yes.
752
01:03:21,775 --> 01:03:23,208
He's spotted us!
753
01:03:23,543 --> 01:03:26,535
It's all up, or will soon be.
754
01:03:26,713 --> 01:03:28,578
This is the end of ends!
755
01:03:29,582 --> 01:03:32,050
Still have a chance.
756
01:03:33,119 --> 01:03:36,247

Bless you, sir, for your bravery!

757
01:03:37,123 --> 01:03:38,920
Give me the strength.
758
01:03:39,659 --> 01:03:44,358
I ask you:
Give me the strength to try once more.
759
01:04:00,847 --> 01:04:04,408
Wicked master.
760
01:04:05,218 --> 01:04:08,244
-God help us.
-Gollum.
761
01:04:08,621 --> 01:04:10,748
Wicked master cheats us.
762
01:04:13,460 --> 01:04:15,428
He mustn't go that way!
763
01:04:16,129 --> 01:04:19,223
He mustn't hurt Precious.
764
01:04:19,532 --> 01:04:21,693
Away, you scum.
765
01:04:21,801 --> 01:04:23,359
What do you want of us?
766
01:04:23,436 --> 01:04:26,701
Give it to Gollum, yes, give it to us!
767
01:04:28,842 --> 01:04:30,867
Give it to us!
768
01:04:45,558 --> 01:04:48,618
My Precious, my ring.
769
01:04:48,695 --> 01:04:51,755
Soon it will be mine...
770
01:04:52,031 --> 01:04:55,194
...all mine!

771
01:04:55,602 --> 01:04:59,333
Precious, my Precious.
772
01:05:00,106 --> 01:05:01,266
Precious.
773
01:05:34,674 --> 01:05:37,609
Precious is mine.
774
01:05:46,719 --> 01:05:49,711
You foul, reeking scum!
775
01:05:49,956 --> 01:05:51,446
I'll kill you!
776
01:05:54,794 --> 01:05:57,922
I can't strike! I may hit Mr. Frodo.
777
01:05:57,997 --> 01:06:01,125
Let me get hold of the Ring.
778
01:06:12,612 --> 01:06:15,445
"The bearer of the Ring
779
01:06:15,515 --> 01:06:17,710
"The wearer of the Ring
780
01:06:17,917 --> 01:06:22,911
"Stands on the very brink of fate
781
01:06:23,556 --> 01:06:28,687
"Staring into eyes of darkness and despair
782
01:06:28,828 --> 01:06:33,822
"That rise and shrink with hate"
783
01:06:36,002 --> 01:06:38,300
Be gone and trouble me no more!
784
01:06:38,872 --> 01:06:40,806
If you touch me ever again...
785
01:06:40,874 --> 01:06:44,935
...you shall be cast, yourself,
into the Fire of Doom.

786
01:06:50,450 --> 01:06:52,418
Look out! He'll spring again.
787
01:06:52,485 --> 01:06:56,785
Quick, master, no time to lose.
Go on! I'll deal with him!
788
01:07:03,630 --> 01:07:05,928
Now I can deal with you!
789
01:07:06,933 --> 01:07:10,494
Don't kill us. Don't hurt us.
790
01:07:11,738 --> 01:07:14,138
Let us live, please.
791
01:07:14,207 --> 01:07:19,110
Let us live, just a little longer.
792
01:07:20,847 --> 01:07:22,144
Live.
793
01:07:34,694 --> 01:07:36,025
Lost.
794
01:07:40,199 --> 01:07:41,826
We're lost!
795
01:07:42,502 --> 01:07:45,869
And when Precious goes...
796
01:07:45,939 --> 01:07:49,466
...we'll die, yes.
797
01:07:49,742 --> 01:07:54,577
All of us die into the dust.
798
01:08:02,589 --> 01:08:07,026
How can I kill such a pitiful
and cringing abomination?
799
01:08:07,427 --> 01:08:11,921
I have come to know the strain of bearing
the Ring for even a little while.

