Frodo Quotes in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

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.

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.

Frodo: You're late.

Gandalf: A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

Frodo: Go back, Sam. I'm going to Mordor alone.

Sam: Of course you are. And I'm coming with you.

[last lines]

Frodo: Mordor... I hope the others find a safer road.

Sam: Strider'll look after them.

Frodo: I don't suppose we'll ever see them again.

Sam: We may yet, Mr. Frodo. We may.

Frodo: Sam... I'm glad you're with me.

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."

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 the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! 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 it's 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.

Aragorn: Are you frightened?

Frodo: Yes.

Aragorn: Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you.

[Frodo hears the ring whispering ominously while the Council argues]

Frodo: I will take it!

[they don't hear him; he raises his voice]

Frodo: I will take it!

[they fall silent, looking at him]

Frodo: I will take the Ring to Mordor!

[pause]

Frodo: Though... I do not know the way.

Aragorn: I swore to protect you.

Frodo: Can you protect me from yourself?

[holding out the Ring]

Frodo: Would you destroy it?

The Ring: [whispering] Aragorn... Elessar...

Aragorn: [closing Frodo's hand around the Ring] I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of Mordor.

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.

[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 do you see? Can you see anything?

Frodo: Nothing. There's nothing.

[Gandalf sighs in relief]

Frodo: Wait... there are markings. It's some form of Elvish, I can't read it.

Gandalf: There are few who can. The language is the that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.

Frodo: Mordor?

Gandalf: In the common tongue it reads "One Ring to Rule Them All. One Ring to Find Them. One Ring to Bring Them All and In The Darkness Bind Them."

Frodo: What do you want?

Aragorn: A little more caution from you; that is no trinket you carry.

Frodo: I carry nothing.

Aragorn: Indeed. I can avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift.

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: I know what I must do. It's just... I'm afraid to do it.

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...

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.

[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!

Gandalf: 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.

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-Dur is rebuilt in the land of Mordor. Sauron needs only this Ring to cover all the lands with a second darkness. He is seeking it, seeking it, all his thought is bent on it. The Ring yearns to go home, to return to the hand of its Master. They are one, the Ring and the Dark Lord. Frodo, he must never find it.

[the Fellowship exits Rivendell, with Frodo in front]

Frodo: Mordor, Gandalf, is it left or right?

Gandalf: Left.

[about the passing Wood-elves]

Frodo: They're going to the harbor beyond the White Towers. To the Grey Havens.

Sam: They're leaving Middle-earth.

Frodo: Never to return.

Sam: I don't know why - it makes me sad.

[Frodo awakens to hear Aragorn singing in the dark]

Frodo: Who is she? This woman you sing of?

Aragorn: 'Tis the Lay of Lúthien. The Elf-maiden who gave her love to Beren, a mortal.

Frodo: What happened to her?

Aragorn: She died.

[He sighs, turns back to Frodo]

Aragorn: Get some sleep, Frodo.

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.

Gandalf: They are one; the ring and the Dark Lord. Frodo, he must never find it.

Frodo: [gets up to hide the ring] All right. We'll put it away. We'll keep it hidden, we'll never speak of it again. No one knows it's here, do they?

[Gandalf doesn't answer]

Frodo: Do they, Gandalf?

Frodo: What news of the outside world? Tell me everything.

Gandalf: Everything? You are far too eager and curious for a Hobbit. Most unnatural.

Rose 'Rosie' Cotton: Good night, lads.

Sam, Frodo: Good night.

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?

Frodo: We must leave the Shire. Sam and I must get to Bree.

Merry: Right... Buckleberry Ferry! Follow me!

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.

Frodo: [to Boromir] I know what you would say, and it would seem like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart.

[Hobbits and Aragorn leave Bree]

Frodo: Where are you taking us?

Aragorn: Into the wild.

[the Fellowship is deciding whether to go through Moria, or continue over the mountain]

Gandalf: Let the Ring-bearer decide.

Frodo: We will go through the mines.

Gandalf: So be it.

