指环王1：护戒使者 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Script

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SCREAMING VILLAGERS, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, RUN from their homes, pursued by ARMIES OF HIDEOUS ORCS.

GALADRIEL:

One by one the Free lands of Middle earth fell to the power of the ring.

FADE TO BLACK:

GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) But there were some...who resisted.

(CONTINUED) 3.

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ISILDUR, son of the KING OF GONDOR, leads an ARMY ACROSS the PLAINS OF DAGORLAD... GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) A last alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor.

GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) On the slopes of Mount Doom they fought for the freedom of Middle- Earth.

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THE BATTLE OF DAGORLAD...THE ELF LORD, ELROND, commands rank after rank of ELVEN ARCHERS...ORCS RETREATING before the ARMY of the LAST ALLIANCE...ELENDIL holds aloft the great sword....NARSIL!

GALADRIEL:

Victory was near!

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THE HUGE, DARK FIGURE OF SARURON, bearing the ONE RING on his finger, looms over the field of battle... GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) But the power of the Ring could not be undone.

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SAURON lays waste to the armies of the LAST ALLIANCE.

With desperate courage, ELENDIL leads a charge...THE BLACK MACE OF SAURON LASHES OUT!! IMAGE: ELENDIL'S body falls like a crumpled rag doll... IMAGE: ISILDUR cradles the body of his father in his arms. The SHADOW OF SAURON falls over him... GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) It was in this moment..when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword.

ISILDUR snatches up the BROKEN BLADE OF NARSIL..The BLADE severs SAURON'S FINGERS... AND THE ONE RING FLIES from his body.

GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) Sauron, the enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth, was defeated. SAURON'S ARMOR clatters to the ground. His body

GONE....VAPORIZED! CLOSE ON:

ISILDUR picks up the SEVERED FINGER and removes the ONE RING...transfixed!

GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) The Ring passed to Isildur...who had this one chance to destroy evil forever.

(CONTINUED) 4.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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GALADRIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) History became legend...legend became myth.

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The waters of the ANDUIN RIVER lie dark and undisturbed.