800
01:08:12,231 --> 01:08:17,225
But this miserable creature
enslaved to it for years...
801
01:08:17,937 --> 01:08:20,531
Curse you, you stinking thing!
802
01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:24,305
Be off! I don't trust you,
not as far as I could kick you.
803
01:08:24,644 --> 01:08:29,638
But be off or I shall hurt you
with nasty cruel steel. Yes!
804
01:08:44,530 --> 01:08:48,364
Now to find Mr. Frodo again.
805
01:08:53,506 --> 01:08:57,135
And here it is. Sammath Naur!
806
01:08:58,011 --> 01:09:02,948
Doorway to the gut of the mountain,
and to hell itself, for all I know.
807
01:09:06,719 --> 01:09:11,554
Dark, hot, reeking.
808
01:09:13,626 --> 01:09:18,256
Frodo! Master!
809
01:09:21,334 --> 01:09:23,325
There's no choice.
810
01:09:24,070 --> 01:09:25,662
I have to go in.
811
01:09:40,186 --> 01:09:44,213
And at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields
the tide had turned...
812
01:09:44,357 --> 01:09:48,088
...with the arrival of Theoden
and the armies of Rohan.
813
01:10:05,211 --> 01:10:08,237

-Hail proud Merry!

-Hail Pippin.
814
01:10:08,981 --> 01:10:12,610
Bless you for a sure eye, old friend.
How good to see you!
815
01:10:12,685 --> 01:10:15,119
Bless you for bringing Theoden
and his army.
816
01:10:15,188 --> 01:10:16,780
You've won the day for us!
817
01:10:32,739 --> 01:10:37,073
In the midst of Theoden's glory,
his golden shield was dimmed.
818
01:10:37,710 --> 01:10:42,374
The new morning was blotted
from the sky. And the dark fell upon him.
819
01:10:48,254 --> 01:10:50,449
Fear no darkness, Snowmane.
820
01:10:52,558 --> 01:10:54,788
No, Snowmane!
821
01:11:00,833 --> 01:11:05,429
And the Dark Force had claimed
our savior, Lord of Rohan.
822
01:11:06,339 --> 01:11:09,308
Lord Theoden! Nay.
823
01:11:09,876 --> 01:11:13,937
Oh, my dear master. Oh, the horror.
824
01:11:14,514 --> 01:11:17,449
No, my friend. He is gone!
825
01:11:18,117 --> 01:11:19,675
You can do nothing.
826
01:11:21,154 --> 01:11:23,622
Hear me, O Darkness!

827
01:11:24,056 --> 01:11:26,889
I will avenge my lord!
828
01:11:36,169 --> 01:11:37,193
And what event...
829
01:11:37,804 --> 01:11:42,138
...at just that moment
caused evil to enlist such power?
830
01:11:42,875 --> 01:11:44,638
Nothing here, surely.
831
01:11:46,779 --> 01:11:49,111
But in the bowels of Mount Doom...
832
01:11:51,150 --> 01:11:55,814
Master! Mr. Frodo.
833
01:11:57,757 --> 01:12:00,692
Master, where are you?
834
01:12:03,362 --> 01:12:06,559
Behold! The Crack of Doom!
835
01:12:06,666 --> 01:12:08,861
-Master.
-Hold. Get back!
836
01:12:09,235 --> 01:12:11,635
Master, it is me, Samwise!
837
01:12:12,471 --> 01:12:14,666
And if that be the Crack of Doom...
838
01:12:14,740 --> 01:12:19,575
...at last do what you've come
all this distance to do!
839
01:12:19,679 --> 01:12:20,668
Now!
840
01:12:20,947 --> 01:12:25,475
I have come. But I do not choose
to do now what I have come to do!

841
01:12:27,153 --> 01:12:31,886
"The bearer of the Ring
The wearer of the Ring
842
01:12:32,491 --> 01:12:37,190
"He hears a voice compelling him
843
01:12:38,231 --> 01:12:43,191
"Filling him with thoughts
that echo in his mind
844
01:12:43,436 --> 01:12:47,873
"It should be telling him "
845
01:12:49,842 --> 01:12:54,575
No, Mr. Frodo.
Don't let the Ring claim you!
846
01:12:55,715 --> 01:13:00,709
"Beware the power
is a power never known
847
01:13:01,087 --> 01:13:06,081
"Beware the power
that was simple now has grown
848
01:13:06,592 --> 01:13:10,722
"Beware, oh wearer of the Ring
849
01:13:11,297 --> 01:13:16,291
"The final power has yet to be shown"
850
01:13:19,572 --> 01:13:22,541
Get back! I am not the Ring's!
851
01:13:22,608 --> 01:13:25,543
The Ring is mine. Look!
852
01:13:32,652 --> 01:13:34,176
Master!
853
01:13:34,487 --> 01:13:35,613
No!
854
01:13:36,455 --> 01:13:37,820
Please!

