Elijah Wood: Frodo
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Frodo : I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf : So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.
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Frodo : [of Gollum] It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.
Gandalf : Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.
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Sam : This is it.
Frodo : This is what?
Sam : If I take one more step, it'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been.
Frodo : Come on, Sam. Remember what Bilbo used to say: "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."
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Galadriel : I know what it is you saw, for it is also in my mind.
[telepathically]
Galadriel : It is what will come to pass, If you should fail. The Fellowship is breaking, it has already begun. He will try to take the Ring, you know of whom I speak. One by one, it will destroy them.
Frodo : [telepathically] If you ask it of me, I will give you the One Ring.
Galadriel : You offer it to me freely? I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this.
[starts to grow dark]
Galadriel : In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!
[she stops]
Galadriel : I have passed the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.
Frodo : I cannot do this alone.
Galadriel : You are a Ring-bearer, Frodo. To bear a Ring of Power is to be alone.
[pulls out her hand]
Galadriel : This is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant. And I am its keeper. This task was appointed to you, and if you do not find a way, no one will.
Frodo : I know what I must do, it's just that... I'm afraid to do it.
Galadriel : Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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[holding the Ring out to Frodo after dropping it in the fire]
Gandalf : Hold out your hand, Frodo. It's quite cool.
[drops the Ring into Frodo's palm]
Gandalf : What can you see? Can you see anything?
Frodo : [twists and turns the Ring amongst his fingers] Nothing. There's nothing.
[Gandalf sighs in relief]
Frodo : Wait.
[markings on the Ring glow bright orange]
Frodo : There are markings. It's some form of Elvish.
[shakes his head]
Frodo : I can't read it.
Gandalf : There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.
[turns to face Frodo]
Frodo : Mordor?
Gandalf : In the Common Tongue, it says: "One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
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Frodo : Before you came along, we Bagginses were very well thought of.
Gandalf : Indeed?
Frodo : Never had any adventures or did anything unexpected.
Gandalf : If you're referring to the incident with the Dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.
Frodo : Whatever you did, you've been officially labeled a disturber of the peace.
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Gandalf : There is one other who knew Bilbo had the Ring. I looked everywhere for the creature Gollum, but the enemy found him first. I don't know how long they tortured him, but through the endless screams and inane babble, they discerned two words:
Gollum : SHIRE! BAGGINS!
Frodo : Shire? Baggins? But that would lead them here!
[Cuts to a Ringwraith cutting off a Hobbit's head]
Frodo : [holding out the Ring] Take it Gandalf!
[Gandalf backs away]
Frodo : Take it!
Gandalf : No, Frodo.
Frodo : You must take it!
Gandalf : You cannot offer me this ring!
Frodo : I'm giving it to you!
Gandalf : Don't... tempt me Frodo! I dare not take it. Not even to keep it safe. Understand, Frodo. I would use this ring from a desire to do good... But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine.
Frodo : But it cannot stay in the Shire!
Gandalf : No. No, it can't.
Frodo : What must I do?
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Frodo : I know what I must do. It's just... I'm afraid to do it.
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Frodo : [listening to the shrieks of the Black Riders] What are they?
Aragorn : They were once Men. Great kings of Men. Then Sauron the Deceiver gave to them nine rings of power. Blinded by their greed, they took them without question, one by one falling into darkness. Now they are slaves to his will. They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths, neither living nor dead. At all times they feel the presence of the Ring, drawn to the power of the One. They will never stop hunting you.
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Bilbo : [enigmatically] You're a good lad, Frodo. I'm very selfish, you know. Yes, I am. Very selfish. I don't know why I took you in after your mother and father died but it wasn't out of charity. I think it was because... of all my numerous relations, you were the one Baggins that showed real spirit.
Frodo : Bilbo, have you been at the Gaffer's home brew?
Bilbo : No.
[pause]
Bilbo : Well, yes, but that's not the point...
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Gandalf : This *is* the One Ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron in the fires of Mount Doom. Taken by Isildur from the hand of Sauron himself!
Frodo : Bilbo found it... in Gollum's cave.
Gandalf : Yes. For sixty years, the Ring lay quiet in Bilbo's keeping, prolonging his life, delaying old age... but no longer, Frodo. Evil is stirring in Mordor. The Ring has awoken. It's heard its master's call.
Frodo : But he was destroyed. Sauron was destroyed.
[the voice of the Ring whispers in Black Speech]
Gandalf : No, Frodo. The spirit of Sauron endured. His life force is bound to the Ring, and the Ring survived. Sauron has returned. His orcs have multiplied. His fortress of Barad-dûr is rebuilt in the land of Mordor. Sauron needs only this ring to cover all the lands in a second darkness. He is seeking it. Seeking it. All his thought is bent on it. The Ring yearns above all else to return to the hand of its master. They are one, the Ring and the Dark Lord. Frodo, he must never find it.
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[Frodo wanders in the woods. Boromir comes up behind him, gathering wood]
Boromir : None of us should wander alone, you least of all. Frodo? I know you suffer, I see it day by day. Are you sure you do not suffer needlessly? There are other ways, Frodo, other paths we might take.
Frodo : I know what you would say, and it would seem like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart.
Boromir : Warning? Against what? We are all afraid, Frodo. But to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have... don't you see? That is madness!
Frodo : There is no other way.
Boromir : I ask only for the strength to defend my people!
[approaches Frodo]
Boromir : If you would but lend me the Ring...
Frodo : [backs away] No!
Boromir : Why do you recoil? I am no thief.
Frodo : You are not yourself.
