Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Scene changes to show Frodo, Sam and Gollum approaching a wall. They peer over it to look at Minas Morgul.
GOLLUM: The Dead City! Very nasty place full of enemies.
He jumps up over the wall and the Hobbits follow him. They move across the front of the City.
GOLLUM: Quick, quick! They will see, they will see!
Gollum and Sam begin to climb up the steps on front of the city. Frodo looks at the Silent Watcher.
GOLLUM: Come away, come away. Look we have found it. The way into Mordor.
They look up the steep steps.
GOLLUM: The secret stair. Climb.
Frodo hesitates and looks back at the city. His gaze is drawn and he is forcibly drawn inexorably towards it.
SAM: No! Mr Frodo
GOLLUM: Not that way!
They run after him. Sam grabs him to stop him.
GOLLUM: Whats it doing?
SAM: No!
FRODO: They're calling me.
SAM: No!
Frodo and Gollum struggle with Frodo pulling him back towards the stairs. They fall over, there is a bright flash and a huge signal goes up from the tower of the city.
Camera moves to Gandalf and Pippin who see the signal rise up into the sky from their balcony. Camera returns to Frodo and Sam as Frodo struggles up off the ground. The ground shakes and they struggle to climb up the first stairs.
GOLLUM: Hide, hide!
Camera shows the people of Gondor watching the signal go up, in fear. Moves up behind Gandalf and Pippin, who looks at Gandalf in alarm. Gandalf puts his arm around Pippin's shoulder.
The camera returns to Sam and Frodo. Frodo clutches his shoulder in agony, sweating with pain. As they peer over the edge of the stair, a fell beast alights on the top of the tower bearing The Witch King. The Witch King screeches and they hold their ears in agony trying to stop the noise. Frodo clutches his shoulder again.
FRODO: I can feel his blade. (he groans in agony.)
The camera moves back to the fell beast which roars down at the opening doors to the citadel. Out of the doors march Mordor's armies of Orcs. The camera moves back to Gandalf.
GANDALF: We come to it at last. (Pippin looks up at him) The great battle of our time.
The camera moves back to follow Mordor's army of Orcs marching over the bridge. Frodo and Sam watch as they pass just feet below them. The fell beast takes off from the tower. It swoops low over Sam and Frodo's heads down to hover over the army.
GOLLUM: Come away Hobbits. We climb. We must climb.
The Hobbits climb the stair after Gollum with the huge army continuing to pass by below them.
GANDALF: The board is set, the pieces are moving.
And then back to Sam, Frodo and Gollum.
GOLLUM: Up, up, up the stairs we go. And then it's into the tunnel.
SAM: Hey, what's in this tunnel? (Sam grabs Gollum) You listen to me! You listen good and proper. Anything happens to him, you'll have me to answer to. One sniff that something's not right, one hair that stands up on the back of my neck, its over. No more slinker, no more stinker. (Frodo watches them) You're gone. Got it? I'm watching you. (Gollum watches slyly as Sam moves off.)
FRODO: What was that about?
SAM: Nothing. Just clearing something up.
Gollum sneers after him.
Scene changes to show Frodo, Sam and Gollum approaching a wall. They peer over it to look at Minas Morgul.
GOLLUM: The Dead City! Very nasty place full of enemies.
He jumps up over the wall and the Hobbits follow him. They move across the front of the City.
GOLLUM: Quick, quick! They will see, they will see!
Gollum and Sam begin to climb up the steps on front of the city. Frodo looks at the Silent Watcher.
GOLLUM: Come away, come away. Look we have found it. The way into Mordor.
They look up the steep steps.
GOLLUM: The secret stair. Climb.
Frodo hesitates and looks back at the city. His gaze is drawn and he is forcibly drawn inexorably towards it.
SAM: No! Mr Frodo
GOLLUM: Not that way!
They run after him. Sam grabs him to stop him.
GOLLUM: Whats it doing?
SAM: No!
FRODO: They're calling me.
SAM: No!
Frodo and Gollum struggle with Frodo pulling him back towards the stairs. They fall over, there is a bright flash and a huge signal goes up from the tower of the city.
Camera moves to Gandalf and Pippin who see the signal rise up into the sky from their balcony. Camera returns to Frodo and Sam as Frodo struggles up off the ground. The ground shakes and they struggle to climb up the first stairs.
GOLLUM: Hide, hide!
Camera shows the people of Gondor watching the signal go up, in fear. Moves up behind Gandalf and Pippin, who looks at Gandalf in alarm. Gandalf puts his arm around Pippin's shoulder.
The camera returns to Sam and Frodo. Frodo clutches his shoulder in agony, sweating with pain. As they peer over the edge of the stair, a fell beast alights on the top of the tower bearing The Witch King. The Witch King screeches and they hold their ears in agony trying to stop the noise. Frodo clutches his shoulder again.
FRODO: I can feel his blade. (he groans in agony.)
The camera moves back to the fell beast which roars down at the opening doors to the citadel. Out of the doors march Mordor's armies of Orcs. The camera moves back to Gandalf.
GANDALF: We come to it at last. (Pippin looks up at him) The great battle of our time.
The camera moves back to follow Mordor's army of Orcs marching over the bridge. Frodo and Sam watch as they pass just feet below them. The fell beast takes off from the tower. It swoops low over Sam and Frodo's heads down to hover over the army.
GOLLUM: Come away Hobbits. We climb. We must climb.
The Hobbits climb the stair after Gollum with the huge army continuing to pass by below them.
GANDALF: The board is set, the pieces are moving.
And then back to Sam, Frodo and Gollum.
GOLLUM: Up, up, up the stairs we go. And then it's into the tunnel.
SAM: Hey, what's in this tunnel? (Sam grabs Gollum) You listen to me! You listen good and proper. Anything happens to him, you'll have me to answer to. One sniff that something's not right, one hair that stands up on the back of my neck, its over. No more slinker, no more stinker. (Frodo watches them) You're gone. Got it? I'm watching you. (Gollum watches slyly as Sam moves off.)
FRODO: What was that about?
SAM: Nothing. Just clearing something up.
Gollum sneers after him.