855
01:13:53,205 --> 01:13:56,402
He had come again, bringing ruin...
856
01:13:56,475 --> 01:14:00,104
...turning hope to despair,
and victory to death.
857
01:14:04,083 --> 01:14:07,484
Be gone, foul Dwimmerlaik,
Lord of Carrion.
858
01:14:07,553 --> 01:14:08,781
Leave the dead in peace!
859
01:14:09,288 --> 01:14:13,884
Come not between the Nazgul
and his prey!
860
01:14:14,093 --> 01:14:17,620
Or he will slay thee in turn.
861
01:14:17,830 --> 01:14:20,697
Do what you will. I will hinder it, if I may!
862
01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:25,169
Hinder me? Thou fool.
863
01:14:25,504 --> 01:14:28,439
Dost thou not know the prophecy?
864
01:14:28,541 --> 01:14:33,001
"No living man may hinder me."
865
01:14:33,145 --> 01:14:35,545
But no living man am I!
866
01:14:35,614 --> 01:14:38,208
You look upon a woman. Eowyn am I.
867
01:14:38,351 --> 01:14:41,115
You stand between me
and my lord and kin.
868
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:46,423
Be gone for living or dark undead

I will smite you if you touch him!

869
01:14:47,093 --> 01:14:49,823
A woman? Eowyn?
870
01:14:51,597 --> 01:14:53,622
'Tis Lord Theoden's niece!
871
01:14:54,166 --> 01:14:56,999
She wanted to ride with us, but he forbade.
872
01:14:57,703 --> 01:15:00,501
She disguised as a knight
and she came hither!
873
01:15:05,778 --> 01:15:08,338
A foul, putrid wind!
874
01:15:08,647 --> 01:15:10,877
How does she bear the stench of it?
875
01:15:10,950 --> 01:15:13,214
Strong she is, and brave.
876
01:15:13,519 --> 01:15:15,350
I must to her aid!
877
01:15:45,785 --> 01:15:46,479
No!
878
01:15:59,832 --> 01:16:00,821
It's empty!
879
01:16:00,900 --> 01:16:04,358
Uncle, I have avenged thee!
880
01:16:07,173 --> 01:16:10,165
Theoden was borne
from the field with honor.
881
01:16:10,509 --> 01:16:15,173
And we wondered if, when our own lord,
King Aragorn, returned...
882
01:16:15,247 --> 01:16:17,511
...would his fate be the same?

883
01:16:21,587 --> 01:16:25,990
With the death of the Nazgul lord,
Sauron's forces lost heart...
884
01:16:26,325 --> 01:16:29,055
...and began a retreat of abysmal disarray.
885
01:16:31,664 --> 01:16:35,031
And then, as if our triumph
were but a child's toy...
886
01:16:35,468 --> 01:16:39,097
...a game with which Sauron
was playing and taunting us...
887
01:16:39,271 --> 01:16:41,637
...the tide of battle suddenly changed.
888
01:16:42,308 --> 01:16:46,005
For from the wretched forces of evil,
a new cry of hope went up.
889
01:16:49,982 --> 01:16:51,574
The Black Fleet!
890
01:16:52,418 --> 01:16:54,579
That which I dreaded had happened.
891
01:16:54,787 --> 01:16:58,348
For if enemy-laden ships had come
from this direction...
892
01:16:58,457 --> 01:17:03,190
...it meant that the black forces had
already conquered Ethir and Lebennin...
893
01:17:03,462 --> 01:17:05,987
...lands we had thought safely ours.
894
01:17:12,505 --> 01:17:15,531
The tide had turned still one more time...
895
01:17:15,975 --> 01:17:18,375
...and this time, against us!
896

