Andy Serkis: Gollum
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Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : [cooks rabbit stew] What we need is a few good taters.
Gollum : What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : *Po-tay-toes*! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a *stew*! Lovely big, golden... chips with a nice piece of fried fish.
[Gollum spits in disgust]
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : Even *you* couldn't say no to that.
Gollum : Oh, yes, we could! Spoil a nice fish.
[gets right up in Sam's face]
Gollum : Give it to us raw and wr-r-r-r-riggling, you keep nasty chips!
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee : [shakes his head] You're hopeless.
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Gollum : We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!
Smeagol : [shaking his head] No. Not master!
Gollum : [snarling malevolently] Yes, precious, false! They will cheat you, hurt you, LIE.
Smeagol : Master is my friend.
Gollum : You don't have any friends; nobody likes you!
Smeagol : [closes his ears with his hands] I'm not listening... I'm not listening...
Gollum : You're a liar and a thief.
Smeagol : No.
Gollum : [sinister whisper] *Murderer*.
Smeagol : [voice breaking; hurt by Gollum's remark] Go away!
Gollum : "Go away?"
[Gollum laughs mockingly as Smeagol begins to cry]
Smeagol : [weeping] I hate you. I *hate* you.
Gollum : Where would you be without me, uh? gollum, gollum... *I* saved us! It was me! *We* survived because of *me*!
Smeagol : [stops crying] Not anymore.
Gollum : What did you say?
Smeagol : Master looks after us now. We don't need you anymore.
Gollum : [appalled] What?
Smeagol : Leave now, and never come back!
Gollum : No!
Smeagol : [louder and firmer] Leave now, and never come back!
[Gollum snarls in frustration]
Smeagol : LEAVE! NOW! AND NEVER COME BACK!
[Gollum is silent; Smeagol waits]
Smeagol : [looks around; then begins galumphing around with joy] We told him to go away... and away he goes, Precious! Gone, gone, gone! SMEAGOL IS FREE!
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[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.
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Gollum : [to Sam] Stupid, fat hobbit.
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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.
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Gollum : Sneaky little Hobbitses.
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Gollum : [Sméagol is sobbing] Sméagol... Why does he cry, Sméagol?
Smeagol : Cruel men hurts us. Master tricksed us.
Gollum : Of course he did. I told you he was tricksy. I told you he was false.
Smeagol : Master is our friend... our friend.
Gollum : Master betrayed us.
Smeagol : No, not it's business. Leave us alone.
Gollum : Filthy little hobbites. They stole it from us.
Smeagol : No... No.
Faramir : What did they steal?
Gollum : Myyy PRECIOUSSS.
[shrieks]
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Sam : [looking at the Haradrim army] Who are they?
Gollum : Wicked men. Servants of Sauron. They are called to Mordor. The Dark One is gathering all armies to him. It won't be long now. He will soon be ready.
Sam : Ready to do what?
Gollum : To make his war. The last war that will cover all the world in shadow.
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Gollum : [to Frodo] Don't follow the lights.
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Gollum : [coughing up a biscuit that Frodo gives him] It tries to choke us!
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[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!
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[repeated line]
Smeagol : My precious...
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Gollum : [to Frodo and Sam] We be nice to them, if they be nice to us.
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Gollum : He wants the Precious. Always he is looking for it. And the Precious is wanting to go back to him... But we mustn't let him have it.
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Gollum : We swears to serve the master of the Precious. We will swear on... on... the Precious!
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Gollum : [of Sauron] He is drawing all evil to him.
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Gollum : I found it, I did. A way through the marshes. Orcs don't use it. Orcs don't know it. They go round for miles and miles. Come Hobbitses, soft and quick as shadows we must be.
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Gollum : [to Frodo] It was tricksy, precious. Very tricksy.
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[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.
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[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!
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[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.
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[Sméagol is being tortured by Faramir's henchmen]
Smeagol : OOHH-WHHHHAAAAAAHHHHH! Oh!
[the guards yell and kick him as Faramir calmly stands in the distance]
Smeagol : OW-Whaaa! Oh!
[tries to scamper away on all fours, hyperventilating. Before Sméagol can escape, one of the men grabs him by the ankle and drags him back]
Smeagol : OOOH-AAAHHH! AhHAAAAA! AAHHHH!
[One of the guards holds up Sméagol while the other guard punches Sméagol in the stomach]
Faramir : That's enough.
[the guard throws Sméagol against the wall, who then crawls into a corner fearfully]
Faramir : [icily] Where are you leading them?
[curls up into a fetal position as he sobs]
Faramir : Answer me!
[continues to cry]
Gollum : [Alter Ego Gollum pets Sméagol on the shoulder] Sméagol... Why does it cry, Sméagol?
Smeagol : Cruel men hurts us. Master tricks us.
Gollum : Of course, he did. I told you he was tricksy, I told you he was false.
Smeagol : Master is our friend, our friend.
Gollum : Master betrayed us!
Smeagol : [cowering away from Gollum] No! Nobody's business! Leave us alone!
Gollum : Filthy little hobbitses! They stole it from us!
Smeagol : [crying] No... NO!
Faramir : What did they steal?
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Smeagol : [weeping and wimpering; to Gollum] Go away! I hate you... I hate you...
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Gollum : But, the fat Hobbit. He knows. Eyes always watching.
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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.