Frodo: I think we should get off the road

[feels the Wraith's presence]

Frodo: Get off the road! Quick!

Frodo: Gandalf, I'm glad you're back.

Gandalf: So am I, dear boy. So am I.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

Sam: [reading the book's title] There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins, and The Lord of the Rings by Frodo Baggins. You finished it.

Frodo: Not quite. There's room for a little more.

Sam: 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 or touch of grass... I'm naked in the dark, with nothing. No veil between me and the ring 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! Come on!

[He picks Frodo up and starts carrying him up the slopes of Mount Doom]

Smeagol: Clever Hobbits, to climb so high!

[jumps on them, pins Frodo to the ground and grips him by the throat]

Smeagol: Mustn't go that way! Mustn't hurt the Precious!

Frodo: You swore! You swore on the Precious!

Smeagol: [mocking] Oo-hoo-hoo-hoo...

Frodo: SMEAGOL PROMISED!

Smeagol: Smeagol lied.

Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men.

Elrond: I Aear c?n ven na mar.

[Elvish: The Sea calls us home]

Bilbo: I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure.

[Climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel gets on boat 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... 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: You don't mean that. You can't leave.

Frodo: [hands Sam the book] The last pages are for you, Sam.

Frodo: 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.

Frodo: What is this place?

Gollum: Master must go inside the tunnel.

Frodo: Now that I'm here, I don't think I want to.

Gollum: Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, sleepies. We must go, yeeees, we must go at once.

Sam: Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo?

[Frodo shakes his head]

Sam: I've gone and had too much... it must be getting late.

Frodo: No, it isn't. It isn't midday, yet. The days are growing darker.

Gollum: Come on! We must go, no time!

Sam: Not before Mr. Frodo's had something to eat.

Gollum: [impatiently] No time to lose, silly!

Sam: [Gives Frodo lembas] Here.

Frodo: What about you?

Sam: Oh, no, I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread.

Frodo: Sam...

Sam: All right... we don't have that much left. We have to be careful, we don't want to run out. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it... there should be enough.

Frodo: Enough for what?

Sam: The journey home.

Sam: [Frodo stops walking] Mr. Frodo? What is it?

Frodo: Just a thought... I don't think I'm going to be returning.

Sam: Of course you are. That's just morbid thinking, that is.

Frodo: The Ring is mine.

Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.

Sam: I'm sorry to wake you, Mr. Frodo. We have to be moving on.

[Slowly Frodo gets up, his voice sounding wearied]

Frodo: It's dark still...

Sam: It's always dark here.

Gollum: Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, sleepies. We must go, yeeees, we must go at once.

Sam: Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo?

[Frodo shakes his head]

Sam: I've gone and had too much... it must be getting late.

Frodo: No, it's not. It's not midday, yet. The days are growing darker.

Gollum: We must go.

Sam: Not until Mr. Frodo has had something to eat.

Gollum: No time to lose, silly.

Sam: [Gives Frodo lembas bread] Here, eat this.

Frodo: What about you?

Sam: I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread.

Frodo: Sam...

Sam: All right... we don't have that much left. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it... there should be enough left.

Frodo: For what?

Sam: The journey home.

Frodo: I need you on my side.

Sam: I'm on your side, Mr Frodo.

Frodo: I know you are, Sam.

[Frodo drinks the last drops of water from Sam's waterskin]

Frodo: There'll be none left for the return journey.

Sam: I don't think there will be a return journey, Mr. Frodo.

[to Smeagol, outside Shelob's lair]

Frodo: I have to destroy it, Smeagol. I have to destroy it for both our sakes.

[Gollum and Frodo stand in front of a tunnel opening, and Frodo hesitates to go in]

Gollum: It's the only way. Go in, or go back.

Frodo: I cannot go back.

Frodo: You can't help me anymore.

Sam: You don't mean that.

Frodo: Go home.

Bilbo: Tell me again, lad... where are we going?

Frodo: To the harbor, Bilbo. The elves have accorded you a special honor; a place on the last ship to leave Middle Earth.