01:17:21,080 --> 01:17:22,479

But behold!
897
01:17:22,915 --> 01:17:25,748
As the flagship's standard broke the wind...
898
01:17:25,885 --> 01:17:29,218
...it displayed the sign no lord
had borne for years...
899
01:17:29,455 --> 01:17:32,049
...and which only one lord could bear:
900
01:17:33,225 --> 01:17:36,888
Aragon! He who would be our king...
901
01:17:37,129 --> 01:17:38,323
...had returned!
902
01:17:43,068 --> 01:17:46,231
And the hosts of Mordor
were seized with bewilderment...
903
01:17:46,405 --> 01:17:48,032
...and they fled.
904
01:17:50,176 --> 01:17:52,235
That night we held council.
905
01:17:53,212 --> 01:17:55,908
While Aragorn had the enemy on the run...
906
01:17:55,981 --> 01:17:58,415
...he decided to pursue them into Mordor...
907
01:17:58,851 --> 01:18:01,081
...across the Gorgoroth Plateau...
908
01:18:01,287 --> 01:18:06,088
...and to the bastion of Sauron himself,
the Dark Tower of Barad-dur.
909
01:18:07,526 --> 01:18:10,791
The shortest way would be
through the pass at Cirith Ungol.
910

01:18:11,330 --> 01:18:14,197

But that is narrow and dangerous
to move an army through.
911
01:18:14,266 --> 01:18:17,702
And so he decided to march
along the mountains, north...
912
01:18:17,870 --> 01:18:19,360
...and then west...
913
01:18:19,438 --> 01:18:22,430
...to the haunted pass of Cirith Gorgor...
914
01:18:22,508 --> 01:18:25,534
...and the untold legions of the Black Lord.
915
01:18:26,512 --> 01:18:28,309
Why so glum, Wizard?
916
01:18:28,781 --> 01:18:33,013
Does the mere thought of Sauron's
vast forces overwhelm your spirit?
917
01:18:33,552 --> 01:18:35,884
This war is without final hope.
918
01:18:36,255 --> 01:18:38,985
Victory cannot be achieved
by force of arms...
919
01:18:39,225 --> 01:18:41,955
...whether you sit here to endure
siege after siege...
920
01:18:42,027 --> 01:18:44,222
...or march out to be overwhelmed.
921
01:18:44,496 --> 01:18:46,259
You have only a choice of evils!
922
01:18:46,632 --> 01:18:49,294
Then, if the choice be mine...
923
01:18:49,969 --> 01:18:52,130
...I choose to march!

924
01:18:54,707 --> 01:18:57,175
And for days and nights march we did.
925
01:18:57,543 --> 01:18:59,443
But my spirit was leaden.
926
01:19:07,553 --> 01:19:11,250
"Win the battle, lose the war
927
01:19:11,523 --> 01:19:15,892
"Choice of evils lie before your feet
928
01:19:17,162 --> 01:19:20,029
"Retreat, retreat, retreat"
929
01:19:24,670 --> 01:19:27,002
And finally, the pass.
930
01:19:28,007 --> 01:19:30,669
Guarded by The Towers of the Teeth.
931
01:19:31,176 --> 01:19:34,873
And inside, the Orcs made song
to match my spirit.
932
01:19:35,080 --> 01:19:38,607
"If you win then you will lose
933
01:19:38,984 --> 01:19:42,351
"Choice of evils yours to choose
934
01:19:42,421 --> 01:19:47,381
"Retreat, retreat, retreat
935
01:19:50,162 --> 01:19:53,825
"You are standing in the eye of the storm
936
01:19:54,166 --> 01:19:57,624
"Move an inch and you'll be dead
937
01:19:58,137 --> 01:20:00,264
"You are standing underneath
938
01:20:00,339 --> 01:20:05,208
"The Towers of the Teeth

