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

Andy Serkis: Gollum, Smeagol

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• 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.

• Gollum : They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away. And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so alone. And we only wish to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread... the sound of trees... the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name. My Precious.

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

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

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

  Gollum : Sneaking.

• [In the "Fall of Smeagol" flashback, after Smeagol had killed Deagol for the ring, Smeagol is stumbling along a stony area, railing noisely and in anguish at being exiled by his own family] 

  Gollum : [narrating]  They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away...

  [Smeagol is seen sitting alone in a stony quarry. He is looking pale and sickly as he opens his hand, revealing the ring in his palm] 

  Smeagol : [throaty cough; his voice slowly becoming guttural]  Gollum... Gollum... Gollum!

  [Smeagol lets out a croaking sound as his face contorts with self-pity and sorrow. He weeps as the screen fades to black] 

  Gollum : [narrating cont.; scene shows a balding, pale and rapidly thin Smeagol crying, rocking with sorrow in the rain]  And we wept precious... We wept to be so alone...

  [Scene shows Smeagol's pale, thin hand grabbing at a catfish] 

  Gollum : [narrating cont.; Closeup on Smeagol's mouth, which is full of tooth decay and hunger-induced drool]  And all we wished was to catch fish...

  [Scene shows Smeagol's mouth biting into the catfish's raw flesh] 

  Gollum : ...So juicy sweet!

  [a quick glimpse of the deteriorated, if slightly shadowed Smeagol's face. And then, the scene shifts to the boney, emaciated Smeagol crawling his way into the cave under the Misty Mountains. But then he stops to take one good look around] 

  Gollum : We soon forgot the taste of bread, the sound of wind in the trees... We even forgot our name...

  [Closeup on Smeagol's shriveled, gaunt body. Then, the scene shows Smeagol crouching in darkness, clutching the ring close to his chest. He blinks and looks around, showing that his eyes are slightly wide. Time passes and then, Smeagol, now as Gollum, opens his eyes and looks around, now showing that his eyes are really large as the screen fades to black] 

  Gollum : Myyyy... Precious!

• Gollum : She's always hungry. She always needs to feed. She must eat. All she gets is nasty Orcses.

  Smeagol : And they doesn't taste very nice, does they, Precious?

  Gollum : No. Not very nice at all, my love.

• Smeagol : Give us that, Deagol my love.

  Deagol : Why?

  Smeagol : Because it's my birthday, and I wants it.

• Gollum : [singing]  Naughty little fly. Why does he cry? Caught in a web. Soon you'll be... eaten.

• 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 : It must be getting near tea-time, leastways in decent places where there *is* still tea-time.

  Gollum : We're not *in* decent places.

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

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

• [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.

• [His last words; before Frodo tackles him and pushes him into the lava] 

  Gollum : Yes! Precious! Precious... Precious!

• Smeagol : ...and take it for ME.

  Gollum : For us.

  Smeagol : Yes, we... we meant for us.

• Sam : [Frodo is being drawn toward Cirith Ungol]  No, Mr. Frodo!

  Gollum : [in a panic]  Not that way! Oh! What's he doing?

• [first lines] 

  Deagol : Smeagol, I've got one! I've got a fish, Smeag. Smeagol!

  Smeagol : Pull it in. Go on. Go on. Go on. Pull it in.

• 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.

• 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 : Naughty little fly, Why does it cry, Caught in a web, Soon to be... eaten!

• Sam : [about Gollum; angrily]  He means to murder us!

  Smeagol : Never! Smeagol wouldn't hurt a fly!

  [Smeagol puts his hand on a wound on his head that Sam made when he was attacking him. He take his hand away; sees a spot of blood and screams in fright] 

• 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]