Bilbo: Frodo... Any chance of seeing that old ring again? Hmm? The one I gave you?

Frodo: I'm sorry, uncle... I'm afraid I lost it.

Bilbo: Oh... Pity. Should have liked to have held it one last time.

Sam: It's that Gollum, it's this place, it's that thing around your neck. I could help a bit, I could carry it, share the load...

Frodo: GET AWAY!

Sam: I don't want to keep it. I just want to help.

Galadriel: [he remembers her words to him] And for you, Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of Earendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out.

Frodo: Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima.

Sam: What are you up to? Sneaking off are we?

Gollum: Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat Hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice, friend... Oh, yes. My precious. Very nice...

Sam: All right. All right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?

Gollum: Sneaking.

Sam: Fine. Have it your own way. I'm sorry to wake you, Mr. Frodo. We have to be moving on.

Frodo: It's dark still.

Sam: It's always dark here. It's gone! The Elven bread!

Frodo: What? That's all we have left.

Sam: He took it! He must have!

Gollum: Smeagol? No, no, Not poor Smeagol. Smeagol hates nasty elf bread.

Sam: You're a lying rat! What did you do with it?

Frodo: He doesn't eat it. He can't have taken it.

Gollum: Look. What's this? Crumbs on his jacketses. He took it! He took it! I seen him!

Sam: That's a filthy lie!

[hits Gollum to the ground and starts to wail on him]

Sam: You stinking two face!

Frodo: Sam! Stop it! Sam, no!

[Falls against the rock wall]

Sam: Oh, my! I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to go so far I was just so, so angry. Here, let's just rest a bit.

Frodo: I'm all right.

Sam: No. No, You're not all right... You're exhausted. It's that Gollum. It's this place. It's that thing around your neck... I could help a bit. I could carry it for a while...

[echos]

Sam: Share the load.

[echos]

Frodo: Get away!

[pushes Sam and stands up]

Sam: I don't wanna keep it. I just wanna help.

Gollum: See? See? He wants it for himself!

Sam: [stands up] Shut up, you! Go away! Get out of here!

Frodo: No, Sam, it's you... I'm sorry, Sam...

Sam: But, he's a liar. He's poisoned you against me.

Frodo: You can't help me anymore.

Smeagol: The precious will be ours... once the Hobbitses are dead!

[throws a pebble in the water as he says it and Sam's reflection appears out of the ripples]

Sam: [yelling] You treacherous little toad!

[punches him waking Frodo who scrambles out of his blanket. Sam chases Gollum, jumps on him and grabs his throat. Gollum screams]

Gollum: No! No! Master!

Frodo: No, Sam! Leave him alone!

[pulls him off]

Sam: I heard it from his own mouth! He means to murder us!

Gollum: Never! Sméagol wouldn't hurt a fly!

[rubs his head and sees blood on his fingers, screams]

Gollum: He's a horrid, fat Hobbit, who hates Sméagol, and who makes up nasty lies!

Sam: You miserable little maggot! I'll stove your head in!

[He advances on Gollum grabbing at him. Gollum runs off, Frodo pulls Sam back]

Frodo: Sam!

Sam: Call me a liar? You're a liar!

[Gollum tries to hide behind a tree, screams]

Frodo: If you scare him off, then we are lost!

Sam: I don't care! I can't do it, Mr. Frodo! I won't wait around for him to kill us!

Frodo: I'm not sending him away.

[Gollum cowers behind the tree]

Sam: You don't see it do you? He's a villain.

Frodo: We can't do this by ourselves, Sam. Not without a guide. I need you on my side.

Sam: I'm on your side, Mr. Frodo.

Frodo: I know, Sam, I know. Trust me... Come, Smeagol.

[Gollum runs to Frodo looking scared. Frodo takes him by the hand but as he leads him away, Gollum turns and smirks at Sam. Sam glares after him, nodding his head slightly]

Frodo: [finds a manuscript] What's this?

Old Bilbo: That is private, keep your sticky paws off! It's not ready yet!