and the Eye blazes red

939
01:20:06,378 --> 01:20:10,109
"Win the battle lose the war
940
01:20:10,416 --> 01:20:14,785
"Choice of evils lie before your feet
941
01:20:16,055 --> 01:20:19,047
"Retreat, retreat, retreat"
942
01:20:19,224 --> 01:20:20,452
Silence!
943
01:20:22,361 --> 01:20:24,124
Come forth!
944
01:20:24,797 --> 01:20:26,924
The King of Gondor...
945
01:20:26,999 --> 01:20:30,162
...demands the Black Lord to come forth...
946
01:20:30,302 --> 01:20:34,102
...atone for his evils
and depart them forever!
947
01:20:34,740 --> 01:20:36,105
Come forth!
948
01:20:55,461 --> 01:20:58,259
I am the mouth of Sauron!
949
01:20:58,831 --> 01:21:01,095
His emissary, you mean.
950
01:21:01,166 --> 01:21:04,294
For you be no wraith,
but made from flesh and blood...
951
01:21:04,370 --> 01:21:08,602
...beneath that mask
and those robes, even as I!
952
01:21:09,475 --> 01:21:14,378
Is there anyone in this rout

with authority to treat with me?

953
01:21:14,747 --> 01:21:16,908
Not thou, Aragorn.
954
01:21:16,982 --> 01:21:20,850
It needs more to make a king
than a rabble such as this.
955
01:21:21,553 --> 01:21:23,020
We shall see!
956
01:21:23,455 --> 01:21:24,786
Be warned.
957
01:21:24,990 --> 01:21:28,448
You are hopelessly outnumbered here.
958
01:21:28,527 --> 01:21:30,188
Our decision is made.
959
01:21:30,362 --> 01:21:31,556
Be gone!
960
01:21:31,930 --> 01:21:35,627
We did not come here to waste words
in treating with the likes of you...
961
01:21:36,201 --> 01:21:38,226
...one of Sauron's slaves.
962
01:21:38,670 --> 01:21:39,864
Be gone!
963
01:21:40,305 --> 01:21:42,773
We will meet your armies!
964
01:21:48,647 --> 01:21:51,878
"You are standing in the eye of the storm
965
01:21:52,484 --> 01:21:56,420
"Move an inch and you'll be dead
966
01:21:56,488 --> 01:22:00,481
"You are standing underneath
The Towers of the Teeth

967
01:22:00,592 --> 01:22:04,153
"And the Eye blazes red"
968
01:22:08,834 --> 01:22:11,530
As I faced my own, almost certain death...
969
01:22:11,904 --> 01:22:14,702
...I wondered, "Has he the Ring?
970
01:22:14,940 --> 01:22:17,306
"Has Sauron really got the Ring?
971
01:22:17,643 --> 01:22:19,611
"Where is the Ring?"
972
01:22:23,582 --> 01:22:26,449
Had I but known that deep
in the bowels of Mount Doom...
973
01:22:26,518 --> 01:22:30,978
...Samwise had been searching
these many days for his master...
974
01:22:31,290 --> 01:22:35,989
...until he himself had reached the core,
the fiery forge itself.
975
01:22:38,397 --> 01:22:40,422
And this, at last, is it...
976
01:22:41,033 --> 01:22:43,058
...the end of Frodo's quest.
977
01:22:43,202 --> 01:22:47,332
But instead of his triumph,
it ends with his madness.
978
01:22:48,874 --> 01:22:50,273
What's that?
979
01:22:53,178 --> 01:22:54,167
Gollum!
980
01:22:54,513 --> 01:22:55,639
Here?

981
01:22:56,014 --> 01:22:58,676
Fighting with something that is not there?
982
01:22:59,318 --> 01:23:01,081
Mr. Frodo!
983
01:23:01,920 --> 01:23:03,512
Invisible!
984
01:23:04,790 --> 01:23:09,784
"Frodo of the nine fingers
985
01:23:11,063 --> 01:23:14,226
"And the Ring of Doom
986
01:23:15,734 --> 01:23:20,103
"Why does he have nine fingers"
987
01:23:38,924 --> 01:23:40,653
Mr. Frodo!
988
01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:46,754
"Where is the Ring of Doom?"
989
01:23:56,174 --> 01:23:58,768
Precious! Precious!
990
01:24:00,178 --> 01:24:02,703
My Precious!
991
01:24:07,452 --> 01:24:10,285
My master! Your poor hand!
992
01:24:10,355 --> 01:24:12,186
My master!
993
01:24:12,257 --> 01:24:13,588
'Tis better this way!
994
01:24:13,659 --> 01:24:16,150
'Tis better than that madness!
995
01:24:17,329 --> 01:24:18,318
Look!

