LORD OF THE RINGS OPENING SCENE
The world’s changed.
GALADRIEL (I feel it in the water) (I feel it in the Earth.) (I smell it in the air.)
VOICE Much that once was is lost. For none now live who remember it.
It began with the ________ (creation) of the Great Rings.
Three were given to the elves. Immortal,______ ( the most knowledgeable )
and __________ ( the most even ) of all beings. Seven to the dwarf lords,
great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were
_____ (given) to the race of men. Who above all else, desire power.
For within these rings was _________ (destined, constrained) the _______
(noun of strong) and will to govern each race. But all of them were________
(not told the truth) For another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the
fires of Mount Doom, the dark Lord Sauron _______ ( created) in secret a
master Ring to control all others and into this Ring he _________ ( put) all
his cruelty, his_______ ( opposite of good) and his will to dominate all life.
One Ring to rule them all.
One by one the free lands of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But
there were some who________ (endured). A last __________ ( union) of
Elves and Men marched against the armies of Mordor. And on the slopes of
Mount Doom they fought for the freedom of Middle Earth.
ELROND: Tangado haid! (Hold positions!)
ELROND: Leithio i philinn! (Fire arrows!)
GALADRIEL:Victory was near. But the power of the Ring could not be__________ (
opposite of done)
It was in this moment that Isildur, son of the King, took up his father’s
sword.
Sauron, the enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth was defeated. The
Ring passed to Isildur. Who had this one chance to destroy evil forever. But
the hearts of Men are easily corrupted. And the Ring of Power has a _______
(desire) of its own.
It ________ (cheated on ) Isildur to his death.
And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History
became legend, legend became________ ( a tale) , and for two and a half
thousand years the Ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance
came, it ensnared a new__________ ( holder) .
GOLLUM: My Precious!
GALADRIEL The Ring came to the creature Gollum who took it deep into the tunnels of
VOICE the Misty Mountains. And there it consumed him.
OVER:
GOLLUM: It came to me, my own, my love, my own, my Precious.
GALADRIEL The Ring brought to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it
VOICE poisoned his mind. And in the ________ (darkness) of Gollum`s cave it
OVER: waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a
shadow in the East, _______ (murmur) of a nameless fear. And the Ring of
Power _______ (felt) its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But
something happened then that the Ring did not_________ (desire) , it was
picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable.
What`s this?
BILBO:
VOICE A Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins of the Shire.
BILBO: A Ring!
GOLLUM: Lost! My Precious is lost
GALADRIEL:For the time will soon come when Hobbits will ___________ (give form) the
fortunes of all.
