The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

John Rhys-Davies: Gimli

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• [Aragorn tosses Sam over a gap, and then sets his eyes on Gimli] 

  Gimli : Nobody tosses a Dwarf.

  [Gimli leaps, but is balancing off the edge, so Legolas grabs his beard] 

  Gimli : Not the beard!

• Aragorn : [to Frodo]  If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword...

  Legolas : And you have my bow.

  Gimli : And *my* axe.

  Boromir : You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done.

• Legolas : Hurry! Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore.

  [Aragorn does not move] 

  Legolas : You mean not to follow them.

  Aragorn : Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands.

  Gimli : Then it has all been in vain. The fellowship has failed.

  Aragorn : Not if we hold true to each other.

  [pause] 

  Aragorn : We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let's hunt some Orc.

  Gimli : YES!

• Gimli : [upon leaving Lorien and Galadriel]  I have been dealt a wound beyond all healing, for I have looked the last... upon that which was fairest.

  [sighs] 

  Gimli : Henceforth I will call nothing fair unless it be her gift to me.

  Legolas : What was it?

  Gimli : I asked for one hair from her golden head... she gave me three.

• Gimli : Well, here's one Dwarf she won't ensnare so easily. I have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox.

  [Elves suddenly appear, covering them with arrows at point-blank range] 

  Haldir : The Dwarf breathes so loud, we could have shot him in the dark.

• Gimli : Not the beard!

• Elrond : Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction; none can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom. Bring forth the ring, Frodo.

  Boromir : [Frodo puts the ring on a stand for all to see]  So it is true. In a dream, I saw the Eastern sky grow dark. But in the West, a pale light lingered. A voice was crying, "The doom is near at hand, Isildur's Bane is found."

  [reaches for the Ring] 

  Boromir : Isildur's Bane...

  Aragorn : Boromir!

  Gandalf : [speaking the words engraved on the Ring]  Ash Nazg Durbatuluk, Ash Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg Thrakatuluk, Agh Burzum-ishi Krimpatul.

  [the light darkens and the air rumbles; Boromir backs away from the Ring] 

  Elrond : Never before has anyone dared utter words of that tongue here, in Imladris.

  Gandalf : I do not ask for pardon, Master Elrond, for the Black Speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West! The Ring is altogether evil.

  Boromir : It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him.

  Aragorn : You cannot wield it. None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master.

  Boromir : And what would a Ranger know of this matter?

  Legolas : This is no mere Ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance.

  Boromir : Aragorn? This is Isildur's heir?

  Legolas : And heir to the throne of Gondor

  Aragorn : [Elvish]  Sit down, Legolas.

  Boromir : Gondor has no King. Gondor needs no King.

  Gandalf : Aragorn is right. We cannot use it.

  Elrond : You have only one choice. The Ring must be destroyed.

  Gimli : Then what are we waiting for?

  [He strikes the ring with his axe; the axe breaks, leaving the ring intact] 

  Elrond : The ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Gloin, by any craft that we here possess. The ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. The ring must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this.

  Boromir : One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its black gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep. The great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire, ash, and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten-thousand men could you do this. It is folly.

  Legolas : Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The ring must be destroyed!

  Gimli : And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?

  Boromir : And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?

  Gimli : I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf! Never trust an Elf!

• Gimli : Dwarf doors are invisible when closed.

  Gandalf : Yes, Gimli, their own masters cannot find them, if their secrets are forgotten.

  Legolas : Why doesn't that surprise me?

• Gimli : [upon entering Moria]  Soon Master Elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves. Roaring fires, malt beer, ripe meat off the bone.

• [Goblins breaking the doors] 

  Gimli : Let them come. There is one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.

• Gimli : If anyone was to ask for my opinion, which I note they're not, I'd say we were taking the long way around.

• Gimli : You are full of surprises, Master Baggins.

• [the Fellowship is walking through Lothlorien] 

  Gimli : They say that a great sorceress lives in these woods. An Elf witch of terrible power. All who look upon her fall under her spell... and are never seen again.

• Gimli : Speak words we can all understand!

  Haldir : We have not had dealings with the dwarves since the dark days.

  Gimli : And you know what this dwarf says to that? Ishkhaqwi ai durugnul!

  [I spit upon your grave!] 

  Aragorn : That was not so corteous.

• Boromir : One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep. The Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland riddled with fire, ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly.

  Legolas : [stands up]  Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The Ring must be destroyed!

  Gimli : And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?

  Boromir : [stands up]  And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?

  Gimli : [stands up]  I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an elf!

• [the Fellowship has been buried under an avalanche created by Saruman; they dig themselves free] 

  Boromir : We must get off the mountain, make for the Gap of Rohan, and take the West Road to my city!

  Aragorn : The Gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard!

  Gimli : We cannot pass over the mountain! Let us go *under* it! Let us go through the mines of Moria!