996
01:24:18,530 --> 01:24:19,519
Mine!
997
01:24:26,872 --> 01:24:28,931
Precious!
998
01:24:34,346 --> 01:24:36,678
Gollum has completed our quest.
999
01:24:37,115 --> 01:24:41,313
The Ring is destroyed in the fires
where it was wrought!
1000
01:24:41,987 --> 01:24:43,249
At last...
1001
01:24:43,355 --> 01:24:46,324
...the Ring exists no more!
1002
01:24:50,462 --> 01:24:51,759
She's erupting!
1003
01:24:52,097 --> 01:24:55,294
Quick, master,
back through these cracks, run.
1004
01:25:40,445 --> 01:25:42,242
All Mordor is being destroyed!
1005
01:25:42,648 --> 01:25:43,774
How?
1006
01:25:44,082 --> 01:25:46,983
How? There is but one answer.
1007
01:25:47,519 --> 01:25:50,044
The ring bearer has fulfilled his quest.
1008
01:25:50,489 --> 01:25:52,514
The realm of Sauron is ended!
1009
01:25:52,924 --> 01:25:54,585
And with him, us!
1010

01:25:54,826 --> 01:25:57,624

For the quake cannot tell good from evil.
1011
01:25:58,230 --> 01:26:00,596
Look! See ye!
1012
01:26:05,671 --> 01:26:07,969
The Lord of the Eagles and his legions!
1013
01:26:08,273 --> 01:26:10,537
Our armies are saved!
1014
01:26:21,086 --> 01:26:23,577
It's no use! The lava will have us!
1015
01:26:24,356 --> 01:26:28,190
I am glad you are with me
here at the end of all things, Sam.
1016
01:26:28,460 --> 01:26:30,428
And you with me, master.
1017
01:26:31,830 --> 01:26:34,128
I don't want to give up yet.
1018
01:26:34,566 --> 01:26:37,501
It's not like me somehow,
if you understand.
1019
01:26:37,803 --> 01:26:41,796
Maybe not, Sam.
But it's like things are in the world.
1020
01:26:42,808 --> 01:26:43,968
Hopes fail.
1021
01:26:44,476 --> 01:26:45,875
An end comes.
1022
01:26:46,445 --> 01:26:48,174
There is no escape.
1023
01:27:21,646 --> 01:27:23,876
Die well, Samwise!
1024
01:27:39,798 --> 01:27:41,322

Yes, once again...

1025
01:27:41,700 --> 01:27:44,567
...as he had so many times in the past...
1026
01:27:45,103 --> 01:27:49,699
...Gwaihir, the magnificent Lord of
The Eagles, had come to our rescue.
1027
01:27:50,509 --> 01:27:53,740
The mighty war birds
returned us to Minas-Tirith...
1028
01:27:54,179 --> 01:27:55,646
...where months later...
1029
01:27:56,148 --> 01:27:59,481
...our dead buried, our wounded healed...
1030
01:27:59,885 --> 01:28:03,377
...the fields of Pelennor
green with springtime...
1031
01:28:03,488 --> 01:28:05,649
...the city cleansed and rebuilt...
1032
01:28:06,024 --> 01:28:09,289
...the standard of King Aragorn
was raised finally...
1033
01:28:09,528 --> 01:28:11,758
...to the top of the White Tower.
1034
01:28:12,230 --> 01:28:15,597
And down below,
the restored Great Gate swung open...
1035
01:28:16,601 --> 01:28:20,901
...and King Aragorn officially
took possession of his capital city.
1036
01:28:22,207 --> 01:28:24,505
Behold! The return of the King!
1037
01:28:24,776 --> 01:28:29,406
"The end of the Ring, the return of the King

