- Aragorn: Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*
- Sam: [Both are overcome by exhaustion] Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?
- Frodo: No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food... nor the sound of water... nor the touch of grass. I'm... naked in the dark, with nothing, no veil... between me... and the wheel of fire! I can see him... with my waking eyes!
- Sam: Then let us be rid of it... once and for all! Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you!
- Aragorn: [to Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry] My friends. You bow to no one.
- [He kneels, and the entire kingdom follows suit, kneeling to the Hobbits]
- Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way.
- Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass... And then you see it.
- Pippin: What? Gandalf?... See what?
- Gandalf: White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
- Pippin: [smiling] Well, that isn't so bad.
- Gandalf: [softly] No... No it isn't.
- Witch King: [taking Eowyn by the throat] You fool. No man can kill me. Die now.
- [Merry stabs the Witch King from behind; the Witch King shrieks and falls to his knees. Eowyn rises and pulls off her helm, her hair falls down over her shoulder]
- Eowyn: I am no man.
- [she thrusts her sword into the Witch King's helm and twists; he shrieks and implodes]
- Theoden: Eomer. Take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling, follow the King's banner down the center. Grimbold, take your company right, after you pass the wall. Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, Riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day... a red day... ere the sun rises!
- Eowyn: [to Merry] Whatever happens, stay with me. I'll look after you.
- [the King rides past his men, hitting their spears with his sword as he goes]
- Theoden: Ride now!... Ride now!... Ride! Ride to ruin and the world's ending!
- [He stops and faces Sauron's army]
- Theoden: Death!
- Rohirrim: [echoing] Death!
- Theoden: Death!
- Rohirrim: [echoing] Death!
- Theoden: DEATH!
- Eowyn, Merry: Death!
- Theoden: Forth, Eorlingas!
- Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men.
- Elrond: [in Elvish] The Sea calls us home.
- Bilbo: [smiling] I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure!
- [Bilbo climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel follows with Celeborn]
- Gandalf: Farewell, my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.
- [Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting]
- Gandalf: It is time, Frodo.
- Sam: What does he mean?
- Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved... But not for me.
- Sam: [weeping] You don't mean that. You can't leave.
- Frodo: [hands Sam the Red Book] The last pages are for you, Sam.
- [after Legolas single-handedly takes out an Oliphant and its drivers]
- Gimli: That still only counts as one.
- Frodo: [voiceover] And thus it was. A fourth age of middle-earth began. And the fellowship of the ring... though eternally bound by friendship and love... was ended. Thirteen months to the day since Gandalf sent us on our long journey... we found ourselves looking upon a familiar sight. We were home. How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold. Bilbo once told me his part in this tale would end... that each of us must come and go in the telling. Bilbo's story was now over. There would be no more journeys for him... save one. My dear Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on.
- Gimli: Well, this is a thing unheard of. An Elf would go underground, where a Dwarf dare not. Oh, I'd never hear the end of it.
- Aragorn: For Frodo.
- [He charges out towards the remaining army of Morder alone. Merry and Pippin raise their swords and yell then charge. The rest of the soldiers do the same and soon overtake Merry and Pippin]
- Denethor: Can you sing, Master Hobbit?
- Pippin: Well... yes. At least, well enough for my own people. But we have no songs for great halls and... evil times.
- Denethor: And why should your songs be unfit for my hall? Come, sing me a song.
- [pause]
- Pippin: [sings] Home is behind, the world ahead... And there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight... Mist and shadow, cloud and shade, all shall fade... all... shall... fade...
- Aragorn: Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth! Let justice be done upon him!
- The Mouth of Sauron: My master, Sauron the Great, bids thee welcome. Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?
- Gandalf: We do not come to treat with Sauron, faithless and accursed. Tell your master this: the armies of Mordor must disband. He is to depart these lands, never to return.
- The Mouth of Sauron: Ahh, old Greybeard. I have a token I was bidden to show thee.
- [Pulls out Frodo's mithril vest and throws it at them]
- Pippin: [whispers] Frodo...
- Gandalf: Silence.
- Merry: No!
- Gandalf: Silence!
- The Mouth of Sauron: The halfling was dear to thee, I see. Know that he suffered greatly at the hands of his host. Who would've thought one so small could endure so much pain? And he did, Gandalf, he did.
- [pause; Aragorn rides towards the Mouth of Sauron]
- The Mouth of Sauron: And who is this? Isildur's heir? It takes more to make a King that a broken Elvish blade...
- [Aragorn cuts off the Mouth of Sauron's head with one stroke of Anduril]
- Gimli: I guess that concludes negotiations.
- Aragorn: [to Gandalf] I do not believe it! I will not!
- [from extended version]
- Pippin: [to himself] What were you thinking, Peregrin Took? What service could a Hobbit offer such a great lord of men?
- Faramir: [approaching] It was well done. Generous deeds should not be checked by cold council. You are to join the tower guard?
- Pippin: I didn't think they would find any livery that would fit me.
- Faramir: It once belonged to a boy of the citadel. A very foolish one; who spent many hours slaying dragons instead of attending to his studies.
- Pippin: This was yours?
- Faramir: Yes, it was mine. My father had it made for me.
- Pippin: Well, I'm taller than you were then. Though I'm not likely to grow anymore... except sideways.
- [they laugh]
- Faramir: Never fitted me either. Boromir was always the soldier. They were so alike, he and my father. Proud... stubborn, even. But strong.
- Pippin: I think you have strength, of a different kind. And one day your father will see it.
- Gandalf: He's suffered a defeat, yes, but... behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping.
