The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Miranda Otto: Eowyn

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• 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!

• Theoden : I know your face... Eowyn. My eyes darken.

  Eowyn : No. No. I'm going to save you.

  Theoden : You already did... Eowyn. My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed. Eowyn...

  [dies] 

• Eomer : You should not encourage him.

  Eowyn : You should not doubt him.

  Eomer : I do not doubt his heart, only the reach of his arm.

• Eowyn : Ride with me.

  Merry : [smiles]  My lady!

• [extended version, the Houses of Healing] 

  Eowyn : The city has fallen silent. There is no warmth left in the sun.

  Faramir : [approaching her]  It is only the damp of the first spring rain.

  [Eowyn looks up at him] 

  Faramir : I do not believe this darkness will endure.

• Eowyn : I will kill you if you touch him!

  Witch King : Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey.

• Eowyn : Why are you doing this? The war lies to the East. You cannot leave on the eve of battle.

  [pause] 

  Eowyn : You cannot abandon the men.

  Aragorn : Eowyn...

  Eowyn : We need you here.

  Aragorn : Why have you come?

  Eowyn : Do you not know?

  Aragorn : It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek.

• Theoden : I have left instruction. The people are to follow your rule in my stead. Take up my seat in the Golden Hall. Long may you defend Edoras if the battle goes ill.

  Eowyn : What other duty would you have me do?

  Theoden : Duty? No... I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair.

• Eowyn : Courage, Merry, courage for our friends.

• Eowyn : He has just as much reason to go to war as you do. Why can he not fight for those he loves?

• [Eowyn hands Aragorn a goblet, he drinks and moves away] 

  Theoden : [to Eowyn]  I am happy for you. He is an honorable man.

  Eowyn : You are both honorable men.

  Theoden : It was not Theoden of Rohan who led our people to victory.

• Eowyn : Whatever happens, stay with me. I'll look out for you.