1038
01:28:30,081 --> 01:28:35,075
"A new age has come to the land
1039
01:28:36,188 --> 01:28:40,818
"The end of the Ring, the return of the King
1040
01:28:41,493 --> 01:28:45,486
"He shall rule with a true healing hand
1041
01:28:51,169 --> 01:28:53,569
"The quest is done
1042
01:28:54,139 --> 01:28:56,039
"The battle won
1043
01:28:56,675 --> 01:29:00,941
"And all have lost in the winning
1044
01:29:02,581 --> 01:29:04,879
"Oft hope is born
1045
01:29:05,417 --> 01:29:07,647
"When all's forlorn
1046
01:29:08,153 --> 01:29:12,112
"And there's a new beginning
1047
01:29:13,425 --> 01:29:18,294
"He who had the courage not to fail
1048
01:29:18,997 --> 01:29:23,934
"The bearer of the Ring we hail
1049
01:29:24,736 --> 01:29:27,068
"Praise them
1050
01:29:27,472 --> 01:29:29,872
"Praise them
1051
01:29:30,475 --> 01:29:34,809
"Praise them with great praise
1052
01:29:36,147 --> 01:29:40,208
"Praise them with great praise

1053
01:29:44,322 --> 01:29:49,259
"The end of the Ring, the return of the King
1054
01:29:49,527 --> 01:29:54,464
"A new age has come to the land
1055
01:29:55,700 --> 01:30:00,467
"The end of the Ring, the return of the King
1056
01:30:00,972 --> 01:30:03,532
"He shall rule
1057
01:30:03,675 --> 01:30:05,768
"With a true
1058
01:30:05,844 --> 01:30:09,678
"Healing hand"
1059
01:30:20,425 --> 01:30:24,191
"Frodo of the nine fingers
1060
01:30:24,930 --> 01:30:29,867
"And the Ring of Doom "
1061
01:30:31,703 --> 01:30:33,193
And now we all know.
1062
01:30:33,838 --> 01:30:35,465
But alas, look.
1063
01:30:40,145 --> 01:30:42,909
Just resting my eyes.
1064
01:30:43,715 --> 01:30:47,549
Sweet Bilbo, you will return with us
tomorrow to Hobbitown...
1065
01:30:47,919 --> 01:30:50,786
...where you may rest your eyes
as much as you wish.
1066
01:30:51,323 --> 01:30:52,551
Return?
1067
01:30:52,991 --> 01:30:54,185

Nay.
1068
01:30:54,259 --> 01:30:55,590
On the morrow...
1069
01:30:55,660 --> 01:30:59,562
...I depart with Elrond and Gandalf.
1070
01:31:00,098 --> 01:31:01,292
Depart?
1071
01:31:01,399 --> 01:31:03,367
From the Gray Havens.
1072
01:31:03,768 --> 01:31:06,100
On the white ship.
1073
01:31:06,638 --> 01:31:08,230
What means this?
1074
01:31:08,540 --> 01:31:11,532
We are old, our job is done.
1075
01:31:13,078 --> 01:31:15,740
The Third Age of Middle-earth is over...
1076
01:31:16,181 --> 01:31:19,014
...and as we pass on to the lands
beyond the sea...
1077
01:31:19,084 --> 01:31:22,576
...the new age of Man begins.
1078
01:31:22,654 --> 01:31:24,246
I shall miss you.
1079
01:31:24,723 --> 01:31:27,317
But I thought only Elves departed thus.
1080
01:31:27,392 --> 01:31:29,257
How can Bilbo join you?
1081
01:31:29,327 --> 01:31:31,227
Bilbo has served us well.
1082

01:31:31,663 --> 01:31:34,131

There is always room for a friend.
1083
01:31:34,532 --> 01:31:37,057
Have I served thee well?
1084
01:31:37,202 --> 01:31:39,170
Need you ask such a question?
1085
01:31:41,606 --> 01:31:44,040
I have grown weary of this world.
1086
01:31:44,242 --> 01:31:46,836
The weight of the Ring all of these years...
1087
01:31:47,045 --> 01:31:49,206
...has worn me far beyond my age.
1088
01:31:50,048 --> 01:31:52,414
I would, if it pleases you...
1089
01:31:52,617 --> 01:31:54,915
...set sail with you on the morrow.
1090
01:31:56,054 --> 01:31:59,888
Good friend,
savior of all we hold precious...
1091
01:32:00,558 --> 01:32:02,719
...of course thou might join us.
1092
01:32:03,261 --> 01:32:04,592
Mr. Frodo.
1093
01:32:04,929 --> 01:32:06,726
We cannot be parted.
1094
01:32:07,565 --> 01:32:09,999
But, must I go, too?
1095
01:32:10,602 --> 01:32:12,035
Nay, dear Sam.
1096
01:32:12,170 --> 01:32:14,468
You are still young in spirit.