Boromir : What chance do you think you have? They will find you. They will take the Ring. And you will beg for death before the end!
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Frodo : [to Boromir] I know what you would say, and it would seem like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart.
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Frodo : I miss the Shire. I spent all my life pretending I was off somewhere else. Off with you, on one of your adventures. But my own adventure turned out to be quite different. I'm not like you, Bilbo.
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Frodo : We're friends of Gandalf the Grey, can you tell him we've arrived?
Barliman Butterbur : Gandalf? Gandalf... Oh, yes, I remember! Elderly chap, big gray beard, pointy hat. Not seen him for six months.
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Rose 'Rosie' Cotton : Good night, lads.
Ted Sandyman : [kneels before Rosie] Good night, sweet maiden of the golden ale.
Sam : Oi, mind who you're sweet talking!
Frodo : Don't worry Sam, Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one.
Sam : ...does she?
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Frodo : He's gone, hasn't he? He talked for so long about leaving. I didn't think he'd really do it. Gandalf?
Gandalf : [emerging from his thoughts, he sees the ring in Frodo's hand] Hmm. Bilbo's ring. He's gone to stay with the elves. He's left you Bag End.
[as Gandalf offers an envelope, Frodo puts the Ring inside]
Gandalf : [sealing the envelope] Along with all his possessions. The ring is yours now.
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Gandalf : You must leave. And leave quickly.
Frodo : Where? Where do I go?
Gandalf : Get out of the Shire. Make for the village of Bree.
Frodo : Bree. What about you?
Gandalf : I'll be waiting for you. At the inn of the Prancing Pony.
Frodo : And the Ring will be safe there?
Gandalf : I don't know, Frodo. I don't have any answers. I must see the head of my order. He is both wise and powerful. Trust me, Frodo. He'll know what to do.
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Sam : [starts to panic] Mister Frodo? Frodo! Frodo!
[Frodo emerges from the bend in the path, looking puzzled]
Sam : I thought I'd lost you.
Frodo : What are you talking about?
Sam : It's just something Gandalf said.
Frodo : What did he say?
Sam : 'Don't you lose him Samwise Gamgee!' And I don't mean to.
Frodo : [amused] Sam, we're still in the Shire. What could possibly happen?
[Suddenly, Pippin bursts from the cornfield and knocks over Frodo. Merry, close behind, barrels out, knocking over Sam. Both have an armful of vegetables]
Pippin : Frodo? Merry! It's Frodo Baggins.
Merry : Hello Frodo!
Sam : Get off him!
[hauls Pippin off Frodo]
Sam : Frodo? Are you all right?
Pippin : What's the meaning of this?
Merry : Hold this.
[hands vegetables to Sam]
Sam : You've been into Farmer Maggot's crop!
[They hear a dog barking and an angry, yelling voice. Pippin grabs Frodo and runs, followed by Merry. Sam does a double take on the produce in his hands, drops them and runs after the others]
Farmer Maggot : [brandishing a scythe] OI! Maggots! You get back here! Wait till I get on this to you! GET OUT OF MY FIELD! You'll know the devil if I catch up with you!
Merry : 'Dunno why he is so upset. It's only a couple of carrots!
Pippin : And some cabbages. And those few bags of potatoes that we lifted last week and, and the mushrooms the week before!
Merry : Yes Pippin! My point is, he is clearly overreactin'. Run!
[Pippin, Frodo and Merry stops just before the edge of the hill. Sam slams into them from behind and all four hobbits roll down the hill]
Pippin : Ooh! That was close
Merry : Ow! I think I've broken something.
[pulls out a broken carrot]
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[extended edition; the Fellowship sits around a campfire at night; Boromir spies a shadowy figure floating along the river]
Aragorn : Gollum. He's tracked us since Moria.
[Gollum disappears behind some rocks]
Aragorn : I had hoped we'd lose him on the river, but he's too clever a waterman.
Boromir : And if he alerts the enemy to our whereabouts, it'll make the crossing even more dangerous.
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : Have some food, Mr. Frodo.
Frodo Baggins : No, Sam.
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : You haven't eaten anything all day, and you're not sleeping neither. Don't think I haven't noticed.
[sits next to him]
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : Mr. Frodo.
Frodo Baggins : I'm all right.
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : No, you're not. I'm here to help you. I promised Gandalf that I would.
Frodo Baggins : [sadly looks Sam in the eye] You can't help me, Sam.
[shakes his head]
Frodo Baggins : Not this time.
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Frodo : What are they?
Aragorn : They were once men. Great kings of men. Then Sauron the Deceiver gave to them nine Rings of Power. Blinded by their greed, they took them without question, one by one falling into darkness. Now they are slaves to his will. They are the Nazgûl. Ringwraiths. Neither living nor dead. At all times they feel the presence of the Ring, drawn to the power of the One. They will never stop hunting you.
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Frodo Baggins : [having seen a shadowy figure at the bottom of the stairs in Moria] There's something down there.
Gandalf : It's Gollum.
Frodo Baggins : Gollum?
Gandalf : He's been following us for three days.
Frodo Baggins : He escaped the dungeons of Barad-dûr!
Gandalf : Escaped... or was set loose. He hates and loves the Ring, as he hates and loves himself. He will *never* be rid of his need for it. Smeagol's life is a sad story. Yes. Smeagol, he was once called, before the Ring found him... before it drove him mad.
Frodo Baggins : Pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.
Gandalf : *Pity*? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand.
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Frodo Baggins : Remember what Bilbo used to say. "It's a dangerous business..."
Bilbo Baggins : [voice-over] ... Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing *where* you might be swept off to.