Frodo: Not ready for what?

Old Bilbo: Reading!

Frodo: They're all coming. Except for the Sackville-Bagginses, who are demanding you ask them in person.

Old Bilbo: Are they indeed? Over my dead body.

Frodo: They'd probably find that quite agreeable. They're convinced you have tunnels overflowing with gold.

Old Bilbo: It was one small chest - hardly overflowing. And it still reeks of troll!

Frodo: I can't do this, Sam.

Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

[following Gollum down the path]

Sam: I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales.

Frodo: [turns around] What?

Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'

Frodo: [continue walking] You've left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam.

[stops and turns to Sam]

Frodo: Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam.

Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn't make fun; I was being serious.

Frodo: So was I.

[they continue to walk]

Sam: Samwise the Brave...

[Frodo and Sam are lowering themselvs down a cliff]

Sam: Can you see the bottom?

Frodo: No. Don't look down, Sam, just keep going!

Sam: [drops a small box] Ouagh! Catch It! Grab it, Mr. Frodo!

[Frodo catches it, loses his grip and then lands on the ground]

Frodo: I think I found the bottom.

Sam: It's not natural. None of it.

Frodo: What's in this?

Sam: Nothin'. Just a bit of seasoning. I thought maybe if we was havin' a roast chicken one night or something...

Frodo: Roast chicken?

Sam: You never know.

[last lines]

Frodo: Smeagol?

Sam: We're not going to wait for you. Come on.

Smeagol: Master. Master looks after us. Master wouldn't hurt us.

Gollum: Master broke his promise.

Smeagol: Don't ask Smeagol. Poor, poor Smeagol.

Gollum: Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious... and we be the master!

Smeagol: But the fat Hobbit, he knows. Eyes always watching.

Gollum: Then we stabs them out. Put out his eyeses, make him crawl.

Smeagol: Yes. Yes. Yes.

Gollum: Kill them both.

Smeagol: Yes. No! No! It's too risky. It's too risky.

Sam: Where is he? Where has he gone? Hey, Gollum! Where are you?

Frodo: Smeagol?

Gollum: We could let *her* do it.

Smeagol: Yes. She could do it.

Gollum: Yes, precious, she could. And then we takes it once they're dead.

Smeagol: Once they're dead. Shh.

[Comes out of hiding]

Smeagol: Come on Hobbits. Long ways to go yet. Smeagol will show the way.

Gollum: Follow me.

Faramir: [to Frodo and Sam] My men tell me that you are Orc spies.

Sam: Spies! Now wait just a minute!

Faramir: Well, if you're not spies, then who are you?

[they remain silent, Faramir sighs and sits]

Faramir: Speak!

Frodo: We are Hobbits of the Shire. Frodo Baggins is my name and this is Samwise Gamgee.

Faramir: Your bodyguard?

Sam: His gardener.

Faramir: And where is your skulking friend? That gangrel creature. He had an ill-favoured look.

Frodo: [reluctant] There was no other. We set out from Rivendell with seven companions. One we lost in Moria. Two were my kin. A dwarf there was also. And an elf. And two men. Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and Boromir of Gondor.

Faramir: [solemn] You are a friend of Boromir?

Frodo: Yes, for my part.

Faramir: It would grieve you then to learn that he is dead.

Frodo: [shocked] Dead? How? When?

Faramir: As one of his companions, I had hope you would tell me. He was my brother.

Gollum: [to himself] So bright... so beautiful... ah, Precious.

Frodo: [overhearing him] What did you say?

Gollum: Master should be resting, Master needs to keep up his strength.

Frodo: [standing up and walking towards Gollum] Who are you?

Gollum: [looking away; morosely] Mustn't ask us, not it's business. Gollum, gollum.

Frodo: Gandalf told me you were one of the River-folk.

Gollum: Cold be heart and hand and bone. Cold be travelers far from home.

Frodo: [sits next to Gollum] He said your life was a sad story.

Gollum: They do not see what lies ahead, when Sun has faded and Moon is dead.