1097
01:32:14,706 --> 01:32:16,799
You and Merry and Pippin.
1098
01:32:17,509 --> 01:32:20,273
A good life awaits you back in the Shire.
1099
01:32:20,345 --> 01:32:22,404
With plump Hobbit wives...
1100
01:32:22,614 --> 01:32:24,548
...good Hobbit meals...
1101
01:32:24,616 --> 01:32:28,746
...long leisurely smokings
of good Hobbit pipes.
1102
01:32:29,220 --> 01:32:32,155
And laps filled
with bouncing Hobbit babies.
1103
01:32:33,158 --> 01:32:36,924
Now you must keep the book
of the Hobbits up to date.
1104
01:32:39,364 --> 01:32:40,456
I will.
1105
01:32:41,666 --> 01:32:44,328
The Orcs and Trolls have gone to dust...
1106
01:32:45,036 --> 01:32:47,504
...the Elves are slowly departing.
1107
01:32:48,206 --> 01:32:51,300
Dwarves have disappeared
into their misty mountains...
1108
01:32:52,310 --> 01:32:54,870
...and there have been no dragons for ages.
1109
01:32:55,480 --> 01:32:56,640
Right!
1110
01:32:58,650 --> 01:33:00,447
What troubles you, Sam?

1111
01:33:00,518 --> 01:33:04,352
Will there be no room for Hobbits
in this new age of Man?
1112
01:33:04,856 --> 01:33:09,156
I think so. For of us all,
Hobbits are the closest to Man...
1113
01:33:09,260 --> 01:33:10,386
...the most human.
1114
01:33:10,795 --> 01:33:13,525
And one day they will be as Men are.
1115
01:33:13,731 --> 01:33:14,993
Look you.
1116
01:33:15,500 --> 01:33:20,164
Frodo is a bit larger than Bilbo,
just as you are larger than Frodo.
1117
01:33:20,605 --> 01:33:24,541
And younger still than you,
and larger are Merry and Pippin.
1118
01:33:25,844 --> 01:33:29,075
And, if you keep the book
of the Hobbits as Frodo asked...
1119
01:33:29,214 --> 01:33:32,411
...ages from now,
when your stories are still told...
1120
01:33:32,917 --> 01:33:37,877
...there will be those humans who might
well wonder, "Is there Hobbit in me?"
1121
01:33:39,424 --> 01:33:40,686
Is there?
1122
01:33:42,060 --> 01:33:45,359
"Roads go ever, ever on
1123
01:33:48,666 --> 01:33:51,999
"To the lands beyond the sea
1124

01:33:55,206 --> 01:33:58,505

"On a white ship will I sail
1125
01:34:01,446 --> 01:34:05,439
"Watching shadows part for me
1126
01:34:08,019 --> 01:34:12,046
"Leaving havens gray with rain
1127
01:34:14,726 --> 01:34:18,685
"Now that years have slipped away
1128
01:34:21,232 --> 01:34:24,668
"Leaving friends with gentle pain
1129
01:34:27,605 --> 01:34:31,132
"As they start another day
1130
01:34:34,078 --> 01:34:37,878
"Roads I traveled I must leave
1131
01:34:40,585 --> 01:34:44,077
"For I've turned the final bend
1132
01:34:46,991 --> 01:34:51,155
"Weep not empty tears but grieve
1133
01:34:53,565 --> 01:34:58,468
"As the road comes to an end
1134
01:35:00,238 --> 01:35:04,834
"It's so easy not to try
1135
01:35:06,778 --> 01:35:10,805
"Let the world go drifting by
1136
01:35:13,151 --> 01:35:16,314
"If you never say hello
1137
01:35:19,691 --> 01:35:22,922
"You won't have to say goodbye"
1138
01:35:29,067 --> 01:35:31,501
And Io, as foretold...
1139

01:35:31,569 --> 01:35:35,027

...the epoch of The Return of the King
ends at the beginning...
1140
01:35:35,139 --> 01:35:37,699
...of the new age of Man.
1141
01:35:38,977 --> 01:35:42,413
"If you never say hello
1142
01:35:45,850 --> 01:35:50,685
"You won't have to say goodbye"