Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Frodo and Gollum are climbing up the stairs of Cirith Ungol. They arrive at a cave entrance. Gollum points.
GOLLUM: In there.
FRODO: (Looking uncertain) What is this place?
GOLLUM: Master must go inside the tunnel.
FRODO: Now that I'm here I don't think I want to. (He backs off)
GOLLUM: It's the only way. Go in or go back.
FRODO: I can't go back. (He walks into the tunnel entrance. Gollum watches him and then follows him.)
FRODO: What's that smell.
GOLLUM: Orcses filth. Orcses come in here sometimes.
They walk further into the tunnel. It is pitch black.
GOLLUM: Hurry! This way.
Frodo walks on alone.
FRODO: Smeagol? (He calls Gollum. Gollum's voice sounds distant. )
GOLLUM: Over here.
Frodo stumbles towards the voice. He falls against the wall and gets spider web stuck to his hands.
FRODO: Ah aah! Its sticky, what is it?
GOLLUM: (From the distance) You'll see. Oh yes, you will see.
Frodo moves slowly forward.
FRODO: Smeagol? (shouts) SMEAGOL! SMEAGOL!
Frodo is alone. Tears start to his eyes.
FRODO: Sam. (He walks forward onto some bones. He looks terrified and looks around him to see various animals hanging up in webs. He begins to panic and starts to run through the tunnels.)
Meanwhile Sam is climbing back down the stairs. He is crying. He slips and falls down the remainder of the stairs to the bottom
SAM: Ow! (He groans and tries to sit up. He sees the remains of the lembas bread and their leaf wrappings sitting on a rock beside him. He picks one up, thinks for a minute and then crushes it in anger. He turns and looks back up the stairs.)
Back in the tunnel Frodo is still running in fear. He falls and gets tangled in webs on the floor. He fights to stand up. He staggers back again. A voice sounds in his head.
GALADRIEL VOICEOVER: And you Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of Erendil, our most beloved star. (He fumbles in his pocket and pulls out the Phial of Galadriel and looks at it.) May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
He closes his eyes.
FRODO: Aiya Erendil Elenion Ancalim (Hail Erendil brightest of the Stars!)
He thrusts the phial forward and it blazes forth with a bright light he looks at it surprised. Frodo senses a movement behind him and turns his head slowly around to look. He leaps up and Shelob a huge spider advances on him. He holds the light up to her, which she doesn't like and she stands back from him
Frodo and Gollum are climbing up the stairs of Cirith Ungol. They arrive at a cave entrance. Gollum points.
GOLLUM: In there.
FRODO: (Looking uncertain) What is this place?
GOLLUM: Master must go inside the tunnel.
FRODO: Now that I'm here I don't think I want to. (He backs off)
GOLLUM: It's the only way. Go in or go back.
FRODO: I can't go back. (He walks into the tunnel entrance. Gollum watches him and then follows him.)
FRODO: What's that smell.
GOLLUM: Orcses filth. Orcses come in here sometimes.
They walk further into the tunnel. It is pitch black.
GOLLUM: Hurry! This way.
Frodo walks on alone.
FRODO: Smeagol? (He calls Gollum. Gollum's voice sounds distant. )
GOLLUM: Over here.
Frodo stumbles towards the voice. He falls against the wall and gets spider web stuck to his hands.
FRODO: Ah aah! Its sticky, what is it?
GOLLUM: (From the distance) You'll see. Oh yes, you will see.
Frodo moves slowly forward.
FRODO: Smeagol? (shouts) SMEAGOL! SMEAGOL!
Frodo is alone. Tears start to his eyes.
FRODO: Sam. (He walks forward onto some bones. He looks terrified and looks around him to see various animals hanging up in webs. He begins to panic and starts to run through the tunnels.)
Meanwhile Sam is climbing back down the stairs. He is crying. He slips and falls down the remainder of the stairs to the bottom
SAM: Ow! (He groans and tries to sit up. He sees the remains of the lembas bread and their leaf wrappings sitting on a rock beside him. He picks one up, thinks for a minute and then crushes it in anger. He turns and looks back up the stairs.)
Back in the tunnel Frodo is still running in fear. He falls and gets tangled in webs on the floor. He fights to stand up. He staggers back again. A voice sounds in his head.
GALADRIEL VOICEOVER: And you Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of Erendil, our most beloved star. (He fumbles in his pocket and pulls out the Phial of Galadriel and looks at it.) May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
He closes his eyes.
FRODO: Aiya Erendil Elenion Ancalim (Hail Erendil brightest of the Stars!)
He thrusts the phial forward and it blazes forth with a bright light he looks at it surprised. Frodo senses a movement behind him and turns his head slowly around to look. He leaps up and Shelob a huge spider advances on him. He holds the light up to her, which she doesn't like and she stands back from him