Frodo: [in front of Gollum] You were not so very different from a Hobbit once, were you?

[Gollum looks sad and lost in thought]

Frodo: Smeagol.

Gollum: [looks up at Frodo; genuinely surprised] What did you call me?

Frodo: That was your name once... a long time ago. Wasn't it

Gollum: [overcome with emotion] My name...

[suddenly remember and smiles in recognition]

Gollum: [wistful] Sme... Smeagol.

Sam: Hey, Stinker! Don't go getting too far ahead.

Frodo: Why do you do that?

Sam: What?

Frodo: Call him names, run him down all the time.

Sam: Because... because that's what he is, Mr. Frodo. There's naught left in him but lies and deceit. It's the ring he wants; it's all he cares about.

Frodo: You have no idea what it did to him... what it's still doing to him. I want to help him, Sam.

Sam: Why?

Frodo: Because I have to believe he can come back.

Sam: You can't save him, Mr. Frodo.

Frodo: [snaps] What do you know about it? Nothing!... I'm sorry, Sam. I don't know why I said that.

Sam: I do. It's the ring. You can't take your eyes off it; I've seen you. You're not eating. You barely sleep. It's taken ahold of you, Mr. Frodo. You have to fight it.

Frodo: I know what I have to do, Sam. The ring was entrusted to *me*. It's my task, mine, my own!

[storms off]

Sam: Can't you hear yourself? Don't you know who you sound like?

Sam: You know I don't usually hold with foreign food, but this Elvish stuff - it's not bad.

Frodo: Nothing dampens your spirits, Sam.

Sam: [looks at the nearing rain clouds] Those rain clouds might.

[from extended version]

[looking at the Elvish rope]

Frodo: We can't leave this here for someone to follow us down.

Sam: Who's going to follow us down here, Mr. Frodo? It's a shame, really. Lady Galadriel gave me that. Real Elvish rope. Well, there's nothing for it - it's one of my knots. It won't come free in a hurry.

[Sam tugs wistfully on the rope, and by the magical grace of Galadriel, it falls into his hands]

Frodo: [cheerfully] Real Elvish rope.

Sam: Mr. Frodo, put the ring on; just this once, disappear.

Frodo: I can't... You were right, Sam. The ring is taking me. If I put it on he will find me.

Sam: This looks strangely familiar.

Frodo: Because we've been here before. We're going in circles!

Frodo: [to Gollum] There is no promise you can make that I can trust.

Frodo: [waking up from a nightmare] Gandalf!

Sam: What is it, Mr. Frodo?

Frodo: Nothing... just a dream.

Frodo: [to Faramir] The Ring will not save Gondor. It only has the power to destroy. Please, let me go.

[Frodo and Sam have captured Gollum. Sam is violently dragging Gollum with a long piece of rope around his neck]

Gollum: [wailing piteously] Aghh! It burns! It burns us... It freezes...

[Sam jerks the rope, causing Gollum to topple. Sam drags Gollum, who grabs a rock and grabs the rope, pulling it back]

Gollum: [to Sam] Nasty elves twisted it! Take it off us!

Sam: Quiet, you!

[Gollum lets out a high-pitched wail as he throws a temper tanturm, complete with convulsion]

Sam: [to Frodo; exasperated] It's hopeless! Every orc in Mordor is going to hear this racket! Let's just just tie him up and leave him.

Gollum: [horrified] NO! That would kill us! KILL US!

Sam: That's more than you deserve!

Gollum: Agggghhhhhhahhhh...

[Gollum flops on his back as he continues to throw a mini-tantram]

Frodo: Maybe he does deserve to die. But now I see him, I do pity him.

[Gollum stops convulsing and looks up at Frodo]

Gollum: We'll be nice to them, if they be nice to us. Take this off of us... We swear to do whatever you wants... we swear.

Frodo: There is no promise you can make that I can trust.

[Gollum has Sam in a headlock. Frodo jumps to Sam's rescue and points his sword at Gollum, who looks at it in terror]

Frodo: [about his sword] This is Sting. You've seen it before, haven't you... Gollum?