- Gimli: Let him stay there. *Let him rot!* Why should we care?
- Gandalf: Because ten-thousand Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death.
- Aragorn: No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time... and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that.
- Gimli: How?
- Aragorn: Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate.
- Eomer: We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms.
- Aragorn: Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves.
- Legolas: A diversion.
- Gimli: Certainty of death, *small* chance of success... What are we waiting for?
- Gandalf: Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait.
- Aragorn: [knowingly] No, I think he will.
- [as he kills the three Orcs guarding Frodo]
- Sam: That's for Frodo! And for the Shire! *And that's for my old Gaffer!*
- Frodo: [after destroying the Ring] I can see the Shire. The Brandywine River. Bag End. The Lights in the Party Tree.
- Sam: Rosie Cotton dancing. She had ribbons in her hair. If ever I were to marry someone, it would have been her. It would have been her.
- [sits down and begins to cry]
- Frodo: [leans over and hugs him] I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things.
- Aragorn: I summon you to fulfill your oath.
- King of the Dead: None but the king of Gondor may command me.
- [Swings sword; Aragorn blocks him with the sword Anduril]
- King of the Dead: That blade was broken!
- [Aragorn takes him by the throat]
- Aragorn: It has been remade.
- [Aragorn releases the King of the Dead; pause]
- Aragorn: Fight for us... and regain your honor.
- Arwen: From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
- Pippin: I feel like I'm back at the Green Dragon.
- Merry: [through a mouthful of food] Mm. Green Dragon.
- Pippin: A mug of ale in my hand, putting my feet up on a settle after a hard day's work.
- Merry: Only, you've never done a hard day's work.
- [They laugh; Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli ride up. Merry stands and gives an exaggerated bow]
- Merry: Welcome, my lords, to Isengard!
- Gimli: You young rascals! A merry hunt you've led us on, and now we find you... feasting and... and *smoking.*
- Pippin: We are sitting on a field of victory enjoying a few well-earned comforts.
- [Merry blows a smoke ring]
- Pippin: The salted pork is particularly good.
- Gimli: [eagerly] Salted pork?
- Gandalf: [exasperated] Hobbits.
- Merry: We're under orders from Treebeard, who has taken over management of Isengard.
- Treebeard: [as they walk toward the tower] Hroom, young Master Gandalf! I'm relieved that you've come. Wood and water, stock and stone I can master, but there's a wizard to manage here. Locked his tower.
- Sam: FRODO!
- Frodo: I'm here, Sam.
- Sam: Destroy it!
- [Frodo holds the ring on its chain over the edge of the pit]
- Sam: Go on! Now! Throw it in the fire!
- [Frodo stares at the ring, the ring whispers to him]
- Sam: What are you waiting for? Just let it go!
- [Frodo turns and looks at Sam]
- Frodo: The ring is mine.
- [He snaps the chain and approaches the ring to his finger]
- Sam: No... no...
- [Frodo slips the ring on and vanishes]
- Sam: NO!
- Arwen: Tell me what you have seen.
- Elrond: Arwen?
- Arwen: You have the gift of foresight. What did you see?
- Elrond: I looked into your future and I saw death.
- Arwen: But there is also life. You *saw* there was a child, you saw my son!
- Elrond: That future is almost gone.
- Arwen: But it is not lost.
- Elrond: Nothing is certain.
- Arwen: Some things are certain. If I leave him now, I will regret it forever.
- Eomer: Now is the hour! Riders of Rohan! Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, to lord and land!
- Gandalf: [to Pippin] Now, listen carefully. Lord Denethor is Boromir's father. To give him news of his beloved son's death would be most unwise. And do not mention Frodo, or the Ring. And say nothing of Aragorn either. In fact, it's better if you don't speak at all, Peregrin Took.
- Elrond: You're outnumbered, Aragorn. You need more men.
- Aragorn: There are none.
- Elrond: There are those who dwell in the mountain.
- Aragorn: Murderers. Traitors. You would call upon them to fight? They believe in nothing. They answer to no one.
- Elrond: They will answer to the king of Gondor.
- [pulls out Anduril]
- Elrond: Anduril, Flame of the West, forged from the shards of Narsil.
- Aragorn: Sauron will not have forgotten the sword of Elendil. The blade that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith.
- Elrond: The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. Put aside the Ranger. Become who you were born to be. Take the Dimholt Road.
- Elrond: [pause; in Elvish] I give hope to men.
- Aragorn: [in Elvish] I keep none for myself.
- Pippin: [singing to Denethor as Faramir leads the charge] Home is behind, the world ahead... and there are many paths to tread... Through shadow... To the edge of night... Until the stars are all alight... Mist and shadow, cloud and shade... All shall fade... all... shall... fade.
- King of the Dead: Release us.
- Gimli: Bad idea. Very handy in a tight spot, these lads, despite the fact they're dead.
- Saruman: You have fought many wars and slain many men, Theoden King, and made peace afterwards. Can we not take council as we once did, my old friend? Can we not have peace?
- Theoden: We shall have peace... We shall have peace, when you answer for the burning of the Westfold, and the children that lie dead there! We shall have peace, when the lives of the soldiers whose bodies were hewn even as they died against the gates of the Hornberg, are avenged! When you hang from a gibbit for the sport of your own crows...! We shall have peace.
- Saruman: Gibbits and crows! DOTARD! What do *you* want, Gandalf Greyhame? Let me guess. The key of Orthanc? Or perhaps the keys of Barad-Dur itself? Along with the crowns of the seven kings and the rods of the five wizards?