Sam: [choking] ugh!

Frodo: [sternly] Release him, or I'll cut your throat!

[Gollum does so. Frodo continues to pin him down Gollum's pupils widen as he squeaks faintly]

Gollum: [crying in defeat] EEEEYAHHHHHHH!

Frodo: [bewitched] They're here, they've come.

Sam: It's the Ring, isn't it?

Frodo: It's getting heavier.

Frodo: [of Gollum] Maybe he does deserve to die, but now that I see him I do pity him.

[Rangers try to capture Gollum, who is resisting]

Frodo: Stop! This creature is bound to me and I to him. He is our guide.

Sam: We're innocent travelers.

Faramir: There are no travelers in this land... only servants of the Dark Lord.

Frodo: We are bound to an errand of secrecy. Those who claim to oppose the enemy would do well not to hinder us.

[Sam and Frodo have captured Gollum and are dragging him with a long piece of string thick rope around his neck. Gollum is screaming his head off in pain]

Gollum: [wailing] It BURNS! It Burns us!

[groans]

Gollum: It freezes...

[Sam jerks the rope, causing Gollum to topple on his back and be dragged by Sam]

Gollum: [grabbing hold of a nearby rock with one hand and pulls the rope back with his other hand] Nasty elves twisted it! TAKE IT OFF US!

Sam: Quiet you!

[Gollum throws his head back as he throws a convulsive temper tantrum and lets out a prolonged wail]

Sam: [exasperated; to Frodo] It's hopeless! Every orc in Mordor is going to hear this racket! Let's just tie him up and leave him.

Gollum: [horrified shout] NO!

Gollum: [despairingly] That would kill us! KILL US!

Sam: That's more than you deserve!

Gollum: [flopping on his back and withers on the ground as he groans] Oooooohhhhaaahhhh...

Frodo: [as he watches Gollum] Maybe he does deserve to die... But now that I see him, I do pity him.

[Gollum stops withering and sits up]

Gollum: We'll be nice to them, if they be nice to us.

[holds out the rope; dramatically yet politely]

Gollum: Take this off us.

Sam: [to Gollum, who is trying to persuade Frodo to release him in exchange of Gollum becoming Frodo's servant] I don't believe you!

Gollum: [gasps fearfully and scrambles away; climbing on top of a boulder]

Sam: [jerking the rope vioently] GET DOWN!

Gollum: [Gollum lets out a high-pitched noise as Sam's jerking on the rope chokes him and throws him on to the ground]

Sam: [as Gollum collapses] I said, DOWN!

Frodo: [shouts; stopping Sam] Sam!

Sam: He's trying to trick us! We let him go, he'll throttle us in our sleep.

Gollum: [Gollum sits up and gasps in air greedily, clutching his throat]

[Frodo looks at the gasping Gollum and then at Sam. After a moment's pause, Frodo approaches Gollum, who backs away in fear]

Frodo: [calmly and kindly] You know the way to Mordor?

Gollum: [timidly] Yes...

[He backs away as Frodo crotches down to Gollum's eye level. Gollum looks at Frodo, uneasily]

Frodo: You've been there before?

Gollum: [nods; still timid] Yes.

[Frodo slowly takes off the rope around Gollum's neck. Sam looks suspicious, while Gollum looks surprised and relieved]

Frodo: You will lead us to the Black Gate.

[In Extended Edition]

Faramir: [to Frodo] Where will you go to reach there, Frodo?

Frodo: Gollum says there is a tunnel above Minas Morgul. It climbs up into the mountains.

Faramir: Cirith Ungol?

[Faramir notices Gollum is acting suspiciously. He slams him to the wall. Gollum inhales and gags in surprised horror and pain over being choked]

Faramir: [fiercely] Is that its name?

Gollum: [shaking his head vigorously; yowling like a cat] No, no!

[Faramir tightens his grip on Gollum's neck. Gollum winces in pain and gasps]

Gollum: [in a pitiful squawk of a voice] Y-YES!